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Chapter 144: Shutting the World Out The northern wind howled, its sound like a host of ghosts wailing in chaos. The Tianfu Guard and Emperor Bai began their journey once more. As with so many times before, the Tianfu Guard brought Emperor Bai through the Taoyuan stone gate and explained all that had come to pass in detail. Again and again, they witnessed the descent of black frost, the rivers merging, bleached bones lying across the land, and the destruction of Xian Mountain in chaos. Fearing that…- 450.2 K • Completed
- Chapter 143: No Turning Back Recently, a strange man had appeared in Milu Village near Penglai. He was draped in a tattered cloak embroidered with peach patterns, his face hidden beneath a large hood, making it impossible to see his features. He often muttered verses aloud and said to every passerby: “Penglai is like a rootless tree—it will soon suffer endless snow calamities. People, why do you wait passively for death? Set out beyond the Ming Sea! There lies a promised land, untouched by…
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- Chapter 142: A Way Through the Sea of Suffering The Tianfu Guard could not understand how things had come to this. He recalled the past: when Penglai began to turn cold, he had followed Emperor Bai on an expedition, only to discover that Xian Mountain is trapped behind a wall of ice. Already located at the convergence of a hundred rivers, they exhausted themselves but could not break free of that prison. When the army returned to the capital, they found the commoners already in chaos from the…
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- Chapter 141: The Labyrinth Beyond Peach Source After passing through the Taoyuan stone gate, the time ahead might give rise to a different story, just as a branch can sprout twigs growing in diverging directions. The Tianfu Guard gradually came to understand this principle. He ought to have traveled into a moment of the past after crossing the Taoyuan stone gate, yet the Tianfu Guard of that moment died in the Ming Sea—while he now stood here, perfectly alive. Therefore, the Tianfu Guard thought,…
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- Chapter 140: Looking Back Through Dust and Wind After that, Emperor Bai would sometimes ask Tianfu Guard, “So, Minsheng, will you stay here in Guixi with me?” But each time, Tianfu Guard would only smile bitterly and shake his head. “Please allow this subject a few more days to think.” Emperor Bai was surprised. All along, Tianfu Guard had been like a little dog who only knew to wag his tail and follow loyally at his heels. This was one of the rare times Tianfu Guard had disobeyed…
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- Chapter 139: A Cage Drawn in Ink After surviving two ambushes, the two were spent. Emperor Bai could barely walk, his head splitting with pain. They moved through the streets Daiyu’s streets, where sedan chairs jostled for space and gilded carriages rushed past—opulence everywhere. It was a scene entirely unlike the frost-stricken, flood-ravaged Penglai and Yingzhou. Emperor Bai was drenched in cold sweat. The Tianfu Guard supported him tightly and whispered, “Your Majesty, let us find a place…
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- Chapter 138: The Distant Day of Leaving One’s Homeland Over Yingzhou, stubborn clouds filled the sky, and the rain poured as if a river had burst its banks. Emperor Bai and the Tianfu Guard walked slowly across the floating bridge, like lost souls stripped of spirit. They didn’t know how it happened, but after passing through the gate, the world before them had completely changed. The fisherman they had seized told them this place was called “Yingzhou,” not “Penglai,” and that the…
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- Chapter 137: Faint Light on the Imperial Path Seventy-six years ago, beyond the Ming Sea. As far as the eye could see, the ice wall stretched endlessly—a towering cage barring all who approached. Cold winds howled from within, ceaseless all year round. The young Son of Heaven stood at the prow of the Soaring Chi 螭 (chī) a mythical hornless dragon boat, his heart heavy with sorrow. Several years had passed since the expedition began. In the bitter cold, the soldiers’ skin cracked and their…
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- Chapter 136: Road’s End, Path Exhausted The tides surged with ceaseless roar, and the sky stretched vast and gray. The glimmering waves upon the sea looked like drifting white feathers. Ji Zhi sat in his leather-drawn carriage, gazing out beyond. Ever since touring the outer edges of Xian Mountain, he’d grown fond of visiting Zhenhai Pass to stare out toward the Ming Sea in silent contemplation. The Tianfu Guard sat beside him in the carriage. Of late, while the emperor had grown increasingly…
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- Chapter 135: Endless Snow After finishing their wine, the two left the tavern and wandered aimlessly along the main street. The shops were bustling, the crowd like porridge. Silk stores, foreign markets, gold and silver shops brimmed with dazzling wares that left the Tianfu Guard wide-eyed and stunned, looking as if he’d mistakenly stepped into the treasure halls of the Immortal Palace. At a miscellaneous stall, Ji Zhi spent some time bargaining with the vendor before buying a golden-yellow jade…
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