[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin":3,"chapter-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-490":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The First Iron Rice Bowl of Great Jin",{"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},152176,261,"Chapter 490","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-490",490,"\u003Cp>Falling from the rift in the realm, Hua Changxi steadied herself and once again hovered over the vast, boundless, ghost-green Ghost Infant River. The yin-cold aura unique to the Ghost Domain Forbidden Land instantly surged over her like a tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, unlike the last time she had set foot here, when the atmosphere had been dense with ghostly energy yet hiding a strange vitality, the Ghost Infant River now exuded a deathly silence that made the heart tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked up and saw that not only the Ghost Infant River beneath her feet, but also the vast wilderness deep within the forbidden land, and even the towering Ghost Mother Mountain in the distance, were all scenes of devastation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The former eerie spectacle of swirling ghost fires and flickering ghostly lights was gone, replaced by a deathly, ashen pallor, as if a great deal of \"vitality\" and \"essence-spirit\" had been drained away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thick, almost indissoluble ghostly aura had dissipated completely, and the ubiquitous netherworld ghost fires had vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no piercing, bone-chilling wails of ghosts, no howling Yin winds that cut the face, and not even a single wandering soul or wild ghost could be detected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire expanse of heaven and earth was terrifyingly quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Witnessing such a desolate scene, a chill suddenly shot up from the soles of Hua Changxi's feet, instantly engulfing her entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She understood in her heart: the main cause of this barren and desolate state of the Ghost Domain Forbidden Land was precisely the heavenly punishment that had descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a daze, her thoughts were pulled back to the moment she had been struck by that heavenly punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That terrifying will that destroys everything and annihilates all beings seemed to pierce through the barrier of time, once again casting a shadow over her heart, forcing her to involuntarily feel that despair of a desperate struggle for survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hum~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within her sea of consciousness, the black broken sword trembled, pulling Hua Changxi back from the quagmire of memories to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the fear rising in her heart, and no longer looked too much at this desolate scene. Her figure flickered, and she lightly landed on the bank of the Ghost Infant River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment her feet touched the ground, the light of her 'Suixin' dharma robe shimmered and instantly transformed into a jet-black ghost clan robe. Her face was covered by a ferocious skull mask, and her aura was retracted, perfectly merging into this deathly darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, she held the black broken sword in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, using the black broken sword as a compass, she followed the direction that caused the sword to tremble, moving like a silent ghost, stealthily traversing the desolate Ghost Domain Forbidden Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had only been a little over a year since Hua Changxi's battle with the Ghost King and the heavenly punishment. Perhaps because of this, even now, few ghosts dared to set foot in the Ghost Domain Forbidden Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, as she moved stealthily, Hua Changxi encountered no danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she continued moving, she roughly got a sense of the general topography of the Ghost Domain Forbidden Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost Mother Mountain sat in the center of the forbidden land, surrounded at its base by the Ghost Infant River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrain of the forbidden land was high in the west and low in the east, with the Ghost Infant River flowing southeast, cutting through the entire forbidden land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heart of the forbidden land should have been the area with the densest ghostly aura, but due to the attack of the heavenly punishment, the Ghost Domain Forbidden Land now presented a unique and eerie scene: the further one went toward the edge of the forbidden land, the richer and more vigorous the ghostly aura and ghost fires in the air became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi traveled east for hundreds of li, and only then did the towering silhouette of Ghost Mother Mountain, like a giant corpse, completely sink below the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what awaited her was not an exit from the Ghost Domain Forbidden Land, but a vast forest sea steaming with ghostly aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That forest sea stretched beyond the horizon, like a barrier spanning heaven and earth, silently cutting off her path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi exhaled. She was not surprised by the appearance of the forest sea. If the Ghost Domain Forbidden Land truly allowed 'outsiders' to come and go freely, then the ghost clan would be too incompetent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she guessed correctly, the forest sea ahead should be the outer perimeter of the Ghost Domain Forbidden Land. As long as she passed through this forest barrier, she would be out of the forbidden land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi retracted her aura and cautiously approached the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the appearance of the trees gradually became clear in her view, her expression grew increasingly grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This forest sea exuded a nauseating eeriness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking into the distance, the giant trees, a hundred zhang tall, were a deathly ashen white. Their branches twisted and stretched like millions of pale, withered hands greedily grasping at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more horrifying, at the end of every branch hung a heavy, black sac-like object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the crevices of the bark, ghost-green fluorescent veins pulsed and flowed like blood vessels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire forest seemed to be alive; the bark slowly writhed and reorganized, as if thousands of living beings were breathing in unison beneath the skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi felt her scalp tingle, but she did not stop her steps at all, her gaze locked firmly ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when she squinted and saw that inside the 'black sacs' hanging on those ashen trunks were curled-up figures of ghost clan members did she recognize what kind of tree this was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost Yin Wood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the records in the Shennong Cauldron inheritance, the ghost clan has a 'sacred wood' called Ghost Yin Wood. When ghost clan members drill into the 'ghost sacs' bred by the Ghost Yin Wood, they can use the power of the Yin wood to temper and strengthen their ghost bodies, increasing their cultivation speed at least tenfold compared to other places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, from a distance, Hua Changxi saw that the patches of Ghost Yin Wood seemed to be covered with tens of thousands of 'ghost fruits,' but in reality, those were clearly thousands of ghost clan members in seclusion cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What's more troublesome is that there are even ghost clan members patrolling in the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's mood immediately turned grave. She knew that it would not be easy to pass through the Ghost Yin Wood Forest ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>",1108,"2026-05-29T04:11:04.856Z","2026-06-01T04:29:08.487Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","329b3fc1953366a86507ad88a4c1983b94800900e710a86d8857d5d4328d0002","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-491","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-489",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-cover.jpg"]