[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-qinghe-song-clan":3,"chapter-the-qinghe-song-clan-the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-221":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Qinghe Immortal Clan",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1927476,2615,"Chapter 221: Thunder-Controlling Talisman","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-221",221,"\u003Cp>Following this, cultivators from other sects such as the Carefree Sect, Fire-Fusion Sect, and Profound Moon Sect arrived at the edge of the Twilight Heaven Gorge one after another, with little time between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Twilight Heaven Gorge stretched for over a thousand miles. After arriving at the gorge, the various sects occupied different positions, seemingly each having their own territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Liu Zongping, they had been testing the condition of the barrier below from the edge of the gorge, waiting for the barrier's power to weaken. However, unlike the people from the Starry Sky Gate, each major sect had its own unique methods—some utilized their own hidden secret arts, while others operated special spirit talismans or puppet beasts. For a time, the once-tranquil Twilight Heaven Gorge became extremely lively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, after five or six days, the barrier below the gorge finally began to weaken slowly. Upon discovering this, the various families immediately began to take action, ready to pass through the barrier and enter the inner gorge at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first to enter the gorge were the Starry Sky Gate cultivators who had arrived first. After two consecutive tests, Liu Zongping put away the remaining paper cranes in his hand and shouted loudly to the many fellow disciples beside him who had been waiting in great anticipation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come to me, everyone! Prepare to set off!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zongping took out a white jade talisman and used it to form a massive white protective barrier, enclosing all the Starry Sky Gate disciples within it. He then led everyone as they flew down toward the depths of the Twilight Heaven Gorge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a cave a hundred miles from the gorge, the red-clothed woman who had visited the gorge first gazed at a bronze mirror before her. The mirror displayed the scene of Liu Zongping and the other Starry Sky Gate disciples entering the gorge. Upon seeing this, a faint smile slowly appeared on the red-clothed woman's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the power of the barrier in the Twilight Heaven Gorge weakened, the white mist below also thinned slightly, making it possible to see some of the surrounding cliff walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Led by Liu Zongping, the Starry Sky Gate group descended rapidly. After passing through the white mist above the gorge, the group fell into the depths of the gorge and was immediately plunged into darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, several beams of white light suddenly illuminated the pitch-black darkness. Before anyone could react, a heaven-shaking boom erupted, and a bolt of lightning as thick as a bowl struck the white protective barrier they had erected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being struck by the lightning, the white barrier shook a few times, immediately sparking a shower of white electric sparks that briefly illuminated the pitch-black space nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been struck by such a powerful bolt of lightning, the Starry Sky Gate disciples inside the barrier were also given a fright. If not for the protection of the barrier, most of them would likely have perished on the spot from such a fierce lightning strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they had blocked the blow, the people inside the barrier were still left swaying by the thunder, nearly losing their footing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they could even catch their breath, several more even more powerful white lightning bolts struck down toward the barrier. This time, the faces of some Starry Sky Gate cultivators inside turned ashen with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the combined power of the consecutive lightning strikes had left those inside feeling dizzy and disoriented, the barrier supported by the white jade talisman outside held firm against the attacks, preventing those inside from suffering much harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the barrier's defensive capability was so strong, the Starry Sky Gate members gradually set their minds at ease. They couldn't help but become curious about what kind of treasure the jade talisman in Senior Brother Liu's hand was, to be able to withstand such formidable lightning power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The treasure Liu Zongping had brought out was personally handed to him by the Jin Dan Elder leading the Starry Sky Gate before entering the secret realm. This item was called the Thunder-Controlling Talisman, a highly formidable second-tier high-grade defensive magic treasure. It was particularly effective against the kind of lightning found within the gorge's barrier, and it was their greatest reliance for ensuring they could enter the inner gorge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several lightning strikes, the group grew accustomed to the scene of flashing lightning and rolling thunder in the depths of the gorge and gradually relaxed. However, before they could rejoice for too long, lightning began to flash nearby again, and even more terrifying lightning bolts struck toward them once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a sand dune in the northwest of the secret realm, a young man wearing a bamboo hat was walking quickly alone. The young man carefully observed his surroundings as he walked; in this perilous secret realm, few people dared to act alone like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After half an hour, the young man finally walked out of the sand dunes and arrived at a patch of grassland. He happily took off his bamboo hat, revealing a very refined face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person was Song Qingming, who had been acting together with the Huang family members since entering the secret realm. It was just unclear why he had appeared here all by himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sitting down to rest for a while at the edge of the grassland, Song Qingming took a half-foot-long golden feather out of his storage bag to look at it, then put it away and changed direction to continue his journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time returned to half a day ago. Song Qingming and Huang Shengxin were happily preparing on a plain to seize two second-tier spirit herbs from several second-tier Green Ox demons ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Green Ox demons had mediocre divine abilities and were not difficult to deal with. As long as no one came to cause trouble, it was basically a sure thing for the four of them to obtain the spirit herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the group was discussing and planning how to obtain the spirit herbs more easily, Song Qingming, who was sitting to the side, suddenly felt a strange fluctuation of spiritual power coming from his body, causing his expression to change instantly and his nerves to tighten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finding an excuse, Song Qingming walked to the side to carefully investigate. Only then did he discover that the source of the disturbance was the strange five-colored feather that Fire Phoenix had given him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the feather that had sent the signal, Song Qingming felt a headache. They had already been inside for over ten days, and Song Qingming and the Huang family members had already found quite a few spirit items in the secret realm, which had almost made him forget Fire Phoenix's instructions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having not received any news from Fire Phoenix for so long, Song Qingming felt more and more that his guess was correct: that arrogant Fire Phoenix likely hadn't managed to sneak into the secret realm directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this was the territory of the human race. When he entered the secret realm that day, Song Qingming had personally felt it; there were five or six Jin Dan-level cultivators present at the scene alone. As a demon beast, if Fire Phoenix dared to appear there, even if she were truly a Demon Emperor, it would be very difficult to escape the eyes of the human Jin Dan cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, he had entered according to their agreement. If Fire Phoenix couldn't get in herself and hadn't informed him in advance, she shouldn't blame him, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when Song Qingming thought he could slowly drift along with the Huang family members until the secret realm ended, he didn't expect that Fire Phoenix would have sent him a message not long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>",1304,"2026-06-14T03:09:35.509Z","2026-06-18T03:34:23.509Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","ff61b0e3b8ba1e9fac7c4816b50aa664f2b2194b2f5089fc707ee496deb624d9","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-222","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-220",846,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-qinghe-song-clan-cover.jpg"]