[{"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-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-606":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},2225664,4113,"Chapter 606: [Wan Luo]","the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-606",606,"\u003Cp>*Squelch.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excruciating pain came from the chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Priest was shocked. She had been concentrating on defending against Ji Ji Tianrui’s attack—even though her vision had been destroyed by Gu poison, she could be certain that Ji Ji Tianrui had made no move at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t true Qi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even less was it a hidden weapon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what on earth had injured her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this the *Xuanlan* of this Heavenly Demon demoness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the previous struggle, she had clearly beaten her into serious injury several times, and once even almost killed her... why had Ji Ji Tianrui never used this means!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly was her *Xuanlan* connected to—Sumeru, Mustard Seed, or Vajra!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Priest raised her hand to cover the wound. The wound was not deep, but she could clearly feel a cold, damp sensation spreading from the wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sensation she knew all too well—Gu poison!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"[Wan Luo].\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a trance, she heard Ji Ji Tianrui laugh softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is my *Xuanlan*.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the Life-Gong realm I am connected to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is Sumeru.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sumeru?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Priest was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her first reaction was that Ji was lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the *Xuanlan* realm was all-encompassing and varied from person to person, *Xuanlan* connected to the same Life-Gong realm would naturally have similarities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sumeru was a realm of maneuvering and unleashing massive true Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could *Xuanlan* connected to Sumeru be so strange, and how could it inject Gu poison... Gu arts and martial arts should be fundamentally incompatible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With heart-fire rising, she took a step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the words left her mouth, she heard Ji Ji Tianrui laugh softly again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Squelch!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her perspective tilted to one side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The excruciating pain only surged into her mind the next instant. She had no feeling below her right knee, and the cross-section sent a burning pain; her left leg had been inexplicably severed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The severed leg was a small matter; what was truly fatal was that a massive amount of Gu poison followed her severed leg into her body, triggering the existing Gu poison to run wild inside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The injuries she had been forcibly suppressing began to stir again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could only strike one more sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ji Ji Tianrui’s means of attacking her were untraceable, and she didn’t even get close. From such a distance, even if she used her last sword, Ji Ji Tianrui could calmly avoid it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of her rope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had truly lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were an ordinary Heavenly Man, perhaps they would admit defeat and die, but out of faith in Amaterasu, this nearly desperate situation awakened her consciousness like a flash of light before death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"[Wan Luo]... means all-encompassing in Central Plains language.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since it connects to Sumeru, it means her *Xuanlan* is related to some property of true Qi... hidden, formless, is this the property of her true Qi?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if that’s all there is, why not use it when the struggle first began... and how could she inject Gu poison into my body?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Priest’s thoughts raced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the inheritance of Amaterasu, her understanding of the Sex-Gong realm far exceeded everyone in the world, even exceeding Li Miao and Ji Ji Tianrui. But the more so, the more chaotic her guesses became, and she could never reach a conclusion that integrated all the clues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She searched through Central Plains classics for all references to \"Wan Luo,\" but found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gu poison became increasingly surging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the strength to strike the last sword began to be forcibly eroded and worn away, and her consciousness became increasingly dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What on earth is it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Figuring out the secret of Ji Ji Tianrui’s *Xuanlan* realm had become her final obsession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sigh sounded in front of her, only a foot away; it was Ji Ji Tianrui’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Swish—Clang!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Priest instinctively drew her sword, but was suddenly held down by a warm, soft hand, which forcibly pressed the blade back into the scabbard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can no longer strike that last sword.\" \u003C\u002Fp>",680,"2026-06-17T21:54:32.236Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d48c65030b76dfd641daa4e1aa843042f86ba4a547d4f306dd622ebb2eb795d3","the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-607","the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-605",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]