[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-last-founder":3,"chapter-the-last-founder-the-last-founder-chapter-49":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Last Founder",{"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},1248407,1678,"Chapter 49: Death to","the-last-founder-chapter-49",49,"\u003Cp>’Whatever it is, it seems to be losing right now, as these spirits are gaining a foothold on reality. Could this be related to our mission as blessed? So much to think about.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle raged on for hours, echoing across the blood-soaked ground as weapons clashed and cries pierced the cold night air. As the final embers of darkness faded, the first golden rays of sunlight crept over the horizon, painting the battered landscape in a warm, hopeful glow. The light revealed the devastation and the weary survivors, marking the arrival of a new dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alaric remained motionless, his gaze fixed on the unfolding scene. He watched as Eva unleashed years of pent-up anger and frustration, her movements sharp and relentless, each strike a testament to her inner turmoil. All the while, Alaric meticulously observed the evil spirit, his mind dissecting its every reaction and weakness, searching for answers hidden in the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no idea what enemy she had made that had her being targeted by an unclean spirit. Frankly, he didn’t care much whether they were human, dragon, or divine in nature; they had also become his enemy. Her fight is his fight. He could tell this was not simple at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This enemy has been targeting her since she was four years old. What\u002F who could a four-year-old child offend so much that they would send unclean spirits?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Maybe it has something to do with her lineage.’ This was a possibility. There were records of practitioners eradicating an entire lineage for minor offenses or infringements. This was, in essence, also a warning to younger cultivators not to offend or deceive unknown practitioners; you can never tell who might take extreme measures just to hurt you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s almost sunrise, kid. You really should take action, or it will escape, and things can only get worse from there.\" The hurried voice from the snake came from beside him, stopping his thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need any further persuasion; he already knew what the serpent was trying to prevent. Unclean spirits have a very annoying, persistent behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they are chased away from their mission target, they do not stop or return to their employer, but instead go to their fellow unclean spirits to bring reinforcements. This behavioral pattern is innate to them; it has been observed so many times that it’s a nightmare even for advanced practitioners. If one can’t annoy you enough, they come with five more, making them six. If those are unsuccessful, they come with double that number, until you just give up. Some weak-willed practitioners might even decide to end their lives in order to get a redo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thing about unclean spirits is that they have no access whatsoever to the material world during the day. Sadly, this also means that during that period, you can’t perceive them or harm them. They just disappear. It’s an iron law that hasn’t been broken, and hopefully will never be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The simplest solution to deal with them semi-permanently is to capture and seal them in a container. At that, they wouldn’t be able to find their fellow unclean spirits to continue their torment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Or you could just kill them.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So without further hesitation, Alaric stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stand back, Eva.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing his serious tone, Eva, who was preparing for another strike, stopped without complaints. She had spent the last six hours venting her anger, so she was quite satisfied with the results. She moved away from the mangled spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unclean spirit, having faced such terrifying assault all night, felt relieved about the situation. It hasn’t felt so violated since the ****** era, when they could roam freely in the material world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a fleeting sense of relief, the unclean spirit noticed the far more terrifying red-haired man rise and stride purposefully in its direction. Panic surged through its ethereal form. Spinning to flee, it was met, almost impossibly, by the same man, now standing directly in its path, his fist blazing with an essence so pure it seemed to burn the very air. Fear electrified the spirit as danger radiated from Alaric, compelling it to raise a trembling, newly-formed hand in self-defense. The impact of the fist was immediate and overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pop\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, confusion overwhelmed its senses, then realization and a tinge of fear settled in its consciousness. It started to regret coming on this mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spirit’s freshly regenerated arm, thrust forward in a desperate attempt to shield itself, was utterly annihilated—erased from reality in an instant. The force behind the blow was more than just physical; it was a pure, elemental opposition to the spirit’s very nature, unraveling its form at the most fundamental level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It worked.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alaric’s eyes narrowed, his gaze never leaving the tortured form of the unclean spirit. The entity convulsed violently, its incorporeal body twisting and flickering between the visible and invisible, shreds of smoky essence peeling away as it shrieked in soundless agony. Where the force of his punch had landed, the spirit’s form shimmered and destabilized, as water disturbed by a stone, unable to knit itself back together. For the first time, it was truly helpless, its ancient resilience shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft, satisfied smile played across Alaric’s lips, the weight of victory settling quietly over his features. The dawn’s gentle light caught the edges of his hair and glinted in his eyes, casting him as both executioner and redeemer in the aftermath of battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alaric watched as the spirit writhed in agony, its form flickering and unstable, unable to regenerate. A soft, satisfied smile played on his lips, the weight of victory settling quietly over his features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible,\" the serpent hissed, its scales bristling with disbelief. \"A mere body refinement realm cultivator should not be able to harm an unclean spirit, no matter what.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the dazed spirit, which only felt the searing purity of Alaric’s essence, the serpent’s heightened senses detected a storm of energies entwined in that blow, an unfathomable, ethereal force that seemed to ripple through the very fabric of reality. The air around Alaric still vibrated with lingering power, as if the world itself was slow to recover from the strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to the founding ruler of the human domain, ’Anything is possible because I will it.’\" After entering the body refinement realm, Alaric has noticed something very refreshing about himself. He had absolute control over every energy within his body. It felt instinctual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Essence energy was a tyrannical energy that was notoriously difficult to get a grasp on, but he managed to do it almost instantly. Not just that, but also his mental energy and, most importantly, his willpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t fully grasp the full extent of what they could do, but he had control over them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he just used was a combination of all three energies, hoping that one would manage to hurt it, and it did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t know which did the most work, so he hurried to test each one out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A minute later, he discovered that while his unique origin essence alone could deal some damage, it was not as devastating as the mental energy and willpower. Willpower being the most potent in this case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Let’s end this.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he wrapped his fist wth a combination again, this time, using a self-created technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Sonic fist’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drove his fist forward, and the very air shivered and warped in its wake. The unleashed force tore a jagged path through the battlefield, shattering the spirit and obliterating anything caught before it. The unclean spirit let out a final, unearthly shriek, its form unraveling into motes of spiritual light that drifted away on the morning breeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beady eyes of the serpent watch the form of Alaric as the sun comes up, illuminating his form. ’I knew it, this one is special. With him, things might turn out better for all of us. I should prepare. It’s either I find a way to kill him, or I help him to the very end.’ It paused, feeling something was not quite right. Its small head moved sideways on both sides as if searching for something. Finally, it sensed a fluctuation in space-time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What was that just now? Are we being monitored already? He’s still too weak for those things right now. It seems I have to speed things up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eva sighed in relief at the destruction of that spirit. She didn’t have the same information as Alaric, but as sunlight approached, her ability to sense danger heightened at that moment to warn her, but she knew she couldn’t kill it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We should get our things before leaving. I don’t feel like staying here any longer.\" Alaric’s voice drifted to her ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She always knew Alaric was more powerful than her - She never once defeated him during their 8 years together, but that gap seems to have increased a lot. She could tell he was already at the peak of the flesh refinement stage while she was at the beginning of that stage. How he did it, she couldn’t tell, but she knew she was now holding him back from his breakthrough, as they have to do so together during every breakthrough; otherwise, they would suffer the consequence.\u003C\u002Fp>",1541,"2026-06-05T15:32:41.180Z",1,"novelbin.me","b1a3aab96e7befb578775d314b791c09573d9bf91c4dfb0e7242c5eb3f279652","the-last-founder-chapter-50","the-last-founder-chapter-48",53,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-last-founder-cover.jpg"]