[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-book-of-strange-tales":3,"chapter-the-book-of-strange-tales-the-book-of-strange-tales-chapter-591":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Book of Strange Tales",{"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},2317871,4532,"Chapter 591: The Creation of Heaven and Earth","the-book-of-strange-tales-chapter-591",591,"\u003Cp>Lin Jue opened his eyes; outwardly he appeared unchanged, but within his heart two great paths had taken shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above, thunder and drumbeats never ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four foxes still sat with their backs to him, yet could not help lifting their heads to gaze at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shun also looked up—and saw that the divine lords and celestial soldiers had already begun their assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze pierced effortlessly through the cloud cover—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the giant lowering a massive stone blazing with heavenly fire, hurling it from the clouds, where it instantly became countless burning meteors, crashing down into\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the giant, a divine official rode on clouds to report:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Purple Emperor commands! Break through Yishan at once!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Long Snake Zhenjun frowned, gazing downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within Yishan, clouds and mist still churned like an ocean; the falling heavenly fire meteors stirred not the slightest ripple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Long Snake Zhenjun waved his hand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless celestial soldiers formed a great array, wielding weapons, leaping down from the clouds into the roiling sea of mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside these celestial soldiers, who rained down like dumplings, a colossal fist burst through the white clouds and slammed directly into the mist-shrouded Yishan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Great Defender Zhenjun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the Ji Ling Zhenjun, who mastered the Great Ruyi and could grow to immense size, he was himself a Longbo Giant—naturally colossal, having spent years alongside the Purple Emperor purging demons in the north, his strength even greater!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this punch landed as if striking cotton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The celestial soldiers, diving from the heavens, vanished upon entering the mountain mist, like stones dropped into the ocean, unheard of again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Summon the wind!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Long Snake Zhenjun’s command, from every hovering warship in the sky, countless divine officials emerged, jointly casting spells to summon a hurricane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky erupted into violent gales, howling shrilly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only were countless trees uprooted, but even Lin Jue’s robes were whipped into frantic, crackling motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sand, dust, fallen leaves, dead wood, even massive boulders were swept skyward, then whipped at blistering speed through the hurricane, smashing into anything they struck—even towering mountains—quickly worn down to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain’s mist was torn apart by the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as the Mountain God strained to hold it together, the mist twisted wildly, surging and churning like water, slapping against every peak and cliff of Yishan, revealing and concealing the forested spires and stone pillars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the mist of Yishan truly seemed ready to be blown away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Summon lightning!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another thunder god emerged from behind the clouds, unleashing streaks of heavenly lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain mist surged like water; the peaks and stone pillars within sank and rose unpredictably. The moment any rose above the “surface,” lightning struck, shattering rock and scattering spiritual essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless ancient pines were destroyed beneath the thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the strategy of these divine lords—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as ordinary mortals hunted demons: when the demon hid in the forest, and they could not find it or fight it within the woods, they set the forest ablaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yishan Mountain God was nearly one with Yishan; as long as the mountain’s spiritual essence endured, his power would not fade. So they sought to drain his strength by destroying the mountain—when the mountain fell, the Mountain God would have no strength left to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they had not anticipated a sudden flash of spiritual light within the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faintly, it resembled a stamped seal, rapidly expanding to cover the entire Yishan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, wind and thunder ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence that followed was almost unnatural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Wind-and-Thunder-Sealing Seal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Long Snake Zhenjun’s expression hardened; he roared again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Set fire!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From another warship, divine officials reappeared, pouring jars of flaming liquid into the dense mist of Yishan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick white smoke surged upward, suppressing the mountain mist once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rain!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Torrential downpour poured from the heavens, naturally further suppressing the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly meteors continued to fall, striking the peaks and stone pillars that emerged from the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Yishan had its own countermeasure—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shu shu shu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of silver rings, now the size of cartwheels, shot upward to meet the meteors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the western reaches of Yishan, between two precipitous cliffs, stood a stone bridge called Bu Xian Bridge, built in an impossible location, its underside a ten-thousand-zhang abyss—likely constructed by immortals. A macaque leaned against an ancient pine, eyes wide with terror, watching the distant sky explode with meteors shattering into sparks, heavenly fire blooming like fireworks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead rose a towering stone peak, its sheer cliffs unclimbable on all sides; atop it stood a stone pavilion, its builder unknown. A fragment of shattered rock struck it—and reduced it to dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, the mist rose again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even coalescing into a colossal hand, rising ten thousand zhang from the cloud-sea below, grasping toward the white-cloud warships above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Defender Zhenjun swung his fist downward to meet it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM! Endless smoke and clouds erupted across the sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was merely preliminary probing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only they cannot breach a mountain with a Mountain God, nor overcome a Mountain God who commands Black Mountain—even if that White Rainbow Immortal Elder possesses the power to shake earth and rock, he cannot match the multitude of true cultivators within the mountain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice emerged from a small grove nearby:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you for protecting my refuge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the sound, the four foxes instantly turned their heads—two toward the voice’s source, two twisting one hundred eighty degrees to stare at Lin Jue behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was only right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never expected you to awaken such a profound path of life and death, and to receive the inheritance of the Ming Emperor Immortal Elder. I’ve heard you brought forth the Red Spring and the Yuanqiu fruit from Feilai Mountain’s Yuanqiu Immortal Realm, causing the former Minister of the Gathering Immortal Mansion to remain eternally youthful until death, and the founding emperor to live an extraordinarily long life. Later, you returned to Feilai Mountain—clearly, your gains within the Yuanqiu Immortal Realm extend far beyond that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jue spoke, continuing to gaze upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly sensing something amiss, he sidestepped and reached out, snatching a streak of golden light flying from the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon closer inspection, it was a small golden token.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost simultaneously, a voice echoed through the air:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Purple Emperor has sent three letters, summoning me to suppress you. When you see this token, I am already on my way—prepare yourself thoroughly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fu Chi Zhenjun…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jue murmured, his heart tightening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up again at the sky…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s test my powers on you,” Lin Jue said, turning to the foxes. “Give them a greeting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ying?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The foxes were puzzled, but obedient and in tune with him; instantly they merged into one, transforming into their colossal eight-tailed white fox form, and spat upward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beam of solar golden light pierced through the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several celestial soldiers were blasted upward by the upward-rushing golden light, their bodies erupting in golden flames; a giant was grazed by the beam, his wound igniting roaring fire, and he collapsed within the flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounding celestial soldiers scattered, looking upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden light did not cease—it continued upward, piercing the sail of a higher warship, causing splinters and divine officials to rain down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The celestial soldiers regrouped, staring down at the hollow in the cloud layer below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, beyond the mist-shrouded perimeter of Yishan, an eight-tailed white fox, vast as a small mountain, gazed upward at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Audacious!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither the Long Snake Zhenjun nor the Great Defender Zhenjun showed fear; one drew his sword, the other clenched his fists, and both plunged from ten-thousand-zhang clouds toward the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as they neared, they saw beside the white fox an utterly unremarkable figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Zhenren?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The celestial phenomena of yesterday still lingered in their minds—they could guess this Zhenren now wielded supreme divine power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet they had seen and faced mighty imperial deities before; as seasoned warriors, once engaged, fear was absent—they fixed their gaze on the man and the fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Immortal Elder, Nine Celestial Soldiers—aid me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Long Snake Zhenjun slashed with his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Defender Zhenjun hurled his colossal fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind them came the crimson true fire of Dan Huo Zhenren, the three golden daggers cast by the White Rainbow Immortal Elder, then several warships and dozens of divine generals charging with spears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, they felt a wave of dizziness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then all fell utterly still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Zhenjuns had vanished; the sword-like crimson true fire was gone; the three golden daggers, the warships, the dozens of generals—all utterly disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if they had never come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jue stood where he was, beside his fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sensed something, turned—and saw a streak of golden light approaching along the distant ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the figure arrived, the voice came first:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Knowing you once had ties with me, and possessing merit and virtue, I came to fight you myself—and sent word ahead. Have you prepared thoroughly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden light leapt from the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Chi Zhenjun, clad in black-gold scaled armor beneath a gray-white outer robe, wielding a black-gold great halberd, with an ancient sword at his waist, now stood beside Lin Jue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhenjun, long time no see,” Lin Jue bowed first, then said, “I have been preparing for this for over a hundred years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words seemed filled with sighs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Master calls; I must obey. Talking idle words serves no purpose—don’t you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then don’t blame me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Divine Lord is a talkative one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Floating Pool Divine Lord let out a cold snort, and his figure vanished instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reappeared, he stood before Lin Jue, the blade of his halberd mere inch from his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in the next instant, both of them vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a dense forest, a fox, and a small flower on the ground remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jue’s voice drifted out: “Fuyao, go into the mountains and aid your junior sister, your senior brother, and the Mountain Spirit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fox leapt forward without hesitation and vanished into the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the small wildflower remained where it had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon closer inspection, it was an utterly ordinary little flower—several leaves, a slender stem, supporting a blossom the size of a copper coin, its twelve pale purple petals surrounding a yellow stamen, within which stood dozens of minuscule human figures. Though all were already tiny, one among them was “enormous”—about the size of a grain of millet—while the rest were smaller than dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several warships had also fallen within the stamen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twelve upward-curving petals formed a wall enclosing the world, within which the two Divine Lords and numerous Divine Generals spun helplessly, unaware of which way to go, unaware of what spell this was, unaware of how to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mountain breeze blew, the wildflower swayed, and the world of the Divine Lord and the Divine Generals began to spin wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>",1816,"2026-06-20T14:45:37.804Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","daf4a1ef8998584509a226743f738f58c7c352c1a9aa9accf176e0c0c67c66e4","the-book-of-strange-tales-chapter-592","the-book-of-strange-tales-chapter-590",608,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-book-of-strange-tales-cover.jpg"]