[{"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-19":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},2363147,4620,"Chapter 19: Chapter Nineteen: You Swear Like a Sailor, But I Don","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-19",19,"\u003Cp>When the white fox gorged itself on Dongpo pork and nearly choked on a chicken neck, Gu Zhao’s wariness toward it dropped significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A foolish, endearing glutton who flatters and begs for favors can’t be anything evil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, Xiuniang went to wash the dishes and tidy up, while Gu Zhao sat beside the white fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white fox let out a burp, wiped its mouth with a paw, and looked at Gu Zhao—its eyes held no fear, only curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You understand what we’re saying, right?” Gu Zhao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white fox blinked, gazing at Gu Zhao as if he were an idiot—though that look lasted only an instant before its eyes cleared again, and it nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can you speak human language?” Gu Zhao asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white fox suppressed the urge to show another expression, and merely shook its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao nodded and continued, “Can you transform into a human?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white fox could no longer hold back; it gave Gu Zhao another look of utter disbelief, then sighed and shook its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao stroked his chin, frowning in thought. “This doesn’t match what Old He said. He claimed demons can speak human speech and take human form. Could your cultivation base be too weak?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white fox wanted to bare its teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t you know not to hit someone in the face? If I could speak or transform, would I be running from that ghost god?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And can you please stop speaking out loud?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white fox turned its head away, refusing to acknowledge Gu Zhao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Gu Zhao didn’t understand the meaning behind its gaze—he simply studied the fox up and down, his eyes flickering with uncertainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the white fox felt a jolt of dread as Gu Zhao said, “I have a few spells I’ve never used in battle. I don’t know how effective they are—could you help me test them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white fox whipped its head around, every hair on its tail standing on end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had seen with her own eyes how Gu Zhao reduced that ghost god to ash with three thunderbolts—and right now, she couldn’t even speak or transform, let alone survive a single lightning strike!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that meal earlier my last supper?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Xiuniang stepped out of the kitchen, and in a flash of white light, her chest suddenly grew heavier. When she looked down, she saw the white fox had already burrowed into her arms, pressed tightly against her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiuniang beamed at Gu Zhao. “Young Master, she’s very fond of me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao hesitated, then chose not to shatter her illusion. “Because you both saved each other.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she returned, Xiuniang had told Gu Zhao about her ordeal in the mountains—he knew the white fox had already intervened for her once before. Clearly, it was a good demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm-hmm!” Xiuniang hugged the fox tighter and asked, “Will you sleep with me tonight?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white fox nodded vigorously—it only wanted to put distance between itself and Gu Zhao. If not for the lingering taste of the five-spice roasted chicken, it might have already fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nightfall. The main house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crack opened in the window; the white fox lay curled in the corner, directly beneath the moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Streams of lunar glow poured into the room. The white fox inhaled and exhaled, drawing in both ambient spiritual energy and moonlight, cultivating while healing—and occasionally glancing toward the side room next door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did this great master come from?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“According to Xiuniang, he went into the mountains to cultivate—so how did he bring back food this delicious? I’ve never tasted meat this good even in Changping Prefecture!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And he clearly possesses powerful spells, yet seems utterly clueless about everything. He’s definitely not from the Spirit Court, nor any of those sects.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As a human, how can he grant others the ability to cast spells? That’s divine power—and that girl clearly hasn’t formed a pact with him. How did he do it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft, he’s human—how could a human form a pact with another human?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wonder if I could form a pact with him…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the white fox thought this, she suddenly sensed something and turned sharply—only to see that the faint trails of spiritual power leaking from her cultivation were being fully absorbed by Xiuniang’s breath as she slept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?” The white fox widened her eyes. “No way?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Gu Zhao sensed the rhythmic breathing from the next room—he knew the white fox was cultivating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Demons really do absorb lunar radiance to cultivate!” Gu Zhao mused, then flooded with questions. “Did demons truly exist in ancient times? Was Liu Bowen’s severing of the dragon veins real? Did spiritual energy only vanish over the past few centuries?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Daoist scriptures he’d studied since childhood were actually usable. No wonder he had these doubts—especially since the Five Thunder Talisman was a genuine ancestral treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Which ancient myths were true, and which were false?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did spiritual energy’s decline cause the Eight Immortals to appear in Tang and Song, but only Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio remain by the Qing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If so… are the Three Pure Ones real?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My head hurts.” Gu Zhao pressed his thumbs against his temples. “Forget it. Sleep!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Gu Zhao did not travel through the portal in his room—he went to the back mountain to cultivate. On the way, he stopped at the post station to collect the yellow paper delivered by courier, then returned to the other world and drew talismans again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gu Zhao returned to the village in the afternoon, he found Xiuniang waiting at the village entrance—unlike the past two days, this time she held the white fox in her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when she saw Gu Zhao’s empty hands, the white fox couldn’t help letting out two soft “yīng yīng” cries, her disappointment plain to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you finish the food from yesterday?” Gu Zhao tapped the white fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little White ate it all by noon,” Xiuniang said apologetically, then quickly added, “My grandfather and I ate some too—I saved five slices of char siu and one chicken leg just for you, Young Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little White?” Gu Zhao stared at the white fox strangely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white fox let out a soft “yīng,” turning her head away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiuniang beamed. “I named her Little White, and she agreed! Besides, she’s a little girl.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao raised an eyebrow. “You’ve cultivated into a demon—how could you possibly be a little girl? You’re probably an old hag.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white fox flew into a rage, eyes bulging, baring her teeth at Gu Zhao—her awareness of her own weakness was long forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yīng yīng! Yīng yīng yīng!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he couldn’t understand her words, Gu Zhao knew she was cursing him bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately, the situation was this: she understood him, but he didn’t understand her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Gu Zhao laughed. “See? She admits it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white fox froze, then struggled to kick—but sensing Xiuniang might not hold her, she flailed uselessly in the air, let out two more “yīng yīng” cries, then decisively turned her head away, refusing to look at Gu Zhao again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao burst into laughter. Playing with a high-intelligence pet was endlessly amusing—no wonder those short videos of border collies went viral online.\u003C\u002Fp>",1215,"2026-06-21T06:19:08.116Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","07801b72f9a18ce19982aaca593ccb133c101988302590f392aecc4acedc20e7","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-20","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-18",141,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcommanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-cover.jpg"]