[{"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-324":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},1897098,2531,"Chapter 324: A History of Great Jin's Development","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-324",324,"\u003Cp>Whether the opportunity to become an Emperor is possessed only by native beings of the Four Continents, or if beings from the Central Continent also have it, Yan Zhenzhen and Jingliao could not answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not that they did not want to answer, but that they did not know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi had only asked casually; seeing that neither offered a direct response, she smiled and cast the question aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the three arrived outside the camp of Dixiu Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Guiyi was reading Buddhist sutras; seeing Jingliao lead Hua Changxi and Yan Zhenzhen into the tent, he asked with a smile, \"Has the demonic qi of those people been purified?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leading Hua Changxi and Yan Zhenzhen to pay their respects, Jingliao shook his head and said, \"It has only been temporarily suppressed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Guiyi's face showed surprise: \"Did some accident occur?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although those people were all Nascent Soul cultivators, the monks dispatched by Xiangguo Temple and Dixiu Temple possessed cultivation realms no lower than theirs, and were all well-versed in Buddhist teachings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By rights, they should have been able to purify the demonic qi those people had inhaled into their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jingliao's expression turned grave: \"Yin flames have been ignited within the bodies of those people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Master Guiyi sighed and asked no further questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at the two and asked, \"Is there a significant difference between having ignited Yin flames and not having ignited them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Hua Changxi's inquiry, Master Guiyi turned to look at her, and Jingliao also looked over: \"Master, Benefactor Hua Changxi has sought an audience this time specifically to consult you regarding her inability to ignite Yang flames.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Guiyi smiled: \"It seems that regarding the Divine Lamp and the matters of Yin and Yang flames, Young Friend Hua knows very little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need to hide this matter; Hua Changxi nodded in admission: \"Yes, much of what I know about the Divine Lamp and the black and white flames comes from hearing bits and pieces here and there; many things remain a blur to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Guiyi then looked at Yan Zhenzhen: \"Does Young Friend Yan understand the matters concerning the Divine Lamp?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Zhenzhen replied, \"I did read accounts regarding the fall of the Divine Lamp in the library of the Array Saint Sect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for possessing the Shennong Cauldron and inheriting Shennong's pill-refining legacy, she likely would never have had the chance to meet people like Jingliao and Yan Zhenzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention others; even in terms of the information she possessed, she lagged far behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And such information gaps are, to a large extent, the key to success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Guiyi nodded and looked at Jingliao: \"Jingliao, you explain the matters of the Divine Lamp to Young Friend Hua.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jingliao nodded, turned to Hua Changxi, and said, \"Speaking of the Divine Lamp, one must mention the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over a thousand years ago, during the late period of the previous dynasty, Shenzhou—that is, the Central Continent—experienced an unprecedented massive earthquake, which was caused by the fall of the Divine Lamp from beyond the heavens.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, the royal family of the previous dynasty had reached its end; princes were in chaos, and various forces rose in rebellion, among which was the Chu family army led by Emperor Taizu of Chu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among the many forces vying for supremacy, the momentum of the Chu family army was actually not great, but Emperor Taizu of Chu was fortunate; he found a Divine Lamp two feet tall, burning with black and white dual flames.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Possessing the Divine Lamp, Emperor Taizu of Chu seemed aided by gods, attracting various forces to follow him eagerly; within a few years, he pacified the turmoil and founded the Great Jin Dynasty, whose imperial reign lasted nearly a thousand years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pausing here, Jingliao continued, \"The matter of Emperor Taizu of Chu finding the Divine Lamp was not kept secret very well; after the founding of Great Jin, many legends about the Divine Lamp began to circulate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among local warlords, it was said that whoever obtains the Divine Lamp can gain the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the martial arts world, it was rumored that whoever obtains the Divine Lamp can cultivate peerless martial arts and dominate the jianghu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If these were merely vague and elusive rumors, they would have vanished over time, but unfortunately...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jingliao sighed, and Yan Zhenzhen took up the thread: \"Unfortunately, the Divine Lamp truly possessed divine power that mortals desperately sought.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because they frequently worshipped the Divine Lamp, Emperor Taizu of Chu and the Chu family army that had always followed him to conquer the world both saw their martial prowess surge dramatically.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Previously, martial artists could at most possess slightly greater strength and some clever techniques, being only a little stronger than ordinary people; the strongest among them could merely refine their fist and foot skills to the extreme, capable of defeating ten men alone, which was considered the absolute limit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, with the Divine Lamp, the Chu family army could scale walls and walk on roofs, split stone tablets and crack boulders with ease; most importantly, they cultivated true qi and internal force, and could even project true qi externally to manipulate objects and protect their bodies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the early days of Great Jin's founding, the borders were still somewhat unstable; during a battle against the Xiongnu in the north, the commanding general, in order to save a Prince who had come to supervise the battle, smashed a stone mountain with a single punch while evading pursuit by the Xiongnu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After that, various rumors concerning the Divine Lamp could no longer be controlled, and the covetousness of all parties toward the Divine Lamp continued to accumulate in the shadows.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi listened with great interest; according to her understanding, after obtaining the Divine Lamp, under the catalysis of its divine power, Great Jin advanced from a low-martial stage to a high-martial stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jingliao continued, \"Seeing that the matter of the Divine Lamp possessing divine power could no longer be concealed, Emperor Taizu of Chu decided to go all the way and directly designated the Divine Lamp as the Great Jin's national treasure, enshrining it in the Wuliang Hall within the palace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With the Divine Lamp in the hands of the royal family, outsiders who wished to obtain it had no power to seize it from them and could only spy from the shadows.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the first five hundred years of Great Jin, the Divine Lamp remained enshrined in the imperial palace, until...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the five hundredth year since the founding of Great Jin, a group of priests calling themselves Guardians of the Divine Lamp appeared outside the imperial palace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Emperor at that time received them and even kept them residing within the imperial palace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Zhenzhen interjected, \"Someone left behind notes stating that those priests were cultivators from the outside world, and the Emperor at that time kept them to inquire about matters of immortal cultivation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jingliao nodded: \"Initially, the royal family and those priests got along reasonably well, but in less than a year, the royal family and that group erupted into an earth-shattering great war over the ownership of the Divine Lamp.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was during that battle that the Divine Lamp was destroyed; its seventy-two lotus petals were shattered and scattered in all directions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi asked in confusion, \"Since those priests were cultivators, how could the members of the royal family possibly be their match?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Zhenzhen explained, \"Because of the realm's restrictions, at that time, cultivators from the outside world entering the Four Spirits Realm could not utilize spiritual power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Due to the Divine Lamp, the royal family had cultivated a large number of Grandmasters; when facing cultivators who could not use spiritual power, these Grandmasters not only had the power to fight but could even suppress them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is said that only a few individuals from that group managed to escape alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although the Divine Lamp was destroyed, the royal family obtained cultivation manuals from those priests and embarked on the path of cultivation; simultaneously, the royal family issued a secret arrest order to hunt down those who had escaped.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That group was never completely eradicated; they even founded a sect, the renowned Asura Sect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After the Asura Sect was established, it specifically opposed the royal family, assassinating several royal relatives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting until Yan Zhenzhen paused, Jingliao continued, \"Fragments of the Divine Lamp scattered everywhere, some picked up by people, others falling into forests and mountains; from then on, the entire Great Jin was thoroughly transformed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For mortal beings, a single petal of the Divine Lamp possessed supreme divine power!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those in the imperial court who obtained a Divine Lamp petal could control others; martial artists in the jianghu who obtained a petal saw their martial arts surge and became invincible; wild beasts in the mountains that obtained a petal saw their strength and size increase dramatically, advancing into ferocious beasts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After that, Great Jin ushered in an unprecedented flourishing era of martial arts, as well as a turbulent age of rampaging ferocious beasts never seen in previous dynasties.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Zhenzhen interjected again, \"Elders of the Sacred Lands have once deduced that the scattering of Divine Lamp fragments had profound effects; to a certain extent, it loosened the realm's seal and accelerated the recovery of spiritual qi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi nodded in understanding; the destruction of the Divine Lamp and the scattering of its fragments directly caused this realm to advance from the high-martial stage to the immortal cultivation stage, hastening the recovery of spiritual qi in the realm.\u003C\u002Fp>",1613,"2026-06-12T02:51:23.636Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","9d1c985a815c24cb5562ccb1d25208f4a98f8aca998ac6183b5ca093b86be28a","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-325","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-323",558,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-cover.jpg"]