[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-dao-dust-pearl":3,"chapter-the-dao-dust-pearl-the-dao-dust-pearl-chapter-10":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Dao Dust Pearl",{"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},2359511,4614,"Chapter 10","the-dao-dust-pearl-chapter-10",10,"\u003Cp>Under the power of the Spirit-Sealing Talisman, Chengwu Shenjun’s soul had still been struggling, but Qian Chen subtly whispered to him during his explanation, to avoid the awkwardness of having no audience—and this unexpected move shattered Chengwu Shenjun’s entire confidence, making the soul-binding process effortless, with answers forthcoming to every question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Chen activated the talisman and asked: “Who are these Twelve Yuan Chen you mentioned, and what is their connection to the Four Seas Hall?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Chengwu Shenjun’s hollow explanation, Qian Chen learned that the Twelve Yuan Chen were the most vicious, ruthless, terrifying, and cruel bandits in Jianghu history, each bearing a name derived from the Twelve Earthly Branches, wearing masks, and never knowing one another’s true identities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the Dragon Head knew each member’s real identity; they were all outlaws who had been either invited or coerced into joining after the Dragon Head uncovered their deepest secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of the Twelve Yuan Chen held a mysterious public persona: beneath their masks, they might be revered elders of the martial world, mighty heroes who commanded respect across Jianghu, long-missing black-path figures, notorious bandits, or even the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They robbed and kidnapped, gathering under the Dragon Head’s command, striking simultaneously on a prearranged day with a policy of total annihilation—leaving no survivors, not even dogs or chickens. Even a single one of them could unleash a bloodbath; two or three working together had already shaken the martial world with their crimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Dragon Head summoned all Twelve Yuan Chen, the act committed was always earth-shattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since their formation, the Twelve Yuan Chen had only acted as a full group twice—each time plunging Jianghu into an ocean of blood and towering waves of chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, as the Sixtieth Birthday of the Jianghu Alliance Leader Hong Sihai approached, the Four Seas Hall was flooded with guests from all corners, heroes gathering to celebrate him—yet the Dragon Head chose this moment to summon the Twelve Yuan Chen, setting their target as… Hong Sihai. This was because, years ago, Hong Sihai had led the righteous factions to destroy the Demon Cult; the Twelve Yuan Chen dared not challenge the righteous heroes, but seized the chance to ambush and slaughter the fleeing families of the Demon Cult disciples, torturing the Cult Leader’s kin to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When news reached the Demon Cult’s main stronghold, then under siege by the righteous, the Cult Leader’s spirit shattered—and he fell to the righteous forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Twelve Yuan Chen’s massacre of the Demon Cult Leader’s family was never about justice—it was for the Cult’s accumulated wealth and peerless martial arts, amassed over a thousand years. The Demon Cult had been feared and revered for millennia, hoarding countless divine weapons, secret manuals, and treasures, rumored to be sealed in a hidden vault to safeguard them against future decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the hope for the Demon Cult’s resurrection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After torturing the Cult Leader’s family, the Twelve Yuan Chen extracted some clues—but the key secret of the vault’s location had been taken by the Cult Leader himself. Only when both secrets were united could the treasure be retrieved. Based on the Dragon Head’s years of investigation, this final clue had now been confirmed to be in the hands of the Jianghu Alliance Leader, Hong Sihai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the Twelve Yuan Chen would reunite—to destroy the Four Seas Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To assassinate the aged and weakened Hong Sihai…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I always knew some chaos would erupt during a grand Jianghu gathering. The Twelve Yuan Chen targeting Hong Sihai—righteous versus evil—it’s clearly the main quest of this event,” Qian Chen said, shaking his head. “But your Twelve Yuan Chen are strange. Why not strike when it’s quiet? Why choose the moment Hong Sihai invites the entire martial world to his banquet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When righteous experts are gathered in force?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t that just making things harder for yourselves?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bound soul of Chengwu Shenjun spoke flatly: “Because each of us has a public identity. If we don’t take advantage of this chaotic gathering to infiltrate the Four Seas Hall, stir up confusion, and disrupt their defenses, we’d never survive a direct assault on such a heavily guarded stronghold—even if we succeeded, it would be nine deaths and one life, with catastrophic losses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Though the righteous heroes seem powerful, they are riddled with secrets, grudges, and conflicting interests—strong on the surface, but fractured beneath. That makes it far easier for us to operate in the shadows.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if the righteous capture one of us, since none of us know the others’ true identities, they cannot implicate anyone else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thus, this is the perfect moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if you capture the Dragon Head, won’t your entire group collapse?” Qian Chen asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, the soul-bound Chengwu Shenjun revealed a sinister, chilling smile: “You have no idea how terrifying the Dragon Head is. He is not a man—he is a venomous dragon lurking in the abyss. Even if all of us die, the Dragon Head may still walk free. Anyone who believes the Dragon Head is our only weakness has no idea they’ve walked straight into the dragon’s jaws—sheep entering the dragon’s mouth!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You seem to have great faith in him,” Qian Chen said coolly, arms crossed. “Am I not more terrifying than he is?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chengwu Shenjun replied: “You are a terrifying man—but the Dragon Head is not human. He is a demonic spirit of gods and devils, possessing a human form. He is a being you can never defeat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That description…” Qian Chen exhaled slowly. “Thinking back on all the heroes I’ve ever heard of, only the Supreme One fits this description. Today, I must face an enemy worthy of the Supreme One?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Chen doubled over, laughing until his stomach ached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are a lot of backwater fools in this reincarnation world!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Qian Chen asked: “What flaw did I show that made you decide to poison me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soul of Chengwu Shenjun wore a strange expression: “You showed no flaw at all… does killing by poison require a reason? I was just in a bad mood today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Chen fell silent at these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is your true identity?” Qian Chen began searching Chengwu Shenjun’s corpse, carefully collecting all the poisons into the Dragon Sparrow Ring. From beneath the teahawk’s stove, he retrieved a bronze mask shaped like a soaring giant serpent—this was the token of the Twelve Yuan Chen. Chengwu Shenjun, still bound, answered: “My public identity is Qi Qiuzi, the greatest physician in Jianghu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And the real Qi Qiuzi?” Qian Chen asked casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am the real Qi Qiuzi. I joined the Twelve Yuan Chen at the Dragon Head’s invitation to cultivate my master’s secret art—the Bi Ling Wu Du Hua Shen Jing. Jianghu knows me only for my medical skill—but they don’t know I am equally deadly with martial arts and poison.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After becoming a Master, we open the Gate of Heaven and Earth, gaining command over cosmic energy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet cosmic energy is wildly violent. Ordinary Masters can only cautiously control it, lest it destroy their bodies. To truly become peerless experts, one must use divine weapons to harness cosmic energy, reaching the supreme state where a single strike alters heaven and earth. The gap between an ordinary Master and one wielding a divine weapon is infinite… I could not bear to be an ordinary Master, spending my days healing the sick, forced to secretly poison enemies when confronted. So I must forge the secret divine weapon of my sect—the Bi Lin Wu Du.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1248,"2026-06-21T05:39:58.326Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b65487d8645200db3e10b51c1e75fe7c61c0193b138ab85adc47c2a75c21d410","the-dao-dust-pearl-chapter-11","the-dao-dust-pearl-chapter-9",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-dao-dust-pearl-cover.jpg"]