[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-history-is-sick":3,"chapter-history-is-sick-history-is-sick-chapter-60":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","History Is Sick",{"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},2292461,4483,"Chapter 60: Calamity Lotus Devours Cause and Effect, the Heavenly Ghost's Skeleton (Seeking monthly tickets and follow-up reads)","history-is-sick-chapter-60",60,"\u003Cp>Time rewinds a few minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurokawa Ryuji saw the family elder crushed head-on by Jiang Yan and completely panicked, abandoning the door to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was only an illegitimate son; before returning to the Kurokawa family, he didn't even understand the extraordinary system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after returning, he had only reached the peak of Spirit Opening by relying on family resources, and he didn't even have a single family retainer at the Dao Foundation realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone having a Dharma Seed family elder demonstrate their power for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only high-level extraordinary he knew was that father in name only.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just sitting there, he was more majestic than a high mountain and more terrifying than any great demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single glance was enough to crush an ordinary person to death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet such a monster had sown his seed in his mother, a lowly hostess, and birthed him like a biological miracle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in Kurokawa Ryuji's eyes, an Old Script was no longer the same species as a human!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Kurokawa Ryuji felt it was his mother's blood that had polluted his originally noble bloodline, which was why he suffered so much discrimination and humiliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After growing up, he began to vent these emotions onto other women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By torturing them—such as skinning them, draining their blood, and listening to their wails—he satisfied the void in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is all her fault!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why couldn't I have been born the legitimate son of the Kurokawa family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I cannot die. I will become an Old Script, make those who once looked down on me crawl before me; I will be high above, looking down upon the human world for three hundred years!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurokawa Ryuji’s face was twisted; fearing he would be caught, he abandoned the elevator and chose to take the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how fast he ran, faint footsteps followed behind, closing in step by step, constantly destroying his psychological defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once caught, death was certain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>where could he go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go into the crowd; the History Correction Bureau won't take action in front of ordinary people...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark thoughts surfaced in Kurokawa Ryuji's mind, but he soon realized another problem:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, that won't work. What if he still takes action? He could easily disguise it as an accident. I cannot die; the Kurokawa family is still waiting for me to inherit it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right, I can go into that space. As long as I hide inside, even an Old Script won't be able to find me. I'll come out once things are over. But the family elder warned me that as long as I keep the secret, I won't be in trouble even if I'm caught...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurokawa Ryuji hesitated, not noticing the black-red aura permeating the depths of his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap! Tap, tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The footsteps grew more urgent, drawing ever closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He might have been lying to me. These guys all think I'm a half-breed, a disposable pawn. I'm not stupid; I can keep the secret just as well by hiding inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He comforted himself, then took out a mirror knob covered in verdigris and whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"O rusted spiritual light, thou once reflected the Amaterasu Soul during the chaotic era of Izumo; crack open, mirror of copulation for the sores of the present world...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mirror knob in his hand burst with radiance, tearing a black-red fissure in the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurokawa Ryuji was overjoyed, flashed inside, and quickly closed the portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The footsteps vanished completely, letting him breathe a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him was a special space filled with black-red aura, roughly ten cubic meters in size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the space was a massive blood pool, with pillars engraved with mysterious incantations standing upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were ten in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each pillar had a child tied to it, both boys and girls, their limbs pierced by blood-colored nails to maintain their eerie posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the very center was a little boy; they were all in a coma, their faces pale, their bodies as thin as withered bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wrists of all the children had been slashed, blood beads seeping out and forming blood lines that constantly irrigated a curled-up little skeleton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Floating above the skeleton was an ancient-style bronze water mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurokawa Ryuji looked at them, a trace of greed flashing in his eyes, and muttered: \"It's a good thing I have this treasure crafted from a fragment of the Mirror of Manai, one of the Three Sacred Treasures. Even as a replica, it can still open a space and isolate external detection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mirror of Manai—perhaps many have never heard of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But its other name is the Yata Mirror, the legendary incarnation of the supreme god of the Bai Ying mythology—Amaterasu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was obtained by accident by Kurokawa Ryuji's father, that Old Script powerhouse, in a Disease Domain dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically speaking, even if Amaterasu isn't an immortal deity and it doesn't count as a mythological secret treasure, it is still a legendary secret treasure of the Great Divine Ability level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a fragment is a top-tier supreme treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Kurokawa family head was ecstatic at first, yet after studying it for decades, he was deeply disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from being able to open a space and isolate Old Scripts and divination, this mirror had no other use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only advantage over storage items was that it could store living things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drawback was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it could only be opened in a fixed location, and after taking the Yata Mirror away, the space would collapse within half a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also dashed the Kurokawa family head's hopes of transporting Bai Ying powerhouses to launch a sneak attack on the rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he firmly believed that as long as he collected the remaining fragments, he could restore the artifact's power, so he kept it with him at all times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, for the sake of the plan, he had lent it to Kurokawa Ryuji to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a pity the [Ten Directions Heavenly Ghost] ritual must be held in Hangcheng, and it has to use the bloodlines of Jiangnan Province residents; otherwise, it wouldn't be so troublesome in Bai Ying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the intense fear subsided, Kurokawa Ryuji, for some reason, felt an urge to express himself and muttered to himself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A thousand-person-level blood pool—the Bald Eagle side has specialized blood bank companies, so that's not difficult.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it requires ten boys and girls born with Yin fates as sacrifices, and they must be tempered simultaneously with the Yin-side dragon Qi of both the Earth Dragon Vein and the Water Dragon Vein.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a place cannot be found in Bai Ying at all; only the vast and resource-rich Tianxia Alliance has them, but most are already claimed. Only Hangcheng in Jiangnan Province meets the criteria, and it doesn't even lock its dragon Qi, letting it nourish the land and the lowly commoners—truly stupid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cursed a few times, then turned to look forward to the future:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it benefits us, giving us the chance to let this Heavenly Ghost Skeleton, which can deduce the future and invade different Disease Domains, develop a soul.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I can piece together more Yata Mirror fragments, I could even search for Disease Domain coordinates in the long river of history, use the Heavenly Ghost to scout the path in advance, and intercept the opportunities of the Tianxia Alliance's history walkers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or enter them to cause chaos, exacerbate the disease mutations, detonate or even block historical tributaries, increase the pressure on the History Correction Bureau, cause massive casualties, and cripple the Tianxia Alliance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Kurokawa Ryuji laughed out loud, as if to release all the cowardice and incompetence born from his pathetic flight just moments ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as long as he laid low for a while, he would begin extracting the dragon vein Qi to refine the Heavenly Ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With it, the Kurokawa family... no, I will surely rise!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his voice faded, a 'crack' sound followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurokawa Ryuji felt sudden, intense pain. He lowered his head and saw a black shadow's hooked tail piercing his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood flowed along it, sinking into the blood pool, creating ripples like a flower of life blooming, only to wither rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struggled to turn his head and saw a pitch-black Shadow-Eating Serpent emerging from his shadow, its scarlet snake eyes looking at him indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When did this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fell to his knees with a 'thud,' feeling his life force draining away. His expression was one of terror; he tried to cover the wound but found his blood turning into black gas and rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sizzle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his seven orifices, a continuous stream of black-red aura permeated, wrapping around his entire body like a blooming lotus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene, Kurokawa Ryuji had seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was running away, it wasn't that Jiang Yan hadn't noticed him; he had merely glanced at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within those pupils, a black-red lotus had also flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've been tricked!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurokawa Ryuji's originally clouded wisdom cleared before death, and he suddenly realized...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never needed to run!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he didn't resist, according to the rules of the History Correction Bureau, the other party couldn't kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet from the very beginning, he had been like a marionette, walking along a path set by someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am not reconciled...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, his soul, flesh, and spiritual energy were all taken by the Calamity Lotus, leaving not even ashes behind, erasing every trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Calamity Lotus drifted slowly and vanished into the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow-Eating Serpent looked around, its two hooked tails snatching the bronze mirror and the withered bones from the air, opened a portal, and disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the unrestrained spiritual energy and blood Qi surged into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan and the others arrived at the blood pool space and saw the bound children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the culprits were caught red-handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurokawa Sosuke looked as if he had lost his parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Cherry Biotech... no, the Kurokawa family, is finished!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continuing to ask for monthly tickets, follow-up reads, and recommendation tickets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1681,"2026-06-20T04:11:05.849Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e497720809e6adac7ba5a911eeeede5702526a1185178b4ae438126573393608","history-is-sick-chapter-61","history-is-sick-chapter-59",69,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhistory-is-sick-cover.jpg"]