[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces":3,"chapter-the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-239":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Dragon of a Thousand Faces",{"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},2269885,4431,"Chapter 239","the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-239",239,"\u003Cp>Lex was the most ridiculous and useless spirit hero Li En had ever seen, but also the most generous one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His “single-mindedness” was absurdly powerful, and combined with the spirit hero’s possession state, it granted Li En several days of heavenly prodigy-level talent and rapid progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Want to raise satisfaction? Treat my daughters well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lex said nothing, but his fluctuating satisfaction meter seemed to repeatedly emphasize this single standard. This ridiculous spirit hero cared only for his own family—gaining his satisfaction meant being a perfect “foolish father.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Su Er’s “Judgment of Evil” and Ku Ku’s relentless studying (Li En’s completion rate was low, so the final settlement was low), Lex’s requirements were probably the easiest to fulfill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just said I’d consider it—I didn’t even promise I’d pull it off—and I got twenty satisfaction points.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li En sighed; he knew that after everything was over, he could regret it. But seeing pitiful Dainya, and under the spirit hero’s influence, he couldn’t hold back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, I’ll take it one step at a time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering the many competitors ahead, he had no confidence he’d ultimately win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he used the “kingdom” as bait, he’d surely attract many heroes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, if the kingdom continued like this, its collapse was likely just twenty years away—it might as well be a gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li En sighed; he truly didn’t want to deal with this mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And soon after, events proved Li En’s expectations correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, if I burn part of my power and soul, I should be able to search for hero potential across half the continent. Though I’m not as skilled in spatial abilities as She Qianbei, brute force still works fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy was beyond saving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he truly recruited talents from across the entire world, it might genuinely change a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honor, beauties (fraudulent), power, kingdom, territory, strength, hero legacy—this should be enough to twist many things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ninety-nine percent of the visitors would have no chance of winning, but their arrival alone would be enough to reverse the kingdom’s current decline—at least helping Huicheng resolve its immediate troubles and avoid total collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lex could form pacts with a few core figures, it could prevent total chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Li En, it seemed, could gain much in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had realized: the Spirit Hero Hall’s existence had made him, as the one controlling resources, unknowingly the core of the spirit hero inheritors. These young people, whose abilities and virtues were recognized, formed a kind of “alumni network,” quietly creating private alliances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each new spirit hero’s succession was another reunion of this “organization.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These young talents, scattered across the world, were destined to grow stronger and expand their influence over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their power would naturally grow ever greater, and naturally become capable of interfering more deeply with the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this was also the Thousand-Faced Dragon’s design—meaning that individuals like Li En, while continuously gaining power, also gained the gradual ability to reshape the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he first heard Dainya mention the “legendary Spirit Hero Hall” and the title “inheritor,” perhaps in history, some generation of Thousand-Faced Dragon like Li En had used these young spirit hero inheritors to form a hidden force that reshaped the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I don’t want to change the world—I just want to live well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ensu, this career chameleon, had always been this way—if he truly had strong desires or ambition, he wouldn’t have taken that path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honestly, I just want to live well too—I don’t want to be some continent-wide hero or peerless champion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this regard, Lex and Li En were in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But looking at Lex, Li En frowned—this felt like he’d just set a negative flag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet reality was this: with power, resources, and status, when the whole world erupted in storm, you couldn’t remain untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You think you’re strong enough to protect yourself? But this strength, this reputation, ensures you’ll become a pawn in others’ schemes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, I’m different—I’m just a commoner, never caught in any weird timing, the kingdom’s barely surviving, no capacity to stir up trouble.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you sure? The Demon Tide is about to begin, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li En fell silent. It was true—this seemed to be the very reason he had “awoken.”\u003C\u002Fp>",709,"2026-06-19T21:45:42.084Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","da2be4a2914b7d69ad06540a5c147e1475c591105645676663fbef04f0a3ae33","the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-240","the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-238",362,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-cover.jpg"]