[{"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-41":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},2363169,4620,"Chapter 41: Chapter Forty-One: The Shangqing Great Ban Binding Dragon Talisman","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-41",41,"\u003Cp>The quiet room was located in the back courtyard of Jin Feng Hall, surrounded by dappled bamboo shadows that blocked the noise outside; sunlight streamed through the carved window lattices, mingling with the drifting incense to induce a sense of daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Xin invited Gu Zhao to sit and served him a cup of fragrant tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao took the teacup and asked, “Are you the overseer of this Jin Feng Hall?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Precisely!” Hong Xin grinned. “The Sect Master took notice of me and appointed me as Guardian General of the Altar.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps out of pride, perhaps because he’d been tickled just right, perhaps because he was back in his own territory and no longer cared, Hong Xin’s eyes darkened for an instant as a trace of ghostly aura briefly spread—then vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, Hong Brother, you’re the most powerful person in Xiuyue County for the Jin Feng Hall?” Gu Zhao asked again, smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course!” Hong Xin laughed loudly, then teased, “What, Zhang Brother, thinking of joining our sect?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao asked curiously, “Didn’t you bring me here precisely to recruit me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Xin feigned a regretful sigh. “Zhang Brother, you’re so refined and noble-looking—on any other day, I’d beg for someone like you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?” Gu Zhao blinked, genuinely surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d assumed Hong Xin had gone to Lu the Painter to snatch him because he didn’t want Lu to kill him—he wanted Gu Zhao to join the Jin Feng Sect and supply spiritual energy to the Jin Feng Divine King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raised in the modern era, well-fed, healthy, strong, and mentally vibrant, he was, by all rights, a rare and valuable incense battery; thus, when he recited his poem earlier, he’d played up a slightly “clumsy” demeanor, appearing easy to deceive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, from Hong Xin’s words, it seemed he was wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meeting Gu Zhao’s curious gaze, Hong Xin smiled faintly. “A few days ago, a senior relative came to the household. As a junior, I must show filial devotion before such an elder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Hong Xin sighed again. “Unfortunately, Xiuyue County is a backwater. I picked several gifts for the elder, but none pleased him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was frantic, wandering aimlessly outside, when I happened to hear that Lu Sheng had met a stranger. I thought, ‘Might as well try anything,’ but when I saw you, Zhang Brother, your presence was so radiant—I was truly delighted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao understood. “So… I’m the gift?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Xin regarded Gu Zhao with interest, grinning openly. “Looks like Zhang Brother isn’t stupid after all!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Hong Xin stepped back, standing at the entrance of the quiet room to block Gu Zhao’s escape, then bowed his head, lowering his voice: “Is the Grand Protector satisfied?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, a towering, broad-shouldered, rugged man with a physique like a tiger’s back and bear’s waist pulled aside the curtain and entered, his gaze sweeping over Gu Zhao with a predatory gleam as he nodded in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This one’s decent—far better than those twisted, rotten specimens you brought before. I don’t want frail scholars—I want handsome young lads like this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As long as the Grand Protector is pleased,” Hong Xin finally exhaled in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leave now,” the man waved dismissively, then advanced greedily toward Gu Zhao. Seeing Gu Zhao’s stunned expression, he chuckled lewdly. “Young lad, come here, let Uncle give you some tender loving care.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the giant draw nearer, Gu Zhao’s face remained expressionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Xin cast him a pitying glance and turned to leave—but as soon as he turned his back, he felt a surge of spiritual power, and heard Gu Zhao’s cold, light voice: “Three Yuan, Three Officials, Nine Rivers, Nine Streams—transform into iron chains, bind my foe’s entire body.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Xin whirled around and saw his own Grand Protector collapse to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?” Hong Xin gasped in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant lay sprawled, revealing Gu Zhao’s figure; a wisp of ash drifted from his hand. With the obstacle gone, their eyes met—and Hong Xin finally saw Gu Zhao’s expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you,” Gu Zhao said, “for letting me approach him without suspicion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hong Xin!” the giant roared, turning on Hong Xin. “You dare betray the Divine King!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t!” Hong Xin instinctively denied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two spoke, Gu Zhao’s left hand dipped into his waist pouch and withdrew another folded triangular yellow paper. His right hand pointed at Hong Xin—and a thread of spiritual energy became an iron chain, crossing space to coil around Hong Xin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Xin realized his danger and tried to resist—but before he could summon his internal magic power, Gu Zhao’s voice came again: “Three Yuan, Three…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gu Zhao chanted, Hong Xin felt the spiritual iron chain pierce into his body, tightening relentlessly, locking his magic power and spiritual sense entirely within, rendering him powerless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the final word of the incantation fell, the iron chain formed a perfect loop. With that, Hong Xin could no longer stand—he collapsed, legs buckling to the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He didn’t,” Gu Zhao nodded to the giant. “I said that only to stop him from fleeing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant’s eyes bulged with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Xin’s mind raced—he opened his mouth to scream—but Gu Zhao’s right hand flicked several seals, and Hong Xin’s voice vanished, as if strangled by a cat’s throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the Shangqing Great Ban Binding Dragon Talisman,” Gu Zhao explained helpfully. “Its primary function is to bind your dantian and spiritual sea, preventing you from using magic power or spiritual sense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It also has auxiliary functions—temporarily regulating basic physical strength, speech, and the functions of your five organs and senses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao paused, then snapped his fingers. “Think of it as a single-target magic seal plus a paralyze effect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the chains were embedded, Gu Zhao could clearly sense: the broad-shouldered giant was a standard ghost, while Hong Xin was a living man—but a ghost creature was hidden within him, now bound by the same chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you?” the giant asked, his ghostly aura surging involuntarily in resistance—shaking the iron chains within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?” Gu Zhao raised an eyebrow, pulled out another Shangqing Great Ban Binding Dragon Talisman—and…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the giant now utterly immobilized, Gu Zhao asked again, “Who are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant gritted his teeth, still incredulous. “You don’t even know who I am?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao sighed, forming the Du Jian Seal with his left hand and a sword finger with his right: “Heaven’s net spreads, dense in all directions—capture demons and evil spirits, none may escape form.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A streak of fire shot from his fingertip, striking the giant’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the fire became a glowing net, sinking into the giant’s form, tightening slowly from outside to inside, gradually burning and dissolving his ghostly body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaaah!” the giant shrieked, feeling the searing, yang-infused flames scorching him, his ghostly form crumbling bit by bit—his magic power and ghostly aura locked tight by the twin chains, utterly powerless to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am Ren Tianhe, the First Guardian of the Jin Feng Divine King!” the giant roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that’s better,” Gu Zhao nodded, settling back into his chair. “Rules are set. Let’s have a pleasant chat.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1187,"2026-06-21T06:19:08.116Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","d2f8a82c516f97cc669bee62f3d9aa6d96109e3d089f203f76b00c63d1624aed","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-42","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-40",141,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcommanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-cover.jpg"]