[{"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-521":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},2225579,4113,"Chapter 521: No Shore on the Way Back, Life and Death Irrelevant","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-521",521,"\u003Cp>Shaolin’s Seventy-Two Ultimate Techniques—Great Strength Diamond Palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should have been a fierce palm technique capable of splitting mountains and rocks, but this palm strike printed on Susanoo’s back was devoid of any killing intent, light as the Buddha picking a flower, and as calm as morning dew dripping onto a petal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Susanoo’s movements stopped right there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang, bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao backhanded a punch, knocking his arms aside, and after landing, he staggered back a few steps and spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Susanoo’s giant body collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revealing the figure standing behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His frame was withered and tall, his cheeks sunken, his eyes long and drooping, and the corners of his mouth were also turned down, his face full of sorrow. His skin was loose and covered in scars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Benefactor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao coughed a few times and gave a thumbs-up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Satisfying!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen’s drooping mouth corners also suddenly curled up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I feel the same way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After laughing, he let out another sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you shouldn't have put yourself in danger, Benefactor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his arms and scanned himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was stark naked, and the bloodstains had not yet dried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, the pool of blood Susanoo had shed had mostly dried up. A trail of bloody footprints extended all the way to Jianzhen’s feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That half-heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Li Miao pierced it with his sword, the half-heart Susanoo vomited was Jianzhen himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen shook his head slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Benefactor, when you stabbed the sword into the heart, you should have killed me and the demon together. But you deliberately delayed for a few breaths, probed the boundary between me and him—and then deliberately split me out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know, Benefactor, if I had condensed my body a breath later, or if I had been delayed for an instant by his nature, you would have been—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao waved his hand to interrupt him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't that something to blame you for, Master?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He coughed a few times, extended his left hand to grasp his broken right arm, tore off the rotten flesh, and activated his healing technique to begin knitting the flesh back together. Then he looked around and found an empty spot to sit down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We agreed to join forces against the enemy, but I waited for you for a long time without seeing any movement. I had no choice but to gamble on whether I could split you out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen shook his head slowly, guided the blood on his body with one hand, and it condensed into a monk’s robe. He walked forward a few steps and sat down cross-legged opposite Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is my fault.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From the moment I gave up control, it was as if I had been pressed into the seawater, muddled and unable to react, only able to slightly delay Susanoo’s moves, but it seems that didn't have any effect either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even after being split open by your sword and vomited out by Susanoo, I was muddled and unable to act.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The moment you were captured by Susanoo just now, it almost made me break my vow of anger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen sighed first, then smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if I hadn't seen you in danger, I probably wouldn't have been able to condense my body in such a hurry. Could it be that you were doing that on purpose, Benefactor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao squinted at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out and guided the blood on his wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think I’m a half-immortal, Master?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or do you think the injuries your Master left on me are fake? I’ve already lost my middle dantian; it’s not bad that I can fight like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen nodded with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was being reckless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two were silent for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few breaths later, Jianzhen suddenly said seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could I trouble you, Benefactor, to find a wooden fish for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao sighed and pushed himself up from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You stinky monks, you’re always ordering people around.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xing Chi, Bodhidharma, and now you too. One after another, you shove your last wishes into people’s faces, putting them on a moral barbecue grill—wait there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He got up and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Li Miao returned carrying a package, sat down opposite Jianzhen, and opened the package, revealing several items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a good thing Enryaku-ji is full of wine-and-meat monks. If I had fought this battle in a temple in the Central Plains, it would have been hard to find this stuff—hmm, it’s even aged, not bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhen looked down and was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Benefactor... I am a monk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A proper monk.\" \u003C\u002Fp>",765,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","c4cc2ac8bfa7dea2047cd87e8c8199c946f9099909a1a53a0bbd67bc91825666","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-522","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-520",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]