[{"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-72":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},2275930,4450,"Chapter 72: Chen Yan","just-stop-using-your-divine-powers-chapter-72",72,"\u003Cp>After Gu Qingyi left, Chen Yan immediately climbed onto a nearby large tree, sitting on a branch several meters above the ground, and instantly felt a surge of security.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already night, with cold winds blowing in gusts, and occasional rustling sounds coming from the forest; under this atmosphere, the light along the forest path seemed to grow even dimmer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan squinted his eyes, using the Heaven’s Eye Qi-Viewing Technique to observe his surroundings, not daring to relax for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt that within his field of vision, the faint red hue had spread all around, still subtly surging—toward a direction deep in the mountains—the very direction Gu Qingyi had chased after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Gu Qingyi had chosen the right path; success should be within reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan, by nature cautious, pulled out several talismans at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he slapped a [Fortune-Defying Talisman] onto his own body, then another [Six Yang Righteous Qi Talisman].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of these two talismans, the first enhanced his fortune, the second slightly repelled evil and impurity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he slapped a [Light Body Talisman] onto himself—so that if he encountered a powerful foe, he could flee swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting on the branch, gazing into the forest, he suddenly heard a rustling sound from far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan’s hearing was sharp; he immediately recognized the rustling as something rushing through the undergrowth—this season, the forest floor was thick with dry leaves and branches, and anything moving through would produce such a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately stood up from the branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, a figure staggered out of the forest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan saw clearly—it was an ordinary woman dressed in winter clothing, her ponytail slightly disheveled, wearing a down jacket on top and jeans below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman ran in utter disarray, continuously emitting terrified screams—the kind of unconscious “ah! ah!” cries people make when terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan also noticed she had lost one of her shoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the night forest, where malevolent energy permeated, for such a figure to suddenly emerge sent a jolt through Chen Yan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when he used the Heaven’s Eye Qi-Viewing Technique, he saw her aura was plain gray—the mark of an ordinary mortal, though tinged faintly with blood-red, foretelling an impending blood disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman burst out of the forest onto the forest path, then stumbled and tripped over the drainage ditch beside the path, lunging forward and falling to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan paused briefly, pulled a mask from his pocket and put it on, then jumped down from the branch, landing a few steps in front of the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman scrambled to her feet on all fours, looked up, saw someone before her, screamed in shock, then recognized Chen Yan’s attire and frantically cried out: “Help! Save me! Help!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the woman stretch out her hand, Chen Yan did not immediately approach; he stood his ground and feigned confusion: “What’s wrong? What happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s face was caked in dirt, with a trickle of blood on her forehead—she had been injured. Upon hearing Chen Yan speak, tears and snot poured from her as she shrieked: “There’s a monster! There’s a monster inside!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan fixed his gaze on the girl; under the Heaven’s Eye Qi-Viewing Technique, she showed no abnormality. He stepped closer, reached out, and pulled her up from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Calm down. Tell me slowly—what monster?” Chen Yan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I, I…” The girl trembled violently, staring fearfully at the forest behind her, her voice broken: “Save me! Run! Let’s run…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did someone chase you through the forest?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, not a person! Not a person! It’s a monster!” The girl’s mind seemed on the verge of collapse: “Go! Go! There’s a monster!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan pulled the girl toward the edge of the forest path; she staggered, stumbling sideways. Chen Yan noticed her bare foot—her sock was torn, with faint traces of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you call the police?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I… I lost my phone,” the girl sobbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me exactly what happened.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A monster. A monster that eats people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did you escape?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl suddenly burst into loud sobs: “My dog—my dog saved me… it bit my dog to death…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After two sobs, likely exhausted from running too long in the forest, her body chilled by the cold, deprived of oxygen and overwhelmed by terror, her eyelids rolled back and she fainted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...” Chen Yan stared blankly at the girl, then dragged her under a tree, about to pull out his phone to contact Gu Qingyi…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Chen Yan felt every hair on his body stand on end!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the power of the [Fortune-Defying Talisman] and his body’s cultivation-enhanced sensitivity, Chen Yan possessed acute awareness of any danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he sensed a chilling presence behind him—a cold breath climbing up his spine, crawling to the back of his skull, making him shiver involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also heard a heavy, labored breathing from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He inhaled sharply, activated the “Dun Zi Jue,” and shot forward—simultaneously feeling a gust of wind slash past the back of his skull…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan dashed five meters away, then spun around to look back—where he had just stood, a deep gash, several centimeters deep, had been carved into the trunk of a large tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there stood a monster, shoulders hunched, head bowed, panting heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thing resembled a human, but its clothes were tattered, its hair wild and dusty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was human-shaped, yet its arms were unnaturally long, nearly dragging to its knees; its skin was shriveled like dried chicken claws, but its fingertips ended in sharp, hooked claws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head was lowered, hair obscuring its face—but through the tangled strands, Chen Yan could see its eyelids lifted, fixed on him with a pair of blood-red eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its mouth was a gaping maw, caked with fresh blood and fragments of flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan took one look and involuntarily sucked in a breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the Heaven’s Eye Qi-Viewing Technique, he felt the monster’s aura thick with malevolent energy, reeking of heavy blood, nearly making it hard for Chen Yan to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the creature facing him, Chen Yan felt adrenaline surge—he forgot fear, gritted his teeth, stared hard, and pulled two [Six Yang Righteous Qi Talismans] from his pocket, one in each hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These talismans were newly learned by Chen Yan over the past two days—costly in Qi, difficult to draw—he had only successfully created three. He had already slapped one onto himself; now only two remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hungry… hungry…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster muttered lowly; Chen Yan’s heart stirred—this thing could speak?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly stepped backward until his back pressed against a large tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, his vision blurred—the monster’s figure vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan reacted instantly—though he hadn’t seen the monster’s movement, his response was the wisest: he activated the “Dun Zi Jue” and teleported away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doesn’t matter if you can’t see it—just dodge first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Chen Yan leapt again, the monster appeared where he had just stood, its claws slashing apart—CRACK!—the trunk of the tree behind him shattered into pieces and collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan cursed inwardly: Such destructive power?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xiaoniang said the monster wouldn’t be too strong, that my cultivation could handle it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Handle it, my ass!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One swipe from that thing and I’d be dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tree crashed down, its canopy falling directly over the monster. Chen Yan saw it clearly and immediately dashed forward with a “Dun Zi Jue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Decree: STAND STILL!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding a breath of Qi, the decree erupted from his tongue—under the power of Qi, the command echoed faintly with thunder and wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster, already entangled by the fallen canopy, stiffened instantly, frozen in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan darted to its side, swiftly reached out, infused his Qi into his hand, and slapped a [Six Yang Righteous Qi Talisman] onto the monster’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster shuddered, threw its head back, and let out a shriek—the immobilization spell trembled. Chen Yan stepped swiftly behind it and slapped another [Six Yang Righteous Qi Talisman] onto its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both talismans applied, Chen Yan immediately retreated, activated a “Dun Zi Jue,” and vanished ten meters away, landing beside the unconscious girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster, now marked by two talismans, burst into black flames—the talismans burned to ash instantly—and the creature howled in agony, black malevolent energy seeping and swirling from its shoulder and back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster struggled, but Chen Yan didn’t hesitate—he grabbed the unconscious girl, hoisted her onto his shoulder, and turned to run!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leapt continuously; within five seconds, a roar erupted behind him—the monster had broken free, the immobilization spell gone, and the canopy above it torn apart in mere swipes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shadow surged forward, chasing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan had already pulled out his phone; he kept running, one hand tapping WeChat, raising the phone and roaring a voice message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gu Qingyi!! The monster is chasing me!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced back—the monster, though stumbling, swaying left and right, moved with terrifying speed; within a few breaths, it had closed the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan’s heart tightened—the monster’s running speed was faster than his “Dun Zi Jue”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced ahead along the forest path—flat, unobstructed ground. He made a swift judgment: on open terrain, the monster would overtake him soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that realization, Chen Yan gritted his teeth, suddenly twisted his body, and plunged with the girl on his shoulder into the forest on the left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forest was densely packed with trees; Chen Yan had to slow his pace, but with his sharp reflexes, he dodged left and right, avoiding each trunk. Though he couldn’t use the “Dun Zi Jue” here, the [Light Body Talisman] kept his speed swift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster behind clearly struggled. It had been hit by two talismans, likely badly wounded, ran clumsily, and—apparently—it wasn’t very intelligent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After charging into the forest, it ran a few steps and slammed headfirst into a tree—thick as a bowl—and the trunk snapped clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster shook its head, roared, and charged again; a few steps later, it crashed into another tree, waist-thick—this time the trunk cracked but didn’t fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan kept sprinting, watching the monster gradually fall behind…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After running for over ten minutes, Chen Yan could barely hear the monster behind him—but through the Heaven’s Eye Qi-Viewing Technique, he still sensed its presence, fixed on his location, closing in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gu Qingyi! If you don’t show up, I’m dead!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan pulled out his phone and sent another WeChat voice message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, suddenly his vision widened—he burst out of the forest ahead, revealing an open area!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him lay a lake!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Please vote.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·\u003C\u002Fp>",1753,"2026-06-20T00:04:18.515Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","385c0f880425665c31030061a03fadb77b95fe79ce3fcdd34b358f85ef0d1357","just-stop-using-your-divine-powers-chapter-73","just-stop-using-your-divine-powers-chapter-71",174,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-stop-using-your-divine-powers-cover.jpg"]