[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-heavenly-official-bestows-evil":3,"chapter-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-40":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Heavenly Official Bestows Evil",{"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},2316659,4530,"Chapter 40: Borrowing the Mother to Kill the Evil","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-40",40,"\u003Cp>The child-seeking ghost mother’s voice was shrill and piercing, making Wu Xian’s eardrums ache even through the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to Wu Xian’s ears,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that voice was like celestial music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phone ring was too short to convey enough information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the ghost mother didn’t answer the call, the ring would fall silent after a moment and directly name the killer—but that would lack necessary credibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for confronting and sowing discord face-to-face?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian didn’t have the courage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian had no doubt that if he stood before the ghost mother and calmly revealed the truth of that year, he would be torn into infinite fragments before he finished speaking…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With the speed of the Door-Breaking Sui , we shouldn’t have this much time to discuss—his movements are so slow, it means he’s already nearing his limit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of cracking sounds came from the ghost mother’s body—her arms, legs, neck—all twisting in ways no living human could manage, a pre-combat limb stretch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Outside the Blessed Land, in this world already destroyed by evil spirits, there may be hierarchies, and evil spirits roam unchecked—the ghost mother can easily kill the Door-Breaking Sui .”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, even after becoming an evil spirit, she continued searching for her daughter—that’s how the clapping game came to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as she believes Wang Zhiwu is the killer, Wang Zhiwu will forever be hunted by her unless he dies—and Wu Xian spoke nothing but truth; Wang Zhiwu had no room to refute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Door-Breaking Sui  will surely die at the ghost mother’s hands—but now a variable has appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s the rule.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavy footsteps sounded again outside the door, drawing closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian listened to his analysis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by relying on them could Wu Xian fulfill the most critical condition of his plan: revealing the truth to the child-seeking ghost mother, forcing the two evil spirits to fight each other!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure from the ghost mother vanished entirely; everyone simultaneously realized the clapping game had ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, yesterday you killed a woman—you killed her because she killed your child—but after she arrived here, she killed only one thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the original plan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the two great evil spirits stood in place, listening as Wu Xian droned on about the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she could never forget her daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did she realize Wen Chao’s words made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, the origin of it all was her daughter’s disappearance—this case was the reason she became an evil spirit, the unbreakable obsession buried deep in her soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she let out a piercing scream!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Ji’s face tightened with panic and terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The first clue I discovered was a hanged ghost in Room 406—she was once a victim of a missing persons case…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But within the Blessed Land, the game’s rules must be obeyed—until there’s a resolution between the player and the plot boss, the plot boss cannot be killed by others.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Door-Breaking Sui  also listened; his memories as a human slowly began to return—each recollection made him tremble more, his long-dead heart beating again, anxiously awaiting the ghost mother’s judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the ghost mother agreed to listen to Wu Xian’s case analysis over the phone, Wu Xian’s plan had already succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His first thought was that this old man must have played games during work hours more than once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next second,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ghost mother stepped onto the Door-Breaking Sui ’s shoulder, her body bending backward while her face turned forward to stare directly at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I learned your story from your husband An Xin—I offer my condolences. I’ll now summarize the case as briefly as possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In summary, I believe the one who abducted your daughter is Wang Zhiwu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Chao spoke slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wu Xian’s narrative unfolded,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian’s account reached its end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fierce battle finally ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden shriek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the final line—Wu Xian’s tone became profoundly seductive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian frowned; the plan was slipping out of control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like having skipped summer homework only to face the teacher’s thorough inspection—knowing you’re doomed, yet unable to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack-crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What stands before you is the evil spirit Wang Zhiwu has become!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pale hand stabbed toward the Door-Breaking Sui ’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we apply the game’s rules, this phenomenon becomes easy to understand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because evil spirits are fundamentally different from humans—they only communicate with other evil spirits, never empathize with their prey; even the rare few capable of speech with humans treat such exchanges as merely part of the hunting process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few days, Wu Xian had understood why Qi Zhiyong had killed An Xin outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qi Zhiyong said the Blessed Land is a survival game.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why the survivors had managed to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost mother’s aura grew increasingly dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand—so in this death game, the story can only end when we kill the boss, or the boss kills us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Huilan also felt uneasy: “This can’t be right—she’s the original evil spirit of this world; the Door-Breaking Sui  has repeatedly avoided her. How could she possibly lose in a rage?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But… using someone else’s blade to kill is still effective!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t because of love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Wang Zhiwu before you didn’t just abduct your daughter while she was alive—he made her his slave after her death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I discovered a man named Mr. Wang, threatened by this hanged ghost…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian cleared his throat and began his narration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>finally,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these two cell phones were the most crucial tools for Wu Xian’s plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost mother is an evil spirit—she doesn’t need evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s the white-bodied minor Sui  released by Wang Zhiwu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice echoed throughout the entire Blessed Land; every survivor and every hidden evil spirit was struck by a wave of intense resentment—her chains tightened instantly, trying to restrain her movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian guided the others away from the door and drew weapons and talismans, preparing for battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After becoming an evil spirit, she had long since discarded everything from her living days—her husband, her parents, her job, the conscience and empathy of being human…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Wu Xian realize the two evil spirits had already begun fighting—he turned off the phone’s call button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even a stronger ghost mother would face greater restrictions—her countless chains are proof.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did the ghost mother lose?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian and the others had no way of knowing how the battle between the two evil spirits was going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All his clues ultimately pointed to one person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We are players; the Door-Breaking Sui  is the final plot boss; the child-seeking ghost mother is the hidden background boss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they could sense were waves of chilling, malevolent energy, strange sounds coming from the next room, and the meaningless roars of evil spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is our only chance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, use whatever abilities you have!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1143,"2026-06-20T14:31:06.102Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b11d84c7e835e985180d101a24246cf141f2306860b466a5534041c230dd3338","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-41","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-39",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fheavenly-official-bestows-evil-cover.jpg"]