[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-heavenly-official-bestows-evil":3,"chapter-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-58":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},2316677,4530,"Chapter 58: The Curse Remains","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-58",58,"\u003Cp>Jia Xing seriously explained to Wu Xian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For some reason, I had to kill Wei Hao, so I ambushed the transport vehicle—but after killing him, I felt something was off, so I went to your house to ask you for information.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you came home too slowly, so I had no choice but to wait at your place.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who knew your family were all monsters? I barely managed to kill four of them to save my own life, only to end up wanted myself—and finally got caught by you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you the one who took my position precisely because I was wanted?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian’s breathing grew rapid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jia Xing… Wei Hao…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He strained to recall the first mental assessment scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inspector Xu Ming…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body suddenly stiffened; eight bloody arms emerged from within him, seizing his hands, legs, feet, and mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve already avenged you. Now you can lift the curse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perfect chance!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another image flashed through Wu Xian’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ya and the other three were desperate to kill Jia Xing; they slammed violently within Wu Xian’s body, nearly tearing it apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wu Xian had just curled his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The best way to lift a curse is to fulfill its demand; killing the caster causes the curse to evolve in unknown directions.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Cui Pan’s reward was painfully monotonous, the Flying Blade Curse was truly powerful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In raw destructive force, it was already approaching the True Fire Curse of a Treasured artifact—any ordinary curse scroll he’d seen in the last Fudi fell far short of a single Flying Blade Curse; ordinary wandering spirits couldn’t survive even one strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill him quickly! Let him die in the most agonizing way possible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But who ever told you a curse can be lifted without fulfilling its demand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wake up already!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the traces left by the Flying Blade Curse, slightly startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder my Ten Soul Banner is reduced to just one fragment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should he take this chance to kill Xu Ming’s entire family? They were eating, unguarded—a perfect opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d only held the inspector’s position for two days—why, in Xianwei Psychiatric Hospital, did he recall having sent so many suspected mentally ill criminals for evaluation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Wu Xian were the old inspector or an agent, he too would try to conceal information from Wu Xian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian had intended to discuss further, but suddenly felt an overwhelming wave of drowsiness—he swayed, then collapsed without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing froze instantly, only able to blink frantically at Wu Xian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Jia Xing died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ya and the other three simultaneously wore a strange smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That inscription!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though not as absurd as the “Hall of Thought” in detective novels, anyone he’d met and studied carefully wouldn’t be forgotten for at least several years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, they slipped into Wu Xian’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body began to swell; shapes of hands, feet, and faces bulged outward, stretching his skin nearly transparent; from his ears came the frantic screams of the family of four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian could almost visualize their grotesque expressions through the sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could this be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then more questions could be answered—he might not have spent only three days in this Fudi; in truth, far more time may have passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian hesitated, then finally lowered his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder the Investigation Bureau’s confidentiality on criminal information was utterly unreasonable—even guarding against their own people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d thought that inscription was merely meant to encourage depressed patients with the saying “What you dwell on will echo”—but now he saw it was a warning to him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian had already helped Xu’s family complete their revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This unbearable pain made Wu Xian realize he could no longer afford delay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opposite him, Jia Xing seemed to understand more; his gaze burned into Wu Xian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of information passed through his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The inscription says: ‘What you dwell on will echo.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing hadn’t finished speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he suddenly realized—with horror—that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t recall Jia Xing’s or Wei Hao’s faces!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian had an excellent memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had once worked at a psychiatric hospital, where he’d left himself many clues—yet all those clues had been forgotten; information carved into desks and chairs, written on paper, had all been erased by some mysterious force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Revenge! Give us revenge right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Jia Xing’s corpse was completely devoured by He Ya and the other three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Jia Xing spoke the truth—that he was the original inspector—then when had he begun confusing him with the criminal Wei Hao?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every word Jia Xing spoke exploded in Wu Xian’s mind like thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this warning, who knew what direction the curse would take after these four died? Killing them might trigger a complete backlash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the first thing he’d seen upon entering this Fudi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder those four brutish inspector recruits always sealed suspects’ mouths the moment they apprehended them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the family of four gorge themselves, Wu Xian’s eyes flickered with murderous intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the victims’ family must never learn that the killer of their entire household was the Investigation Bureau’s former inspector!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand everything now… we…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian shuddered again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wei Hao and Jia Xing—just two days apart—and he couldn’t tell them apart?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian licked his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Wu Xian’s motion, Jia Xing stopped struggling, gazing at him with a complex expression, silently screaming in desperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you won’t help us, we’ll come out and kill them ourselves!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder I woke up so exhausted!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian himself was in excruciating pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Criminal Jia Ming escaped from prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder the old inspector had sent Wu Xian away during interrogations—beyond the mental evaluation, Wu Xian was barred from the entire procedure…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he curled his fingers, aiming at Jia Xing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Darling, we only said we wouldn’t force you to kill their whole family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four ghosts emerged from Wu Xian’s body; the moment the family of four appeared, they rushed at Jia Xing like ravenous dogs starved for eight lifetimes, opening their bloody maws and devouring his flesh in great chunks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t stay blinded too long—we’re close to victory, I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian suddenly gained many insights, but the situation left no room for prolonged thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greatest challenge of this Fudi is memory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If memory is flawed…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only scattered bits of flesh and crimson blood remained on the ground; He Ya and the others didn’t wipe their bloody mouths—they stood before Wu Xian, staring fixedly at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flying Blade Curse activated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A silent force flashed; Jia Xing’s body split cleanly in two, and a deep gash marred the ground behind him—the arms gripping him dissolved into air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please comment, please vote—don’t make me feel like I’m playing solo, uuuuuu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1138,"2026-06-20T14:31:06.102Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ba1ca9b88839d07319b28ec321fd5bd5e6916336b6d87bdcfe667bdbfabd4731","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-59","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-57",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fheavenly-official-bestows-evil-cover.jpg"]