[{"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-515":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},2225573,4113,"Chapter 515: Seeing Before Death","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-515",515,"\u003Cp>Silence-Illumination was originally an illusion, but now it was being used to reveal the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen first fixed his gaze on the corpses hanging and swaying outside the Buddha hall, then slowly retracted his vision, sweeping over Li Miao, the severed limbs on the ground, the Corpse Lotus beneath him, and finally stopping on his own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand and felt his right cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fangs, bulging flesh, and beneath the tightly closed right eyelid, the eyeball was spinning rapidly, as if it might open at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this... the sin I have committed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, Master, this is not your fault.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These monks were not killed by you, and this was not your true intent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen lowered his head with a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True intent, Buddhist law, heh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Benefactor, if someone committed a heinous act and then told you they were forced or deceived, what would you do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao was silent for a long time before saying in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Kill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen smiled bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly. If one does evil, one must pay the price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the living human world, not the fictional Hell or Western Heaven of Buddhist debates. The passing of every life is real and undeniable. How could I deceive myself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest assured, Benefactor, I will not go mad because of this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is just... I feel a bit lost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen looked ahead, his vision unfocused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because of my stubbornness, I did not follow Master Bodhidharma’s last words and forcibly tried to save the Buddhism of the East, only to throw away my life, failing the Master and failing the younger generations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because of my pedantry, Master Zhang Sanfeng was trapped in the Ise Grand Shrine, and I even implicated you in crossing the sea to fight the First Ancestor of Heaven and Man.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was actually quite proud of myself. Even in death, even having failed the Master and implicated my descendants, I had practiced my own Buddhist law to the very end, without harming any innocent person, without creating any unnecessary karmic debt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And yet—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He extended his left palm and closed one of the eyes in the Corpse Lotus; a tear actually fell from the corner of his eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the end, it was all for nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The body is dead, and the Dao has vanished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After decades of cultivation, I was once proud, but now it seems I am a useless person. I could neither fulfill the Master’s entrustment, nor save the innocent, nor even cultivate my own Buddhist law.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Useless, ignorant, incompetent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ridiculous, pitiable, sorrowful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly opened his eyes and said urgently to Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The True Constant I possess now comes from the methods of Shintoism, not what I cultivated myself, so I cannot pass it to you. But when I was alive, I left behind the Four Intentions Sword Art; that was the result of my attempt to deduce True Constant, and it is my warning and gift to future generations!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With your comprehension, as long as you obtain the Four Intentions Sword Art, you should be able to deduce the True Constant technique!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out and pointed at Li Miao’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I cannot see clearly what Master Bodhidharma left in your heart, but I have my speculations—the Master did not stop after mastering the Six Paths; according to the information he left behind, he had already gained insight by the time he went to the East!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps that is why, even with the hook planted by the First Ancestor of Heaven and Man while he was in the Diamond realm, the Master was able to injure him so severely that he dared not appear for a thousand years!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That seed does not belong to any of the paths within the Six Paths of the Heaven and Man realm. Just now, when I felt the moment you mastered Silence-Illumination, that seed fluctuated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, when you master the Six Paths and the Heaven and Man realm is complete, that seed should take root and sprout!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen’s voice was urgent, without a moment’s pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Zhang Sanfeng is trapped; you must not rush to the Ise Grand Shrine. It is best to join forces with the leader of the Ming Cult to complete your own realm first! You must carefully plug the loopholes in your Profound Observation realm; do not be careless!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the mantra for the Profound Observation I practiced; you can use it for reference. It might be useful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tore off a piece of his robe, bit his finger, and lowered his head to write rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Master was compassionate; in his eyes, Heaven and Man and the common people were of equal weight. So, if the First Ancestor of Heaven and Man only threatened Heaven and Man, it should not have been enough to make him cross the sea to fight to the death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Based on the Master’s transmission of Buddhism and the other side’s cultivation of Shintoism, it is very likely that the realm above Heaven and Man requires influence over the common people of the world. This may be the reason why Master Zhang Sanfeng and the Master fought one after another to kill this person!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must be careful. The other side will not wait for the next Heavenly Demon to be born. The common people of the world hang on you alone; be extremely careful! You must never repeat my mistakes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen had finished writing the manual and raised his hand to pass it to Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes met, and he said with a solemn expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That I could meet you after my death is already a stroke of immense fortune; I will not ask for more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After I take my own life, you may dissect my corpse; perhaps you will discover something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, if you have time, I hope you can bring my corpse back to Shaolin. There is no need to mention my name; just say it is a sinner who failed the Buddha. Place my corpse before the Buddha to kneel, and let it serve as a warning to future monks.\" \u003C\u002Fp>",1033,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","78b2ba78d94e5e4bc893f70e551a0c193cc4fc67e00736c5cd7efaacd17dfa2a","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-516","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-514",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]