[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-226":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mysteries of Immortal puppet Master",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2227649,4127,"Chapter 226: Divine Catcher Resolves Doubts","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-226",226,"\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji came with thunderous sounds and left with whistling winds, exceptionally eye-catching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cultivation was as high as the Jin Dan level, and he was a member of the royal family, a Divine Catcher famous throughout the country; every move he made would attract attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he had made such a big move, it had already stirred up a storm in the whole city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless people were curious and suspicious about this: what exactly happened to make Lord Zhu Xuanji act with such great fanfare?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, gossip spread wildly, and Ning Zhuo thus broke into everyone’s line of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Ning Zhuo was only a small cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining, a careful look revealed his identity was also extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He possessed mysterious innate talent, and for a period of time, he had emerged and made a big splash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He not only pulled the young clan leader of the Ning family’s main branch off his horse, but also achieved remarkable results in exploring the Lava Immortal Palace, which was very stunning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Ning family’s Jin Dan ancestor, Ning Jiufan, thought highly of Ning Zhuo, publicly stating that Ning Zhuo had made contributions to the Ning family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One side was Zhu Xuanji, and the other was Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly happened between these two people to make Zhu Xuanji act like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, everyone in the city was very curious about the inside story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhu Xuanji returned to his residence, he gave an order to summon the Jin Dan ancestors of the three families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Jin Dan ancestors were curious about Zhu Xuanji’s behavior, and upon receiving his summons, they went happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, they all gathered in front of Zhu Xuanji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the trip to the Fire-Melting Demon Ape nest, the relationship between them had become a bit closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were natural allies with Zhu Xuanji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the stance of the three major cultivation families of Fire Persimmon Immortal City was to unite with the Nandou royal family to resist the Meng family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Zhu Xuanji of the royal family could become the Master of the Lava Immortal Palace, then Fire Persimmon Immortal City could maintain its original state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Meng family mastered the Lava Immortal Palace, then the entire Meng family force would massively erode Fire Persimmon Immortal City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, this city would become the private property of the Meng family. By then, the three families would have no room for survival and could only be squeezed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the meeting hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji’s face was full of solemnity, scanning the room, and he said in a deep voice: \"Everyone is here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know everyone has questions in their hearts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before we talk in detail, please sign this oath first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Zhu Xuanji took out a scroll from his bosom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The specification of the scroll was very high, a magic treasure level, and its shape was like a royal decree of the Nandou royal family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfolding the scroll, one would find that the surface of the scroll was arranged with extremely delicate magic arrays. Occasionally, one could see dense array patterns flashing away along a certain direction of the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Jin Dan ancestors of the three families were seeing such a quality contract treasure for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji continued: \"Please, everyone present, use this scroll in front of everyone to swear that you have no connection with the Shadow Demon Cultivator.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as these words came out, the Jin Dan cultivators of the three families were surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, Zhu Xuanji had stopped investigating the blowing up of the Immortal Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His focus had changed, and he was fully exploring the Immortal Palace to obtain more merit and contribution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did it suddenly involve the Shadow Demon Cultivator again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they didn't understand what Zhu Xuanji was up to, the Jin Dan ancestors of the three families still followed his requirements, one by one holding the decree scroll and swearing an oath in public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the oath established, Zhu Xuanji’s expression softened a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly put away the decree and said to everyone: \"Since everyone has no secret connection with the Shadow Demon Cultivator, then I will speak clearly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The source of all this is this Blood Path Board.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji took out the Blood Path Board and handed it to everyone to check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Blood Path Board was of high quality, a magic treasure level, and its surface was smooth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jin Dan cultivator of the Zheng family, Zheng Shuanggou, was the first to see the clues, and a look of shock revealed itself in his expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such a high-standard Blood Path Board should have originally recorded a True Scripture.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True Scripture?!\" Everyone was surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji nodded slightly, admitting: \"That’s right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Blood Path Board is a mechanism part, which I took from the body of the Mechanism Demon General.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Mechanism Demon General itself has no spirituality. But it possesses this board and True Scripture, so it can operate the content of the True Scripture and perform techniques.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Mechanism Demon General is confirmed to be Jin Dan level combat power, which means that the demonic arts True Scripture on this board is at least Jin Dan level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, everyone felt very excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Jiufan stroked his beard and said: \"The Three Sects’ Superior Person had a bumpy and strange life, and practiced three techniques, which is rare in history. It is not surprising that he left behind some demonic arts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jin Dan ancestor of the Zhou family said: \"The so-called Three Sects’ Superior Method, I have heard of it long ago. The Three Sects’ Superior Person left behind a mechanism inheritance in the Lava Immortal Palace, and the most valuable is the Three Sects’ Superior Method. Besides the Five Elements Qi Law Technique, there are two other techniques, which correspond to the three dantians of the human body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as the three techniques are practiced together, one can form a three-dantian Foundation Establishment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, the Five Elements Qi Law Technique has appeared, perhaps the demonic arts on this Blood Path Board are also one of the Three Sects’ Superior Methods?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji nodded, revealing a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have the same thoughts as you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am also quite curious about the content of the True Scripture that was once recorded on this Blood Path Board.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I can obtain it, perhaps I can get a glimpse of the Three Sects’ Superior Method and confirm whether this rumor is true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides that, if I retrieve the True Scripture, it will also greatly benefit the merit and contribution I obtain when I hand over the Mechanism Demon General.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, I used the Trace-Tracing Technique on this Blood Path Board.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I obtained a key clue—in the early years, a little monkey accidentally came into contact with the damaged Mechanism Demon General.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the moment of contact, the demonic arts True Scripture actively threw itself into the little monkey’s body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to retrieve the True Scripture, but I don't know the current appearance of the little monkey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So seven days ago, I secretly wrote a letter to the Nandou royal family seeking help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The cultivators of the royal family helped me deduce the appearance of the little monkey as an adult and as an old monkey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With this image clue, I can use the Fire-Melting Demon Ape group in Fire Persimmon Mountain to help me investigate and search.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Garbage text]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of this, Zhu Xuanji couldn't help but look at Ning Jiufan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Jiufan’s face sank slightly, and he immediately understood Zhu Xuanji’s meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the last exploration of the bottom of Fire Persimmon Mountain, he had become a guest of honor. In that largest Fire-Melting Demon Ape group, he was very popular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he came forward, bringing this image clue, to seek help, the Fire-Melting Demon Ape group would likely help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying solely on language to communicate, the intelligence of the Fire-Melting Demon Ape group might not be able to clearly understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with this image, they had clear and unmistakable content to investigate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji continued: \"Today, I received the royal family’s reply.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And thus I learned what the little monkey looked like as an adult and as an old monkey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The result surprised me—this little monkey was actually Yuan Dasheng!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuan Dasheng?\" The Jin Dan ancestors looked at each other, not having heard the name of this little character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Jiufan asked: \"Since Lord Zhu knows, where is this ape now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuan Dasheng!\" The Jin Dan ancestor of the Zhou family frowned, his face revealing a strange look, \"It is already dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Jin Dan ancestors couldn't help but look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the Zhou family Jin Dan detailed the series of things that happened at the Fire Persimmon Festival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, the Shadow Demon Cultivator was nowhere to be found, and the City Lord’s Mansion led the Jin Dan ancestors to dig three feet into the ground, but they didn't find this demon cultivator, making the high-level officials of the entire Fire Persimmon Immortal City lose face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhou family Jin Dan suspected that Yuan Dasheng’s corpse was hiding someone, so he went to the Monkey Head Gang with Fei Si and Zhu Xuanji to find out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, they learned there that Yuan Dasheng was dead, so they went to the Flying Disc Mechanism Workshop to confirm Yuan Dasheng’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, Yuan Dasheng’s corpse eventually fell into Ning Zhuo’s hands?\" Ning Jiufan was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Shuanggou suddenly realized: \"So that’s it! That’s why Lord Zhu, after learning it was Yuan Dasheng, immediately set off to find Ning Zhuo to retrieve the True Scripture.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji nodded: \"But I didn't retrieve it. Ning Zhuo told me he knew nothing about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three families’ Jin Dan cultivators looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhou family Jin Dan ancestor pondered: \"Lord Zhu possesses the Heavenly Beauty Golden Eyes and many spells, and can detect lies. None of us can cover up a lie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo is only at the small third level of Qi Refining; his saying he knows nothing should be true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, where did the True Scripture go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Shuanggou was full of confusion: \"Yes, if the True Scripture is not on Ning Zhuo, where is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji said at this time: \"This is the main reason why I asked you to come and sign the oath in public.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of this, Zhu Xuanji held the contract decree and swore in public: \"What I say next may not be the truth, but it is mostly my personal experience, without any lies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, Zhu Xuanji took a deep breath and spoke slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We all know that Ning Zhuo is the inventor of the Mechanism Fire-Exploding Monkey. He once took an incomplete Mechanism Fire-Exploding Monkey to ask Chen Cha, the workshop owner of the Flying Disc Workshop, for advice. And Chen Cha was a person recruited by Fei Si. After that advice, Chen Cha reached an agreement with Ning Zhuo that his mechanism workshop would be responsible for producing mechanism monkeys for sale.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not long after, the Shadow Demon Cultivator tried to approach the Lava Immortal Palace and was discovered by Fellow Daoist Zheng Shuanggou. The two sides engaged in a fierce battle. In the battle, a Fire-Exploding Monkey carried a large amount of fire essence and bombed the Immortal Palace, prompting the Lava Immortal Palace to appear in advance, and the sound of the Dharma-transmitting bell resounded throughout the city.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist Zheng Shuanggou personally saved Ning Zhuo and other Ning family cultivators. Shortly after, the Shadow Demon Cultivator appeared near the dungeon, Chi Dun attacked, trying to capture him, but the Shadow Demon Cultivator broke into the Fire Persimmon Forest. Fei Si came forward to protect the Fire Persimmon Forest, preventing Chi Dun from continuing the pursuit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I started investigating the mechanism monkey, but found that this mechanism creation could be seen everywhere in Fire Persimmon Immortal City, and sales were quite hot. I also investigated the sales channels of fire essence and found that there were no large-scale purchase records in the market.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I had no clues, Chi Dun persuaded me, and Fei Si invited me, to let me take action at the Fire Persimmon Festival against the Shadow Demon Cultivator, and I agreed to them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the Fire Persimmon Festival arrived... everyone present participated and saw Yuan Dasheng of the Monkey Head Gang being attacked by more than a dozen mechanism Fire-Exploding Monkeys. The attack was not successful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But after that, when Yuan Dasheng was picking fire persimmons, it inexplicably made a mistake, triggering a terrifying explosion. In the process of the explosion, I observed through the Golden Eyes that Yuan Dasheng had once wanted to use demonic arts to protect itself, but it was forcibly suppressed by it. It seemed that it did not want to implicate the son of its former master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I felt its loyalty, appeared in public, and ordered Fei Si to open the array. Fei Si was unwilling at first, and only opened the passage under my forced request. After I entered, I treated Yuan Dasheng. The latter gained a glimmer of vitality, fell into a coma, and was then carried back to the gang’s residence by the Monkey Head Gang members.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fei Si handed his token to Ning Zhuo. Ning Zhuo carried the token, went deep into the Monkey Head Gang’s residence, and persuaded Yuan Er with words to not save Yuan Dasheng. Yuan Dasheng eventually died from severe illness, and Ning Zhuo took his corpse away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We searched for the Shadow Demon Cultivator in the Fire Persimmon Forest, but never saw his shadow. The Zhou family fellow daoist suspected that Yuan Dasheng’s corpse was hiding someone, so he went to investigate with me and Fei Si.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We first went to the Monkey Head Gang’s residence, learned that Yuan Dasheng was dead and the corpse was taken by Ning Zhuo, so we immediately went to Chen Cha’s mechanism workshop. When we arrived, the essence blood of Yuan Dasheng had already been extracted from its body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Hiss...*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jin Dan cultivators of the three families all gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all understood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s the City Lord’s Mansion!?\" Zheng Shuanggou had an incredulous look, \"So, the Shadow Demon Cultivator is a person from the City Lord’s Mansion, they blew up the Immortal Palace, why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Shuanggou had a look of confusion: \"Before this, the Meng family and my Zheng family and Zhou family secretly united, and we had already reached a contract privately, having discussed it.\" \u003C\u002Fp>",2448,"2026-06-17T23:33:12.660Z","2026-06-18T03:10:38.119Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","5a2d6c8d925ed89dab47e9e6ba80c2f3294f663f88dd7fc438ae9ea8dbaf9036","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-227","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-225",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]