[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-watching-the-immortals-fall":3,"chapter-watching-the-immortals-fall-watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-35":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Watching the Immortals Fall",{"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},2259908,4410,"Chapter 35: The Seven Mysterious Lights of Chuhe","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-35",35,"\u003Cp>Ji You resumed his cultivation routine, causing more people to gradually gather at the Awakening Ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qingqiu, Lou Siyi, Bai Rulong, and the other five who had delivered the sword that day also came to the Awakening Ground, continuing their deep cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet seeing him constantly slipping in and out of the awakened state, everyone felt deeply confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is this Dao so intoxicating?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yan Shuyi, if you kick me again, I’ll open my mouth!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You dare!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath Xuwu Mountain, Ji You sullenly hid behind a nearby black rock, staring at the icy-faced immortal lady with frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beautiful women truly hinder cultivation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five days have passed since the attack, and he has barely gathered the sixth spiritual light—all the rest were rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You didn’t understand; he had clearly calmed her down already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, over these five days, the two had Moqi ly coordinated their cultivation schedules, occasionally exchanging a few words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did she fly into such a rage just because a woman had gifted him a sword?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You’s spirit returned to his body and turned to Bai Rulong beside him: “I ask you—what does it mean when a woman gives a man a sword?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Bai Rulong had not yet reacted, but behind him, Lu Qingqiu, Lou Siyi, and Sun Zhi had already turned red-faced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Legend says that during the chaotic late ancient era, two human sages—a man and a woman—exchanged their swords in a battle they knew would be fatal; when they died, they embraced each other, their souls returning to the Dao. Since then, gifting a sword between genders has become a gesture of intent to become cultivation partners.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Rulong explained: “If a man accepts a sword gifted by a woman, the two may form a dual-cultivation bond.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You opened his mouth: Damn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought he understood this world well enough, but now he realized he had only been here three years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Chen of Yuyang County was an old bachelor; his library certainly contained no such love stories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the world he had learned from him had been filtered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant some common legends and tales everyone else knew, he had never heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qingqiu was now watching Ji You, wondering how she would refuse his offer of dual-cultivation if he misunderstood her motive for gifting the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t from a prominent clan—he was just a rural self-cultivator; she could never choose him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a commotion suddenly erupted from behind the Awakening Ground, accompanied by rustling and shifting sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Chu He…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chu He has emerged?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You and the others turned to look and saw Chu He—ever since the night he sensed the Heavenly Book, he had vanished, avoiding everyone—now standing among the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore a brocade pear-blossom robe, his hairpin neatly arranged, his gaze cool as he entered the Awakening Ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could hide indoors forever; the outer court had expected he would eventually emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in their guesses, Chu He should have appeared disheveled and shattered—not like this, composed and elegant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Chu, are you coming to awaken?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just finished closing, came out to breathe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He spoke without expression, then sat cross-legged on the ground, smoothing his robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right before all eyes, the second son of the Chu family slowly closed his eyes and entered the awakened state—and gasps instantly spread through the Awakening Ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For at that moment, seven mysterious lights glowed on Chu He’s forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most stunned was Lu Qingqiu, who stared at Chu He’s seven mysterious lights with utter disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Ji You sensed the Heavenly Book, their cultivation advancement had been nearly identical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ji You sensed the Heavenly Book, Chu He, unable to bear the blow, hid away and refused to see anyone, while Lu Qingqiu had persistently pushed to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, she had only gathered her third light, yet Chu He had seven—more than Ji You, who had sensed the Heavenly Book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So Chu He wasn’t broken by the blow—he was in seclusion all along!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Without sensing the Heavenly Book, he’s already nearing the threshold of the Upper Five Realms—I can’t believe it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the Chu family’s talent—truly terrifying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I thought Ji You’s entry into the inner court was certain, yet this twist is unexpected!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He’s appearance, with seven mysterious lights already formed, surpassing Ji You who had sensed the Heavenly Book—this news spread rapidly through the outer court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire outer court buzzed with chatter, as if hot oil had been poured into cold water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since autumn turned to winter, everyone had accepted the tale of a fallen prodigy and a rural self-cultivator’s comeback—but no one expected such a twist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The incident even shook the outer court instructors, who hurried to the Awakening Ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, Chu He was in the awakened state, his seven mysterious lights shining brilliantly, with the faint trace of an eighth already forming!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did he sense the Heavenly Book?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—there’s no sign of heavenly light here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This makes no sense—how could he advance faster than Ji You, who sensed the Heavenly Book?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jingsong and the other instructors stood at the edge of the Biwater Lake, watching the scene, deeply puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the Heavenly Book is difficult, yet occasionally some disciples manage it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But never before had a disciple who did not sense the Heavenly Book advanced faster than one who had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the Chu family truly be as invincible in cultivation talent as the world claimed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in a quiet, empty chamber, Du Zhu of Liangzhou, listening to the commotion outside, clenched his fists tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was also a renowned scion of a Liangzhou immortal clan, reaching the Upper Realm of Condensation before turning twenty, just one step away from completing the Lower Three Realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since arriving at the Heavenly Book Academy, all his glory had been swallowed by Chu He and Ji You; he went from a celebrated prodigy to an unnoticed nobody.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he accept it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—he could not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Zhu lowered his head and looked at a letter in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was written by his father, earnestly telling Du Zhu that the Du family’s honor rested entirely on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with the letter came a brocade box; when opened, it held ten crimson elixirs, with a note attached detailing their consumption method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Zhu picked up one elixir, remained silent for a long while, then swallowed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the elixir dissolved in his belly, a wild force surged through his limbs and meridians, as if bursting toward his crown, then surged back again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To complete the Upper Realm of Condensation, one must fully solidify the spiritual essence within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Zhu’s spiritual essence had always been milky, stubbornly refusing to solidify—but as the force poured in, his essence instantly hardened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he finally understood why his father’s letter carried a tone of sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such elixirs, capable of directly triggering breakthroughs, came in a full set of ten—only possible if the entire family fortune had been spent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His father had poured the entire Du family’s strength into him; he was the Du family’s only hope, the embodiment of their honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1193,"2026-06-19T15:28:39.995Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0d001d5aa2f28d526c4b2955355c53c54966c503fba24e0b33f2d2ea66525990","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-36","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-34",430,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwatching-the-immortals-fall-cover.jpg"]