[{"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-402":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},1897176,2531,"Chapter 402: Phoenix Dance Across the Nine Heavens","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-402",402,"\u003Cp>In the Wutong Forest, upon learning that the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall had arrived, Princess Zhaohuang and the five Fire Phoenixes all wore expressions of extreme ugliness and solemnity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Zhaohuang looked at the five Fire Phoenixes: \"This time, every beast your Phoenix clan dispatched was slaughtered by the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall. Now that she has come, are you prepared to help me, or will you simply hand over the Wutong Forest to her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five Fire Phoenixes exchanged glances, their eyes churning with deep unwillingness and hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xuan, a Fire Phoenix at the Spirit Platform realm, looked at Princess Zhaohuang: \"It would be better for you to help us than for us to help you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although the degree of ancestral return in your Phoenix bloodline is quite high, regarding the purity of the bloodline, not one of us five can be compared to by you alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking thus, he looked toward the smallest Fire Phoenix.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Feng Yao possesses the purest Phoenix bloodline within her; it is merely that her realm is too low. If you and the four of us channel our bloodline power into her, we can certainly help her ignite the Phoenix Spirit Fire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once Feng Yao ignites the Phoenix Spirit Fire and activates the Phoenix Totem, she will be able to unleash the divine ability 'Phoenix Dance Across the Nine Heavens.' At that time, she will definitely be able to resonate with the Nine-Heavens Phoenix Cry Zither.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, a flash of annoyance crossed Princess Zhaohuang's eyes, but she patiently said: \"Do you think the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall will allow the five of you to leave alive?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am, after all, a human cultivator; there are still many other human cultivators within the Wutong Forest. The Hall Master of Lingguang Hall cannot possibly kill everyone, but as for you five, do you think she will spare you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words, the five Fire Phoenixes fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the five Phoenixes were unwilling to aid her, Princess Zhaohuang grew extremely anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, she desired to become the Master of the Wutong Forest; on the other, the Prince of Shou was her full brother, cruelly killed by the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall, and she truly wished to rush out immediately to avenge him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you are unwilling to help me, then simply hand over the Wutong Forest to the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words struck a nerve with the five Phoenixes; they were one hundred percent unwilling to let the Wutong Forest fall into the hands of the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xuan looked at Princess Zhaohuang: \"Even if we help you, you may not necessarily be able to resonate with the Nine-Heavens Phoenix Cry Zither.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the five Phoenixes had softened slightly, Princess Zhaohuang immediately said: \"That is exactly why I need your help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xuan frowned: \"How do you want us to help you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Zhaohuang replied: \"First, transfer your bloodline power to me; second, teach me the divine ability 'Phoenix Dance Across the Nine Heavens'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the five Phoenixes simultaneously darkened their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transferring some bloodline power was one thing, but 'Phoenix Dance Across the Nine Heavens' was an inherited divine ability of the Phoenix clan; how could they possibly transmit it to a human?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet they also knew that without mastering 'Phoenix Dance Across the Nine Heavens,' Princess Zhaohuang would likely be unable to even pluck the strings of the Nine-Heavens Phoenix Cry Zither.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Zhaohuang observed the expressions of the five Phoenixes and pressed on: \"I understand the importance of inherited divine abilities; were it not for the imminent great enemy, I would never have made such an excessive request.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now, we have no other choice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Wutong Forest falls into the hands of the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall, you will certainly die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, if you are willing to help me and assist me in becoming the Master of the Wutong Forest, your crisis can be resolved immediately. At that time, even if the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall wishes to enter the Wutong Forest, she must first obtain my permission.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the five Phoenixes still refused to nod in agreement, Princess Zhaohuang could only raise the stakes further: \"Rest assured, once I become the Master of the Wutong Forest, I will absolutely not treat you poorly. Regarding this, I can swear a Heart-Demon Oath.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Feng Xuan finally spoke: \"Very well, swear the Heart-Demon Oath now: once you become the Master of the Wutong Forest, you must share the usage rights of the Wutong Forest equally with the Phoenix clan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once you have sworn this oath, we will help you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xuan's condition was simply extortionate; under any other circumstances, Zhaohuang would never have agreed, but now, with the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall drawing near, she had no time to haggle with the five Phoenixes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, I will swear it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Princess Zhaohuang swore the Heart-Demon Oath, Feng Xuan, sensing that the terrifying aura outside the Wutong Forest was drawing ever closer, said anxiously: \"The spatial rifts probably cannot hold back the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall for much longer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I fear that before you have even learned 'Phoenix Dance Across the Nine Heavens,' she will already have entered.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Princess Zhaohuang snorted coldly: \"You only need to devote your full efforts to helping me; I have a way to disrupt the spatial rifts, preventing her from entering for a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disrupt the spatial rifts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing these words, the expressions of the five Phoenixes changed; in their hearts, they thought that humans were not only cruel to demon beasts but equally so to their own kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew that within the spatial rifts, there were still many human cultivators struggling to cross, attempting to enter the Wutong Forest in search of opportunities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the spatial rifts were disrupted, these people would certainly die without doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The region of spatial rifts surrounding the Wutong Forest acted like a moat, firmly protecting the Wutong Forest in its center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spatial rifts, like hideous scars, spread everywhere, turning this territory into a disturbed void hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after venturing deep inside did Hua Changxi finally understand why, over the past ten years, no one had managed to seize the Wutong Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the trials within the Wutong Forest itself; merely crossing this outer region of spatial rifts was enough to give any cultivator a severe headache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of these spatial rifts were as fine as hair, silently slicing through light and reducing anything that brushed past them to powder; others were wide like swamps of varying sizes, filled with churning chaotic currents that emitted a terrifying suction capable of devouring all things; still others appeared and disappeared intermittently, like lurking venomous snakes, ready to burst open beside you at any moment for a fatal strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone ordinary cultivators; even Hua Changxi, who had cultivated her physical body to the seventh realm, had to be careful while walking through here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her robes fluttered loudly, tossed about by the chaotic energy currents; relying on her mastery of the spatial 'Split' character principle, Hua Changxi avoided spatial rifts both large and small, and even those hidden rifts that appeared suddenly were anticipated and dodged by her in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she ventured deeper, she saw many broken branches and severed limbs, left behind by those cultivators who had attempted to enter the Wutong Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, she also sensed that within the region filled with spatial rifts, there were still many cultivators moving with great difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this, Hua Changxi did not pay much attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as when she arrived at the Wutong Forest and told the cultivators gathered outside not to waste time lingering, yet they simply refused to leave, leaving her with no other choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, Hua Changxi's passage was relatively smooth, but as she walked on, the space suddenly exhibited obvious fluctuations; originally tiny rifts suddenly expanded, large rifts turned into black holes, and silently blooming rifts appeared in increasing numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screams of agony rose one after another, many voices cutting off abruptly the moment they sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zi~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slender, blade-like rift quietly appeared, touching Hua Changxi's arm and emitting a heart-palpitating grinding sound; blinding sparks erupted from her jade-white arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at her arm, her brows knitting together; this kind of rapidly changing, completely unanticipated bursting of rifts was the most dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, she quickly dodged the rift, and not even a mark was left on her arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The physical strength of a seventh-realm body refinement practitioner was no joke; rifts of this level could not harm her at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, another rift appeared silently beside her neck, its sharp intent piercing straight through her divine soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Clang~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fissure capable of severing the divine soul was directly shattered by the qi and blood force naturally emanating from her neck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body nowadays could already rival armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi felt the fluctuations in the air growing increasingly violent, and her expression gradually sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally, regions where spatial fissures appear, even if somewhat unstable, would not exhibit such massive fluctuations, unless... someone was deliberately disrupting this space!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi cast her gaze toward the depths of the Wutong Forest; those inside probably did not want her to venture any deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screams of agony continued to ring out intermittently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's eyes turned cold; she circulated her spiritual power, causing a fire lotus to bloom beneath her feet, while fire spiritual power, rippling like water waves, began surging toward her from all directions, with the densest concentration flying out from within the Wutong Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lotus grew with the wind, expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye, as petals of flame radiated outward from Hua Changxi at the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever the lotus petals passed, the twisting space instantly stabilized; indeed, under the illumination of the firelight, some spatial fissures even showed signs of healing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The timely blooming of the fire lotus allowed many cultivators who were originally certain to die to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This space has been disrupted; those who do not wish to die, leave immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi issued her warning once more, then neither dodged nor evaded, allowing the spatial fissures to slice at her as she strode boldly toward the Wutong Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All attacks could only leave fleeting marks upon her body or splash forth brilliant sparks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the entire process, Hua Changxi employed no spells or divine abilities, relying solely on her physical defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was also eager to test just how formidable her physical body had become.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The path of the physical body, which relies on absolute strength and the manipulation of the power of laws to contend with the world, indeed did not disappoint Hua Changxi; when she stepped out of the region of spatial fissures and stood at the entrance of the Wutong Forest, the slight surging of qi and blood around her body dispersed the last trace of adhering void energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames within the Wutong Forest illuminated her unblemished skin, which flowed with a faint divine radiance, as if she had just traversed something far from a deadly trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi gazed coldly into the depths of the Wutong Forest, gathering firelight in her hand, where a flowing, iridescent fire axe was rapidly taking shape.\u003C\u002Fp>",1911,"2026-06-12T02:51:24.126Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","654d3e9a5a122d0e86bc29284882f116b7499ece6b5186173ec9b5fd1f51148e","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-403","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-401",558,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-cover.jpg"]