[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-paradise-of-reincarnation":3,"chapter-paradise-of-reincarnation-paradise-of-reincarnation-chapter-970":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Paradise of Reincarnation",{"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},2274828,4446,"Chapter 970: Uprising","paradise-of-reincarnation-chapter-970",970,"\u003Cp>The first floor of the Devil’s Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spatial power surged, ripples spreading outward as Su Xiao materialized out of thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening crash reached his ears; Su Xiao instinctively drew his long blade, scanning his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM, BOOM, BOOM…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Repeated crashes echoed across the first floor—coming from the wooden doors on either side, now being pounded relentlessly by unseen forces. The assailants were undoubtedly the inmates behind the doors, Alice’s prisoners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao’s gaze turned to the room where Sha was held; the wooden door before it was struck the hardest. Glowing runes clung to its surface, flickering dimly as Sha pounded against it from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first floor of the Devil’s Castle was in chaos. For unknown reasons, the inmates had begun frenziedly smashing their prison doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, these inmates could open their doors but could not leave their rooms. Now, all doors were locked shut, and the inmates pounded without pause, as if driven mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alice, it’s your turn to suffer—HAHAHAHA!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arrogant laughter mingled with the pounding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May she die outside the castle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry—before she returns, we have a chance to escape.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We owe this to Wolf Steward. That puppet actually recovered the memories erased from us. I’d love to see his face then—and the look on it when he stabbed Alice in the back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inmates on the first floor roared, venting their hatred and fury without restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From these inmates’ words, Su Xiao gleaned several pieces of information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1. Alice may have encountered trouble—and she is not inside the Devil’s Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. Wolf Steward, for unknown reasons, betrayed Alice—and stabbed her in the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3. All four floors of the Devil’s Castle are now sealed off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From these fragmented clues, Su Xiao confirmed one thing: the Devil’s Castle was now extremely dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pounding echoed in his ears. The first floor held more than just Sha among its powerful inmates. If they broke Alice’s seals, none of them would be match for Su Xiao. Some were even stronger than Alice herself—they were imprisoned by the castle’s own mechanisms, not by Alice’s abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would happen if these inmates burst through their doors and saw Su Xiao? Friendly conversation? Don’t be absurd. They’d likely blame him. They’d been locked away too long; hope was within reach, and they’d lost all reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This doesn’t look good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had Su Xiao spoken than a spatial ripple appeared—a dark figure materialized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thought that crossed Su Xiao’s mind: What kind of demon is this?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked closer. The coal-black figure was none other than Wang Wang. It was shaking off its fur, sprinting toward Su Xiao, its eyes pleading: “Master, got any water? This dog needs a bath.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you went into the coal business after all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao didn’t pull out water. There was clearly no time for a bath now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Wang bared its fangs in a grin, the fur around them caked in soot—making its teeth appear startlingly white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Wang Wang’s expression, it was clear it really had gone into coal trading. Su Xiao was left speechless for a long moment. This thing had wasted three days at the auction house… only to end up selling coal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Wang darted behind Su Xiao—it too sensed something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaos on the first floor continued. The inmates pounded their doors without rest, showing absolute resolve: today, they’d either break free—or die trying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, Su Xiao walked toward Sha’s room. He knew nothing of the other inmates, but he had negotiated with Sha—and had stayed in her room for two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation was clear: if Alice didn’t return, the inmates would eventually break free. Compared to restraining them, the forest of powerful beings on the fourth floor held far more dangerous entities that needed containment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if these inmates escaped, they’d merely leave the castle—they couldn’t destroy it fundamentally. But the beings on the fourth floor were different: the Star-Parasite Ants, the powerful entities supplying the castle’s energy, or even the castle’s original master—a demon betrayed by a friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These entities were far more dangerous than the first-floor inmates. If they broke free, Alice wouldn’t need to return to the castle—she’d be better off running for her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because of this, the first-floor inmates might well smash their doors. When they did, Su Xiao—trapped on the first floor himself—would be caught in the chaos. By normal procedure, he needed to obtain the “Game Winner Badge” to prove he’d completed the Devil’s Castle game before he could return to the Cycle Paradise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After weighing his options, Su Xiao decided to ally with one inmate—to infiltrate their ranks. He had a solid plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao hurried to the wooden door before Sha’s room and knocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the sound, the pounding ceased. Sha stopped striking the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baiye.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha pressed her body against the door, her face lit with an excited, almost manic grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Help me out. I’ll give you anything you want.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t need anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Sha’s expression darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can help you out—but…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao whispered something to Sha. The woman behind the door froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you hate Alice?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s tried to kill me over a dozen times.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Deal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha agreed without hesitation. Su Xiao leaned close to the door, studying the glowing runes. Damaging them from within was nearly impossible—but from the outside, they were easy to break. These were enhancement alchemical runes, greatly reinforcing the door’s strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao pulled several materials from his storage space, mixed them briefly, then poured the resulting pale-yellow liquid onto the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Green smoke rose. The liquid was an alchemical reagent similar to acid—but far more corrosive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Keep smashing the door.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Punch!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha roared from behind the door and slammed her fist into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runes on the door dimmed rapidly. Sensing this, Sha began pounding furiously from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SNAP! The door shattered. Sha burst through, still in her punching stance—and froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“HAHA! HAHAHA! HAHAHAHA!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha threw her head back and laughed wildly, her tomboy nature unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’M OUT!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her roar silenced the constant pounding on the first floor—for a heartbeat. Then the floor erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Someone made it! It’s Sha—that woman!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sha, help me out! I’m the Blood Marquis!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have a vault on Blue Sea Star—my entire fortune. Help me out, it’s all yours!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouts erupted from every room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry—I’ll get you all out. We’re cellmates now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha stepped toward a nearby wooden door. Was she being kind? Of course not. That was the condition Su Xiao set for freeing her.\u003C\u002Fp>",1103,"2026-06-19T23:49:56.324Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","41351eac8bdfc71c4af791a2df7c24be1b1cef57d9e95f262f05ff5f76998bdd","paradise-of-reincarnation-chapter-971","paradise-of-reincarnation-chapter-969",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fparadise-of-reincarnation-cover.jpg"]