[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-155":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},2355338,4608,"Chapter 155: Renewing the Old, Establishing the New","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-155",155,"\u003Cp>“Congratulations!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man rarely lay on his chair; he stood beneath the ancient tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ancient tree stood tall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the old man’s body was hunched, and from afar, he looked like some insect shedding its shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What does it feel like to break through to Foundation Establishment?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his head gently and asked He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s face broke into a simple smile as he rubbed his hair hard. “I can’t quite describe it, but my lifespan increased—I’m delighted!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good that you’re delighted!” Tai Xu said. “Isn’t fighting heaven for life the whole point?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe, longevity is good!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When you reach Golden Core, you’ll have five hundred years. When you reach my Nascent Soul, you’ll enjoy a thousand!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come here, come here—I ask you, you’re a Spirit Refiner. Now that you’ve broken through to Foundation Establishment, is your spiritual sense three hundred zhang?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng startled, saying: “Master, your divine insight is uncanny—it’s exactly three hundred zhang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough!” The old man nodded, pulled out a talisman material, and tossed it to He Pingsheng. “Remember the second-rank [Spirit Gathering Array] I gave you earlier? Carve out its array disc for me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me see your skill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng didn’t dare delay—he immediately sat cross-legged and began meticulously carving the array disc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array disc is the core of the entire array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once carved, combined with the array focal point, spirit stones, other materials, and array flags, it forms a perfect Spirit Gathering Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carving the array disc accounts for over eighty percent of the entire process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To carve the disc, one uses spiritual sense as the guide and engraved runes as the medium, etching into the material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the runes form a complete cycle and spiritual power flows autonomously along them, the carving is complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng sat in the spirit plant garden, trying again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about seven or eight days, the array disc suddenly hummed, and a flash of light shot out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good!” The Ancestor’s face lit up. “Excellent, excellent… Now that you have the disc, you can set up some simple second-rank arrays!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not bad—your talent far surpasses mine. Five-element Spirit Root cultivators may be slow in cultivation speed, but they hold every advantage in heaven and earth!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come with me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man, hands behind his back, slowly shuffled toward the massive hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng followed closely, clutching a two-foot-wide array disc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Tai Xu Divine Hall, the old man waved his hand, and layer upon layer of light membranes appeared outside the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My hall has seventeen arrays in total!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But most are third-rank arrays—useless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are three fourth-rank arrays—pay close attention!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tai Xu Ancestor pulled out three tokens: “One is a fourth-rank defense array, one a fourth-rank Spirit-Sealing Array, and one a fourth-rank Illusion Array!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The defense array blocks Nascent Soul cultivators from entering the hall. The Spirit-Sealing Array keeps their spiritual sense outside the hall!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for the Illusion Array, I rarely activate it—but once triggered, it hides the entire Tai Xu Hall from sight, making it invisible and untouchable from outside!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng was stunned. “So it’s that miraculous?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe…” Tai Xu Ancestor chuckled. “What’s miraculous? Just tricks to deceive people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that you’ve entered the second-rank array master rank, though you still can’t set up or break these fourth-rank arrays, controlling them will be effortless!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look at these three tokens—they contain the key points for array control!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From now on, you may enter and leave the Tai Xu Divine Hall freely!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh…” Tai Xu Ancestor waved again. “Also… whoever you want to let in, let in. Whoever you want to keep out, keep out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Master!” He Pingsheng took the three tokens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tai Xu Ancestor continued: “Don’t leave yet—I have another urgent task for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is my token!” He tossed a black iron token into He Pingsheng’s hand. “Take this to Xuan Yang, gather all Golden Core disciples, and announce this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come here, come here, little brother!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is my long-hoarded immortal brew—try a sip!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’ll help your cultivation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng reached out, picked up the cup, and took a sip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sssss…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So spicy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought it was spirit tea—you gave me liquor, you bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuan Yang burst out laughing at He Pingsheng’s expression. “Drink it—it’s fine. I’ve already sent disciples to notify everyone. They’ll arrive shortly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, a streak of pink light shot through the clouds from the horizon and landed at the entrance of Xuan Yang’s hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Jian Zhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few breaths later, Chongyang Daoist, Hong Elder, and Wuwei Daoist each landed at the hall’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They entered and took their seats in order of seniority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s this about?” Wuwei’s face was sour, his tone harsh. “Third brother, why the rush to summon us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among Tai Xu Ancestor’s disciples, Wuwei was the eldest, Hong Elder second, Xuan Yang third, Chongyang fourth, and Jian Zhu the youngest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if counted properly, He Pingsheng was the sixth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Tai Xu Ancestor didn’t have only these six disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legend says there were over a dozen before Wuwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Altogether, seventy or eighty disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But eighty to ninety percent perished from depleted lifespan while still at Qi Refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some reached Foundation Establishment, yet still vanished under time’s erosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only these few remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven’s Dao is merciless—this is how it is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuan Yang said: “I don’t know either. Master has something to say. Little brother, what is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Announce it to everyone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!” He Pingsheng stood, held up the black iron token Tai Xu Ancestor gave him, and said: “Master says I’m to inform you, my senior brothers and sisters—the sect will make minor adjustments to certain areas!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All bowed. “Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jian Zhu asked: “What adjustments?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “Starting today, your monthly stipends and resources will be cut by eighty percent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nonsense!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you dreaming?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cut by eighty percent? How are we supposed to live?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each Golden Core disciple rose from their seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet He Pingsheng remained calm. “Senior brothers and sisters, please calm down. Master says Tai Xu Gate has long oppressed its lower disciples—now is the time for renewal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuwei roared: “That old bastard! This isn’t renewal—it’s cutting my throat! Don’t even bother cutting eighty percent—I’ll go find him right now and let him slap me dead!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1052,"2026-06-21T04:08:57.694Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","84e55c52eeed0e716ab464258a4df98c4d8ecc2e075ef4eb0b9c5cf1f4acc197","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-156","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-154",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]