[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-142":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},2355325,4608,"Chapter 142: Grand Void","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-142",142,"\u003Cp>“Disciple Xiao Chongyang pays homage to my Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Chongyang bowed respectfully with both hands before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng felt a very strange sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is my own ancestral master—now he’s standing at the entrance of the Grand Void Divine Palace, calling himself ‘Xiao Chongyang’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come in—you two are the last ones missing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice, extremely aged, echoed from within the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden light membrane at the entrance of the Grand Void Divine Palace opened a passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, several arrays inside sequentially activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng followed Master Chongyang slowly into the Grand Void Hall; for some reason, once inside, his anxiety lessened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the hall, He Pingsheng felt the light suddenly dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lighting here was much darker than outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hall was vast, spotlessly clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black floor resembled water, nearly reflecting the shadows of objects upon it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint scent of sandalwood drifted through, bringing a sense of calm to the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though less anxious, He Pingsheng still dared not breathe loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before arriving, his Master had instructed him not to look around carelessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng didn’t ask; Yu Ning didn’t say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you staring at the ground?” the aged voice spoke again. “Are there flowers on the floor?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng was startled: Is this asking me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can’t be!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be asking Master Chongyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, I’m just a minor figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the voice spoke again: “Hey… I’m talking to you, He kid!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng shuddered and immediately looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him stood a golden-lit high-backed chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chair rested atop three steps in the center of the hall; inside sat an elderly man, tall yet extremely thin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man’s hair, beard, and eyebrows were all white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, his eyebrows hung down to halfway across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wrinkles on his face resembled tree bark, layered and deep, radiating profound age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his eyes gleamed sharply, radiating piercing, venomous light like a blade capable of cutting through the soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you afraid?” the old man asked He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before He Pingsheng could even glance around, he quickly bowed: “Respected Supreme Elder, your disciple is not afraid!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He guessed this old man was surely the Supreme Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not the Supreme Elder, who else would speak like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re not afraid, why keep staring at the ground?” Grand Void asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng took a deep breath and said: “Before coming, my Master instructed me that upon entering the Grand Void Divine Palace, I must not look around carelessly—I must behave properly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forgive me, but I’m using your name as a shield for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph…” Grand Void Ancestor blew out a breath, making his beard flutter. “Stuck in ancient ways—your Master’s a blockhead. Wait… who exactly is your Master?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before He Pingsheng could speak, Master Chongyang quickly answered: “Master, he is my third, unworthy disciple, Yu Ning!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh!” Grand Void Ancestor said. “That girl… I saw her once over a hundred years ago—she was just a child. Now she’s taken a disciple?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!” Master Chongyang replied cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grand Void Ancestor’s gaze fell again on He Pingsheng. “Fine. Today, I grant you special permission—you may look wherever you wish!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be restrained!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Ancestor!” He Pingsheng bowed, no longer holding back—he glanced around. He didn’t realize until he looked that… he was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room had been hiding so many people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Grand Void Ancestor, there was Xuan Yang, the Golden Core cultivator from the Internal Affairs Hall; Hong Elder from the Enforcement Hall; and two others He Pingsheng had never met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one could infer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Master Chongyang, Xuan Yang, and Hong Elder were all Golden Core cultivators, the other two must be Great Golden Core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Disciple He Pingsheng, pays homage to several Senior Uncles and Senior Grand Uncles…” He Pingsheng didn’t know what to call them, but as long as he didn’t misplace the rank, he bowed to all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehehehe…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did He Pingsheng understand what Grand Void Ancestor meant by “you two are the last ones missing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone else had already arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Finished looking?” Grand Void Ancestor spoke from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng quickly turned his gaze back and bowed respectfully: “Respected Supreme Elder, I’ve finished!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grand Void Ancestor nodded. “He Pingsheng, I’ve long heard your famed name!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was deeply curious—what kind of genius are you, to make the Qiao family of Heaven Talisman Mountain go to such lengths to take you as a son-in-law?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Later, I had you compete against the Ice Pole Sect’s Empty Spirit Root—just hoping you wouldn’t lose too badly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Instead, you knocked the fellow unconscious!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehehe…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re an interesting lad!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng didn’t know how to respond to Grand Void Ancestor’s comment, so he simply said: “Thank you, Ancestor, for your favor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm!” Grand Void Ancestor said. “Two Foundation Establishment Pills? Not much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you’ve done another great service regarding the Hou family and the Beast Taming Sect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Today, I performed Soul-Searching Art on that girl—your account was accurate. They truly conspired against us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s heart lurched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul-Searching Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s a notorious technique in the cultivation world—yet the Ancestor used it so casually?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sssss…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His scalp prickled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, I’m curious—how did you kill that Foundation Establishment cultivator?” Grand Void Ancestor asked, appearing curious, his expression gentle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet He Pingsheng felt an inexplicable chill run down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he said one word wrong, the Ancestor would surely notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng took a deep breath. “Disciple… disciple was just lucky!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Explain,” Grand Void said. “How exactly was it lucky?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Golden Core cultivators all turned to He Pingsheng, clearly intrigued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were curious too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” He Pingsheng said. “Disciple… disciple couldn’t have killed him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At the time, I had two talismans on me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One was a second-rank defensive talisman; the other, a second-rank offensive talisman!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Changping Daoist couldn’t break through my defensive talisman’s barrier in time, was wounded by my spell and poisoned, so he tried to flee by sword!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I chased after him immediately!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I threw a Rockfall Talisman—luckily, it struck Changping Daoist off his sword, and he fell to the ground and died!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s all!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This explanation was simple, with no obvious flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grand Void nodded. “Wasn’t there another Foundation Establishment disciple?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did Qin Mingyue go afterward?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “Qin Mingyue chased after my senior sister Cheng Siyu—I haven’t seen her since.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simplify the complex scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That way, fewer loopholes emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I say I don’t know, perhaps the Ancestor won’t find any fault?\u003C\u002Fp>",1082,"2026-06-21T04:08:57.694Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c135431fe0062273be84e42169ef72687a11e6eaf890edd0b9f269455392d4ef","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-143","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-141",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]