[{"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-617":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},2225675,4113,"Chapter 617: Unification of Six Paths","the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-617",617,"\u003Cp>\"I will tell you before I die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Fu said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taking advantage of me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven-Man is inherently strong in offense and weak in defense. For two people about to fight at the realm of the unification of the six paths, life and death will likely be decided in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Fu wanting to tell Li Miao the answer only before death undoubtedly has the suspicion of distracting Li Miao, making him subconsciously hold back and thus gaining the upper hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Fu was his usual frank self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although I think this is probably useless to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But in a life-and-death struggle, one must use every means.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Li Miao smiled and shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, I’ll let you take this advantage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out and took out the fresh gold seal and the jade seal carved from a radish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, shall we begin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Fu nodded, stepped back, and raised his hand in a gesture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The priests who had already prepared nearby all together escorted the Japanese dignitaries stationed in Kyoto over, each priest escorting one person, lining up neatly and orderly on both sides of Li Miao and Xu Fu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they grabbed the dignitaries by the neck and pressed down violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Swish—*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd was neatly pressed to their knees on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, not all Japanese were spineless and smart people; naturally, some were unwilling to kneel to two inexplicable people, so they struggled a few times involuntarily, wanting to open their mouths to curse a few words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before a few could open their mouths, a *hissing* sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The priests behind them suddenly drew their tsuba-less swords, stabbed them into the gap between the neck and collarbone, and stirred; a few people had no movement left, leaving only a few corpses supported by the tsuba-less swords, kneeling on the ground, blood spreading along their collars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the scene quieted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xu Fu stepped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hands to his brow, bowed slowly, and pressed his palms to the ground. The Yata Mirror was placed beneath him, mirror side up, reflecting Xu Fu’s expressionless face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao raised an eyebrow and sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just a formality, but quite grand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, I’ll play along with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me think, what were the words supposed to be?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his chin and pondered for a while, then clapped his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao raised the gold seal and the jade seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following this sound, the priests suddenly reached out and grabbed the back of the Japanese dignitaries’ heads, violently smashing hundreds of heads onto the ground, making a uniform muffled sound, and at the same time, they also knelt down together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the silent ruins of the Imperial Palace, only the sound of breathing and Li Miao’s voice echoed slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, having received the mandate of Heaven, rule over the Chinese and the barbarians. Where my grace and might reach, none shall fail to submit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao had been stationed in the capital for over thirty years without ever leaving. During that time, he had seen countless foreign envoys and had been a guard for the Emperor’s grand ceremony of bestowing titles on foreign kings, so he could be considered experienced. Right now, he just casually modified the edict he had heard back then and recited it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he recited it casually—changes occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right before his eyes, Xu Fu’s state changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The full head of black hair began to turn silver-white, and the fair, young skin belonging to Nanako also wrinkled bit by bit, spots appeared, and the plump buttocks collapsed and withered, as if decades of time had passed in a few breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Li Miao also felt that salary was pouring into his body continuously, and his inner heart illusion, which belonged to him, spread out uncontrollably. Black sand gradually covered the ground, the sea overturned, diluting the blood on the ground and swallowing Lady Xu’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to recite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, the King of Japan, have lived in Japan for generations, piously serving the Central Dynasty, admiring righteousness and returning, which is deeply commendable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every word that fell brought more changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inner heart illusion covering dozens of yards in radius swelled like a balloon. If anyone were standing at the boundary to watch, they would be able to see that the boundary of the illusion was constantly extending outward, gradually wrapping the entire Imperial Palace inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Xu Fu’s body had already withered to the limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hereby send an envoy to carry the edict.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bestowing upon you the title of King of Japan, and granting you the gold seal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao raised his hand in a gesture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newly cast gold seal was rolled by [Ten Thousand Phenomena] Qi and gently placed on the mirror surface of the Yata Mirror in front of Xu Fu. \u003C\u002Fp>",827,"2026-06-17T21:54:32.236Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","3f23a1133bb17eca678d174fd26a37c8fe1e98a8f8db049dfc7af1c2ff1f5f95","the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-618","the-imperial-hounds-of-the-eight-hour-workday-chapter-616",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]