[{"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-500":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},1897274,2531,"Chapter 500: Reverse Reflection","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-500",500,"\u003Cp>The Nine Heavens are a pyramid ascending layer by layer, drawing closer to the Heavenly Dao with each rise; the Nine Netherworlds are a funnel plunging downward, nearing nothingness with each descent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi had never ascended to the Nine Heavens and did not know what spectacle they held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, situated within the Nine Netherworlds, this inverted and chaotic phenomenon filled her with an absurd sense of astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the concepts of up and down were completely overturned; up was down, and heaven was earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those islands suspended overhead were merely illusory mirages; attempting to reach them by flying upward would be futile, for only by falling downward could one possibly touch those islands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi gazed at this eerie space, secretly surmising that this visual dislocation might stem from the reflection of some energy at the abyss's bottom—mirroring the truth beneath the ground onto the illusory firmament above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the floating islands in the sky were as illusory as mirages, they acted like a mirror, reflecting the strict hierarchy of power within the ghost race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through them, one could glimpse the overall strength of the ghost race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One, two, three, four...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaning against the window, Hua Changxi looked up and carefully counted the layers of floating islands on the celestial canopy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the realm beneath her feet was the First Realm of the Nine Netherworlds, then those floating islands a thousand meters high represented the Second Realm of the Nine Netherworlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several thousand meters higher lay the Third Realm of the Nine Netherworlds, where the number of islands had noticeably thinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At an altitude of ten thousand meters corresponded the Fourth Realm of the Nine Netherworlds, where the islands became even more sparse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tens of thousands of meters up was the Fifth Realm of the Nine Netherworlds; in the vast firmament, only dozens of solitary shadows remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above one hundred thousand meters lay the Sixth Realm of the Nine Netherworlds, where a single isolated island hung alone against the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond that, there were no more traces of islands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Nine Netherworlds, the deeper one went, the more turbid and dense the miasma became; those lacking sufficient strength could only remain in the first layer, for rashly plunging into the second layer or lower would cause their bodies to explode from the erosion of the miasma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the same principle as cultivators exploding when unable to withstand dense spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, descending from the First Realm of the Nine Netherworlds also required strength to support it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, only ghosts at the Ghost King realm could reach the Sixth Realm Earth Abyss of the Nine Netherworlds; the Fifth Realm was accessible to those at the Ghost Marshal realm; the Fourth Realm to those at the Ghost General realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second and Third Realms of the Nine Netherworlds had no strict realm restrictions; as long as one dared to fight and kill, even low-ranking ghosts could set foot there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Chi Yan had entered the Ghost Realm Fortress this time to seize territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, what she coveted was never the First Realm of the Nine Netherworlds, but rather the Sixth Realm of the Nine Netherworlds, suspended one hundred thousand meters high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Lady Chi Yan's ambitions, it was time for a second floating island to manifest there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Creak~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main gate of Lady Manor slowly opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A red-clad maid, her face covered by a light veil and carrying a bone lantern, stepped out slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the bone lantern, eerie green ghost flames swayed silently, emitting a light that was not glaring yet radiated a chilling coldness, illuminating everything within a hundred meters around the red-clad maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the range of the lamplight, all ghosts hastily retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After casually closing the manor gate, the red-clad maid swept a indifferent gaze over her surroundings, then set off at a moderate pace toward the most bustling street in the Ghost Realm Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Strange, Lady Chi Yan returned to Lady Manor this time without ringing the Nightmare Bell!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Never mind that; follow that maid! Capture her and search her soul to see what scheme Lady Chi Yan is plotting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bustling noise of the Ghost Realm Fortress was no less than that of a lively market in the human world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering the busy market, the red-clad maid did not stop; she merely tilted her head slightly, glancing sideways at the few sneaky tails behind her, then suddenly turned, her form flashing like a phantom into a deep, secluded alley ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick! Follow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alley connected to alley, resembling a maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-clad maid's speed increased, her red garments carving afterimages in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A quarter of an hour later, when those tracking ghosts panted their way back to the busy street, all they saw was a teeming crowd of ghosts; the red-clad maid was nowhere to be found.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, at the other end of the busy street, a black-clad woman holding a bone flute and wearing a Ghost Chariot mask walked leisurely toward the brightly lit market within the Ghost Realm Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>",842,"2026-06-12T02:51:24.126Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","af4ec72530f65eb007424e6b7b8c6396bc5def94ecce2250aa6d134f632962a1","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-501","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-499",558,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-cover.jpg"]