[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-129":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Treasure Immortal Basin",{"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},2355312,4608,"Chapter 129: Level Eleven, Cultivation Family","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-129",129,"\u003Cp>There’s nothing to think about!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng directly tossed the Water Elemental Spirit Apricot into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chewed lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A burst of fragrant aroma exploded in his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This taste is exquisite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s like eating a celestial fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, He Pingsheng had thought that eating the Water Elemental Spirit Apricot would unleash boundless spiritual energy for him to absorb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he overestimated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the flesh flowed into his abdomen, yet no sensation of qi arose within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, miraculously, He Pingsheng felt a powerful force surge forth from his dantian, like a raging flood, violently rushing along his meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three times!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few breaths, he felt a certain constraint within his body suddenly shatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flesh barrier broke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Refining Level Eleven, achieved effortlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was that simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since his cultivation base has reached Level Eleven, he can now enhance the other four dantians as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only the dantians, but his Spirit Refinement and Body Refinement can also be upgraded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng sat cross-legged again and began his quiet cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he knew it, two more years had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised all five dantians, along with his Spirit Refinement and Body Refinement, to Level Eleven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped out of the small courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng stood beside the cliff, gazing at the endless sea of clouds before him, his brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How should he proceed from here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he merely sat in quiet meditation from now on, he feared he would be unable to advance further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must descend the mountain and seek opportunities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he cannot find an opportunity, he truly will not break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But where could he find such an opportunity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little brother, Master said you’ve emerged from seclusion—hurry to Yuning Palace, she has something to tell you!” Tian Xiaoqing appeared before He Pingsheng without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng was startled: “You’re at Level Twelve too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm…” Tian Xiaoqing sighed softly, “I broke through to Level Eleven a year ago, then swallowed the Water Elemental Spirit Apricot you gave me and reached Level Twelve!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Later, I swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I didn’t have the same fortune as Sister Zhao or Brother Xu—I never ascended to Foundation Establishment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh!” He Pingsheng rubbed his forehead and said, “Um… I still have two Foundation Establishment Pills. How about…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not yet!” Tian Xiaoqing smiled. “Actually, I’ve already swallowed three Foundation Establishment Pills—none worked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her smile was bitter. “I’m waiting. Maybe the opportunity hasn’t come yet. Even if I swallowed another now, it’d likely be wasted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have a feeling.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If swallowing multiple Foundation Establishment Pills hasn’t broken the barrier, then waiting is all that’s left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait for the opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he’ll break through in three or five years. Maybe in thirty or fifty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps he never will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the fate of most people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng could refine top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills. Theoretically, giving one to Tian Xiaoqing would allow her to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after thinking it over, He Pingsheng decided not to give it to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His bond with Tian Xiaoqing wasn’t deep enough. If it were a high-grade pill, giving it wouldn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a top-grade pill is different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the incident with Yuning, He Pingsheng couldn’t be sure Tian Xiaoqing wouldn’t speak out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she did, trouble would be immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cultivation world, there is such a thing as the “Heavenly Oath.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just swear an oath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it doesn’t work on low-level disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Oath is a rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And cultivation rules are only accessible to Nascent Soul cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the Heavenly Oath only binds those at Nascent Soul level or above—it has no effect on Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, or Golden Core cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why, when the sect investigated whether He Pingsheng had killed Linglong and Yude, they didn’t make him swear an oath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it’s useless for low-level disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I’ll go see Master first. I wish you breakthrough soon, Sister!” He Pingsheng said. “If you need a Foundation Establishment Pill, I still have two—one low-grade, one mid-grade!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whenever you want, I’ll give it to you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, He Pingsheng left immediately, heading toward Yuning Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array at the entrance of Yuning Palace opened sequentially.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng walked inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Disciple greets Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bowed to Yuning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuning nodded. “Don’t bow to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come here—I have a task for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng stepped before his Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master said: “Didn’t your senior brother Hou Muxian break through to Foundation Establishment a few years ago?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” He Pingsheng nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though inwardly he wondered: ever since hearing his senior brother broke through, he’d never seen him again—where did that guy disappear to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely speaking, since emerging from the secret realm, he’d barely seen him—eight years now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, Hou Muxian is from the cultivation family Hou Clan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Hou Clan has ties with our Grand Void Gate—his ancestor was once an Elder of Grand Void Gate, a disciple of our Supreme Elder, Grand Void Ancestor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The current head of the Hou Clan has entered a life-or-death bottleneck, hoping to break through to the Golden Core realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So all responsibilities of the Hou Clan now rest on your senior brother’s shoulders.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And in a few days, it will be your senior brother’s wedding day. You will represent me, and represent Xiuzhu Peak, to deliver a wedding gift.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, Yuning handed He Pingsheng a jade box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng took the jade box. “Yes… May I ask where the Hou Clan is located?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuning said: “Not far from Grand Void Gate. I have a map here—if you ride a crane, you’ll arrive in about two hours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng glanced at the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Muxian’s Hou Clan was quite distant from Grand Void Gate, but closer to a sect called the Beast Taming Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His wedding is in three days,” Yuning added. “You may leave early or depart on the day itself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just deliver the gift to him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once the task is done, do as you please.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go early, return early!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” He Pingsheng nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuning asked: “Did you eat the Water Elemental Spirit Apricot?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” He Pingsheng said. “My talent is too low—I hit a bottleneck at Qi Refining Level Ten, so I had no choice but to swallow the apricot to force a level increase.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuning said: “Don’t force anything. When the opportunity comes, it will come.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng walked out of Yuning Palace holding the jade box, yet his heart was filled with deep confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng walked out of Yuning Palace with the jade box, yet his mind was filled with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Muxian is the senior disciple of Xiuzhu Peak’s Yuning Palace. As Master, shouldn’t Yuning go herself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this is her disciple’s great joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more—Master’s attitude suggested I am the only one going to offer congratulations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This makes even less sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s understandable if others don’t go, but shouldn’t the rest of the senior brothers go together?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, among the nine senior brothers, the other eight should all go!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Master should go even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s strange, very strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng couldn’t fathom the social nuances behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>",1200,"2026-06-21T04:08:57.694Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5e97889a1fe9d399b636266e7047e42a5803900ffc8aaec82d3cad152dabe0d1","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-130","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-128",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]