[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-path-of-immortality":3,"chapter-the-path-of-immortality-the-path-of-immortality-chapter-7":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},2271157,4436,"Chapter 7: Chapter Seven: The Yin Son of Heaven","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-7",7,"\u003Cp>Golden silk and silver curtains, an ancient brazier exhaling incense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the beautiful woman stood three or five attendants, some holding fans, others carrying incense, still others cradling mirrors—all young men of striking beauty, dressed in brocade robes and jade belts, their bearing and grace extraordinary, even faint traces of Dao energy clinging to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The azure palace had been filled with grand, lingering music, a scene of harmony—until the woman’s words stirred a tense awkwardness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The musicians playing zithers and flutes trembled, wishing only to cover their ears and pretend they’d never heard those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three elder companions reacted differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Feichen smiled; Gu Jun’s face was dark with displeasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Ji Shangren was even more uneasy, glancing nervously between them, his round, plump face split between joy and worry, his eyes darting wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wretched woman! Deserving death! Utterly deserving death! Back then you sought to steal my primordial yang, disrupt my Dao heart—now you dredge up old grievances again! Do you truly think I cannot kill you?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The master of Xuanzhen Sect frowned deeply, barely suppressing his fury, his heart seething.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Auntie, spare the idle talk! Why have you left Shangyu and come to my ritual ground? What do you truly want?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sneered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard you were favored by an elder of the demonic Mozhao Sect, but she demanded you subdue three evil Yin-Sheng Demons alone before accepting you as a disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over these years, you’ve stirred chaos among mortal kingdoms, accumulating countless sins, and were hunted three thousand li by Junyao of Yucheng Sect—if not for the protection of your clan elders, you’d have been slain long ago by his thunder arts!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it was the beautiful woman’s face that darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The master of Xuanzhen Sect studied her with interest and asked with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Auntie, haven’t you also cultivated an evil Yin-Sheng Demon? Only it escaped before you could subdue it, didn’t it? What a pity—truly a great pity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Jian, you needn’t put on such a show,” the woman said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re going to compare misfortune, who could rival you? Look—you were once the noble heir of the Ai clan, a great Daoist of Yucheng Sect, and now you’ve sunk to this: no blessed land, forced to dwell in this broken mountain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Had you ascended to True Disciple back then—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut your mouth!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The master of Xuanzhen Sect erupted in rage, his gaze sharpening into two piercing beams of light that spun through the air and slashed down toward the woman’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beams, swift as lightning, reached the woman in an instant—but she remained calm, her attendants uniting to raise a bronze mirror, which they held upward and reflected the beams, pinning them motionless in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ai Jian, do you think your ‘Refining Gaze Sword’ can harm me? Even without external tools, it cannot pierce my Dao body,” the woman scoffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Xuanhe jade couch, Ai Jian, who had just been furious, now grew calm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did you get this Kuigang Mirror? I haven’t returned to Shangyu in years—how could our clan elders have grown so generous as to give you a magic treasure suited for a Jin Dan True Person?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not its original owner—merely borrowing it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Jian, I didn’t come here to bicker with you. If we keep dredging up old wounds, we’ll only damage our kinship,” the woman clapped her hands and smiled sweetly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ai Jian snorted, his killing intent flashing and vanishing instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over the years here in Xiao Ganshan, you must have heard a rumor from our clan, yes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A rumor? Shangyu?” Ai Jian paused, then said coolly: “You mean the girl born with crimson light filling the entire city, bathed in water carried by a blue bird?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Precisely. Don’t underestimate her,” the woman said. “She was born with divine signs, and now even Chiming Sect, one of the Eight Dao Sects, has taken notice—Zhuojing True Person, who has secluded herself for a hundred years, is coming down the mountain personally to take her as her direct disciple—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, Auntie! I’ve already guessed your purpose! I thought it was something else!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ai Jian waved his hand, cutting her off brusquely:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re a Daoist of the second level of Dongxuan, and you’re her elder by blood—why go to such lengths for a mere child?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you wish to degrade yourself, that’s your affair—I won’t join you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed toward the clouds beyond the palace, a clear dismissal:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve never seen eye to eye. Leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have no objection to leaving—but you, Xiao Jian? I recall that after you caused trouble, you’ve always wanted to rejoin Yucheng Sect, even begged the clan chief to mediate for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman didn’t move, still smiling: “If you help me this time, once it’s done, with this merit—and a few kind words from me to my niece—perhaps you’ll get what you’ve always wanted?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ai Jian said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know my niece was born with divine signs, but you don’t know how extraordinary they truly are,” the woman said calmly, rising as Ai Jian remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She studied our clan’s Qi-condensation method and cultivated the Zi-Qing True Qi, ranked among the highest of the nine grades. After becoming Zhuojing True Person’s disciple, she received her scripture. Within ten years, she established her Dao foundation, opened her Zi-Fu, entered Dongxuan… now, she’s nearly ready to absorb the Five Essences and enter the second level of Dongxuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…How old is she?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ai Jian spoke suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Twenty-four.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, a wave of shock swept through the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A Dongxuan Lianshi at twenty-four? This is a priceless treasure! Damn! Missing this would invite thunderbolt punishment!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Ji Shangren’s heart burned hot; he couldn’t help rubbing his hands together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across from him, Yan Feichen saw his reaction and sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the elders’ varied expressions and the musicians, now frozen in terror, silent and speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Xuanhe jade platform, Ai Jian remained distant, as if none of this concerned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence, he finally spoke slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even so, how can you guarantee she’ll get me back into Yucheng Sect? Just because of a Dongxuan Second Level and some outsider elder?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have my own methods, Xiao Jian—relax. When have I ever lied to you?” the woman winked seductively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine…” Ai Jian’s expression flickered uncertainly; after a long pause, he sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What does our niece want me to do for her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Find someone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Find whom?” Ai Jian asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Yin Son of Heaven.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Yin Son of Heaven?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Zhen Fa Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang’s severed head and broken corpse vanished with the pool of blood, and in an instant, a new body appeared in the same spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough… cough…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reborn Chen Hang coughed repeatedly, his face flushed with an unnatural crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though death within the realm causes no harm to the true body, dying a hundred times a day is still a peculiar torment for any ordinary person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve grasped ninety-nine percent—only one percent remains…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang formed a finger-pen and absently sketched on the ground, frowning: “Where exactly is the flaw in this final one percent?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1195,"2026-06-19T22:29:59.276Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","628302cf986e43200f3bdaa31bcb865252e0ab218c0ca98ec5556b84e74d23d9","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-8","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-6",545,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-path-of-immortality-cover.jpg"]