[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-152":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},2355335,4608,"Chapter 152: Perfect Plan","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-152",152,"\u003Cp>“You’re so foolish…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Void Elder said: “How could someone without a spirit root cultivate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, this Grand Void Great Mystery Scripture was created by a cultivator with five elemental spirit roots!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, He Pingsheng’s body trembled again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five elemental spirit roots?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t that me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So-called attributeless cultivation methods are like the Void Spirit Root of the Ice Extreme Sect!” Grand Void, unaware of He Pingsheng’s reaction, continued: “The Void Spirit Root isn’t the absence of a spirit root—it’s that its spirit root has no form or shape. No form or shape means all forms and shapes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It can cultivate any attribute within the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, earth—but isn’t limited to them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the Grand Void Great Mystery Scripture passed down by our Grand Void Gate is the opposite!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The cultivator who created it possessed all five elemental attributes—he first mastered all forms and shapes, then returned to simplicity, becoming formless and shapeless!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With the Grand Void Great Mystery Scripture, any attribute-based cultivation method can be operated; naturally, any attribute-based spell or divine art can also be cast without obstruction!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And without any reduction in power!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s heart shook violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had basic cultivation knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, spells have attributes, but they don’t necessarily require a specific type of spiritual energy to cast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take He Pingsheng’s spell, Golden Body Shield—it can be activated with metal spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, even without a metal spirit root, one could activate a protective shield using earth, wood, fire, or water spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem is, shields activated with other spiritual energies have reduced defensive power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The degree of reduction varies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weakest might retain ninety percent of the original attribute’s defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the spell is weak or especially unsuited to other attributes, it might only function at ten percent capacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference is like night and day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, under such cost-benefit imbalance, few cultivators attempt to learn spells or techniques outside their own attribute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if, as the Ancestor claimed, one perfected the Grand Void Great Mystery Scripture, it would be formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After cultivation, it transforms your cultivation method into attributeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, using attributeless spiritual energy to activate spells and divine arts, you can override your original attribute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng frowned and said: “Ancestor, this… isn’t this pointless?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grand Void asked: “Why say that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “A five-element spirit root cultivator already possesses five roots—he can naturally wield all attribute-based spells and techniques. Why transform?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehehe…” The Grand Ancestor chuckled: “Five-element cultivators aren’t all as monstrous as you, advancing metal, wood, water, fire, and earth simultaneously. Most only focus on one!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng suddenly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was right before his eyes, yet he never saw it—he’d fallen into habitual thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You might ask why I, lacking five elemental spirit roots, can still cultivate?” Grand Void asked and answered himself: “Because this scripture is extremely ruthless—if one lacks five elemental spirit roots but wishes to cultivate, one must seek out a five-element spirit root cultivator and devour his roots!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… followed this path… after cultivation, I even changed my Dao name to ‘Grand Void’!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng felt a chill run down his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it, no wonder that bastard Wuwei Daoist called me a medicinal catalyst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wuwei covets this scripture not for its formless, shapeless ability!” Grand Void said: “The Grand Void Great Mystery Scripture has another heavenly ability!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I cannot tell you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go!” The old man waved his hand: “I’ll be in quiet cultivation these days—go break through to Qi Refining Level Twelve!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at his own cultivation ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng had no heart left for cultivation—he was numb all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The events of today had been utterly shocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Medicinal catalyst!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone wants to devour my five-element spirit roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That damned Wuwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this Grand Void old man—is he friend or foe? What does he want from me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiles now, acts kind and benevolent, but men’s faces don’t reveal their hearts—who knows what he truly thinks?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t forget Luoyu!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this old man is terrifyingly powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw at a glance that I cultivate all five elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even knew I’d obtained the Crimson Essence Ginseng—why else urge me to break through Level Twelve so urgently?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of these things, He Pingsheng couldn’t sleep—he was restless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being completely at another’s mercy, with zero autonomy—this was unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, He Pingsheng had only one thought: flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Run fast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as he could go!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve got the Treasure Basin—I don’t need your scraps, and I don’t need your orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t self-cultivation better?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, He Pingsheng conceived for the second time the idea of leaving the Grand Void Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But leaving the Grand Void Gate wasn’t easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Ancestor is watching!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if I anger him and he swallows me whole or possesses me—where would I turn?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calm down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calm down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Must stay calm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need a perfect plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng collapsed backward onto the pink meditation cushion, his mind beginning to strategize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, clarify one thing: how far can a Nascent Soul cultivator’s spiritual sense extend?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, how far must I run to escape this old bastard’s surveillance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, He Pingsheng leapt up like a leaping carp, waved his hand, and pulled out a jade slip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miscellaneous Records of Cultivation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should contain records on this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s spiritual sense seeped into it, beginning to scan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After browsing for half a stick of incense, he finally found it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Miscellaneous Records of Cultivation, a cultivator’s spiritual sense expands with cultivation level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Qi Refining, spiritual sense coverage ranges from ten zhang to about sixty zhang, depending on rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Foundation Establishment, spiritual sense surges—Level One Foundation Establishment grants a hundred zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, exactly a hundred zhang—and that’s the minimum spiritual sense strength required for sword flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s spiritual sense currently reached one hundred and twenty zhang, thanks to his cultivation of the Profound Gate Stillness True Scripture for spirit refinement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he’d never reach one hundred and twenty zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At peak Foundation Establishment, spiritual sense spans roughly five to six hundred zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By extension!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Golden Core cultivator’s spiritual sense spans one thousand to six thousand zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Nascent Soul cultivator’s spiritual sense spans ten thousand to sixty thousand zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng sucked in a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ancestor is Nascent Soul Level Nine—his spiritual sense must be around forty to fifty thousand zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doesn’t sound far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But calculate it—it’s terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One li equals one hundred and fifty zhang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten li equals one thousand five hundred zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred li? Only fifteen thousand zhang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ancestor’s spiritual sense of fifty thousand zhang—that’s… three to four hundred li?\u003C\u002Fp>",1119,"2026-06-21T04:08:57.694Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ef5209a6098672e8a78ab1717839083f78dc9e8c4846c2593bc3cce831e8577f","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-153","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-151",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]