[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-immortal-world-and-the-one-doomed-to-end":3,"chapter-the-immortal-world-and-the-one-doomed-to-end-the-immortal-world-and-the-one-doomed-to-end-chapter-2":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Immortal World and the One Doomed to End",{"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},2258556,4407,"Chapter 2: A Greeting from Afar","the-immortal-world-and-the-one-doomed-to-end-chapter-2",2,"\u003Cp>A Greeting from Afar\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Xukong pulled his thoughts back to reality, fumbled slightly as he took out his phone from his pocket; when he saw the caller’s label, he paused, then promptly pressed answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, I’m fine… I have enough money, no need… me? I’m in second year of high school now, if there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up?” Qing Xukong answered with growing impatience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...You know I owe you too much… I just…” Qing Xukong’s reply was perhaps too blunt; the person on the other end grew hesitant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the man on the other end could finish, Qing Xukong impatiently ended the call. The man was the one Qing Xukong should have called “birth father,” and as he himself had said, Qing Xukong truly owed him and his mother far too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long ago was it? Qing Xukong was nearly forgetting. Past memories were like veiled in white fog; he had gradually moved from once being overwhelmed with excitement, anger, and sorrow to quiet indifference. He had been startled by his own calmness, convinced he wasn’t such a heartless creature—but he found it was true: he was simply cold, devoid of empathy. Since his mother left him, every day seemed to accelerate—past, present, future—all moments slipped away like smoke. Even cherished memories, once precious, now slipped through his fingers like wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yulu Station is approaching. Passengers disembarking, please collect your belongings and wait near the carriage ends. Yulu Station is coming up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s announcement pulled Qing Xukong’s drifting thoughts back to reality. He brushed his hair aside, stood up, picked up his bag from the seat, and gazed out the window at the city, feeling a flicker of confusion. The door opened; he shook his head and stepped out of the carriage. The setting sun’s glow fell on his face, making it hard to open his eyes—he seemed to recall something, then hurried off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Xukong hailed a taxi, which stopped at the intersection. His residence was in an old district—old, yet its residents were all wealthy or powerful; the villa compound where he lived had once been nearly impossible to buy, even for the rich, proving his father was no ordinary man. Qing Xukong thought there might be nothing left to eat at home, so he headed toward a nearby convenience store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We look forward to your next visit,” the clerk said with a smile, watching Qing Xukong leave. Qing Xukong stepped out of the store, adjusted the plastic bag’s handle under the streetlamp, and stared at the swarms of insects circling the light. Suddenly, he felt lonely—but he snapped back to reality and began walking toward home.\u003C\u002Fp>",443,"2026-06-19T14:42:45.108Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","739b99c94f49ce7b4e73ee86fc74aef1550f6146c67a109d0b4c083655071dc8","the-immortal-world-and-the-one-doomed-to-end-chapter-3","the-immortal-world-and-the-one-doomed-to-end-chapter-1",19,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-world-and-the-one-doomed-to-end-cover.jpg"]