[{"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-526":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},152212,261,"Chapter 526: Yin-Yang Standoff","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-526",526,"\u003Cp>Within the Five Directions Grand Formation, raging flames soared, and blazing fire lotuses burst open in a blaze, completely engulfing a vast area in the eastern section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crimson fire shot up into the sky, heat waves rolled and swept in all directions, carrying the sacred majesty and supreme dominance that would incinerate everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Layer upon layer of lotus petals unfurled and spread, stacking and extending to protect all the human cultivators within, forming an indestructible crimson barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire lotus appeared abruptly; even through the Five Directions Grand Formation, the towering flames dyed the sky above the auction venue a deep crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the formation, it was silent as an abyss; whether denizens of the Nine Abysses or mortal cultivators, all held their breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the formation, there was a brief stillness, as if time itself had frozen, but soon a panicked stampede erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human cultivators all scrambled toward the center of the fire lotus, hope for survival flickering in their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, at this moment, the trapped human cultivators all saw the hope of staying alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No other reason: the Lingguang Hall Master was trapped inside the Five Directions Grand Formation just like them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the Lingguang Hall Master had said earlier that she would break the formation and take them all out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had been anyone else making such \"wild claims,\" everyone would have been skeptical, but the one saying it was the Lingguang Hall Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although many among them had never had any dealings with the Lingguang Hall Master, her \"glorious\" deeds and fearsome reputation had long since spread throughout the Central Continent, becoming household names in the cultivator community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a person—both capable and ruthless—who had endured Heaven's punishment and yet survived the calamity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the Five Directions Grand Formation was of the highest grade and extremely difficult to break, at that moment, the human cultivators were full of confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, the crowd of Nine Abysses beings all showed fear, retreating in panic, desperately fleeing the radiation range of the fire lotus and flames, eventually huddling together in the westernmost corner of the Five Directions Grand Formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so, some weaker Nine Abysses beings were still scorched by the blazing flames filling the formation, their bodies beginning to disintegrate bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crown Prince Cangming, save us...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless Nine Abysses beings frantically called out to Cangming for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the usual rules, they were still in the team battle phase between the Nine Abysses and the mortal realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the mortal side had produced a powerful cultivator to protect the human cultivators, the Nine Abysses side also needed a strong one to protect them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that strong one had to be Cangming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only he had the strength to match the fire-clad female cultivator suspended above the fire lotus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cangming's expression at this moment was both shocked and solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Able to penetrate the fifth level of the Nine Abysses...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daring to ride a Nether Deer past the eyes of the Nine Abysses powers in a swaggering manner...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had long guessed that this human's strength would not be low, her power still exceeded his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more unexpected was that she turned out to be the Lingguang Hall Master who had burned the Ghost Infant River and cleaved the Ghost Mother Mountain with her sword!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Nine Abysses beings' cries for help growing louder, Cangming was backed into a corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lose the battle, but not the front!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For himself, and for the Nine Abysses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cangming's gaze hardened as the Nether River's origin power within him poured out like a dam bursting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, thick, icy, dark green watery mist rolled and spread in layers, rapidly forming a vast, dark Nether River water area on the western side of the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bitingly cold and gloomy Nether River moisture blocked layer upon layer, forcefully holding back the sky-burning heat waves leaking from the fire lotus, cutting off the erosion of the flames, and steadily protecting the Nine Abysses beings on the verge of being burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the Five Directions Grand Formation was forcefully split into two opposing realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the east, crimson lotuses hung down, flames blazed, and scorching air covered the surroundings; in the west, the Nether River stretched across, black waters surged, and icy-cold watery vapors filled the heavens and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire calamity and Nether chill contended against each other, yin and yang stood in stark opposition, human cultivators and Nine Abysses beings faced off across the divide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, the entire formation was filled with a grim aura, with undercurrents of slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the formation, all kinds of beings watched the scene inside from afar, their gazes fixed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether Nine Abysses beings or mortal cultivators, everyone turned their heads and held their breath, their minds seized by the shocking sight of the polar confrontation within the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the city wall of Dui Gate Pass, Chu Junyi's feelings at this moment were extremely complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually lured the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall into the Five Directions Great Formation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, because of the presence of the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall, the human cultivators inside the formation might actually have a chance to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Ziyu stretched his neck to look, and after spotting Hua Hongyi among the Demon-Suppressing Army, he immediately sent a voice transmission to Sheng Pengyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally get to see the real Hall Master of Lingguang Hall!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on, let's go ask Hua Hongyi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheng Pengyun looked over, knowing what Meng Ziyu wanted to ask, and did not move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Meng Ziyu saw this, he spoke again: \"What, don't you want to know if the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall is really Hua Changxi?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheng Pengyun: \"...Hua Hongyi might not know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Ziyu rolled his eyes: \"Even if the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall also hid his identity from his family, a person's words and actions can't be changed. If it really is Hua Changxi, Hua Hongyi should be able to see something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheng Pengyun thought for a moment: \"Asking now is too conspicuous. Let's wait until it's over and then find Hua Hongyi to ask.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Meng Ziyu stop saying anything and continue to watch the figure bathed in flames within the Five Directions Great Formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, among the Demon-Suppressing Army not far away, Hua Dalang, whose face showed no emotion, was already in turmoil inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, when word spread that his family's Ninth Girl was the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall, he had scoffed at it, thinking that those who spread such rumors had no brains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment, looking at the red-robed female cultivator with her arms crossed on the fire lotus, he only felt his mind tremble, almost collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The defensive posture of the red-robed female cultivator was almost exactly the same as the stubborn and unruly younger sister in his memory!\u003C\u002Fp>",1153,"2026-05-29T04:11:04.856Z","2026-06-01T04:29:08.487Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","d6e66c3be2867a5c629b77a48e07bcae65fb243c43c26e9fcd48be2544c2e055","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-527","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-525",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-cover.jpg"]