[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-path-of-immortality":3,"chapter-the-path-of-immortality-the-path-of-immortality-chapter-541":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Path of Immortality",{"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},2271691,4436,"Chapter 541: Fierce Battle","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-541",541,"\u003Cp>The realm of red dust is filled with suffering, like a furnace of karmic fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the moment of conception, man is bound by worldly karma, his spirit never clear, his qi never still, like a silkworm in its cocoon, without a moment’s rest—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is recorded at the opening of the Divine Spell for Eradicating Sins Across All Worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shang had once dealt with Qi Gong, the elder who co-created this Divine Spell, and had even been wounded by him, damaging his hard-won indestructible body, and thus had some understanding of this divine art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also knew that the purpose of this Spell of Eradication was empowerment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Empowerment of the flesh, empowerment of the soul, empowerment of magic power—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To allow the caster, through supreme empowering force, to shatter all attachments, sweep away all karmic debts, ultimately crush the primordial heavy obstructions, open the path to true Dao, and in his original nature, eradicate sin and ascend, establishing a Dao seat in the ten directions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a great empowering divine art—even Qi Shang’s own Ling Ming Divine Chapter was slightly inferior to it, truly an arcane and wondrous technique within all heavens and universes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Rong’s fortune in learning it was indeed a great stroke of destiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the divine lineage emerging from White Water, besides its heretical nature, carried an even greater karmic consequence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the tacit consent of White Water’s great demons, even the Dao prohibitions within the technique alone would be insurmountable—just as it would be impossible for anyone to steal the fundamental mysteries of the Blood River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Rong could learn the Divine Spell for Eradicating Sins Across All Worlds only under Qi Gong’s tacit approval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this elder expecting something of Lü Rong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or had he reached some kind of understanding with Lü Rong’s Blood River Sect?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Qi Shang’s thoughts turned, two mighty magic powers struck Lü Rong’s body with heavy force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the latter merely shook his shoulders a few times, and the blood clouds beneath his feet cracked open several deep fissures, dissipating the heavy blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Rong slowly exhaled a long breath and took a step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After parting from Chen Hang in Hongjing Heaven that day, Lü Rong had received this divine spell from Qi Gong, and with his talent, quickly gained some mastery over this great art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he had only activated the first layer of the Divine Spell for Eradicating Sins Across All Worlds, not pushing it to full power as he had against Yu Huangshang, recklessly draining his resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even with this great empowerment, merely the first layer made him feel that even the slightest shift of his body could summon wind and clouds, thunder roaring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surging magic power flowing with every gesture was enough to bewitch the mind and shake the spirit, as if he had entered another realm, capable of shattering all barriers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This divine art?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Wujie studied Lü Rong with keen interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the faint white light on Lü Rong’s body had now sunk deep into his bones and blood, invisible to the eye,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Wujie’s sharp gaze still caught the fleeting glimpses of demons, gods, spirits, and malevolent apparitions flickering within the white radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prepare!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Rong laughed loudly and formed a magic seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these circumstances, he chose to strike first, his assault encompassing both Chen Hang and Yin Wujie at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the blood clouds exploded apart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of blood spirits flew out, rolling with malevolent energy like an endless crimson tide surging violently, roaring with a splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Lü Rong’s move, nearly all cultivators in Yingji River fixed their gaze here, motionless, afraid that even a moment’s distraction would cause them to miss something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang, Yin Wujie, Lü Rong—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, the Dan Yuan champion was destined to emerge from among these three, then be swept forward by overwhelming momentum toward the public face of the ten thousand heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His name would echo across the ten directions, his voice shake the cosmos!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the ultimate contest among the young cultivators of Xu Du would be decisively settled by the outcome of this grand competition!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One moment he spreads his wings and ascends, soaring to the Golden Palace, and the Milky Way surges, the Nine Heavens turn their gaze!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such honor, such unparalleled opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who could remain unmoved by it were truly few and far between.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, most of the young cultivators in the arena, merely imagining themselves in such a position, felt their feet grow unsteady and their spirits reel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And within the grand hall where the supervising Elders sat, the atmosphere had grown unusually heavy, utterly silent, as if a pin could be heard falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dan Yuan champion…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Forty-Nine Lu Shou Palace, Pei Shuyang, who had been conversing with the Northern Pole Immortal, turned his gaze, his face unusually solemn, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous boom, the distant sky was instantly filled with blood spirits, surging forward fiercely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing this ferocious assault, Chen Hang merely flicked his flying sword, and thirty-six sword lights spun like wheels without pause, guarding the five-zhang radius around him impenetrably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Wujie raised his sleeve and tapped repeatedly, summoning the Primordial Yin Void Qi, and several dark, eerie vortices floated around him, forming an unusual barrier—a celestial gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood spirits Lü Rong released were truly formidable, forged with several secret medicines from the Blood River Sect mixed with extraterrestrial star stones—not only were their bodies harder than metal, but they were also immune to most pure yang substances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary demonic sects’ yin spirits and blood phantoms could be shattered merely by unleashing fire or thunder, or by activating yang magic treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they retained some counterattack ability, their ferocity was usually diminished, their movements restrained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lü Rong’s blood spirits were different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, when he fought against Jiuzhen Tang Xuan, these blood spirits had even withstood Tang Xuan’s Southern Bright Fire, repeatedly closing in on Tang Xuan’s person!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was partly because Tang Xuan’s mastery of Southern Bright Fire was insufficient—he now focused entirely on array arts and merely used this kind of true fire as filler material, without investing much effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this revealed clearly how formidable Lü Rong’s blood spirits were!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand blood spirits released could carve out a storm of blood and crimson wind, yet before Chen and Yin, they stirred no commotion—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were either shattered by the dense sword light or swallowed one after another by the air vortices, vanishing completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After fighting thus for a while, Lü Rong was not surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though many of these blood spirits had perished, their spiritual seeds were already formed; with a mere turn of his cultivation, expending essence and qi, they could regenerate endlessly—extremely convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This technique might be useful against Chang Qingjue, Tang Xuan, and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here and now, it could not serve as a decisive weapon; to secure victory, he needed another extraordinary move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Lü Rong glanced around, secretly forming a seal, and from behind his shadow, a thin line of crimson light leapt out; then he turned to Chen Hang, flicked his sleeve, and a three-jointed seven-colored ram’s horn lamp appeared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pssst—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dense sword light suddenly parted by a narrow crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A streak of black light shot instantly toward Chen Hang; within it, six demonic spirits with sharp horns and locust-like forms were faintly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, when Chen Hang had fought Lü Rong, Lü Rong had also used this lamp-like magic treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This artifact could release six demonic spirits, each possessing immense strength, sharp claws and fangs, and astonishing speed—flying invisibly, impossible to track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Rong knew Chen Hang’s combat prowess was formidable, not easily dealt with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, while activating the artifact, he did not halt the blood spirits’ assault; the demons and blood spirits attacked from both inside and outside, launching a ruthless pincer maneuver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang reached out and pressed down, reestablishing the sword light into a net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, because the demonic spirits hid among the dense blood spirits, relying on their sharp teeth and the blood spirits’ cover, they actually shook the sword net, cracking open several gaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Lü Rong could press his advantage, suddenly a burst of firelight flared, brilliant as the sun, radiating great radiance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The foremost blood spirits, merely brushed by the firelight, let out involuntary shrieks, then dissolved into wisps of murky smoke, gone forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Southern Bright Fire?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Rong recognized this fire technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the same moment, amid the onslaught of countless blood spirits,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Wujie suddenly sidestepped, and the Shuluo Headband above his head unfolded in gold and silver hues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously with his sidestep, a dark, eerie vortex to his left was shattered by a blow, and the light of the Shuluo Headband sank inward deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flash of blood light, the blood spirit hidden among the blood spirits faintly revealed its form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This demonic entity, identical in appearance to Lü Rong, held a blood blade; atop its head, murky qi churned like a boiling spring, continuously pouring forth a fierce, malevolent, heretical aura!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time he activated the ram’s horn lamp, Lü Rong had also released the Blood Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since its release, the demon had concealed its form, allowing the blood spirits to be gradually shredded and swallowed by the air vortices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the right moment arrived did it suddenly strike at Yin Wujie—but it failed to land a solid blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Blood Spirit… such intelligence and magic power—no wonder it’s one of the Blood River’s signature arts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Wujie gave the Blood Spirit a quick glance, yet his hands never stopped moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black-gold divine spear shot forth like lightning; had the Blood Spirit not instantly used its evasion technique, it would have been pierced straight through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having dodged this strike, the Blood Spirit channeled its magic power, its body erupting in countless blood threads, and immediately activated the Master’s Void Blood Net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could activate any other Blood River technique, the chaotic blood net before him was violently pushed aside by a tremendous force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up, he saw Yin Wujie’s fist explode forward like thunder, arriving in an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A continuous barrage of thunderous impacts echoed across the sky, terrifyingly fierce, shaking hearts and shattering courage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that could be seen was lightning and gloom, torrents of blood rain, and suddenly, yin energy drifting and swirling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All manner of annihilating, mountain-swallowing scenes seemed ready to uproot the earth and obscure the sun and moon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This battle had already lasted an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six demonic spirits released from the lamp had long been slain one by one by Chen Hang, and the Blood Spirit had been severely wounded by Yin Wujie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lü Rong’s defeat of Yu Huangshang had already impressed the cultivators and given them some sense of his abilities,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, single-handedly holding off both Chen Hang and Yin Wujie, he had left many outsiders secretly awed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ssshh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang raised a finger, and fierce firelight surged forth; with one flick, it destroyed a dozen approaching blood spirits, and with another flick, several more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Rong had just clashed head-on with Yin Wujie, shaking the heavens, and barely rescued the Blood Spirit, now on the verge of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to look and saw Southern Bright Fire surging toward him; he immediately raised a golden wheel and shattered the fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rise!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Rong spat several mouthfuls of essence-blood onto the wheel, pressed again with all his strength, causing the golden wheel to blaze with radiant light and momentarily bind Chen Hang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seizing the opportunity, Lu Rong also focused his spirit on Yin Wujie; after a few exchanges, under dual bursts of power, he finally sealed the severely wounded Blood God Son into his purple mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Flee first—it doesn’t matter if you have the Heaven-Capturing Art; you can’t endure this kind of duel!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood God Son, barely surviving, gasped for breath:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I cannot handle Yin Wujie—he is your great enemy. As for Chen Hang, unless you fight to the death, neither of you can determine victory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With these two working together, I doubt anyone in the vast Multiverse could stand against them. If you could break them apart one by one, you might have a chance… but facing both at once is suicide!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Give me your magic power.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Rong spoke in a low tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood God Son’s face flushed with shock and fury, but he ultimately dared not defy Lu Rong, and complied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After absorbing the Blood God Son’s full magic power, Lu Rong not only felt his spirit surge, but also a strange flush of crimson spread across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped his fingers sharply; a blood pellet the size of a pigeon’s egg collided head-on with Yin Wujie’s divine spear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous boom, the dense clouds churned and roiled, an infinite explosion of crimson light burst forth, blinding all who beheld it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Chen Hang had just split open the golden wheel—when the Five Qi Cosmos Ring above his head was struck as if by some immense force, and suddenly, several yin-thunderbolts tore through the sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Lu Rong’s assault erupted like a storm of wind and rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood-thunder clashed with divine thunder; flying swords tangled endlessly with the golden wheel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrifying yin-winds launched by Yin Wujie were blocked by the blood-phantoms’ fearless charges, while countless fine blood-filaments surged upward, each razor-sharp, making the Black Gold Divine Spear struggle to cope!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panming Yin Thunder, Divine Tail Tai Sui Blood Phantoms, Master’s Abyssal Blood Net, Earth-Origin Forbidden Art—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All these arts rained down from Lu Rong’s hands, flowing with effortless mastery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a veteran Jin Dan long renowned, he had cultivated longer than any of the three present, and thus possessed a vast array of arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, after summoning all his arts and magic treasures, Lu Rong even engaged Chen Hang and Yin Wujie in direct physical combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even against the Tai Su Jade Body, he refused to yield an inch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heaven-Capturing Art—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a supreme art of the Blood River Sect; to enter its practice, one must first forge a Heaven-Capturing Seed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the seed’s spiritual light formed, it could continuously absorb and capture magic power and essence to mend its flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether suffering catastrophic wounds—limbs severed, body broken—or scorched by lightning or fire,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as one’s life was not truly extinguished, and even a single breath remained, one could activate this art to heal injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Heaven-Capturing Art consumed immense magic power, and Lu Rong was not a first-rank Jin Dan, making him inferior to Chen Hang and Yin Wujie in this regard,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had two advantages: first, the supreme secret elixir Chi Fan Zhen; second, he could steal the Blood God Son’s magic power to replenish his depletion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With all these factors combined, Lu Rong could repeatedly activate the Heaven-Capturing Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with the profound mystery of this supreme art, even with inferior physical form, he held his own against Chen and Yin for a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this could not last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Chen Hang and Yin Wujie had not yet unleashed their full strength, and still watched each other warily,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, Lu Rong felt an indescribable, mounting pressure bearing down upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood God Son’s words were correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even across the Multiverse, no one could stand against these two united…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After another direct clash of arts with Chen Hang and Yin Wujie, Lu Rong was forced to stagger backward several steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, his eyes blazed with murderous light; he forcibly halted his retreat, roared aloud, and from his crown erupted a thick, ominous aura. It rose into the air, halting Yin Wujie’s magic artifact; the aura grew longer and taller, its color shifting from deep to pale, while Lu Rong’s entire aura swelled with increasing grandeur—clearly the prelude to activating some supreme art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang’s gaze flashed; he seized the moment, thrusting out his hand with crushing force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Purple Pure Divine Thunder erupted instantly, advancing without obstruction, shattering layer upon layer of blood-phantoms until it neared Lu Rong’s person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavens and earth rang only with thunderous roars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the divine thunder smashed through with the force of toppling mountains and collapsing pillars, shattering the ominous aura into fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>",2734,"2026-06-19T22:30:06.574Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4635b30c98712b46e342e82515ebccda623834252b97dae7cd7178ef69642f0a","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-542","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-540",545,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-path-of-immortality-cover.jpg"]