[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-243":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},1759042,2324,"Chapter 243 - 185: A Million Years of Lifespan, Dazzling Fistprints Like Rain","secret-buyer-chapter-243",243,"\u003Cp>Grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too little!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the tent, Zhang Fusheng opened his eyes, his teeth aching and his heart slightly startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Du actually lived to be one thousand seven hundred years old...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He murmured lowly, recalling the first gathering of the High Heaven, when there were only four members,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the members’ transactions, Old Du casually offered a hundred years of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, it didn’t register, but thinking back carefully now, it seems peculiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One thousand seven hundred years old... even that dying Old Celestial Being from the High-class Cui Family may not have lived that long!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s thoughts were swirling; there was something secretive about Du Mingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what exactly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not care, nor was he interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter if he was a long-living immortal or had consumed large amounts of lifespan-extending Celestial Medicines—so what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Longevity was the least valuable thing to Zhang Fusheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to curl up inside the tent, listening to the noise in the camp, and his thoughts once again descended around Du Mingsheng through the High Heaven Order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to fulfill the contract first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for how to rescue Du Mingsheng and help him escape?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was none too difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in Chongshan City, inside the dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Which member is helping me escape... who could it be?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The mysterious member from the Western Sect? Or perhaps the highly ranked fifth seat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his thoughts turned, Du Mingsheng saw the water below slightly rippling, first confused, then his scalp tingled as he suddenly looked up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant fist imprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fist imprint landed on the chains, and with strange power reverberating, the shackles on his body broke one by one, layer by layer,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He... was free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of method is this??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng was startled, to lower a brilliant fist imprint from an unknown distance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the aura... at least a Grand Sect!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though puzzled, he didn’t hesitate and quietly approached the dungeon door, his expression once again tensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts couldn’t perceive the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire dungeon was made of special materials; as soon as spiritual thoughts touched it, it would immediately emit a piercing noise,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, there was certainly at least one Grand Sect guarding outside the dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This isn’t an easy escape...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Du Mingsheng pondered bitterly, he saw another brilliant fist imprint before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Boom!!!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dungeon door was shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust billowed, and before he could react, he saw two Grand Sects attacking!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another brilliant fist imprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Grand Sects were fiercely slammed into the ground, each coughing up blood as Du Mingsheng snapped out of his daze and sprinted away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten times the speed of sound, thirty times, fifty times!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four furnace fires flickered, his own self completely liberated, a kilometer-high Dharma Aspect broke through the dungeon, seemingly interwoven with brilliant fist imprints, forming a line of secret words before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Just run]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng didn’t have time to ponder, leaping, a hundred meters, a kilometer, ten thousand meters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On instinct, he looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the entire Chongshan City beneath him, every person, every citizen,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter male or female, young or old, all were looking up indifferently at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Street vendors, children holding lollipops, the eccentric uncle selling balloons...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire city, unbeknownst when, had already been ’infected’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was a believer of the Celestial Principle Sect, all were devotees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Principle Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven is supreme, Celestial Principle is most important, Heaven gives birth to all things to nurture humans, humans serve as fuel for Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng’s scalp tingled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a trance, he saw one Grand Sect after another rising from the ground, soaring into the sky!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Expel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, in another city, a young man curled up in a tent muttered as if in a dream, with Wei Lingzhu sitting beside him wiping his sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongshan City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Sects soaring into the sky suddenly plummeted down even faster, as though an unknown force manipulated the world, driving them downward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Gulp!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng swallowed his saliva, came to his senses, and continued upward, crashing towards the celestial vault’s extreme summit, intending to break into the waiting area directly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another Grand Sect approached, a kilometer Dharma Aspect grand and majestic, spanning the celestial vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Expel... Om.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sleeping youth muttered again, as if having a nightmare, unconsciously waving his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Lingzhu quietly exited the tent:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother Bo Yang doesn’t seem to have rested well lately...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She casually zipped up the tent:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t disturb him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure, sis.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Qingshan nodded, also lowered his voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To think about it, Big Brother Bo Yang has quite the strong nerves, seeing so many cultists for the first time at the camp, yet remaining calm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Lingzhu smiled, gesturing towards the tent:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t he having nightmares? Now, even in his sleep, he’s muttering ’expel’.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Expel...\" Wei Qingshan scratched his head, suddenly enlightened and said, \"Was it yesterday, during the day, when the massive palm of the cloud sea descended, causing the mountains to collapse?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I took a glance, remembered it clearly, there were three resounding ’expels’ echoing through the vast world, likely leaving a significant psychological shadow on Big Brother Bo Yang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The siblings sighed in amazement, reflecting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man muttered in his sleep, waving his hands randomly, while silently contemplating the Primordial Ancient Scripture in his mind, urging the Taiyi Chapter, urging [Cause and Effect Parallel].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he could see, even perceive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could perform this technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, through a distant High Heaven Order, perhaps through a strand of spiritual thought in the High Heaven Order sensing outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A technique initiated yet not outward, already cast upon the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongshan City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brilliant fist imprints appeared out of nowhere, the moment they appeared, they were already imprinted upon the pursuing Grand Sects!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brilliant fist imprints were exceedingly heavy, though unable to truly harm the Grand Sects, they could act as a hindrance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most crucial part...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were too many fist imprints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like endless raindrops in a downpour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accepting money from others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resolving their troubles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng was indeed exerting himself fully, the fist imprints continuous, like radiant rain, crashing upon each Grand Sect’s body, they wanted to dodge, but simply couldn’t!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fist imprints appeared directly on their bodies!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One Grand Sect with only the physical body furnace fire lit was genuinely blown apart, even the furnace fire at the back of his head extinguished together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sky full of blood rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining Grand Sects didn’t fare much better; those with only one or two furnace fires lit no longer dared to continue the pursuit,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Spirit Furnace Fire, even reaching the level of the Heaven and Earth Furnace Fire of the Great Sect, was repeatedly exiled backward by the unknown eerie force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng recalled his gaze in shock, his figure had already rushed to an altitude of hundreds of kilometers, raising his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Kilometer Dharma Aspect followed with a raised fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smash!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Rumble!!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the sound of thunder, visible shockwaves surged in all directions, scattering the sea of clouds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, at the very top of the Celestial Vault, not even a crack appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed as if a layer of unknown force covered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Disaster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng’s expression changed dramatically:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the headquarters of the Celestial Principle Sect!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was horrified, not knowing what to do, loudly calling out to the mysterious ally for help:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am willing to give up a century of cultivation, save me to escape!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brilliant fist imprint abruptly paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng heard the mighty rushing sound of a great river by his ear; in a trance, he seemed to see a continuous flower cluster, seemed to see the place of the Other Shore’s abode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wooden bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know when he was already standing on the decaying bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to look back but couldn’t, as if a heavy world pressed on his shoulders, chill and gloom in all directions, everything fell silent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng murmured in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The great bridge beneath his feet rushed toward the extreme top of the Celestial Vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, even the great sects exerting full strength couldn’t shake the extreme top of the Celestial Vault, yet in front of that seemingly tottering wooden bridge, it was like a thin sheet of paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The extreme top of the Celestial Vault was torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dazzling chaos, he was already in the depths of a desert in the waiting area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng fell to the ground, the bridge, the river, the place of the Other Shore’s abode, everything had vanished, as if...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What just happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat paralyzed on the desert, sweat dripping from his forehead, chaotic mist flowing, coalescing into a human form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a True Man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was entrusted by that friend to collect another hundred years of cultivation.\" The True Man spoke calmly, clearly a human form gathered from mist, yet issuing a real and truthful voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng staggered to his feet, seeing the True Man outlined by light and shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet another hundred years of cultivation was stripped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the four lamps of the furnace fire, not a single one was extinguished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke with some embarrassment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the age of one hundred, I was already a grandmaster, by four hundred, I had already lit four lamps of furnace fire, just that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng gave an embarrassed smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over a thousand years, yet I could never break through the limit, nor achieve the Thousand-Year Refining Spirit position, trapped within this realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Man glanced at him, feeling curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Thousand-Year position, while difficult, was not insurmountable; although he once had the support of a ’Contract’ ensuring ’absolute correctness,’ further seated on the meditation mat in an incomparably high position, thus could break through at one go,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but even without those, it shouldn’t cost such an age...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Du didn’t seem to be a fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Du Mingsheng made a bow towards the True Man, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"May I ask the True Man, who is that friend who helped me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Man lightly shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He never went to meet the Celestial Venerate with you all; his identity is very special, an ancient deity who once presided over the return of all deceased souls—the Netherworld.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng opened his eyes wide, hearing the True Man casually spit out:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back when the old world perished, he happened to just enter the cycle of reincarnation, as an ordinary person undergoing tribulation, now trapped in the process of tribulation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And due to the collapse of the Netherworld, he has been unable to return to his position.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng, casually patching up the alias of [Nine Netherworlds Sin-Extinguishing Celestial Venerate], was about to leave, enjoy your two hundred years of past cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Du Mingsheng’s pupils shrank, seeing the gradually fading form of the True Man, gritting his teeth:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But just then!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Man’s form re-coalesced, calmly looking towards Du Mingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter remained silent for a while, continuing the unfinished narration:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But just then, I seemed to hear the river’s sound, see an ancient and immortal wooden bridge, see a piece of...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The place of the Other Shore’s abode.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Man frowned, quietly gazing at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng lowered his head, hesitated for a moment, ultimately made a decision:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I too have seen that same place of the Other Shore’s abode.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, a young man seemingly asleep in a tent slightly turned over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Man’s tone unchanged, uttered an ’Oh’:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean the Other Shore flower cluster by the Yellow Springs River, near the Bridge of Helplessness?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Other Shore flower cluster...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng murmured in loss, chewing over those four words, the wind and sand in the waiting area was great, he slightly lowered his eyelids:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s the Other Shore flower cluster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s heart trembled, under his manipulation, the True Man composed of chaotic mist showed no anomalies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Man said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you think of telling me about this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng spoke cautiously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You just mentioned, that mysterious friend is an ancient deity, going through some kind of tribulation, unable to return due to the Netherworld’s disintegration.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to... strive for his favor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Man looked at Du Mingsheng with interest, realizing that Old Du’s secret was larger than imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said faintly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Continue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seventeen hundred years ago, when I was still young, only in my fifties, I once came upon an ancient book.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was open... As I gazed upon it, I saw some illusions, including the place of the Other Shore’s abode...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pausing, Du Mingsheng looked at the human form assembled from a mass of chaotic mist and continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I opened it, saw my name on it, and it recorded my remaining lifespan—one hundred twenty-four years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I added a word on it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After one hundred twenty-four, I added the word ’ten thousand.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, Zhang Fusheng, in deep sleep, had a violent twitch of the eyelids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred and twenty-four... ten thousand?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng spoke bitterly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, a hundred years, five hundred years, a thousand years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never aged.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But adding just that one word, seemed to come at a cost—I couldn’t break through to become Innate no matter what.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three words on that ancient book, they were called...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t finished speaking when he heard the True Man say peacefully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Book of Life and Death?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng raised his head in astonishment, looking towards the chaotic human form, lightly nodding his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s called the Book of Life and Death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2310,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.351Z",1,"novelbin.me","7a5218f15d8b6f211b9fd198000ab72469febf4e31f6c1955ba7568a36175a7d","secret-buyer-chapter-244","secret-buyer-chapter-242",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]