[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-becoming-a-god-through-horror":3,"chapter-becoming-a-god-through-horror-becoming-a-god-through-horror-chapter-63":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Becoming a God Through Horror",{"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},2273606,4441,"Chapter 63","becoming-a-god-through-horror-chapter-63",63,"\u003Cp>Louis watched with great interest from the second floor, but it was over too quickly, and they didn’t even fight—it was almost boring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No good, I need to find out exactly what happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Emma!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis called out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emma, who had been staring blankly at the door, lost in thought, instinctively turned her head—and saw Louis’s face, brimming with curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly her eyelid twitched; after so many years together, how could she not know him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bastard who loves watching women fight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fucking spectator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Emma clenched her teeth and returned home, sitting down across from Louis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here, drink some water and take your time—no rush.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis gently poured her a cup of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emma rolled her eyes. No rush? How dare you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out that Carrie’s mother, Margaret, was an extreme religious fanatic; before this, she had publicly denounced her church’s actions and been expelled, losing her status as a nun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for just how extreme she was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emma only said the woman was deranged enough to believe every man or woman who had premarital sex carried original sin and deserved to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d just been bored, visiting Carrie’s house for the first time with nothing to do, chatting and watching TV—until she switched channels to a modeling show. Margaret, who happened to walk in right then, screamed that she was shameless and threw her out without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Called me shameless? She’ll regret it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emma fumed, then turned to Louis. “You won’t stop me, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course not—but don’t kill anyone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having learned the full story, Louis found it utterly dull. He’d thought it would be something interesting—only this? Boring!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for stopping Emma—well, he and Emma had once made a pact, but now it wasn’t Emma provoking trouble, so naturally he wouldn’t interfere with her revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emma snorted, but agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned her gaze to the neighboring house, squinting, as plan after plan flashed through her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extreme religious believer, house filled with crosses and religious items, family not wealthy, extremely controlling and conservative toward Carrie, wears clothes that show not an inch of skin…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In mere moments, the outline of a plan formed in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not just one—two! Two full plans!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis paid no more attention to Emma, shoved her out, and sat back on the bed to resume reading the inheritance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining three techniques had been unlocked early due to the Hell Demon’s aura, from the Miao-Dai Gushu  section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Witchcraft and Gushu  have always been symbols of mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Gushu  was concentrated among the Miao people, while witchcraft was more common among the Dai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to their overlapping territories, the two groups maintained close ties; outsiders couldn’t even distinguish them, assuming both could summon Gu  and cast curses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, because of their proximity to Southeast Asia, both traditions absorbed local customs and gradually merged, until by modern times they were indistinguishable—effectively one practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>① Zhonghai Gu : Most aligned with popular perceptions of Gushu —placing various poisonous insects in a jar to fight until one survives, becoming the Gu .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being poisoned, the victim grows delirious, irritable, with a foul taste in the mouth, and suffers vivid visual and auditory hallucinations: seeing ghostly shadows, hearing ghostly voices, feeling as if under siege, constantly tempted to commit suicide—a potent neurotoxin designed purely for torment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final form of the Gu  varies slightly depending on which insect survived, but all share one trait: they feed only on poisonous insects and have short lifespans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note: This Gu  is the precursor to Hai Shen Gu ; Hai Shen Gu  rivals the Golden Silkworm Gu  in potency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>② Xue Gu : Extraordinarily vile! Curses descendants! Only used for mortal grudges!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally developed during wartime by local chieftains to combat powerful Han people, who valued bloodline and lineage; they hoped to strike at their descendants. But it nearly brought disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current version is a crude imitation: made from earthworms, larval bloodsucking mosquitoes, leeches, placenta, and other ingredients. On completion, one drop of the caster’s blood is fed to it; once implanted in the enemy, the blood turns to disease, placing the victim’s life and death entirely in the caster’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, it spreads through bloodline—three generations become the caster’s slaves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note 1: As an imitation, lacking powerful witchcraft, it can only spread through direct bloodline and is vulnerable to water-based sorcery (Mei Shan Water Method, Zhu You Ke, etc.).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note 2: Low success rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>③ Shi Gu : During the Ming and Qing dynasties, tales of jiangshi were widespread; in Xiangxi, legends of corpse-driving were ancient. Under these conditions, a Miao master combined Han techniques to create this Gu .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Gu  turns corpses into Shi Gu  corpses—mobile like jiangshi, immune to pain and bleeding, with enhanced strength. Originally conceived as a precursor to forging stronger jiangshi, it nurtures the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, these Shi Gu  corpses can also be used to forge orthodox jiangshi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note 1: Low combat power; relies entirely on the corpse’s inherent strength. Can slowly recover wounds by drinking blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note 2: Difficult to cultivate; requires a yin-sha location and cultivation base, or the caster risks severe loss of lifespan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading these three Gu  techniques, Louis understood why folk tales warned against approaching Miao territories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhonghai Gu  was designed purely to torment, Xue Gu  cursed descendants with vile poison, and even Shi Gu  required desecrating corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not one of them was decent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet for some reason, Louis felt no surprise—perhaps because since receiving the inheritance, he’d encountered too many evil techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good techniques—but they look hard to cultivate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wonder how long it’ll take to master all nine techniques. And this is just fringe arts—if I were to study orthodox Buddhist or Daoist methods, the time and effort required…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis shook his head. No wonder skilled monks and Daoists were mostly middle-aged or elderly—young ones were never trusted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a reason for that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Things have urgency and priority; these techniques must be ordered.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These Gu  techniques require materials and cultivation base—conditions are too strict. Not worth considering for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll start with the earlier techniques first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he pondered the principles and cultivation methods of these techniques, Louis yawned. He planned to intensify his Qi cultivation, aiming to produce internal Qi—otherwise, as future techniques grew stronger, their demands would rise, and he didn’t want to keep burning his lifespan as fuel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No time to waste—start now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis immediately began practicing the stillness method of Qi cultivation. The room fell silent, save for Qiuqiu, whose bright eyes watched his master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he began cultivating, Emma also left the house with items in hand—what she intended to do was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from admitting defeat to Louis, she’d never bowed to anyone—not even the Biantai  Estelle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, she would show off her abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1137,"2026-06-19T23:34:28.869Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","11633020fe4ae234e07509160f01229062100aef83eedc568ec8203c3b8a43b6","becoming-a-god-through-horror-chapter-64","becoming-a-god-through-horror-chapter-62",253,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecoming-a-god-through-horror-cover.jpg"]