[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-just-stop-using-your-divine-powers":3,"chapter-just-stop-using-your-divine-powers-just-stop-using-your-divine-powers-chapter-39":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Just Stop Using Your Divine Powers!",{"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},2275897,4450,"Chapter 39: Chapter Thirty-Two 【Deceiving Heaven","just-stop-using-your-divine-powers-chapter-39",39,"\u003Cp>After Lu Sisi entered the room, she looked uneasy, standing there awkwardly, glancing back at Chen Yan: “You… is this your home?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I rented this place specially for you. I just got the keys less than twenty minutes ago.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rented for me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Sisi was bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan waved his hand, pointing to the bed: “Sit down and talk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Sisi swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt too shy to sit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man and a woman, alone in a closed room… you want me to sit on the bed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Lu Sisi’s expression, Chen Yan stepped back a pace and sat on the only chair in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t get the wrong idea. There’s something serious to discuss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan paused, then said: “I’ve found a way to fix your fortune problem, but it requires time to perform the ritual. This technique is complex—it needs daily practice, repeated over several days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s why I rented this place.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Lu Sisi nodded vaguely: “Ritual?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan nodded: “Yes, a ritual.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Da hadn’t lied to her—this was indeed the reason he rented the apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why he didn’t bring Lu Sisi back to his own home…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t that obvious? Would you bring a walking [Death Comes Knocking] into your own house?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a hotel wouldn’t work either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a girl to a hotel to rent a room… for several days straight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone saw, it’d look bad! Lu Sisi is still a young girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Starting today, you come here once a day. I’ll perform the ritual on you here. It might take one or two days, maybe three to five. My estimate: even in the worst case, it won’t exceed seven days. The exact time depends on how the ritual progresses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm…” Lu Sisi watched Chen Yan quietly, a trace of doubt still in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan smiled with half-closed eyes: “Did you use the talisman I gave you? How was the effect?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It worked wonders!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t had a single misfortune in a full day and night!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s exam even had questions she’d studied!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remembered how each talisman, the moment it touched flame, instantly vanished in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked utterly miraculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Lu Sisi already believed Chen Yan ninety percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Each session takes two hours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After a few days, once it’s complete, your fortune should improve.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan spoke seriously, then pointed at the bed: “Now, lie down!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Oh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Sisi obediently sat, still tense, legs pressed together, hands neatly placed on her knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now lie down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm… ah?” Lu Sisi jolted upright again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan sighed, speaking as gently as he could: “I’m not a bad person. I won’t harm you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m a law-abiding citizen. Besides, when you came in, you saw people outside—they saw you enter this room with me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I did anything to you, you could report me and have witnesses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan finished, pointing at the bed: “Lie down!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lu Sisi lay down, her body was stiff as iron, trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan glanced at her: “Close your eyes. Relax completely. Don’t think of anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But… what does it mean to not think of anything?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Empty your mind.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Sisi pouted: “I… I can’t do that…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan sighed: “Then count sheep. You know how to count sheep, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then do that. Relax your body…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After this, if I don’t tell you to speak, you must not speak!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I don’t tell you to open your eyes, you must not open them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I don’t tell you to get up, you must not get up—and absolutely don’t move!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No matter what you hear or feel, you must not open your eyes, not speak, not move!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not open eyes, not speak, not move…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Sisi pressed her lips tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry—I won’t touch you at all. I won’t make contact with your body.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words eased Lu Sisi’s nerves slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan took out his bag, pulling out ink, brush, talisman paper, cinnabar…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He laid them on the table, lifted his brush, channeling Qi into the tip…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brush danced like a coiling dragon, swiftly drawing seven or eight talismans in one breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Begin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan suddenly widened his eyes, a sharp gleam flashing within!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t I tell you not to open your eyes or speak?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan looked helplessly at Lu Sisi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The talisman he’d just placed in the array had been disrupted when Lu Sisi instinctively blinked—its inscription burned away on its own…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl looked crestfallen: “I… I couldn’t help it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, she’d heard Chen Yan pacing beside her bed, then doing something unknown. Suddenly, a buzzing sound filled her ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d instinctively blinked and let out a soft hum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan thought for a moment, then sighed: “Alright, I won’t blame you. But this won’t work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paced twice around the room, then stopped, fixing Lu Sisi with a steady gaze:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you trust me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Mm.” The girl, though still afraid, nodded firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Sisi lay obediently on the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were covered with gauze, sealed shut with tape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two pieces of gauze were stuffed in her mouth, also taped over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, she couldn’t open her eyes, couldn’t make a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan stared at his handiwork, falling into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a police officer burst in right now, I’d have no way to explain myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pushing aside his thoughts, Chen Yan repeated his instructions to Lu Sisi, then reactivated the array!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing beside the bed, he pinched a talisman between his fingers, flicked his wrist, and as Qi flowed into it, the talisman ignited into blue smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan quickly chanted a incantation—the smoke shot swiftly into Lu Sisi’s nostrils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hearing! Seal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sight! Seal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Taste! Seal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speech! Seal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Touch! Seal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan chanted rapidly, flicking talisman after talisman, each instantly burning to ash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the five talismans turned to smoke, beads of sweat formed on Chen Yan’s forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just these five talismans had drained half his Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He secretly felt a touch of relief—these past few days, he had encountered one stroke of luck after another, and his Qi cultivation had surged dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this had been a few days ago, even if he wanted to help Lu Sisi, he wouldn’t have been able to perform a spell of this level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Living beings possess five senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mouth can speak, the nose can smell, the ears can hear, the eyes can see, the tongue can taste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are the five senses of a human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the term implies, whether you’re destined to be an emperor or a beggar—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, you must be a life, a living being!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All destinies must be built upon a single life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it’s celestial Qi, spiritual energy, great fortune, or misfortune…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all chase after living beings!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lifeless stone has no destiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once the five senses are stripped away…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All qi, spiritual energy, and fortune in heaven and earth will gradually cease to pursue this existence…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because without the five senses, to the Dao of Heaven, it is no longer a complete living being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course… it’s not enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is one final step!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan took a deep breath and slowly picked up the last talisman from the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This talisman consumed the most Qi of all he had drawn today; its runes twisted like demonic scribbles, its pattern the most intricate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the talisman between his fingertips, Chen Yan slowly chanted the incantation; under a flicker of flame at his fingertip, the talisman burned with excruciating slowness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the burning talisman raised, Chen Yan seemed to be bearing a thousand-jin weight—his arm trembled uncontrollably, sweat streamed down his forehead, and his face paled by a third.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spiritual Perception! Seal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual Perception is a sense unique to humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the key reason humans rise above all other living beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans think, feel, imagine…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is what the common folk call the sixth sense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the talisman burned to ash, a pale blue smoke drifted lazily over Lu Sisi’s body and sank into her…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Sisi, lying there, suddenly went limp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the naked eye, the girl still looked rosy-cheeked—but when Chen Yan used his Heavenly Eye to observe her aura… it was vastly different!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the six senses temporarily sealed and suppressed… Lu Sisi now resembled an inanimate object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Utterly lifeless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the six senses were sealed, under the Dao of Heaven, she had become invisible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she was no longer a living being, no longer subject to celestial Qi or any fortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a corpse without the six senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortune does not cling to a lifeless corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Chen Yan’s plan to help Lu Sisi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seal the six senses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fake death to evade fate, deceive the heavens!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes: when a man dies, his debts are cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether you’re destined to be an emperor or a beggar—once you die, you are merely a corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What rots, rots; what turns to ash, turns to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All fortune, good or bad, abandons you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the last talisman burned out, Chen Yan’s legs gave way; he staggered back two steps and collapsed heavily into the chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening his Heavenly Eye, he saw that the black aura above Lu Sisi’s head had indeed changed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black aura, once thick and unceasing above her head, suddenly lost its center and its pull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One strand after another began to dissipate…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the six senses, a living being is no longer a living being, no longer a life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there is no life, how can there be a Seven Extremes Destiny?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without this vile Seven Extremes Destiny, the misfortune it brought became water without roots—slowly fading away…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, while Lu Sisi was feigning death in the room, Chen Yan was still alive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rootless black aura of misfortune, as if drawn by something, slowly surged toward Chen Yan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan gritted his teeth, summoning his last ounce of strength, and pulled another talisman from his robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he drew a silver needle and jabbed it hard into his fingertip, squeezing a drop of blood onto the talisman, before slapping it backward onto his own forehead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A golden light radiated from Chen Yan’s entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black aura in the room, as if repulsed by something foul, recoiled and veered away, no longer gathering toward Chen Yan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Please help me—add this book to your bookshelf! Collection data matters a lot~】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>",1769,"2026-06-20T00:04:18.515Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","08300f0975314e86d2968ed3b030396833ac06864d96ceb9684e2651b8b2632f","just-stop-using-your-divine-powers-chapter-40","just-stop-using-your-divine-powers-chapter-38",174,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-stop-using-your-divine-powers-cover.jpg"]