[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-heavenly-official-bestows-evil":3,"chapter-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-83":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},2316702,4530,"Chapter 83: Rolling Heavenly Thunder","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-83",83,"\u003Cp>Under the absolute command of the Ten Souls Banner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His daughters fought with extraordinary ferocity, using their frail ghostly bodies to block the vicious Soul-Stealing Wraiths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their tiny claws and feet moved at blinding speed, leaving afterimages in their wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, these daughters were weak; Wu Xian had only hoped they’d buy a little time. But to his surprise, these seemingly powerful Soul-Stealing Wraiths appeared to be deliberately avoiding them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After running over ten meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul-Stealing Wraiths gathered around Wu Xian in increasing numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The daughters’ tiny arms and legs could no longer hold back so many Wraiths—some began breaking through the line to intercept Wu Xian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Soul-Stealing Wraith’s head rolled off beside Wu Xian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire head, from the neck upward—including eyes, nose, mouth, and face—was covered in thick, constantly rising strands of hair, and it held a bloody butcher’s knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had assumed the effect radius of ten meters meant five super-thick lightning bolts, each ten meters wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No… they must already know—otherwise Xu Ming wouldn’t have bothered developing weapons against evil spirits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian shook his head again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hair-Head Wraith raised its arm and swung the butcher’s knife at the middle-parted Soul-Stealing Wraith before it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Ming emerged, surrounded by Soul-Stealing Wraiths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more Soul-Stealing Wraiths closed in; though their human bodies made them sluggish against spirits, once their numbers reached a critical mass, this weakness became meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The valiant daughters fell one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the middle-parted Soul-Stealing Wraith was far more agile—he sidestepped the butcher’s knife with ease, then unleashed a barrage of rapid punches and kicks like raindrops striking the Hair-Head Wraith, ending with a thunderous punch that landed squarely on its face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the cover of the Hair-Head Wraith and his daughters, Wu Xian was now only ten meters from the gate leading out of the blessed land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian had taken two hits from minor thunder spells; no Soul-Stealing Wraiths remained standing. The ground was littered with charred human corpses, and scattered among them were faint traces of Spirit Incense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air reeked of ozone, Wu Xian’s curls stood on end, and a wide circle of blackened earth surrounded him—even the black mist clinging to the Hair-Head Wraith had turned into crackling lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by its movements, this Soul-Stealing Wraith might be stronger than his own Hair-Head Wraith, but its human body limited its potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Five Thunder Spell’s effect was to release five minor thunder spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air fell utterly silent. The surviving Soul-Stealing Wraiths dared not even breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian felt a flicker of curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hair-Head Wraith still struggled, but it was clearly at its last breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure was a muscular male, bare-chested and covered in dense muscle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hadn’t tried to decapitate itself—it had been beheaded by another evil spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the blinding flash of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his middle finger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Five Thunder Spell! Five Thunder Spell! My escape depends entirely on you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the purple-green aura on his body had faded; his face twisted in rage. He was about to speak to Wu Xian, to show off his masterful composure before the Soul-Stealing Wraiths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked like the doomed character in a zombie movie, with no escape route in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One each to the rear, left, and right—two ahead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps you never considered that, after donning human skins, your former kin became your deadliest enemies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian planned to use every talisman on his person, risking everything to cross these final ten meters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flicked his finger—the Talisman Duplication Technique activated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spread Technique doubled into two!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Wu Xian flicked his finger again, applying both Spread Techniques to the Premium Five Thunder Spell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant the next Five Thunder Spell would have double spreading effects!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian flicked his finger toward the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect became five minor thunder spells, each with a ten-meter radius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achieving this combination was already astonishing, but Wu Xian was still slightly disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the spectacle could have been even more awe-inspiring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian seized the moment, running toward the gate while watching his back—the Soul-Stealing Wraiths nearby, stunned by the rolling heavenly thunder, didn’t dare move to stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Witnessing the Soul-Stealing Wraiths being slain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left, right, rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid swirling black mist, a figure stood before the Soul-Stealing Wraith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian released the five minor thunder spells separately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hair-Head Wraith shook its hair and turned to block other charging Soul-Stealing Wraiths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Double-Spread Five Thunder Spell—activated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant Wu Xian flicked his finger, countless bolts of lightning, as thick as fingers, rained from the sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Wu Xian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minor thunder spell’s effect was to unleash a single, finger-thick beam of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-parted Soul-Stealing Wraith sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had nowhere left to dodge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the actual effect was this: every Soul-Stealing Wraith within a ten-meter radius centered on the first lightning strike was struck by a bolt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which of my subordinates was so brave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rattle… rattle…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the square was drenched in a storm of lightning and thunder—electricity flashed everywhere, the deafening roars drowned out all else, and the blinding light outshone the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another head rolled away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a middle-parted Soul-Stealing Wraith with a refined face and eerie gait appeared ahead, swaying its body to block Wu Xian’s path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hair-Head Wraith leaned back slightly, then raised the butcher’s knife again, slashing at the middle-parted Wraith’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those ten meters felt like an impassable chasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian raised one arm toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the evil spirits were stunned and dazed; those caught in overlapping zones were instantly killed by the lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop right there!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Wu Xian hesitated, wondering whether to unleash a Five Thunder Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mocking smile appeared on Wu Xian’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit Incense dropped by his daughters was trampled underfoot, filling Wu Xian with sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could such a slow slash possibly hit him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he tried to pull his fist back, his face twisted in terror—his fist was entangled in the Hair-Head Wraith’s hair, and no matter how hard he pulled, he couldn’t free it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spread Technique’s effect: increases the spell’s area of influence. For spells with an influence radius under five meters, extend it to five meters; for spells with a radius over five meters, increase the radius by five meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the wandering spirit gifted by the Ten Souls Banner!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian gave it a moment’s thought and decided to name it the Hair-Head Wraith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside Wu Xian’s five-meter radius, Soul-Stealing Wraiths crowded thickly—endless heads, each with dark, bloodshot circles around their eyes and unsettling, differently colored pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Ming’s face was charred black, his hair standing on end as he charged toward Wu Xian with terrifying speed; though short, he ran with the force of a mud truck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian was startled—he flicked his finger and launched a Premium Five Thunder Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1154,"2026-06-20T14:31:06.102Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","31b52bf010352b7b588b67af06b3fb0ae457688de4781ca0a9283e006fe7c4b1","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-84","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-82",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fheavenly-official-bestows-evil-cover.jpg"]