[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-181":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Secret Buyer",{"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},1758861,2324,"Chapter 181 - 144: Descending Into Reality, A Letter to the God of Plague","secret-buyer-chapter-181",181,"\u003Cp>In the Golden City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man suddenly opened his eyes, his expression ashen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Bridge of Helplessness...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s gone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could no longer sense his Supreme Treasure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vanished into thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man’s lips trembled, and he immediately thought of the person pursued by the Deity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it him??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up, pacing back and forth, feeling a chill run down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Deity said that person’s cultivation level was definitely not high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man’s face was gloomily serious, thinking about the ability to quietly erase one’s Spiritual Imprint, what kind of cultivation does this person have?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what kind of methods??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, fortunately...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he did not personally go to Chongyang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was silent for a long time before picking up the phone and dialing out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is Lin Yusheng from the Golden City Investigation Bureau; connect me to your Chongyang City’s Garrison, Chen Daoling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, a respectful voice came from the other side of the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Lin, it’s me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man spoke coldly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m giving you a coordinate, immediately send someone to investigate, check it out... no, you personally go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" Chen Daoling replied respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After casually hanging up the phone, Lin Yusheng rubbed his temples, pacing back and forth, both shocked and uneasy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could barely establish a natal connection with the Bridge of Helplessness through the blessing of the Deity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was the result?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silently, that natal connection was severed, and the Spiritual Imprint planted within with the help of the Ancestor of Land Immortals was also removed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of great power, at least is a Celestial Human!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old thing, almost got me killed...\" Lin Yusheng coldly looked towards the small Divine Statue of the Ancestor of Land Immortals on his desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed, heavy-heartedly sitting back down, continuing to read the report on the Jiangzhou incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time of reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man made an annotation on the document.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t blame me, I’m just following orders, just to be safe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered to himself, sighing softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this annotation was issued, those ten action captains involved in the Jiangzhou incident, ten Grandmasters, naturally made no sound again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a matter of necessity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor said it was a necessary sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Necessary sacrifice... ha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Deputy Director of the Investigation Bureau suddenly mocked with a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Chongyang City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Daoling put on his coat and walked out of the Investigation Branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An action team was already on standby, and the Grandmaster leading the team lowered his head towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go, to the Great Wilderness outside the city.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elderly man with an otherworldly demeanor instructed, a bit troubled, why did the order from above come at this time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and it was personally issued by Vice Director Lin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly happened in that Great Wilderness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon boarding the Aerospace Ship, the massive ship quickly arrived at the designated coordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ten teams are searching and surveying around; Captain Wu, come with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jumping off the Aerospace Ship, without bothering about the teams searching in all directions, Chen Daoling arrived at the location specified by that esteemed person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Desert?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Captain Wu beside him exclaimed in surprise:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When did a small piece of desert appear here??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Daoling said nothing, crouching down to pick up a pinch of fine sand, feeling it rolling in his palm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then tilted his hand, letting the sand fall between his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s stone sand eroded and decomposed from rocks, just recently formed... by someone adept in Yin Erosion True Intent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Daoling stood up, glancing at the eight figures kneeling in the distance, exchanging a look with Captain Wu,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Grandmaster and a Great Master stepped on the stone sand towards those eight corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Daoling crouched down, quietly observing, his brows furrowing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The flesh is intact, the body unharmed, except for the broken feet, there’s no other injury... How did they die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frowning, a bit unbelievable, his gaze fell on the faces of several corpses, his heart slightly trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expressions on these corpses conveyed despair, shock, humility, and a bizarre feeling of... redemption?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if, in the last moment before death, they saw something remarkable and received something extraordinary...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imperial Decree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This term emerged in Chen Daoling’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his youth, before the decline of the Ling Mountain Sect, he had seen his master kneel to the Divine Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, the expression on his master’s face was almost identical to this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing missing was fear and despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Captain Wu beside him suddenly spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looking at their expressions and physical state... why does it seem like they’ve been granted death by [Divine Spirit]?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Daoling’s throat moved, nodding slightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, it’s similar to a previous Evil Cult incident we investigated, where a Grandmaster died kneeling... That Grandmaster was indeed granted death by the Evil God he worshipped.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying so, this elderly man with an ethereal demeanor once again placed his hand on one of the corpses’ chests, silently sensing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No fatal injuries, the internal body is intact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s as if they’ve been...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Had their lives confiscated?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pupils contracted, exchanging a look with Captain Wu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Daoling stood up, his expression more serious than ever:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You go make a report, inform the higher-ups, that outside Chongyang City, there might be a Divine Descent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I’ll go myself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking, the old man couldn’t help but lick his lips, first there was the mysterious old man invoking High Heaven and Celestial Venerate two days ago,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>now, there’s another suspected Divine Descent incident...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Daoling felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Divine Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the dazed gazes of numerous souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look, there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Flawless Soul, having knelt day and night for centuries, pointed to the bank of the torrential river, insurmountable and unreachable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More precisely, the opposite bank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the opposite bank, from the muddy soil, sprouted indescribable mysterious flowers, just looking at them made all the souls shiver and feel... a sense of relief?\u003C\u002Fp>",1011,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","725208ca955542f80d7d4c25b15f421ead627fb5d879b679ed65ec17db08f4a1","secret-buyer-chapter-182","secret-buyer-chapter-381",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]