[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds":3,"chapter-commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-17":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Commanding the Five Thunders Across Two Worlds",{"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},2363145,4620,"Chapter 17","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-17",17,"\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiuniang opened her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice might have been an illusion, but this thunder was deafening—undoubtedly real, especially with that man’s piercing scream, louder than when he’d first been struck by the Tian Gang Talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xiuniang saw the black mist surrounding the man completely dissipate; his pale face bore burn marks, his clothes torn and ragged, his form dimmed as if fading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the sound of that catchphrase, Xiuniang knew Gu Zhao had arrived—she’d heard him say it a few times these past two days, supposedly a local dialect expression of shock from his hometown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a powerful ghost!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to tradition, all demons, specters, and evil spirits trembled at the sound of thunder, let alone being struck directly—touch it and you’re wounded, hit it and you’re dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Zhao knew that since the Thunder Art in the Divine Thunder Jade Pivot Five Thunder Great Method had varying strengths, there must be ghosts and evils immune to ordinary thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take this black-clothed male ghost—he was far stronger than the previous green-robed female ghost, and had withstood his Palm Thunder without even beginning to dissipate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected his second ghost encounter in this world to be immune to Palm Thunder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao sucked in a sharp breath, his heart pounding, yet he acted without hesitation—his left hand never released the Thunder Seal, his right hand swiftly formed the hand gesture and chanted, “Thunder and lightning chase each other, heaven and earth as eyes. Eight-directional true qi, flickering electric light!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another streak of purple light, like a white steed racing past a crack, flashed instantly onto the man’s stunned and shocked face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man screamed again, his form instantly dissolving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was utterly bewildered—he was an ancient ghost with decades of cultivation, constantly absorbing incense and devotional energy, his soul infused with a trace of divinity, further enhanced by the Lord’s gift of Golden Thought Threads; ordinary sorcerers were no match for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this man’s single thunder strike rendered all his defenses useless—if not for that faint trace of divinity deep in his soul stabilizing his spiritual form, he would have been obliterated on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy wasn’t a deity or a spirit lord—he was just a human great sorcerer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A great sorcerer who could command lightning?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could recover from the shock of the first thunder, the second bolt struck straight down, giving him no time to react, shattering his already weakened ghostly body, which had been barely holding together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it not been for that lingering trace of divinity, this thunder would have utterly erased his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the same time, the man snapped fully awake—he knew with absolute certainty he could not survive a third thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twisted black shadow, now a faint, indistinct humanoid wisp, “saw” the sudden-appearing youth retract his right hand and begin forming the hand seal again, chanting, “Thunder and lightning…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contorted shadow let out an involuntary shriek, then collapsed into a basketball-sized ball of black smoke, shooting off at high speed into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He no longer wanted to think—he only wanted to flee, to return to the Cult, to tremble under the Lord’s protection and release his terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the demonic chant echoed clearly into his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...chase each other, heaven and earth as eyes. Eight-directional true qi, flickering electric light!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden threads surfaced on the black smoke’s surface, straining to meet the violet lightning hurtling toward it—then dissolved instantly upon contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, the violet lightning spread through the threads into the black smoke; if time slowed, one could see it slicing through the smoke like a butcher dissecting an ox, penetrating deeper, filling its interior, and vaporizing every strand of black smoke it touched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ordinary eyes, it merely looked like the black smoke vanished in an instant after contact with the violet lightning, turning to ash and dust, dissolving into the heavens and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a faint, fading scream, the entire forest fell silent—not a cricket chirped, not a bird sang—only the two humans and the fox stood quietly, not far apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Gu Zhao felt the Five Thunder Talisman absorb another pulse of energy, integrating it into the surrounding lightning, slowly enhancing his cultivation and strengthening his inner qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This energy was greater than what he’d absorbed after killing the female ghost; after careful sensing, he realized it was a kind of malevolent aura, absorbed and transformed by the Five Thunder Talisman into pure energy for his own use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Five Thunder Talisman absorbed this aura again, its abilities gradually restored, allowing Gu Zhao to clearly perceive the nature of this malevolent aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This aura had nothing to do with the opponent’s strength—it depended solely on whether they were evil; those who actively committed evil carried malevolent aura in their souls. This ghost’s wicked deeds surpassed those of the green-robed female ghost, so its malevolent aura was greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this aura could only be absorbed by the Five Thunder Talisman after the opponent’s death, as long as the opponent used magic or came close enough for the Talisman to sense their energy, the Talisman could detect whether they carried malevolent aura and warn Gu Zhao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So I’ve opened my heavenly eye?” Gu Zhao muttered, then glanced around. “Done and done!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rustle rustle rustle…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forest stirred again; Xiuniang and Gu Zhao turned their gaze toward it and saw the white fox trembling like a sieve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon sensing Gu Zhao’s gaze, the white fox instantly flipped onto its back, exposing its belly, yet its limbs and entire body still shook violently, causing the grass and fallen leaves beneath it to rustle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the fox so terrified, Gu Zhao and Xiuniang exchanged glances and both smiled—tension instantly eased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao had no intention of attacking the white fox; the Five Thunder Talisman had shown no reaction toward it, and considering how it had just saved Xiuniang, it was clearly a benevolent spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master!” Xiuniang’s voice trembled with tears, joy, and a touch of guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao waved to Xiuniang, exhaling in relief. “Glad I got back in time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d spent the afternoon accompanying Zhang Hang filming his beauty review, finished dinner early, and Zhang Hang had invited him to hang out at night—but Gu Zhao chose to return here, restore his state, and boost his power as much as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao calculated the time here, went to pack several dishes, then returned home and crossed back into this forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected that while walking back, he’d sensed magical energy nearby, along with the sun-moon radiance of the Tian Gang Talisman—alarmed, he rushed over just in time to see the black shadow blocking the path, the white fox briefly holding it off before retreating behind Xiuniang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he acted—three Palm Thunders, killing this seemingly powerful ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master…” Xiuniang shuffled nervously toward Gu Zhao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao asked, “Did you come in to find me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiuniang nodded. “You said you’d return tonight, so I waited at the village entrance a while, then decided to come in to meet you—but I didn’t expect…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You ran into a ghost and a spirit.” Gu Zhao glanced at the white fox beside him. How many ghosts and spirits were there in this world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xiuniang approach Gu Zhao and realizing he was the “Young Master” she’d mentioned, the white fox seemed to exhale in relief, then rolled over and rose to its feet, revealing a distinctly human-like, pleading smile.\u003C\u002Fp>",1255,"2026-06-21T06:19:08.116Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","8558f185717f0bd1fb1f229fa36fb22c0b6dccd03a5c52ef6eaa126284889f0b","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-18","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-16",141,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcommanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-cover.jpg"]