[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday":3,"chapter-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-487":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Imperial Hound on an Eight-Hour Shift",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2225545,4113,"Chapter 487: Seed","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-487",487,"\u003Cp>The morning light was faint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang carefully supported Li Miao, stepping on the blood-covered ground, and walked down the mountain. When they reached halfway, Li Miao suddenly choked and coughed a few times, causing Lu Wushuang to frown with worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord... are you alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao looked exhausted, but not with the listless laziness of his usual days; rather, from his complexion, movements, and even his breathing, he revealed a weakness from the inside out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough, cough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He coughed a few more times, raised his hand to pull open the damaged clothing on his chest, revealing the wound that pierced through his chest. The battle with the Bodhidharma remnant corpse had ended for nearly half an hour, and the wound no longer bled, but it showed no signs of healing either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Half my heart is shattered, two pounds of lung tissue were scraped off, but fortunately, my spine wasn't injured. I’m temporarily simulating my internal organs with *Zhenqi*, so it doesn't affect my walking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang let out a low cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you call this 'fine'?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile on Li Miao’s face did not diminish in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I took a hit of Venerable Bodhidharma’s Formless Tribulation Finger and didn't die; how can that not be called fine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang choked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the logic; being able to take a move from Venerable Bodhidharma and not die was indeed something to brag about. But the situation was the situation, and the injury was truly an injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being full of spirit and energy, for someone at Li Miao’s level, even being unable to hide his exhaustion meant he had already damaged his foundation. Not to mention the wound that had never healed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Lu Wushuang pursing her lips and not speaking, Li Miao was also amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fighting Venerable Bodhidharma across a thousand years had fulfilled half his wish, which in itself made his heart surge. Now that there was nothing to do, he naturally couldn't help but want to say a few boastful words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Venerable Bodhidharma’s realm is likely not just the integration of six paths; there is still a path to walk beyond *Tianren*, and the integration of six paths is not the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao seemed happy and sighing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, I had some guesses before. I am now half-integrated into five paths, but I am just adding strength and *Zhenqi* bit by bit, without seeing any feeling of a barrier. I can now infer the power of integrating six paths; it’s just a stronger and faster *Tianren*.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The peak of martial arts shouldn't be so boring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Miao in a mood to talk, Lu Wushuang naturally wouldn't dampen his spirits; she suppressed the worry in her heart and followed Li Miao’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But he ended up like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, it makes one sigh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But he didn't lose.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao raised his hand and pointed to the wound on his chest. Lu Wushuang took a look; inside the wound, flesh was wriggling, and transparent protective *Zhenqi* was spliced together with the pulsating, incomplete internal organs, rising and falling with Li Miao’s breathing, clearly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won, but he didn't lose to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He held back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He should have been able to die with me, but he held back two parts of his strength and didn't completely destroy my heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sensed a hint of suspicion in Li Miao’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord... Venerable Bodhidharma is already dead; how could he 'hold back'?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because of his *Xuanlan*.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The *Xuanlan* technique has spread throughout the *Jianghu*, and you should also have some understanding of it. The wonders of the *Xuanlan* realm vary from person to person; even if they connect to the same path of life, there will be differences.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Venerable Bodhidharma’s *Xuanlan*, I think, should be called [Flawless], connecting to the Diamond, the Flawless Golden Body gained by pouring nature into the flesh. He poured a part of his nature into his own corpse before he died, so... cough, cough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao started coughing again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang took over his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... after the last move was finished, the one who appeared behind us but didn't move wasn't Venerable Bodhidharma’s corpse, but Venerable Bodhidharma himself!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood and laughed. \u003C\u002Fp>",734,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d0699c6a4257b37090f49e375026eee437d77a22e344c423528f31b96ced419a","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-488","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-486",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]