[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-ink-saint-of-great-zhou":3,"chapter-the-ink-saint-of-great-zhou-the-ink-saint-of-great-zhou-chapter-50":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Ink Saint of Great Zhou",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2292013,4481,"Chapter 50: Chapter Fifty: The Savage Seer","the-ink-saint-of-great-zhou-chapter-50",50,"\u003Cp>My plan is to lead the Great Zhou people through the combined demon and barbarian defenses, ascend onto the human ancestral kundun to strengthen our fate, and devour the demon and barbarian ancestral kundun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Fang said solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you have a detailed strategy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Yao’s eyebrows were knotted tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The easiest way is just to rescue people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she alone cannot accomplish it—the central stone pillar zone is heavily guarded by both demons and barbarians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her stealth skills are indeed excellent, but rescuing Xue Luo Sha without fighting is nearly impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" Lu Fang smiled, not hiding anything, and revealed his plan with Pei Kuang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your plan will never work!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Yao sneered and shook her head. \"Your idea is good, but too 'perfect.' I ask you—how many people are truly willing to charge against demon and barbarian forces that outnumber them at the same realm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or rather, how many are willing to die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the combined fate of demons and barbarians is destined to surpass your isolated human fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What gives your human ancestral kundun the power to devour theirs?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the very beginning, the merged demon and barbarian ancestral kundun is destined to devour your human ancestral kundun. No single person, or even a tiny fraction, can defy heaven’s decree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rescuing just one or two people is far easier than your plan—if you’re willing to abandon the human ancestral kundun and focus on rescue, the Luo Sha Kingdom will repay you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither Xue Luo Sha nor Shui Yao were familiar with the ghost cultivators and ghost clans from the Luo Sha Kingdom entering the Lesser Upper Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gathering a significant number of people is unrealistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could only rely on Lu Fang, so she resorted to \"coercion and temptation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will never abandon the human ancestral kundun. Some things must be done—unconditionally.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Fang’s expression was resolute. \"I don’t need a hundred percent chance of success—just ten percent is enough. Besides, I have a sixty percent chance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Yao stared fixedly at Lu Fang, truly unable to understand why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are all humans this stubborn?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a guaranteed loss, yet they insist on pointless efforts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you stay with me, or leave?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Fang asked suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Yao lowered her head, as if pondering...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there were another way, she would leave immediately—in her view, Lu Fang would surely fail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To strengthen the human ancestral kundun and devour the merged demon and barbarian ancestral kundun—who could even conceive such a thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t you know the number of demons and barbarians entering the Lesser Upper Realm is more than double yours? You—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Yao pressed on, unwilling to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Fang cut her off: \"I didn’t know that—but it changes nothing. This isn’t one-on-one combat. Stop thinking. Now that you know my plan, I won’t let you go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Same words again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d met her only once; he knew nothing of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he let her go, she might join the demon and barbarian alliance and trade the leak for Xue Luo Sha—it was a real possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his past life, he had read a passage he deeply loved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assume the worst possible outcome for people and events, and you’ll never be disappointed—you’ll remain calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You—\" Shui Yao glared at Lu Fang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll stay. When your hope is utterly crushed, I suggest you consider leading the humans with me to rescue people—once successful, you’ll gain the Luo Sha Kingdom’s...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Fang smiled in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a deal.\" Shui Yao finally conceded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Zhou’s Marquis of Civil Crown, Lu Fang, was vastly different from her image of humans—he seemed... stubborn. Like a mule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse still, he didn’t seem to care about the Luo Sha Kingdom’s rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the bald mountaintop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fools! A bunch of fools! I sent Ye Cang to find clues—and he vanished too? No replies to my messages—are they all dead?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jue, the thirty-sixth prince of the Man Court, roared at the night sky, venting his frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood eight feet tall; his loose purple robe could not hide his bulging muscles. His bearded face lacked nobility, brimming instead with ruggedness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rarely, he had four arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Man princes, Chi Jue had the worst talent—he could not commune with the Man Heaven to become a Man Seer, and his cultivation advanced extremely slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he was born with divine strength and bronze skin, iron bones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this journey to the seventh-grade Lesser Upper Realm, like Xiao Yunru, he used a Man secret technique to suppress his realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because his maternal clan’s most renowned Man Seer had prophesied he would gain boundless fortune in this Lesser Upper Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Highness, ignore those lowly Man guards. Whether dead or alive, they matter nothing. You need only wait on the ancestral kundun for great destiny to descend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young Man said: \"I saw the fortune the Seer foretold—it’s right here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young Man stood beside the massive Chi Jue like a dwarf—he had three eyes, the third on his temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His name was A Wengqi, a Man Seer who could commune with the Man Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strength was not among the strongest in seventh-grade Man Warriors, but his third eye let him glimpse future events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he accompanied Chi Jue into the Lesser Upper Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You saw it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jue’s face betrayed undisguised joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Wengqi was the disciple of that Man Seer; his foresight was trusted by the clan. The earlier prophecy of the \"Man Heaven zone\" expanding had already come true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Highness, yes—I just saw it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Wengqi looked smug, opened his arms, closed his eyes in ecstasy, while his third eye blinked rapidly at a steady rhythm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The ancestral kundun will devour another ancestral kundun. As the one who made the greatest contribution, you will gain immense fortune.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I saw Your Highness wielding divine power, slaying demons and humans, ruling this realm—I saw it all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It will surely happen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood trickled from A Wengqi’s third eye!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jue saw this and rejoiced—not feared. This proved A Wengqi had truly glimpsed the future, and the Man Heaven had punished him for peering too far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a Man Seer, this was honor—recognition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Wengqi collapsed to the ground, unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahahaha...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jue threw back his head and laughed loudly, ordering his men to care for A Wengqi, then leapt away in a few bounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to reach the ancestral kundun’s back immediately!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Man Heaven had revealed his great fortune—spoken by the most gifted young Seer, it must be true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he cared nothing for the lives of two minor guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Man guards assigned to watch A Wengqi had witnessed the vision firsthand; their blood still boiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord A Wengqi has foreseen two things—both fulfilled. Man Heaven above, blessing the Man clan’s prosperity!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Man ancestral kundun will devour the human ancestral kundun. The thirty-sixth prince will gain great fortune. All this will unfold before our eyes—Man Heaven above...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1160,"2026-06-20T03:56:21.568Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3706753efe486e3595faab557b17288ad81be119fb02256c672f7d221a1344e5","the-ink-saint-of-great-zhou-chapter-51","the-ink-saint-of-great-zhou-chapter-49",289,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-ink-saint-of-great-zhou-cover.jpg"]