[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-dragon-lies-hidden":3,"chapter-the-dragon-lies-hidden-the-dragon-lies-hidden-chapter-940":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Dragon Lies Hidden",{"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},2290238,4477,"Chapter 940: The Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss","the-dragon-lies-hidden-chapter-940",940,"\u003Cp>Xiang Weiyuan stood at the center of the magnificent, dazzling sect treasury, locked in a silent standoff with the Lotus Lamp Monk, neither willing to yield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Xiang Weiyuan spoke first: “Master Lotus Lamp, what is going on here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe, you are a soul with innate wisdom—do you still not understand? The true meaning of the Dao has long been within you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, Xiang Weiyuan suddenly recalled the supreme truth he had once comprehended:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Praise me, draw near me, become me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the Law of Imperishable Form and Emptiness…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Weiyuan forcibly broke off his recollection and said: “I returned to the sect to choose a foundation for my cavern realm—what does this mean? Is there no choice left?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lotus Lamp chuckled: “How could there be no choice? Didn’t you already choose when you conversed with the Ancestor’s divine thought? The treasures are all here—only you cannot see them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Ancestor would never sink to your level!” Xiang Weiyuan spoke with iron certainty, his voice resounding—but even as he spoke, his heart lurched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lotus Lamp smiled amiably: “That’s not right, Lord of the Realm. What do you mean by ‘sinking to my level’? We share the same aspiration. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together; we have all been drawn to the Tai Chu Palace by the Ancestor’s call. If you insist we are wrong, then it is the top beam that is crooked—and the bottom beams follow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Xiang Weiyuan heard, the more uneasy he grew; he realized arguing with the monk was pure self-torment, so he said: “Where have you hidden these treasures? Bring them out! If you won’t, I’m leaving.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lotus Lamp smiled warmly: “Lord of the Realm, can you truly not see them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“See what? This vast treasury is empty—whose trickery is this if not yours?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t I just say these treasures are all here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible! Do you take me for blind?” Xiang Weiyuan sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lotus Lamp sighed softly: “If the Lord of the Realm is blind in the eyes, then we are all blind in the heart. How about this—I’ll make a wager with you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wager!” Xiang Weiyuan was not foolish enough to gamble with a monk of unknown origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lotus Lamp showed no irritation: “It is not I who have concealed them—it is that you, Lord of the Realm, can no longer perceive things without karmic connection.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before the words were fully spoken, a piercing aura surged through the entire treasury, sending a chill through Xiang Weiyuan’s bones, as if he had faced a primordial beast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There appeared the cold, slender girl he had once seen in the Immortal Village—her aura razor-sharp, she fixed her gaze on Lotus Lamp and said: “Who called me a thing without karmic connection?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never used the word ‘worldly,’” Lotus Lamp said, unfazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl coldly replied: “Monks do not lie.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lotus Lamp said: “I am merely a listener of sutras—I am not a monk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s eyes instantly sharpened: “Then you are lying to my face?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No matter who judges, Fourth Sister of the Four Generations has nothing to do with the word ‘worldly.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl had no answer for this rogue; she sneered, then turned to Xiang Weiyuan: “You want a new cavern realm? How about me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Weiyuan replied at once: “That is precisely what I desire—I dare not even ask!”\u003C\u002Fp>",565,"2026-06-20T03:38:38.899Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","20773d47633367459397e9db2f93a92228da71c777126eea38919dc2ab424f72","the-dragon-lies-hidden-chapter-941","the-dragon-lies-hidden-chapter-939",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-dragon-lies-hidden-cover.jpg"]