Theres Something Wrong with the Chief: Du Zhu You Bing (Novel) Vol. 2 (2026)

Twin Paths of Power and Peril follows young assassin Xiahou Lian as he reels from the devastating loss of someone close to him and sets out to find his long-lost brother, hidden away on a remote and forbidding mountain. But the reunion he encounters at the summit is far from what he imagined, thrusting him into a web of secrets and betrayals more harrowing than anything he faced in Qiye Garden. Within the palace walls, Shen Jue moves like a shadow, wearing a mask of obedience as his ruthless godfathers loyal pawn while carrying out a dangerous long game. When Xiahou Lian and Shen Jue cross paths once more, they are no longer allies, and each must navigate deadly enemiespossibly including one another.