[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lord-of-the-immortal-food":3,"chapter-lord-of-the-immortal-food-lord-of-the-immortal-food-chapter-78":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Lord of the Immortal Food",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2313201,4524,"Chapter 78: The Siege","lord-of-the-immortal-food-chapter-78",78,"\u003Cp>But this will be the last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is now merely a very hard but delicious snack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Lord gripped the hilt tightly, holding the feeble yet desperate struggle in his palm, as dragon blood coalesced into ice-like crystals that slowly crept up the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the hilt, a deep blue dragon blood gradually spread over the blade’s surface, like an icy serpent slowly swallowing the sword, or some moss-like affliction growing upon its lustrous surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they strained downward, trying to penetrate into the blade’s core, with some having already succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trembling of the Heart-Slicing Liuli  grew fainter, as dragon frost slowly blanketed the entire blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the sharp dragon frost crystals, after piercing the surface, found it difficult to penetrate deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Lord gave a slight shake; the frost shattered and fell away, revealing the blade’s surface now stained with dark blue lines, like twisted parasites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden eyes fixed on this sword—It required a long time to “digest” it, but It had no time now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a casual flick, It hurled the sword; the sharp weapon did not burst through the air with a boom, but with a piercing shriek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A streak of light cut through the air, piercing the body of the woman who had just risen from the ground and pinning her back to the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The violet lightning and dragon frost surged through her limbs and bones; Ming Qitian gripped the hilt embedded in her chest, yet found herself powerless to pull it free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She mustered the strength to lift her head—the figure in the sky was slowly descending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not toward her; the figure landed again atop the city wall, gazing down upon the small town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Qitian frowned slightly—What does It intend to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Lord stood atop the city wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, It raised a hand, aiming at a cluster of houses at the base of the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a light clench of Its claws, the entire corner of the city exploded into ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of houses were flattened in an instant; Ming Qitian barely raised her hand to summon true qi, and the flying debris nearly buried her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of civilians were lifted into the air by invisible hands—men, women, old, young—each with a noose descending from the heavens around their necks, forming a shocking and terrifying scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The claw It had raised slowly disintegrated, replaying the scene from the mountains, transforming into hundreds of tiny, deep blue fleshy chunks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They flew forward, each gliding along invisible threads, every thread’s end tied to a terrified, struggling civilian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘No.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Qitian thought, and again tried to grip the hilt tighter, but her body’s numbness and agony caused her to fail once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sky, the flesh chunks touched human bodies; the suspended people began to mutate one after another—not just their heads, but their entire bodies twisted into monstrous forms, and these “spies” no longer needed to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if the threads suspending them had suddenly snapped, the monsters tumbled to the ground, then leapt onto rooftops, streets, and treetops, sprinting through the town with swift ferocity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like hounds let loose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would find many connections within a short time, bringing the Immortal Lord dozens, even hundreds, of “threads.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Immortal Lord would not sit idle and wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It began simultaneously to destroy the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From beneath Its feet, frost crept across the ground, rapidly spreading over the entire wall, then flooding into the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then It gently raised Its newly grown claws; the tightly packed, hardened scales suddenly opened, revealing the tough, writhing flesh beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick, deep blue fluid rose from these openings, pooling before the Immortal Lord, gradually forming a sphere larger than Its own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Pei Ye could see it, he would recognize it at once—dragon saliva, such a vast quantity of dragon saliva!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon saliva before It continued to gather; It extended another claw toward the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky suddenly darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark clouds began to coalesce; wind arose from nowhere, stirring fallen leaves across the streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Qitian’s “Rite of Wind Lord and Rain Master Sword Scripture” seemed like children’s play before this might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Wind Lord” section could summon wind, but the “Rain Master” section could only control rain already falling—legend said only those of the Heavenly Tower realm could summon rain through the “Rain Master” section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet before this Immortal Lord, heaven and earth bowed like obedient servants; with one raised hand, darkness fell and wind and rain came together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hand gathering the dragon saliva finally stilled; the sphere had grown nearly house-sized. It lifted its claw slightly, and the sphere shot skyward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Qitian watched Its actions, barely realizing what It was doing when a roar of chaos surged toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lowered her gaze and saw civilians screaming and running toward her; behind them, frost had spread, and a dozen “hounds” sprinted through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These monsters did not directly kill people—they sought targets with relentless speed—but the panic and chaos they caused had already led to many deaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two of the monsters suddenly halted, their grotesque heads turning toward Ming Qitian, golden pupils locking onto her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They leapt forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as soon as they left the ground, several droplets of water streaked like swords, piercing their skulls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An arm wrapped around Ming Qitian’s waist, pulling her backward into a leap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve waited long enough. It should not be paying attention to this side,” Xing Zhi whispered behind her ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you,” Ming Qitian gripped Xing Zhi’s wrist and said quickly, “We must get people indoors—don’t let them stay outside—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice cut off abruptly as a cold raindrop landed on her cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up—and what met her eyes was more than rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if trapped in a ghostly realm, thousands of deep blue flame-flowers drifted slowly from the sky; raindrops passing through them glowed for an instant before vanishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And against this backdrop, black frost stained the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the county magistrate’s office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Muzhou could not see, but he heard the wind and felt the damp chill; his injured body began to ache faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chang Zhiyuan sat beside him; the old man was far healthier than he, yet suffered from rheumatism, now gently massaging his legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his leg pain came not only from the rain—it was mostly from exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past few hours, he had tirelessly coordinated every remaining force in Fenghuai County, personally verifying every detail, giving meticulous instructions for every district of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was merely an ordinary old man; for twelve years, his duty had been the people’s peace and livelihood, his forces meant only to chase petty thieves—never had he learned how to face such an enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not move the entire Fenghuai County away, nor could he repel the foe beyond the gates; he could only do everything possible to let the people live a little longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instructions like locking doors from the outside to feign abandonment, or venting air before hiding in cellars—these were things Xing Zhi and others would never think of, for only those truly weak and powerless could truly empathize with ordinary civilians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the old man’s work was done; all county constables and reinforcements from the state had been dispatched, leaving only one guard to watch over the bound Zhu Gaoyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled a small stool beside his wheelchair, and two frail old men sat together on the veranda, waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it going to rain?” Yue Muzhou rasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, the sky darkened all at once,” Chang Zhiyuan rubbed his legs, frowning toward the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>",1267,"2026-06-20T13:17:09.438Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","63dd159da6d8aa6d0d7733eb3e05545d3db0a7355d609871055aa3634eb7205d","lord-of-the-immortal-food-chapter-79","lord-of-the-immortal-food-chapter-77",771,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flord-of-the-immortal-food-cover.jpg"]