[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done":3,"chapter-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-171":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","National Guardian's Gone and We're Done",{"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},1743908,2228,"Chapter 171: Personally Serving the Statue of the Great Celestial Dog Deity","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-171",171,"\u003Cp>\"Can you still not see the current situation for what it is?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is no longer a struggle between our Great Jing Empire and the White-Red Empire against Chu He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It has evolved into a showdown between the Lighthouse Empire and Chu He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason the Lighthouse Empire is making such a great show of force\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>is to curb the development of Chu He and, by extension, the Great Xia Empire under his protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they are allowed to continue on this path, even the Lighthouse Empire, the sole superpower on Blue Star,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>will suffer a blow that could shake them to their very core.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shengyue stood by the sea, her hands resting on the railing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gazed at the sparkling sea, the bright sunlight, the seagulls wheeling over the water,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and in the distance, the towering Deceitful Ships, like slumbering behemoths, as batch after batch of fully armed Martial Artists descended from them in orderly lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As always, Your Majesty sees things with perfect clarity.\" Zong Yajuan was quick to offer her praise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It has nothing to do with clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the White-Red Empire has obediently become the Lighthouse Empire’s lapdog. What right do we have to complain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, we must study that deity statue of the Great Celestial Dog inside and out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as I know, the White-Red Empire has already reported this matter to the Lighthouse Empire, hoping to use their pressure to force us to return the deity statue of the Great Celestial Dog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there is no precedent for the Great Jing Empire to simply hand over what has fallen into its grasp.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shengyue said with a cold smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What should we do if the Lighthouse Empire pressures us to return the deity statue of the Great Celestial Dog?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zong Yajuan asked, her voice laced with worry. \"If they demand its return, the Great Jing Empire will be in a terrible position.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest assured, the Lighthouse Empire won’t do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the way of emperors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lighthouse Empire chose both the Great Jing Empire and the White-Red Empire in this region\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>precisely because they don’t want our Great Jing Empire to develop too smoothly under their patronage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The White-Red Empire wasn’t just chosen to keep an eye on the Great Xia Empire;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it’s also a warning to us. It’s as if they’re saying, ’See? It’s simple for us to find a new dog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Jing Empire isn’t our only option.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter. So long as the core of our empire remains, we will never lack for the means to rise again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Jing Empire will one day restore its former glory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Ji Shengyue was overcome with emotion and slammed her fist down on the iron railing before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flotilla of magnificent, towering Deceitful Ships moored on the sea, and the powerful Martial Artists continuously disembarking from them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their sheer numbers—tens of thousands—created a powerful visual impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shengyue was green with envy. It was such a pity that these Martial Artists and Deceitful Ships were all sent by the Lighthouse Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’How wonderful it would be if they belonged to the Great Jing Empire.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has the deity statue of the Great Celestial Dog shown any signs of awakening yet?\" Ji Shengyue asked, pulling her gaze away from the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not yet. There’s been no change at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our people in the Great Jing Empire are all waiting with bated breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone understands that it doesn’t matter where this Deity came from. As long as the Great Jing Empire has a Deity of its own, that’s all that matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The White-Red Empire’s few Deities have already fully awakened. According to the grapevine,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the reason the White-Red Empire allowed the Lighthouse Empire’s Martial Artists to establish a presence and build a Martial Artist Base within their borders\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was the result of direct negotiations between the White-Red Empire’s Deities and the Lighthouse Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that Chu He really knows some secrets about the Deities?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, why hasn’t the Great Xia Empire made contact with any? The Great Xia Empire has a much longer history, and their Deities are countless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zong Yajuan said, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, have we sent anyone to infiltrate the Great Xia Empire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shengyue asked, as if she had suddenly remembered something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The White-Red Empire is just a tiny, insignificant country with very few Deities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the Deities of the Great Xia Empire, the difference is night and day. There’s simply no comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One is heaven, the other is earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from this perspective, the Deities of the Great Xia Empire would be easier for our Great Jing Empire to steal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Ji Shengyue spoke, the more excited she became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, her focus had been on the White-Red Empire, but now she suddenly realized that her neighbor was hiding even greater treasures!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Ji Shengyue had always harbored a deep-seated loathing for the Great Xia Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she could steal a few Deities from the Great Xia Empire, it would surely infuriate Great Xia’s Lu Yinxing and Chu He to no end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have been trying to send people to infiltrate, but not a single one has gotten in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Great Xia Empire is now on lockdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A while ago, they expelled everyone who wasn’t a citizen of the Great Xia Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the last few days, they’ve made a new move. Those who married foreign wives,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or married foreign husbands and have been living long-term in the Great Xia Empire,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>are now being registered and prepared for forced deportation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s been a lot of resentment within the Great Xia Empire lately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zong Yajuan reported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even so, we must not give up on infiltrating the Great Xia Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps at a time like this, the Great Xia Empire will let its guard down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shengyue said, patting the railing in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going to see the Great Celestial Dog’s statue now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, help me spread the word within the Great Jing Empire. Say that for the happiness and safety of the people,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I, as Her Majesty the Queen of the Great Jing Empire, will personally attend to the statue of the Deity, the Great Celestial Dog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the other embellishments, you should know what I mean.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shengyue’s trust in Zong Yajuan had reached an unprecedented level. She entrusted all matters, large and small, down to the last detail, to Zong Yajuan’s care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand, Your Majesty,\" Zong Yajuan replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the deep and unfathomable grotto-abode,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>light was meticulously woven by an invisible hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A nimbus of black and white energy swirled around Chu He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like the gentlest demarcation in the sky at the break of dawn—not purely daylight, nor profound night,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the ineffable harmony and contrast that lies between.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This radiance, as fine as silk, gently brushed over every inch of space within the grotto-abode,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>causing the surrounding stone walls and dome to seem as if they were breathing, fading in and out with the flow of light and creating an otherworldly, dreamlike sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He’s figure, amidst this interplay of light and shadow, appeared even more solitary and aloof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phantom image behind him, like an ancient Divine Spirit slowly emerging from the void, its outline gradually became clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every subtle change was accompanied by a tremendous surge of the purest energy between heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This energy, as if guided by an invisible hand, surged furiously into the phantom image,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>imbuing it with an ineffable power and majesty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding air seemed to tremble from the convergence of this power, emitting a low and resonant hum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Chu He’s eyes became the focal point of the grotto-abode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His left eye, like a lake covered by the first snow of winter, was clear and profound, emitting a soft and pure white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right eye, like the brightest star in the dead of night, was deep and mysterious, flickering with a dark and alluring black gleam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pair of mismatched eyes seemed as if they could see through the essence of all things,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or as if they connected two completely different worlds, inspiring both awe and longing in those who looked upon them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke in a soft whisper, and though his voice was light, it echoed in the silent grotto-abode. ’I never expected the path to the Nascent Soul Realm to be this long and difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder how much time has passed outside, and what has happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right now, the breakthrough is more important.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Chu He slowly closed his eyes again, shutting out the distractions of the outside world and the turbulence within his own heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breathing became long and deep, resonating with the surging energy around him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the entire grotto-abode began to tremble gently in time with his rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>",1479,"2026-06-06T16:46:32.086Z",1,"novelbin.me","38cd0d71785d9640736bc4bcfaa0d78fb2aebe3a9f381e745dd9c7a5ab26feb1","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-172","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-221",274,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnational-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-cover.jpg"]