[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-evil-mc-s-ntr-harem":3,"chapter-evil-mc-s-ntr-harem-evil-mc-s-ntr-harem-chapter-1008":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Evil MC's NTR Harem",{"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},1832157,2438,"Chapter 1008 Potato","evil-mc-s-ntr-harem-chapter-1008",1008,"\u003Cp>The chains inside Cyrus seemed to pulse with anticipation as Cyrus, forced by Ross’s will, slowly rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body moved with a grace that belied the turmoil of his mind, hands tracing precise sigils in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mystical energy erupted, glowing lines and runes spiraling outward, intertwining with the very fabric of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath him quaked as spiritual power surged through the land, rivers of energy flowing like molten silver into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cyrus Thorn chanted, his voice booming and commanding, yet every note carried the invisible weight of Ross’s control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spells he cast were magnificent and terrifying, capable of reshaping the environment, altering the flow of energy, and bending the very essence of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The World Heart—a crystal of unimaginable purity and power—was something both delicate and indestructible, depending on how one perceived it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the wise, it was the soul of a world, the core that sustained the flow of time, energy, and life itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the greedy, it was a treasure beyond value, a source of boundless power that could elevate even a mere mortal into a god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A being of unimaginable power!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding one was a feat so rare that entire civilizations had risen and fallen without ever glimpsing such a marvel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even across the vast ocean of stars, through the infinite scale of the multiverse, only a handful had ever been discovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And each of those had brought both miracles and calamities to the worlds that housed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power sealed within a World Heart was beyond imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the very rhythm of creation—the pulse that breathed vitality into mountains, oceans, skies, and the living beings that called them home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such power was never meant to be owned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those foolish enough to attempt to seize it by force often found themselves erased from existence, their souls devoured by the very force they sought to control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cyrus knew this truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had studied the ancient records that spoke of how World Hearts had reacted to greed and ambition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had shattered in fury, detonating in divine explosions that consumed countless universes, their essence scattering back into the void to reform elsewhere in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others had gone silent, sealing themselves away from all who dared approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, when Cyrus discovered that this Earth hid a World Heart beneath its surface, he did not act rashly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His instincts screamed caution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy he felt radiating from the planet’s core was alive—watchful, even intelligent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had chosen to give birth to humanity, to breathe awareness into clay and grant them will. That was when the idea came to him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I cannot take the Heart, I will taint its pulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would corrupt its creation—its children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By infecting the hearts of men with greed, lust, fear, chaos and hatred, he would twist the harmony that the World Heart maintained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once its children turned against one another, its energy would falter, and its purity would rot from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A corrupted World Heart could no longer defend itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would become vulnerable, pliable, easy to control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cyrus stood at the center of a desolate field, ancient runes glowing faintly beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black smoke coiled around him, thick and suffocating, carrying whispers from realms unseen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body trembled, veins glowing faintly red as the corruption ritual reached its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised both hands to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the blood of the fallen stars... by the will of the forgotten gods... awaken!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shockwave tore through the air, shaking mountains and rending clouds apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning flashed without thunder, rivers reversed their flow, and even time seemed to hesitate for a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The land screamed beneath the strain of power unleashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it was over, Cyrus collapsed to the ground, gasping for air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His chest heaved violently; sweat and blood mixed on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The technique had taken everything from him—his spirit, his vitality, his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lay there trembling, staring up at the fractured sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, a voice cut through the fading echoes of his struggle. Smooth, cold, commanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well done, slave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cyrus’s eyes widened. He knew that voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure stepped out from the darkness—a tall man with a faint smile that seemed to hold both mockery and amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His presence bent reality itself; the ground wilted beneath his feet, and the air turned heavy with dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will summon you when I have need of you,\" Ross said, his tone casual, almost kind, yet every word carried the weight of an unbreakable command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Cyrus could speak, Ross vanished, disappearing as suddenly and mysteriously as he had appeared, leaving behind only a faint echo of his laughter—and the lingering dread that something far greater had just awakened in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a stroke of bad luck,\" Cyrus muttered, his voice trembling with a bitter laugh that soon erupted into full-blown hysteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound echoed through the broken landscape like the laughter of a mad god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His chest heaved, his body still scorched from the power he had unleashed, yet it wasn’t pain that haunted him—it was humiliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never imagined that he, Cyrus the notorious Bone Emperor, a cultivator who had walked through dimensions and defied entire sects, could be enslaved so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No battle, no resistance—just a word, a look, and his entire will was bound like a puppet’s string.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His laughter died down to a low, trembling murmur. His eyes darkened as he stared at the void sky above him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who... no, what... is that man?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memory of that man’s face alone made his soul shudder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s voice carried a resonance that felt older than the stars—an authority that bent existence itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No mortal, no god, no ancient creature of chaos or immortal emperor should have been able to wield such effortless power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Ross had appeared before him, smiled like a bored monarch, and enslaved him as though it was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cyrus clenched his fists, nails biting into his palms until blood ran down his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will not remain anyone’s servant,\" he growled. \"Not now, not ever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1016,"2026-06-09T06:19:05.005Z",1,"novelbin.me","2e0fa7259876398bb3cf5dacfc79bd6c5826eceecbf20c527289b923fc13cc55","evil-mc-s-ntr-harem-chapter-1009","evil-mc-s-ntr-harem-chapter-1007",1212,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fevil-mc-s-ntr-harem-cover.jpg"]