[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h":3,"chapter-devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-chapter-70":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Devouring Evil, Exterminating Demons Across All Heavens",{"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},2267015,4426,"Chapter 70: Liu Ling Tongzi","devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-chapter-70",70,"\u003Cp>The fish-scale clouds in the sky, bathed in the sunset’s glow, displayed a gradient of colors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the vivid crimson of the far west, it faded into orange-red, then gold, until a faint white at the zenith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath a large tree by the pond, a car was parked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beauty of the sky was reflected on the car’s front windshield, yet the two men in the driver and passenger seats were utterly out of place amid it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Kang, behind the wheel, had thick hair and slightly curled whiskers, but a stitched scar ran from the right corner of his mouth to his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The passenger, Ah Luo, was shorter, wearing a denim jacket, his eyes darting restlessly; whenever they settled on something, they carried a cruel edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Will killing Fang Jun even help?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Luo stared at the house fifty meters away. “Nie Longding has one biological daughter and over a dozen adopted children. Fang Jun doesn’t even manage any of his businesses—how much weight could he possibly carry in his heart?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the back seat, Su Ha had fine, soft hair, red lips and white teeth, as if he could enter a talent show, yet his hands were kneading bone-white powder inside a black plastic bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nie is a gambling king—he built his fortune and fame on gambling, and among his adopted children, Fang Jun is the one who inherited his gambling skills best.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ha carefully coated both hands with the powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Killing his other children might not guarantee anything, but if you kill Fang Jun, Nie Longding will surely show up at his funeral!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Kang said, “But Fang Jun is government personnel. Scarface told us not to draw official attention.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ha paused, then slowly lifted his head. “Blasting a casino is too noisy, but killing one man is too noisy? Then what’s the point of seeking revenge at all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our fathers’ generation forged a deadly grudge with Nie precisely because they were ruthless enough to tear flesh from his side.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Scarface has been holding back too long—he’ll turn himself into a pig. Are we going to follow his example and wait here for years?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why not just wait for Nie Longding to die of old age?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Luo nodded. “We really need to move fast. The domestic environment is too restrictive. I already miss the free air of the South Seas. Let’s settle this quickly and never come back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ha’s palms were now evenly coated in a ghastly white. He raised them and drew horizontal lines across his face, his cold gaze fixed on the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low, shifting chant rolled in his throat, only the final few words barely audible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Liu Ling Tongzi, lend me your divine might!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the house, in the living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu had traced the Nine Character Mantra on Yin Fengxin’s back with two fingers, inserted nine silver needles, and told him to rest in the basement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Fengxin was puzzled, but traditional Chinese medicine was always strange—he followed orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clearly didn’t smell any willow branch scent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, the willow branch’s fragrance was faint; even if every willow by the pond were stripped bare, the scent wouldn’t reach the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu had recently trained with electricity, and yesterday he’d reached the fourth setting—his body was fully permeated, his perception heightened further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he smelled was not willow, but malice and sorcery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With Yin’s condition, even if someone from the Longhua Dharma Line were in this city, they couldn’t sense his location, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curious about who had come, Chu Tianshu stepped toward the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint, almost invisible thread of powder drifted through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with Chu Tianshu’s cultivation and eyesight, it was hard to discern clearly—easy to overlook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roughly speaking, it resembled a line of shattered glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shiiii!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing Chu Tianshu’s presence, the white thread suddenly accelerated, piercing toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu silently uttered one syllable and thrust two fingers forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of his arm’s movement matched that of the illusory white thread exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mental force erupted from his fingertips, a fine, transparent airwave shattering the thread inch by inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scent of willow in the air grew stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu’s spirit stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Liu Ling Lang? No—Liu Ling Tong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Ling Tongzi came in two types.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One, said to originate from Lü Dongbin of the Tang Dynasty, whose personal attendant died accidentally and whose soul clung to a willow tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carved the willow into a human form, complete with beard, eyebrows, and meridians, awakened the attendant’s soul, allowing it to continue its cultivation path with potential for mental growth—hence called Liu Ling Lang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second type is heretical: finding wood with suitable age and growth conditions, carving it into a willow doll, then seeking a child whose birth date and hour match the desired outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Summon the child’s soul into the doll to serve the caster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first type forms a bond with a soul first, then carves the willow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second reverses the order—often resorting to cruel methods like killing children. After prolonged cultivation, the doll either must be destroyed or will inevitably bring backlash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Liu Ling Tongzi Su Ha encountered was extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been shot, his internal organs damaged, and in an ancient temple in the South Seas, he encountered a willow doll. His internal blood dripped onto it, yet he didn’t die—instead, a resonance formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doll itself was no longer inside the wooden figure; it had long since departed to the Spirit Realm, possessing profound cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ha was chosen by it, tasked with regularly supplying it with offerings in the mortal world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doll’s old body had merged into Su Ha’s own, granting him blessings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this blessing, Su Ha could bypass many prerequisites when casting hexes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the “Glass Hex” normally requires the target’s birth date and hour, or their blood or hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After casting, the target takes at least one or two weeks, even months, to develop large crystalline stones inside the body, dying without cure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Su Ha needs none of that—he can simply point in a direction and project the hex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the hex arrives, it automatically seeks living beings within the area and acts instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flesh and organs are pierced and cut as if by glass, drenched in blood, agonizing beyond endurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the illusory glass thread was shattered, Su Ha felt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Move!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His finger plunged into the powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ha knew Fang Jun was no ordinary cultivator—he might have allies nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this “Glass Hex” was merely the front attack; his true hidden strike was the “Stone Hex.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most mammals have hollow stomachs, and the belly lacks bone, making its qi and blood far weaker than limbs or shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against powerful beings, a hex entering from this spot penetrates more easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Stone Hex” was specifically developed for this purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It creates the illusion that a stone has jumped into the stomach, triggering the body’s feedback as if truly crushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First vomiting, then a sensation of bloating, heaviness, and suffocation—dying from internal rupture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cultivator of mental force facing this ambush can only gamble whether he can repel it at the outset; once breached, the intestines are more vulnerable, and death comes faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the car, the instant Su Ha’s finger plunged into the powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five or six dark-green afterimages shot up from the ground half a meter before Chu Tianshu, striking his abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each afterimage resembled a stone the size of a baby’s fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Tianshu’s eyelids flicked open—two explosive cracks sounded beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kicked off the ground with his left foot, instantly shifting three meters sideways, then kicked down with his right foot, charging diagonally forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two stomps, seamless and fluid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp angular trail seemed to linger in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone-like illusions, drawn by his intense life force, veered sharply and chased after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still daylight; the two iron gates of the courtyard had been left open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Chu Tianshu burst out, the powerful airflow stirred the inward-opening gates, creaking and groaning as if trying to shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The illusory stones formed from dark energy could not keep pace with Chu Tianshu’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Chu Tianshu had already located the source of the sorcery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car by the pond, fifty meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision sharpened as he closed the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just over a second, he was upon them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1406,"2026-06-19T20:45:51.976Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","090fc06c5d8c78691161bccfaa20ab5cd1123275b336d816a57fd51ee621c908","devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-chapter-71","devouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-chapter-69",155,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdevouring-evil-exterminating-demons-across-all-h-cover.jpg"]