[{"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-610":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},2225668,4113,"Chapter 610: Civet Cat Replaces the Crown Prince","the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-610",610,"\u003Cp>Ise Grand Shrine, inside the main hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ji Tianrui’s gaze turned cold instantly, but she didn’t look surprised, as if she had expected this long ago, and now the worst result had just come true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped back half a step silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suppression of [Two Instruments] rose again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ji Tianrui stood in place, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, she let out a long breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... that’s it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should have thought of it earlier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although the clues obtained before could roughly string together a line, there was still one point that was a bit tricky—time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ji Tianrui combed through her thoughts softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the Great Shu was founded, you appeared in the Central Plains, and until thirty years ago, you were in the Central Plains, almost completely abandoning the Shinto sect... then why was I discovered when I came over three years ago?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who was the person who discovered me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ji Tianrui’s speaking speed gradually accelerated. She had already combed out a clue, and following this clue, the last bit of fog covering the East and the Shinto sect gradually dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One hundred and seventy years ago, the Emperor Jianwen Emperor obtained the Jiezhao technique, which proves that at that point in time, you had already escaped Zhang Sanfeng Zhenren’s suppression.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You couldn’t return here, that would likely cause Zhang Sanfeng Zhenren to react and suppress you again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, from that time on, someone replaced you in being suppressed here. The person who discovered me that day was him... Two hundred years ago, you had already abandoned the Shinto sect. Everything that followed was his handiwork.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The person who founded the Shinto sect, the person who has never been found since I and Lord Li came to the East until now, the person who seemed to have completely disappeared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the bones in the pit, Ji Ji Tianrui said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should have thought of it earlier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The method of Yingzhou inheritance was passed to An Qisheng by you. He could revive in other people’s bodies, and you could also transfer your own life realm to other people, and transfer your consciousness and memory to another person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this way, the person who undertook your life cultivation was suppressed here together with Zhang Sanfeng Zhenren, while the person who undertook your memory and consciousness could take advantage of this instant gap to escape the suppression.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this way... everything makes sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ji Tianrui let out a long breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you do those petty things in the Central Plains, when your cultivation was clearly enough to flatten everything...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why was the Shinto sect’s reaction so slow and weak since I and Lord Li crossed the sea, even deserving to be called panicked and at a loss...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did clues about you appear in the Central Plains one moment and lead to the Ise Grand Shrine the next...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because you have been divided into three parts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ji Tianrui said in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One part is your body, which died in Zhang Sanfeng Zhenren’s suppression.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One part is your consciousness, which returned to the Central Plains after abandoning the Shinto sect. Because you lost the Heavenly Man realm, you on one hand handed the technique to the Emperor Jianwen Emperor, using the Great Shu court to suppress Heavenly Men and prevent Heavenly Demons like me and Lord Li from appearing, and on the other hand, re-cultivated the Heavenly Man realm, preparing to repeat the old Shinto sect affairs in the Central Plains and try to step into above Heavenly Man again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The last part... is your realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ji Tianrui suddenly turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two hundred years ago, Zhang Sanfeng Zhenren realized that it was difficult to end you, so he poured all his life cultivation into [Two Instruments] and suppressed you here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But he missed one person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xu Fu.\" \u003C\u002Fp>",651,"2026-06-17T21:54:32.236Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","6cb71e17de73dd27d7f9821abd8e90320883922e3659b3548b011dc57ff71ccd","the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-611","the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-609",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]