[{"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-478":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},1897252,2531,"Chapter 478: Review","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-478",478,"\u003Cp>After settling Gongshu Xingyan, Hua Changxi returned to the Lingguang Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon returning to Lingguang Hall, she made no stop, proceeding directly to the Dharma-Transmission Stone Cliff beneath the Dharma-Transmission Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the cliff, crimson magma churned like an enraged dragon, heat waves distorting the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's gaze was cold; lightly tapping her toe, she plunged like a meteor into an abyss, throwing herself entirely into that boiling sea of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, crimson swallowed her figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she entered the magma, she activated the divine ability 'Myriad Fires Paying Homage'; within moments, a massive whirlpool of fire formed around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The originally violent magma immediately transformed into a surging torrent, rushing madly into the whirlpool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within the whirlpool, the turbid dark-red firelight turned into pure, refined crimson-gold streams, which were then rapidly absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst this extreme scorching heat, under the scouring of streams of pure fire spiritual energy, the hidden injuries within Hua Changxi's body were stripped away and burned to ash one by one; newly born flesh and blood shimmered brilliantly under the baptism of firelight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling her body gradually repairing itself, Hua Changxi slowly relaxed her mind, sinking her consciousness completely into the perception of her own form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This injury could be said to be the most severe she had suffered since beginning her cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Punishment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling that domineering, irresistible power of terrifying eradication, she still felt trembling fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The journey through the Ghost Domain was truly hair-raising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the closest she had ever been to the God of Death; life and death hung by a single thread, where the slightest misstep would have meant her soul scattering and spirit vanishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it also greatly broadened her horizons—the primal order must not be violated; once breached, heavenly retribution follows. The Ghost Mother Mountain and the Ghost Infant River were the source lands of the Ghost Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, although the crisis was perilous, the gains were equally great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Securing the Ghost Fire Well was secondary; what truly shook her mind was, first, that the realm barrier which had troubled her for so long had finally shown signs of loosening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since cultivating to the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage, she had seemed trapped within an invisible cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how she circulated her spiritual energy to attempt a breakthrough, a barrier thick as an iron curtain always stood before her, firmly blocking her from the Spirit Platform realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at this moment, that impregnable iron curtain had finally loosened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it had not completely collapsed, the loosening itself was a good sign, letting her see hope of breaking through the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another gain that excited and thrilled her was that within the black flame on her Nascent Soul—which had once left her helpless, clinging like a bone-embedded sore—a white spark had ignited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the white spark was as faint as a bean lamp, seeming ready to be swallowed at any moment by the dense black flames, it had ultimately lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wisp of light swayed unyielding within the embrace of the black flame, signaling that some essential transformation was occurring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, regarding the appearance of the white spark, she felt somewhat baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering the forbidden grounds of the Ghost Domain, starting from seizing the Zhu Que bone, her spirit had remained in a state of high tension, so much so that she hadn't noticed when exactly the white spark had ignited, nor why it had ignited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi carefully recalled everything that had happened in the Ghost Domain's forbidden grounds, feeling it was not much different from other adventures she had experienced before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exact cause had prompted the ignition of the white spark?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi settled her spirit and looked inward, fixing her gaze on the Nascent Soul above her dantian sea of qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, on the chest of that Nascent Soul, a clump of black flame dense as ink sat quietly; within that suffocating pitch-black depth, sporadic white sparks flickered abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to past experience, encountering life-and-death crises and fear would fuel the black flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, after experiencing the bombardment of Heavenly Punishment, the black flame on her Nascent Soul should have grown larger, yet the actual situation was that the black flame had not expanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a few sporadic white sparks were enough to curb the expansion of the black flame!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"White flame...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yang flame...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be the sharp intent of the Floating Light Sword splitting open the Ghost Mother Mountain? No, she had swung her sword countless times in the past, never seeing a white flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps the killing intent of the Karma Fire burning away the Ghost Infant River? Probably not that either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be the seizing of the Zhu Que bone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All such speculations about external forces were rejected by her one by one. Since the black and white flames were flames of desire, their root must lie in the state of mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"State of mind...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The journey to the Ghost Domain had truly caused fluctuations in her state of mind over only two matters: first, Jing Sheng, and second, the Zhu Que Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Sheng, alone by himself, guarded the Ghost Fire Well, unwilling to spare even his own blood and qi; hundreds of Zhu Que Army soldiers, to maintain the unbreaking 'Zhu Que Suppressing the Prison', resolutely chose collective sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their determination to sacrifice life for righteousness shocked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, witnessing the Zhu Que Army being living-sacrificed by the ghost race, towering rage rose within her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi frowned slightly, a trace of doubt flashing in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This indignation and urgency based on camaraderie was merely human common sense, a natural instinctive reaction. In the past, facing similar scenes, her reactions had been much the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ignition of the white flame might be related to a shift in state of mind, but it should not be the main factor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white flame could curb the expansion of the black flame; the two clearly possessed aspects of opposition and constraint. If fear fueled the black flame, could what ignited the white flame be regarded as 'fearlessness'?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fearlessness...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two words crossed her mind, immediately stirring shock within Hua Changxi's heart, and also bringing her back to the state of mind she held while saving the Zhu Que Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, her eyes held only the two words 'save people'; she had no time to weigh or consider anything else, utterly disregarding fear, with only the responsibility of saving people as the commander of the Zhu Que Army remaining in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, was it a fearless heart of responsibility that ignited the white flame?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if it was about responsibility and duty, she asked herself if she hadn't achieved that during ordinary times as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, when the artifact saint palace's barrier exploded, she had treated the injured for free, fulfilling a healer's duty; similarly, with the revival of the Pill Saint Hall and the growth of the Lingguang Hall's Zhu Que Army, when facing problems and obstacles, she had always borne responsibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why, during those times, had the white flame not ignited?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was there any difference between those moments and the state of mind she held while saving people in the Ghost Domain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time slipped away slowly as Hua Changxi pondered the yin and yang flames; until her injuries were completely repaired and her dantian sea of qi was refilled with surging spiritual energy, she still had not figured out the specific trigger for the white flame's ignition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she could confirm that the white flame definitely had some connection to responsibility and duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's body had returned to its original state, her expression relaxed, while the aura surrounding her grew even more imposing due to the tri-colored lotus flickering within her dantian and qi sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having refined the electric dragon formed from the power of heavenly punishment, her dantian and qi sea now possessed a subtle difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of her qi sea, three lotus flowers of different colors sometimes solidified into bloom and other times faded into illusion, emitting a breathtaking beauty mixed with danger that made one's heart tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red lotus, crimson as blood, was Zhu Que's blazing flame dancing wildly; the green lotus, dark as the netherworld, was ghost fire flowing eerily; the silver lotus, shimmering like lightning, was thunder fire condensing and erupting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These three strands of violent power, which should have repelled each other, now intertwined, constructing a perfect and delicate balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tri-colored fire lotuses rotated slowly, and with every revolution, they stirred up layers of terrifying energy ripples, as if ready to incinerate all things at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>",1449,"2026-06-12T02:51:24.126Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","595fa5f3e844739af43885cce274a6e1e81f90c69f8b994914413182604de7a6","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-479","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-477",558,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-cover.jpg"]