[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner":3,"chapter-i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-83":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm Not Crazy—This Is the Emperor's Banner",{"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},2291423,4480,"Chapter 83: The Netherworld","i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-83",83,"\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan had often seen this umbrella in Dodo’s memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever it rained, Dodo would summon this umbrella to shield herself from the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to have nothing special about it, after all, ghosts possessing objects were not uncommon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, Lu Guanchang’s cane was also a manifestation of the mind’s image, part of his own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Dodo’s umbrella was clearly not that—it was an intrinsic existence, usable by ghosts, making it a spirit artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know where this umbrella came from?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s my mother’s,” Dodo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then where did your mother come from?” Shen Siyuan pressed further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Dodo tilted her little head—clearly, she didn’t know the umbrella’s exact origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, without thinking, she turned the handle, and suddenly her figure vanished from where she stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t invisibility—no ghost or spirit who had been bound to the [Ten Thousand Souls Banner] could hide from its master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodo had completely disappeared from the room, even beyond Binhai—otherwise, Shen Siyuan would have felt her presence and sensed her approximate location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Dodo had vanished entirely, so Shen Siyuan quickly used the [Ten Thousand Souls Banner] to reestablish the link, sharing his vision and hearing with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he saw a gray, dark sky, black clouds churning overhead, countless malevolent spirits and vengeful ghosts howling and struggling within them; on the earth, bones lay scattered everywhere, wailing filled the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold wind stirred the bones, causing them to clatter against each other with eerie tapping sounds, while ghostly flames danced wildly through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodo widened her eyes, frozen in terror, not daring to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spirit fire rising from her body blazed like a giant torch, drawing countless dead souls toward her in a rolling tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These dead souls, corrupted by karmic rage, resentment, malevolent energy, and poisonous yin toxins, had long lost their sanity—they feared neither spirit fire nor death, surging straight toward Dodo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cloud formed by these souls emitted the most venomous curses of the world, wailing, screaming, shrieking with ferocity—ghosts wailing, wolves howling—so that hearing it shook the spirit, blurred the mind, and made the soul feel ready to tear free from the body and merge with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Dodo was sheltered beneath the umbrella, which possessed strange power and blocked most of the harm—but even so, she was terrified beyond measure, utterly at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be afraid—I’m here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan’s voice echoed in Dodo’s mind, giving her immense comfort and courage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flickering spirit fire around her body, which had seemed on the verge of extinguishing, suddenly received an inexplicable boost, surging upward to meet the charging wind of dead souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, these souls became fuel for the spirit fire, instantly igniting half the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, these souls burned endlessly, and since they had long lost their minds, they charged forward in endless waves—even as Dodo’s spirit fire blazed, she began to feel exhaustion setting in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodo, however, had calmed down, now curiously scanning her surroundings, puzzled as to why she had come here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Shen Siyuan, observing through Dodo’s eyes, grew anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no time to ponder where this place was—he needed to figure out how Dodo had arrived here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodo couldn’t stay long; even with spirit fire protecting her, prolonged exposure would eventually see her swallowed by the omnipresent malevolent spirits, ultimately merging with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Turn the handle?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan recalled Dodo’s motion before she vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately urged her to do it again; Dodo, obedient as ever, promptly turned the umbrella’s handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crane on the umbrella’s surface let out a cry, and Dodo instantly vanished from her spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she remained in this world—only the location had changed; she could still see the distant sky ablaze with spirit fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, countless dead souls rode down on clouds like a waterfall, plunging toward Dodo from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodo, now bolder, raised the umbrella’s handle and used its canopy to block the charging souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Azure flames instantly ignited the souls, spreading upward along the wind of corpses, once again setting half the sky ablaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, from afar on the horizon, a strange laugh echoed—like demonic music; the souls swirling in the air, their faces once filled with desire, now twisted into madness, beginning to tear and devour each other—the entire world seemed inverted, every direction reversed—a most peculiar sensation…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black clouds of souls, already devoid of reason, now seemed to sense fear, wailing as they scattered in all directions; the sky churned with ink-black clouds, as if the heavens themselves were collapsing…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even protected by the umbrella, Dodo felt dizzy and disoriented, her spirit blurred, her body as if twisted like a wet towel—unbearably uncomfortable—and this sensation was transmitted to Shen Siyuan, who shared her senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go quickly—try turning the handle the other way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan urged her in her mind, already preparing to take control of her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodo hurriedly turned the handle—and vanished instantly, only to reappear elsewhere, still within this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, without waiting for Shen Siyuan’s reminder, Dodo turned the handle counterclockwise—and vanished again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Dodo vanished completely from this world, returning to Shen Siyuan’s rented apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodo looked around in terror; seeing the familiar surroundings and Shen Siyuan sitting before her, she finally exhaled deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she quickly realized what she’d done and hurled the oil-paper umbrella away—she was truly frightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the umbrella didn’t fall to the ground—it vanished midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodo stared, dumbfounded; Shen Siyuan asked, “Can you summon it again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had he spoken than the oil-paper umbrella reappeared in Dodo’s hand—but now she dared not turn the handle, gazing at Shen Siyuan with pitiful eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan waved her over. “Let me see it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodo hurried forward and handed him the umbrella.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan took it, examined it closely—but saw nothing unusual; it appeared to be just an ordinary oil-paper umbrella.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if you ignored the spirit fire flickering and leaping across its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan thought for a moment, summoned the [Ten Thousand Souls Banner], and released the spirit fireflies from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seventy-seven spirit fireflies circled him once, then settled onto his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soul-binding chain at his waist uncoiled like a living serpent, winding around his shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he carefully turn the handle clockwise—and found himself still in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then carefully turned it counterclockwise—still nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought again, reached out, pulled Dodo—who stood nearby, watching curiously—over to him, lifted her up, and placed the umbrella back in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Try turning the handle again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodo took the umbrella, without hesitation, turned the handle—the crane on the canopy let out a cry, heaven and earth inverted, and both of them vanished instantly from where they stood.\u003C\u002Fp>",1122,"2026-06-20T03:53:08.657Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","12b75f4be7e8dfd1c6788cfb1de1a8850ddec2c71ba2c0dc1d58d445dae3e1c7","i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-84","i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-82",623,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-cover.jpg"]