[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-dao-dust-pearl":3,"chapter-the-dao-dust-pearl-the-dao-dust-pearl-chapter-982":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},2360483,4614,"Chapter 982: The Louguan Tower, Xuanwei Daojun","the-dao-dust-pearl-chapter-982",982,"\u003Cp>Fleeing into the void, the Spirit-Communicating Daoist finally regained his composure on a desolate island in the Bohai Sea, and turned to Chi Fennuo with a bow: “Thank you, Lord, for saving me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It wasn’t just me who saved you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Fennuo picked at the cracked nail on his right hand, a strange expression crossing his face: “The Longevity Master from the Western Continent hid for so long, yet exposed himself just to save you—clearly, your value is far more complex than it seems. So don’t thank me; thank yourself for proving your worth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Worth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit-Communicating Daoist chuckled bitterly: “Aside from offending a Dao Lord and suffering the worst misfortune, I don’t know what worth I could possibly have…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Fennuo tore off the broken nail of his right ring finger, a glint of intrigue in his eyes as he smiled: “Perhaps that is your worth!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xuanwei Daojun, Qian Chen—the founding patriarch who revived the Louguan Sect!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such a towering figure—I tremble just hearing his name!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Fennuo patted the Spirit-Communicating Daoist’s cheek and laughed: “You and Miao Kong—two insignificant ants—somehow forged such a karmic bond with such a being. What a strange fate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit-Communicating Daoist’s face flushed red as he protested: “Back then, he was just a child of ten or so, named Li Er! How could we have known he was that legendary figure? And even if he becomes a Dao Lord in the future, he isn’t one now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If he were a Dao Lord from the Earth Immortal Realm, that would be one thing! With the protection of the Lord of Reincarnation, couldn’t you just avoid him? But you dragged him into the Reincarnation World—where past and future intertwine, and time remains unfixed. At least by our time, he was already a Dao Lord, wasn’t he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit-Communicating Daoist fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Fennuo’s expression was calm as he picked at his nails: “And how do you know he isn’t a Dao Lord now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t forget—the Reincarnation Missions have no sense of time. The Qian Chen you met might be the one who, millions of years from now in the Earth Immortal Realm, has already attained Dao Lordhood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit-Communicating Daoist’s body trembled slightly, yet he raised his head and said: “If I had met a Dao Lord, even if you intervened, our Twelve Yuan Shen of the Tai Sui Alliance—no, now only eleven—would still be powerless to save me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He might not be his true body. And perhaps he has his own reservations here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Fennuo fell into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This world has Twelve Celestial Stewards. Our Alliance once speculated they might be twelve Dao Lords who have entrusted their Dao Fruits here, using the universe as a crucible, gathering the boundless spiritual essence of all beings as medicine to refine priceless Dao Seeds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And we, the Reincarnators, are pawns sent by the Lord of Reincarnation to collect offerings—and also the very ingredients He has cast into this world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Qian Chen has already become a Dao Lord, then it wouldn’t be strange if one of the Twelve Celestial Stewards is him…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit-Communicating Daoist shuddered again, his voice grave: “If that’s true… then aren’t we already trapped in the net, walking straight into it? No—it’s worse. I’m but an ant, and that enemy has become a Dao Lord, even established a universe above all! You, Lord, are helping me fight him! Isn’t that like a mantis trying to stop a cart?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If there were only one Celestial Steward, my only choice would be to abandon the mission and pay a great price to ask the Lord of Reincarnation to send me out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Fennuo laughed: “But here there are Twelve Celestial Stewards—they must balance each other. Thus, the Xuanwei Dao Lord’s attention is stretched thin, giving us ants a chance to breathe. Don’t forget: the Mirror Lord’s light shattered Qian Chen’s calculations and carved out your one sliver of survival!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And since Qian Chen’s true body is one of the Celestial Stewards, his physical form must be occupied with governing this universe—how much power could even a single thought of his wield?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s merely a chief deity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit-Communicating Daoist fell silent for a long while before chuckling bitterly: “Lord, you truly have boundless audacity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—you don’t understand what benefits this world holds. Ignorance breeds fear; once you know, you’ll crave it,” Chi Fennuo said calmly. “Besides, my elder brother has entrusted his Dao Seed to the Reincarnation Heaven for hundreds of thousands of years, spending countless Morality Points, asking the Lord of Reincarnation to spin the Reincarnation Heaven and draw in Dao Rhythms from countless reincarnation worlds to nourish it. Now, he is merely a hair’s breadth away from forming his Dao Fruit and becoming a Dao Lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But that hair’s breadth is a chasm…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the end, he lacks one thing—fate’s fortune!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is the Zun Nuo Lord about to become a Dao Lord?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit-Communicating Daoist was startled—not because the Tai Sui Alliance’s leader’s cultivation level exceeded expectations, but because such a secret, even among the Yuan Shen of the Alliance, was surely known to few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Fennuo revealed it so casually—he didn’t think the Spirit-Communicating Daoist was trustworthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only meant that, in Chi Fennuo’s plans, he was vital—crucial to success or failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jun Nuo is dead. Though you’ve been severely wounded, your soul has become pure Yang. You’re merely a hair’s breadth from breaking through the Life-Death Mystery and attaining Yuan Shen. Interested in inheriting Jun Nuo’s position and becoming the Shen Wei Tian Mo?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Fennuo didn’t answer directly—he offered the Spirit-Communicating Daoist an irresistible choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inheriting Jun Nuo’s position meant becoming one of the Twelve Rulers of the Tai Sui Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit-Communicating Daoist knew the Tai Sui Alliance’s strength: though not top-tier and still lacking a Dao Lord to bridge the gap to second-tier, it was unrivaled among third-tier organizations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twelve Yuan Shen True Immortals could topple a world as easily as daily chores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alliance controlled at least eighty thousand Reincarnation Worlds—varying in size, with the strongest boasting several Yuan Shen True Immortals, while the weakest were ruled by mere Golden Core cultivators. The Tai Sui Alliance was among the largest of them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As one of its rulers, the resources below Yuan Shen level were inexhaustible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Morality Points offered by the Alliance alone could fuel his rapid advancement after attaining Yuan Shen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even among Yuan Shen True Immortals in the Reincarnation Realm, treatment varied: lone cultivators might roam free, but the elixirs and resources needed for Yuan Shen cultivation were priceless. Most Yuan Shen True Immortals, maintaining a steady pace, undertook missions once a century—yet the Morality Points they earned barely sufficed for their own cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But organizations like the Tai Sui Alliance, holding partial control over Reincarnation Authority, could act as Reincarnation Masters, recruiting and training Reincarnators for missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From their subordinates, a single Zunzhe’s offering could sustain at least three Yuan Shen True Immortals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that after condensing a Dao Seed, nurturing it to growth required at least a Multiverse-level origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that stage, the Lord of Reincarnation exploited even more ruthlessly, offering the Reincarnation Heaven—the supreme convergence of countless Reincarnation Worlds—to nourish Yuan Shen Dao Seeds, at prices that made even Dao Seed-condensing True Immortals tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the Tai Sui Alliance could nurture a Dao Seed nearly to fruition—its depth of resources was plain to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit-Communicating Daoist tore himself from these temptations and sighed honestly: “If the Lord has a command, just say it. If it aligns with my interests, I’ll cooperate wholeheartedly. If you’re deceiving me, you surely don’t think I’ll blindly follow a dead end?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When the time comes, we both benefit. If I’ve served the Alliance well, inheriting Jun Nuo’s title will come naturally.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But right now, it’s just empty cake in the air—I’m too small-minded to swallow it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Fennuo smiled, arms behind his back: “This secret is known to few organizations in the Reincarnation Realm. Only true titans—like the Taiqing Sect, Dark Demon Sect, Lingxiao Palace, the Council of the Masters of Time and Space, the Wasteland Collectives, the Mother River of Arcane Arts, the Ten Thousand Gods Hall—barely grasp even fragments. Even some second-tier organizations remain ignorant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And this secret ties back to the alchemists of the Qin Dynasty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When the Qin unified the Earth Immortal Realm and began conquering the myriad realms, they also reached into the Reincarnation Realm, dispatching Meng Tian with a vast army to build a Great Wall across the endless Reincarnation Worlds, encircling the past and future of the Qin in the Earth Immortal Realm, guarding its temporal river. Even Crown Prince Fusu came to the Wall to defend the Qin’s temporal river.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The reason? The Qin discovered a special kind of world during their exploration of the Reincarnation Realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“According to those alchemists, those worlds possessed ‘Primordial True History.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Meaning, sooner or later, every such world had a Great Qin, a First Emperor—even if the Qin collapsed after two generations, and Crown Prince Fusu could never ascend. These worlds had the Hundred Schools and the projections of sages, followed by the Tang, Han, Three Kingdoms, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If their history lagged behind the Earth Immortal Realm, one might call them mere projections. But some advanced further, revealing fragments of fate and historical trajectories.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This shocked the First Emperor, and the Qin began secretly exploring those worlds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And those worlds were inherently extraordinary, often possessing origins far beyond ordinary worlds. The Fangxian Dao gained countless priceless insights from them, greatly enriching the Qin’s Art of Creation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what truly stirred the imagination was this: what secrets did these so-called Primordial True Histories conceal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Earth Immortal Realm produced countless geniuses—the Hundred Schools produced nearly a hundred Dao Lords. The Qin First Emperor swept the Six Directions and attained the Emperor Dao Fruit. Could their achievements be tied to their identities within the Primordial True Histories?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fate’s favor?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Or was there truly a Heavenly Mandate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once this secret spread, countless Reincarnation Organizations began hunting for it. But the worlds possessing Primordial True History were exceedingly hidden, some even concealing terrifying powers. For instance, the Kunlun World where Jun Nuo died—later confirmed by my elder brother—was one such world!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And in that world, the river of time constantly flowed toward an unfathomable future, hiding unspeakable horrors—so extreme that even my elder brother’s avatar was trapped within.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My elder brother said even his true body would likely perish if he entered.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1756,"2026-06-21T05:40:02.617Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","215caae13d302fd9ffd315d9b2599a99e1a90f521fa3417a87be2d5cb9da3262","the-dao-dust-pearl-chapter-983","the-dao-dust-pearl-chapter-981",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-dao-dust-pearl-cover.jpg"]