[{"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-59":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},2363187,4620,"Chapter 59","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-59",59,"\u003Cp>“Whoa!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving in Xiuyue County, He Xiuniang looked left and right, deeply curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Cuicun Village was only thirty li from Xiuyue County, He Xiuniang had visited Xiuyue County only a handful of times, and since her parents’ accident, she had never left Cuicun Village at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao had previously promised to take her out, so when he came to Xiuyue County with Daoist Yan Song, he brought her along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s just like an ancient county town!” Daoist Yan Song whispered mentally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao nodded, pointing to the shops lining the streets, “Inns, taverns, tea houses, grain stores, cloth shops, clinics, general goods—all daily needs are covered.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about shops selling jade, paintings, cosmetics, gold and silver jewelry?” Daoist Yan Song asked, surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ke, hidden inside He Xiuniang’s backpack, whispered, “What’s so surprising? Xiuyue County isn’t large, but it connects three provinces; even if it can’t match Changping Prefecture, it’s far more prosperous than ordinary county towns.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Changping Prefecture lay in the southeast of Jiangzhou, while Xiuyue County sat southeast of Changping Prefecture, bordered by Yongzhou’s Shide Prefecture to the east and Yazhou’s Tianquan Prefecture to the south—truly a convergence of three provinces, where many merchant caravans passed through, naturally making the city prosperous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such a city isn’t under imperial control?” Daoist Yan Song asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Xuanwei Divine Sect’s altar in Changping Prefecture has long been abandoned; the current prefect now worships the Golden Wind Divine Sect, which has established branch altars in all eight counties under Changping,” Bai Ke said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daoist Yan Song nodded, scanning the surroundings, “So on the surface, Changping Prefecture seems normal, but in truth, demons and monsters lurk everywhere.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. If the Xuanwei Divine Sect were still here, Sanjueshan wouldn’t dare manufacture Blood Soul Pearls,” Bai Ke yawned. “To make one Blood Soul Pearl, they must slaughter an entire village.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the imperial court doesn’t control this place, doesn’t any other force stop them?” Gu Zhao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course— the Golden Wind Divine Sect!” Bai Ke nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They stop Sanjueshan?” Gu Zhao said in disbelief. “Aren’t they not good either… or rather, not good ghosts?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the Golden Wind Divine King needs incense offerings—he can’t let Sanjueshan massacre indiscriminately,” Bai Ke flicked his tail. “The protectors and divine generals of the Golden Wind Divine Sect kill too, but far fewer than Sanjueshan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao fell silent. “So everyone’s evil, then.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daoist Yan Song was also speechless. “Are there no good people in Changping Prefecture?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Usually, when the local spirit lords and magicians vanish, the Xuanwei Divine Sect can no longer hold the line and must withdraw,” Bai Ke said softly. “Changping Prefecture is the same: the Golden Wind Divine Sect wants incense, Sanjueshan and Bi’ang Palace devour humans, and only Shiwang Cave doesn’t kill much—but it won’t help humans either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beyond Wanling River, Jiangyang Prefecture is much better—the mountain lord of Bailing Mountain is a hundred-spirit bird with a thousand years of cultivation; there are many spirit lords and magicians on the mountain, and even the Golden Wind Divine King isn’t her match,” Bai Ke knew quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why doesn’t she come to Changping Prefecture?” He Xiuniang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know. Maybe she needs to guard Jiangyang Prefecture,” Bai Ke shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daoist Yan Song said coolly, “Perhaps a great demon in Wanling River rebelled against the imperial court, which is why the south and north banks are completely different.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao nodded. “Possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But for us, this is actually good,” Daoist Yan Song said mentally, looking at Gu Zhao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao rubbed his hands, responding mentally, “Yes. Otherwise, we’d seem like people sprung from cracks in rocks—facing imperial investigation, we’d have no explanation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now it’s better: destroy the Golden Wind Divine Sect, and we become the top power in Changping Prefecture. Even if we later cooperate with the imperial court, they won’t dare probe too deeply into our origins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly right,” Daoist Yan Song stroked his beard and smiled. “For now, let’s first rescue the people of Xiuyue County and surrounding villages trapped in fire and water.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eliminating the ghost that had plagued the neighboring village, Daoist Yan Song toured several nearby shanzhai around Cuicun Village and found no other demons or monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he visited the nearest town to Cuicun Village, found a man-eating demon, gathered another wave of sha energy, and waited for Gu Zhao’s return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, many days had passed since Gu Zhao killed Ren Tian—he couldn’t expect the Golden Wind Divine King to wait indefinitely in Xiuyue County, so they returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiuyue County was closest to Cuicun Village, so it was the first threat to eliminate—and the rewards would surely be greatest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Golden Wind Sect… Sanjueshan… Bi’ang Palace…” Gu Zhao turned back. “By the way, what exactly is Bi’ang Palace?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bi’ang Palace is an underwater palace in the Chang River, a tributary of Wanling River, flowing through Tianquan Prefecture, Baishi Prefecture, and Changping Prefecture—its inhabitants are all water demons. Shiwang Cave lies on the Stone Mountain outside Changye County in the southwest of Changping Prefecture; its master is a corpse king who turns corpses to stone, hence also called Corpse King Cave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ke continued explaining to Gu Zhao, then added, “Where exactly did you two hide all this time? How could you know nothing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao brushed it off. “Our lineage has been in seclusion for centuries, living far and remote—we didn’t realize the outside world had changed so much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ke blinked. “Centuries ago… you’re not from the previous dynasty, afraid of the Da Ning imperial court hunting you down, are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course not!” Gu Zhao said solemnly. “Our lineage emerges in chaotic times to subdue demons and exterminate evil, retreats into the mountains in peaceful times to live freely. We returned to the mountains because we saw Da Ning establish peace and stability!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Xiuniang gasped, eyes wide. “So if the Master emerges, does that mean chaos is coming?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao spoke seriously. “Precisely. The Xuanwei Sect retreats, the Spirit Court vanishes, demons run rampant, ghosts roam freely—this is precisely when our generation must emerge to uphold justice and restore order!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Xiuniang looked at Gu Zhao with stars in her eyes, yet deeply worried. “Won’t that be extremely dangerous?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry—I have many fellow disciples,” Gu Zhao pointed to Daoist Yan Song. “Right now, only Daoist Yan Song is here; soon, other disciples will emerge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are your fellow disciples powerful?” He Xiuniang asked eagerly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao thought: the Quanzhen Dao’s qi-refining and martial experts aside, the Zhengyi Dao had not only the Celestial Master’s Mansion for talisman summoning, but also Maoshan’s Shangqing Sect for talisman painting, the Northern Emperor Sect chanting the Tianpeng Spell, the Qingwei and Shenxiao Sects both wielding thunder arts…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were merely the better-known lineages—who knew how many others, like Daoist Yan Song, practiced ancient Daoist arts like the Taiyi Fire Palace Secret Method, manipulating wind and fire?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Hunyuan Taiji, Yin-Yang Duality, Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, Earth-Water-Wind-Fire, Five Phases and Five Qi, Six Yao and Seven Stars, Eight Trigrams and Nine Radiance—all were creations of the Daoist tradition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhao nodded. “Extremely powerful.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1194,"2026-06-21T06:19:08.116Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","85e99a57bc6e03272da2aab545fe03bad167d97bb71727188efb4ef4f9b2a636","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-60","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-58",141,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcommanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-cover.jpg"]