[{"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-83":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Wuxia: Starting by Shocking the Empress",{"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},1937547,2671,"Chapter 83","wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-chapter-83",83,"\u003Cp>There would be a day when he would drink for twenty-five hours straight just to keep his chastity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he found most unbelievable was\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that there were women in this world who could drink so much!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for the fact that the sisters' gazes were too aggressive, which kept him maintaining a last shred of sobriety,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he might have really been drunk under the table by them!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wh... what?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ximen Wudi, who had just taken a sip of the tea Jiang Yuyan handed him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sprayed it out instantly upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared with wide, disbelieving eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his eyes filled with thick surprise and admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This... this f*cking guy actually went through with it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And persisted for twenty-five hours?!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not what you think!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeming to notice the ambiguity in his words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and looking at the admiring gaze he was receiving,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Taibai's face turned green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurriedly waved his hand to explain the drinking incident,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>fearing that if he spoke a second too late,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who knows what he would be misunderstood as!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were before this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if someone told him they had been drinking with two sisters for twenty-five hours,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even if he were beaten to death, he wouldn't believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he believed it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as one party in the story is relatively ugly, it's very possible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The uglier, the truer!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the explanation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ximen Wudi nodded in realization,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the flash of pity in his eyes\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was clearly captured by Li Taibai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of his mouth twitched madly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Taibai felt like crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell are you pitying?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you hoping I get ravaged that much?!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuwuwu...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart is so tired, I want to cry!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his expression,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ximen Wudi shook his head and asked back,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Couldn't you have just greased your feet and run?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With your strength, let alone those two sisters, even if ten more came together, they wouldn't be your match.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would have been better if he hadn't said that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he said it,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Taibai's face became even more bitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lips moved twice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his eyes filled with regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the consequence of his usual habit of showing off!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, in order to become a friend to all women,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he had made a bold statement:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would never refuse a lady!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Qingguo Qingcheng were his die-hard fans,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so they naturally remembered every word he said clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>walking away was impossible; it would never be possible in this lifetime!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was forced to drink for twenty-five hours\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>just to barely avoid being \"picked up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the key problem was,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how could he be embarrassed to speak of such a thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he said it,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>wouldn't he be laughed at for a lifetime?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could only swallow his humiliation and sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his mouth for a long time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but couldn't explain anything at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could only turn his full humiliation and desolation into a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he had no intention of staying any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staggering, dragging his heavy footsteps, he left in despondency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only that back view\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>looked incredibly desolate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching him leave,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ximen Wudi shook his head with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as if sensing something,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he turned his head and looked into the void with narrowed eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the Heavenly Dao Gold List spanning the void vibrate fiercely twice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then erupt with dazzling golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just an instant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>everyone on the Nine Continents looked up in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Nine Continents Combat Power Ceiling List - Third Place...].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>094-Pioneer of the Sword Dao! Terrifying Heavenly Dao Reward! (Seeking self-subscription)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Nine Continents Combat Power Ceiling List - Third Place: Dugu Qiubai, Cultivation: Peak Heaven-Human.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Identity: Sword Demon, Third Dragon Head of the Green Dragon Society.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Some say the happiest loneliness is solitude, and the loneliest happiness is invincibility.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dugu Qiubai, a name destined to be lonely yet happy.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He was a natural swordsman, straightforward and arrogant in character, disliked being restrained, appearing and disappearing suddenly.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He showed unparalleled talent when young, and after stepping into the martial path, he was even more passionate about the sword dao!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He created the transcendent sword technique, the Dugu Nine Swords, breaking all moves in the world!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After achieving some success, he entered the Jianghu, and at the mere age of twenty, he became a master of boundless fame in a short time!] ===== CHAPTER 171 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, for someone who desperately sought a single defeat, this was by no means a good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently, it only made him feel increasingly lonely and desolate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, he traversed the Wu Lin for over thirty years, slaughtering all enemies and defeating every hero, until there was no one left in the world who could stand against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helpless, having spent his life seeking a worthy opponent in vain, he could only seclude himself in a deep valley, taking a giant eagle as his companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, while in seclusion, his insights into the Dao of the sword did not stagnate; instead, they became increasingly refined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon breaking through to the Heaven-Human Realm, he reflected on his past experiences and, moved by inspiration, created the Five Realms of the Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sharp Sword, No Intent: Fierce, powerful, and unbreakable; used before the age of twenty to contend with the heroes of the Hebei region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soft Sword, No Constancy: The Ziwei Soft Sword, used before the age of thirty; discarded in a deep valley after accidentally injuring a righteous man, as it was deemed inauspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavy Sword, No Edge: The heavy sword has no edge, yet its great skill requires no artifice. Relied upon to roam the world before the age of forty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wooden Sword, No Peer: After the age of forty, he was no longer constrained by objects; grass, trees, bamboo, and stone could all serve as swords. From then on, he cultivated diligently, gradually advancing to the realm where \"no sword is better than a sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No Sword, No Moves: With no sword in hand and no sword in the heart, he had already glimpsed the Dao of the Heavenly Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, this transcendent existence, whom countless people looked up to and whom many could never hope to surpass in a lifetime,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was sought out forty years ago by the First Dragon Head of the Green Dragon Society, Ximen Wudi, who bestowed upon him a defeat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was truly unbelievable was that Ximen Wudi had only struck a single sword blow, and Dugu Qiubai, the Demon of the Sword, was defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The defeat was clean and decisive; he did not even have the chance to raise his sword to parry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this defeat, Dugu Qiubai felt no loss; instead, he was exceptionally overjoyed, feeling that his Dao was not alone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stirred by a fighting spirit, he voluntarily joined the Green Dragon Society to serve as the Third Dragon Head, all for the sake of defeating Ximen Wudi and eventually surpassing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Dao Evaluation: Born with a Sword Bone, the pinnacle of the Dao of the sword, a climber of the Shattered Void!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Dao Reward: Sword Heart (the possessor can instantly comprehend all sword techniques and martial arts in the world, and it assists in more easily comprehending the supreme Dao of the sword), Mythical Realm-Breaking Pill (increases the chance of breaking through to the Mythical Realm by eighty percent), Sword Dao Profound Meaning (contains the supreme Dao of the sword; the higher the comprehension, the more one gains).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the final character faded away,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Nine Provinces Continent fell into a deathly silence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the golden list's phenomenon had already vanished,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the people of the world still could not recover from their stupor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone stared with wide eyes, their faces filled with shock and awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long while passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sounds of sharp gasps echoed across the Nine Provinces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one were to say\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that Xiaoyaozi was astonishing and drove people mad because of his longevity,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the feeling Dugu Qiubai gave people was simply: strength!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kind of strength that was peerless!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially those Five Realms of the Sword,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which struck fiercely at the hearts of countless swordsmen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although before this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>many sword masters had already walked their own paths,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if you really asked them to explain it clearly, they could only look at each other in silence, staring blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while they had realized their own Dao of the sword,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was something that could be understood intuitively but not taught in words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Dugu Qiubai\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not only created the Dugu Nine Swords, which could break all martial arts in the world,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but also established a system for the Dao of the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One can imagine just how terrifying this was!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would not be an exaggeration to say he blazed a trail for all the swordsmen in the world!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in the hearts of countless swordsmen,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he was already viewed as a pioneer of the sword!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure akin to a founding patriarch!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The admiration in their hearts can be imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though such an existence was defeated in one blow by Ximen Wudi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they did not have much of a negative reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, there was a hint of excitement in their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ximen Wudi was hailed as the forbidden existence known as the number one expert of the Nine Provinces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In every background where he appeared,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he basically subdued his enemies in one or two moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But does this mean those ranked protagonists were weak?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they were not only not weak, they were terrifyingly strong!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that they faced Ximen Wudi, a god-like man who no longer belonged to the realm of martial arts, and thus suffered defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be defeated in such a way is a defeat that still brings honor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to put it another way,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to be personally sought out by Ximen Wudi and bestowed a defeat—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this alone is enough to brag about for a lifetime!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have you not seen the Evil Emperor of the Great Sui Demon Sect, Xiang Yutian?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was merely watching the battle by accident and was scared into having psychological trauma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a figure like Guiguzi, who was already near-legendary,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had to flee for his life and live in hiding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And figures such as Zhang Daoling, Li Taibai, and Xiaoyaozi have all been subdued one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>having lost to him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>is it shameful?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it pathetic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if they hadn't experienced a battle with Ximen Wudi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even if that person were ranked quite high,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the people of the Nine Provinces might not necessarily be convinced!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it's a mule or a horse, one must first have the record of having fought the First Dragon Head of the Green Dragon Society!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one cannot even take a single move from him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what qualification is there to be on the list?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what made the people of the world the most envious and separated them from the rest was the reward from the Heavenly Dao Golden List.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the Sword Heart, the Mythical Realm-Breaking Pill, or the Sword Dao Profound Meaning,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>any one of them was something countless experts dreamed of day and night!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't that they looked down on the previous Heavenly Dao rewards;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was simply that among the martial artists of the Nine Provinces, swordsmen accounted for more than two-thirds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Heavenly Dao rewards for others were not as universally applicable as these three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>such an effect would naturally occur. ===== CHAPTER 163 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1928,"2026-06-15T03:02:14.660Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","ad86d11755de5ae74d25cd1472fafb2f71a763b20a4744c916e2a43a2734792b","wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-chapter-84","wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-chapter-82",1409,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-cover.jpg"]