[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl":3,"chapter-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-188":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Great Jin's Most Iron Rice Bowl",{"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},1896962,2531,"Chapter 188: Karmic Fire Burns","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-188",188,"\u003Cp>Watching Baili Changfeng turn into a human-shaped stone statue in the blink of an eye, Hua Changxi was deeply shaken; before she could react, the woman in white struck again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight fox tails materialized behind her, growing larger as they caught the wind, and simultaneously lashed out at the other eight human-shaped stone statues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, the young cultivator blocked by the other three demonic followers screamed until his eyes nearly burst, roaring, \"Bai Li, the Artifact Saint Palace and your Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox clan are irreconcilable enemies; we will not rest until one of us is dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Li sneered contemptuously; just as the fox tails were about to strike the stone statues, a scorching heat capable of refining heaven and earth blanketed the boundary stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, a white sword beam descended from the sky, slashing lightning-fast toward the back of the woman in white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Li sensed a fatal danger, her face filled with horror; abandoning her attempt to destroy the array eye, she turned to flee, but the sword beam had already arrived, leaving her no choice but to dodge hastily as she could not defend against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piercing scream rang out once more in Tang Gu; this time, four fox tails were severed cleanly, the pain causing Bai Li to lose her human form and revert directly to her true body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a white fox with sleek, glossy fur and not a single stray hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Li looked terror-stricken at the cyan figure hovering outside the boundary stone; the burning pain radiating from her tail base made her instantly realize that this person was the powerful expert from the Tang Bath whom she had awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without even engaging directly, she had already lost five tails; if they were to fight head-on, she would likely have no chance of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing she was outmatched, Bai Li steeled her resolve, bit off one of her own fox tails, flung it into the air, and while manipulating the tail to grow large and long to attack the array eye and distract the cyan-clad expert, she transformed into a streak of white light and sped toward the volcanic crater of Tang Gu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not good, she's trying to escape!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young cultivator entangled by the three demonic followers noticed Bai Li's unusual behavior and immediately shouted a warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi had noticed the moment the white fox severed its own tail; she unleashed her spiritual energy to knock the severed tail away, then watched as the white fox leaped a few times to reach the volcanic crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spatial teleportation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling how one of the demonic followers had previously used a spatial compression divine ability to transfer the other demonic followers and the stone statue army directly above the volcanic crater, Hua Changxi's right hand blazed with spiritual light; the next moment, a fiery palm soared into the air, growing visibly larger at an astonishing speed as it swiftly grabbed toward the white fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside Qianmen Bao, everyone heard the piercing scream of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox once again; just as they were wondering what was happening inside Tang Gu, the figure of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox reappeared at the volcanic crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox still had eight tails; this time, good heavens, only three tails remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as everyone was speculating about which powerful expert had severed six of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox's tails, a massive fiery palm surged out from Tang Gu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the fiery palm chasing her out, Bai Li's face was filled with terror; she waved her remaining three fox tails, desperately slapping the void until space itself trembled and distorted, soon causing a spatial rift to appear in the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the spatial rift appeared, Bai Li rushed toward it at full speed; at that same moment, the fiery palm grabbed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Li could only dodge hastily, struggling to weave through the fingers of the fiery palm while desperately using her fox tails to slap at space, hoping to create more spatial rifts and use their tearing and cutting force to shatter the fiery palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Bai Li's all-out fierce attacks, numerous spatial rifts indeed appeared above the volcanic crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tearing and cutting forces surrounding the spatial rifts made the condensation of the fiery palm unstable, and its index and middle fingers were even sliced off by the rifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the fiery palm unstable, its attack on Bai Li naturally weakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seizing this opportunity, Bai Li rushed swiftly toward the nearest spatial rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the fiery palm could indeed no longer grab Bai Li, but as she darted through its grasp, it ignited one of her fox tails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her tail catch fire, Bai Li tried to extinguish it with her demonic energy, but alas, it simply would not go out; as the flames rapidly spread toward her body, Bai Li could only ruthlessly bite off the burning tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After severing her tail, Bai Li quickly dove into the spatial rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching this scene, the cultivators gathered outside Qianmen Bao all wore expressions of regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox cannot be caught!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the next moment, a scene that baffled everyone occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spot where the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox had already drilled more than half her body into the spatial rift ignited with flames once again at the severed tail stump!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasn't the tail bitten off? Why hasn't the flame extinguished?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only were the cultivators confused, but Bai Li herself could not understand; at this moment, busy drilling into the spatial rift, she paid no heed to anything else, planning to extinguish the flames only after entering the rift and completely escaping the fiery palm's attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Bai Li completely disappear into the spatial rift, everyone thought she had escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, not long after, an even more piercing scream echoed through the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space above the volcanic crater was battered into instability by the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox; through some of the spatial rifts, everyone vaguely saw the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox rolling wildly within, engulfed by red flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of fire is that on the fiery palm? Even severing the tail couldn't extinguish it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivators discussed heatedly; amidst the crowd, Gu Jinfan's eyes flickered constantly—the flames on that Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox were bright red, shaped like lotus flowers...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be the Red Lotus Karmic Fire?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jinfan's heart trembled, and she swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karmic fire uses karmic power as fuel; as long as one carries karmic power, once ignited by the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, it is impossible to extinguish—even if that Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox severed its tail, it could not put out the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the Two Polarities Divine Lamp, which uses the seven emotions and six desires as fuel; as long as emotions and desires remain, once the Yang Flame and Yin Flame are lit, they can never be extinguished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her previous life, people from the Qianyuan Realm manipulated the Two Polarities Divine Lamp to control countless cultivators in the Four Spirit Realms; against this, the Four Spirit Realms had no power to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that someone in the Four Spirit Realms has cultivated the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, there is finally a means to counterbalance the Two Polarities Divine Lamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the void, the screams of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox continued; everyone listened with scalps tingling, then watched as that massive fiery palm quietly retreated back into Tang Gu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jing Le, why do I feel that fiery palm resembles the Palm Buddha Kingdom divine ability of our Buddhist sect?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a corner to the west of Qianmen Bao, several monks gathered together; watching the retreating fiery palm, they discussed in hushed tones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Le did not speak, staring straight at the volcanic crater, her mind recalling the female cultivator who had intervened to save them when they faced crisis at Kunmen Pass earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that female cultivator led them across the Nether River, she had used a fiery palm to deal with the Nether Dragon that blocked their path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the female cultivator who attacked the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox in Tang Gu that same woman?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of Tang Gu, Hua Changxi withdrew her Buddhist Hand divine ability, yet her right palm now held two jade lotus petals, one black and one white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two jade lotus petals had fallen from the spatial rift; they must have belonged to that white fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames she now condensed possessed immense power, capable of burning even a Nascent Soul cultivator to ash, yet these two jade lotus petals showed not the slightest trace of being burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fragments of the Divine Lamp...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi turned over the two jade lotus petals in her hands; she had encountered the black jade petal before, but this white jade petal was her first time seeing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How does one ignite the Yang Flame with the white jade lotus petal?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, the battle on the Boundary Stone Platform continued; knowing it was not the time to investigate the white jade petal, Hua Changxi stored both petals away and flew down to the platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young cultivator fighting three demon attendants possessed great strength; his cultivation had reached the early stage of Infant Transformation, and his physique was formidable, marking him clearly as a body-refining cultivator of no mean degree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That young cultivator had likely fought for too long; his spiritual power was nearly exhausted, and now he was battling solely by relying on his formidable body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon reaching the Boundary Stone Platform, Hua Changxi directly swept out three fire lotuses; the three demon attendants had nowhere to dodge, and after being struck by the fire lotuses, they were quickly incinerated into ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, fellow Daoist, for your assistance; I am Tong Yao, a disciple of the eighty-first generation of the Artifact Sage Palace. If there is ever anything you need in the future, please do not hesitate to command me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young cultivator stepped forward, cupped his fists, and expressed his gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi nodded. \"My surname is Hua.\" Having spoken, she walked quickly toward Xia Yang and Xia Xue, who lay on the platform, barely breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both had suffered severe injuries, had fallen unconscious, and had exhausted their spiritual power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi administered healing pills and spiritual power replenishment pills to them; after confirming they were temporarily out of danger, her gaze fell upon the human-shaped stone statue formed from Baili Changfeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is Fellow Daoist Tong related to Fellow Daoist Baili?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Baili Changfeng's stone statue, Tong Yao's face displayed pain and self-reproach: \"He is my eldest senior brother, the chief disciple of the eighty-first generation of the Artifact Sage Palace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Hua Changxi's expression showed some surprise; she had not expected Baili Changfeng to hold such a high status within the Artifact Sage Palace. To be honest, when she saw Baili Changfeng resolutely use his own body to seal the rift, she had been deeply shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist Baili... why did it come to this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if demon qi leaked out, there might have been other solutions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Hua Changxi's low sigh, Tong Yao offered a bitter smile: \"Eldest Senior Brother has always taken guarding the Artifact Sage Palace and stabilizing the array eye as his own duty; if demon qi were to spread into the human world and cause a calamity, Eldest Senior Brother would never forgive himself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, the reason the demon race managed to infiltrate Tang Gu this time is, ultimately, because problems arose within the Artifact Sage Palace itself; as the person in charge, Eldest Senior Brother must certainly feel deeply responsible in his heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to these words, Hua Changxi thought of Lu Yan; was it not Lu Yan who had brought the demons in?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are the other human-shaped stone statues also formed from people turning to stone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's gaze fell upon the other seventeen human-shaped stone statues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tong Yao's demeanor was somewhat gloomy as he nodded: \"These are all disciples of the Artifact Sage Palace from past generations who sacrificed their bodies to suppress the prison.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi asked: \"Past generations? Has this array eye always been unstable? Has your Artifact Sage Palace's cultivation never been interrupted?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tong Yao explained: \"After the Great Nirvana occurred, the Demon Prison also fell silent; it was only after spiritual qi began to recover that the seal of the Demon Prison loosened, causing the four major array eyes to become unstable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With the sacred lands suppressing the four major array eyes remaining in silence, other powers were needed to suppress the array eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to this explanation, Hua Changxi thought of the Pill Sage Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the center of the Pill Sage Hall's array eye also contain such human-shaped stone statues?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the eighteen human-shaped stone statues before her, Hua Changxi felt complex emotions; there was some admiration, but mostly resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, she had harbored the idea of taking over the Pill Sage Hall and becoming its master; now, knowing that all four sacred lands had to bear such heavy responsibilities, she immediately suppressed that thought deep within her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>",2204,"2026-06-12T02:51:22.172Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","9935d5fd0765fb79f04f8f4fa98bda5f6fb616bf4a3be3c433d82c8c5295f6ef","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-189","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-187",558,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-cover.jpg"]