[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start":3,"chapter-wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-chapter-51":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Wuxia: Shocking the Empress at the Start",{"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},1937515,2671,"Chapter 51","wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-chapter-51",51,"\u003Cp>He truly couldn't imagine,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if the other party really wanted to kill someone,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who could possibly withstand it?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reporting to the Emperor, Officer Wei has sent news.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a figure hurried over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? What did he say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kangxi raised an eyebrow and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his expression indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were before,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he might have had some enthusiasm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after witnessing the shock brought by Ximen Wudi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he no longer had much passion for the experts Wei Xiaobao could recruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>having seen a True Dragon,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who could still take an earthworm in the mud seriously?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Returning to Your Majesty, according to the news sent back by Officer Wei, he has already made contact with the Divine Dragon Cult.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Under his painstaking recruitment, the Cult Leader of the Divine Dragon Cult already has the intention to submit to Your Majesty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe it won't be long before Officer Wei can completely persuade them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person who arrived replied word by word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm, I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kangxi waved his hand, looking completely uninterested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Qin, inside the Gathering Sands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master actually faked his death to escape?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember he was clearly killed by me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the content on the Heavenly Dao Gold List,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Zhuang was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely and utterly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sharp-angled face was now as black as the bottom of a pot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he thought he had really finished off his master!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now he realized,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so the clown was actually myself?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being fooled into a limp, yet still helping them count the money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Zhuang’s entire face turned bright red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying aura erupted from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That monstrous killing intent almost condensed into substance!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just thinking of the cultivation level of Guiguzi shown on the Heavenly Dao Gold List,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his pupils shrank fiercely, his face filled with wariness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mohist School, Mechanical City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, even Guiguzi couldn't take that person’s sword strike?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Jianli exclaimed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>almost scared out of his wits!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He truly found it hard to imagine,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>just how terrifying Ximen Wudi is?!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even though he had been praised as god-like,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he never expected\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that Guiguzi, this terrifying existence who had been famous in Great Qin for over a hundred years, wouldn't be able to take a single sword strike from the other party!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for the fact that the information before his eyes was exposed by such a divine object as the Heavenly Dao Gold List,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even if he were beaten to death, he wouldn't dare believe it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even seeing it with his own eyes now, he still felt it was somewhat absurd!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a pity that such a taboo existence is too far away from us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, if we could persuade him to join the anti-Qin forces, even that tyrant would likely have a headache!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Dan, standing to the side, sighed deeply,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his face filled with unspeakable regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hoo~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thirty years, a full thirty years!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never expected that I, Guiguzi, would still have the opportunity to climb the path of martial arts again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknown mountain range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down at the Bone-Remolding Pill in his hand,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guiguzi trembled with excitement, his face flushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his tone, besides endless joy, there was also a trace of disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed he was startled by this sudden Heavenly Dao reward and felt it was somewhat unreal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a complex expression, he looked up at the name of Ximen Wudi in the Gold List content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, he didn't know whether to hate or be grateful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of him, he had cultivated bitterly for thirty years, and his cultivation had made no progress to this day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even, if it weren't for the Heavenly Dao reward,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he might have had no hope of breaking through in this lifetime!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone pursuing a higher realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was also because of him that he obtained the Bone-Remolding Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only could he restore his foundation, but his bone quality and aptitude could even go a step further!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much so that in the future, he might be able to walk a much longer path than his previous aptitude allowed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who knows if he would have obtained a pill like the Longevity Pill instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, the top priority is to restore the foundation first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guiguzi shook his head,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>casting these thoughts aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted his head back and swallowed the Bone-Remolding Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he sat cross-legged and began to circulate his cultivation technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Azure Dragon Peak, Azure Dragon Villa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this Guiguzi so strong? He actually escaped from your hands?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Canghai asked with some surprise. ===== CHAPTER 100 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>On her small face, the lingering charm of having played poker remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s alright, I was just too lazy to chase.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ximen Wudi replied lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the tea served by Baoqin and took a small sip,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the expression on his face showing no waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That indifferent tone was as if he were talking about an ant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, that was exactly the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, after being rejected by Guiguzi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he had snapped off a peach branch not even as thick as a finger and casually struck a sword blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be accurate, it should count as half a sword!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because, before the peach branch even touched Guiguzi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the other party was injured by the sword light, spat out a mouthful of old blood, and retreated explosively along the force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, without the slightest hesitation, he used a secret technique and fled on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if he had really taken that sword strike, he would definitely have died on the spot and met his end!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And seeing him flee so decisively,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>although Ximen Wudi had countless ways to catch up to him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he ultimately shook his head and dismissed the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>although Guiguzi had avoided the vital points,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his sword intent was not so easily dispelled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once unable to dispel his sword intent for a long time, the injuries would not heal, and the result would be self-evident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As such,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there was naturally no need to spend effort on a pursuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that what he didn't expect was\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that Guiguzi had such a long life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was he seriously injured, but he also used a secret technique that consumed his lifespan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, he still didn't die; this actually surprised him a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that’s how it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Canghai nodded, looking enlightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She believed his words with absolute faith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking again of how Guiguzi, because of his fear of the Azure Dragon Society’s pursuit,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had directly hidden his name and acted like a turtle, she immediately smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was amused by his self-frightening actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the Great Dragon Head hadn't taken him seriously at all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet he had self-righteously thought he was so important...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>besides being speechless, she felt more like laughing and crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a good while,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she regained her calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Straightening her expression, she looked up, half-joking and half-serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you feel about the gift I sent you before?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ximen Wudi was startled at these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hand holding the cup paused slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subconsciously, he thought of Wang Yuyan and the other five women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it, although all six were born with peerless beauty and flower-like appearances,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their reactions at the time were each different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Mu Wanqing’s fierceness; Zhong Ling’s innocence; Li Qinglu’s obedience; Wang Yuyan’s timidity; Azhu’s gentleness; Abi’s straightforwardness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The taste of each, not to be shared with outsiders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this way, a faint smile couldn't help but curl at the corner of Ximen Wudi’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Capturing this scene,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Canghai not only didn't feel jealous, but instead felt relieved in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of happiness appeared on her exquisite face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following that, as if thinking of something, she asked with some anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder when the Heavenly Dao Gold List will rank a Beauty List or a Hundred Flowers List or something like that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If that happens, I can sweep them all up and pack them all back for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ximen Wudi immediately had black lines all over his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of his mouth twitched twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He almost blurted out \"Good fellow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the other party was doing this to please him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he didn't know why, but he always felt something was a bit strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that he couldn't say exactly what was strange for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking his head with a wry smile, he looked up toward the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The direction was none other than the Great Sui Dynasty!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another two days passed in a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the appearance of the Longevity Scripture, plus Yang Guang’s deliberate indulgence,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>at this moment, the Great Sui had already become a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless forces were fighting for the Longevity Scripture,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in an attempt to be the first to enter the Yang Gong Treasure Vault!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the most intense fighting was between the Great Sui Righteous Path led by Cihang Jingzhai and the Great Sui Demonic Path led by Xiang Yutian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Four Great Clans and the major top sects and forces of the Nine Provinces were also participating in full swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing that was puzzling was\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that the forces sent by the three great dynasties of Great Qin, Great Yuan, and Great Tang had not made a single move to this day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it seemed they were not here for the Yang Gong Treasure Vault!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Imperial Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the news reported by his subordinates,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>infinite killing intent suddenly appeared on Yang Guang’s calm face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He laughed coldly twice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>raised his hand to dismiss his subordinates,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and walked with long strides toward the depths of the Imperial Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing through several secret passages,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after a good while,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he finally arrived in front of a mountain range that looked unremarkable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guang stopped and tidied his clothes. ===== CHAPTER 101 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1669,"2026-06-15T03:02:14.660Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e2188df74193012e3ae289b401f51f443b7616a932cddf1fcd1bfbb95bd1e8b0","wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-chapter-52","wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-chapter-50",1409,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-cover.jpg"]