[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-159":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},2355342,4608,"Chapter 159: Scared Into Pissing Himself","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-159",159,"\u003Cp>The awkward part was that He Pingsheng knew this talisman’s function was incredible, but he had no idea what level of cultivator it would work on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After using invisibility, could the Grand Void Ancestor still see me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t know!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…” He Pingsheng exhaled deeply, a look of resolve flashing in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, he had no other choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he had to try it, no matter what.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for when to escape, he still needed to find the right opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ideally, wait until the Ancestor is busy with something else and can’t spare attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng pulled out the jade slip of the Nine Yang Array and resumed his study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he still had to submit his work in a few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chance to flee? Search for it slowly—no rush!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several days later!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Grand Void Divine Hall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Void Ancestor laughed heartily: “Hahahaha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Excellent, excellent…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You got it right on the first try—you’re definitely a genius at array formation… hehehe…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng also wore a look of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gazed at the massive array before him and nodded in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nine Yang Array!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine Yang Array requires nine array discs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These nine discs vary in complexity: He Pingsheng made five simple ones, and the Ancestor made four more complex ones himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, combining all nine discs and arranging them with spirit stones and array flags, they finally succeeded in setting up the Nine Yang Great Array today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Although you still can’t set up a third-rank array!” the Grand Void Ancestor beamed at He Pingsheng, “your talent is terrifying—far surpassing mine when I was your age!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just two more years of refinement!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No…” the Ancestor immediately retracted his words and corrected himself: “One year!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In just one year, you’ll be able to effortlessly set up a third-rank array!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the condition is that you must raise your spiritual sense further—your current strength is still insufficient!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng bowed: “Disciple will immediately enter seclusion upon returning!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No rush!” the Grand Void Ancestor waved his hand: “We still need to set up another array within the Nine Yang Great Array!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once activated, the third-rank Nine Yang Great Array formed a golden energy membrane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The membrane resembled a hemisphere, inverted over the open space in the center of the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It nearly filled the entire central area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them stood within the array, tiny as ants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng asked nervously: “Master, what array are we setting up next?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder pulled out a sheet of paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, this time it wasn’t a jade slip—it was just a sheet of paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The paper was large, spread flat on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was densely covered with symbols, but at a glance, two circles—one large, one small—could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two circles touched each other, resembling a gourd in appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng asked curiously: “Master, what array is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Void Ancestor smiled: “Don’t ask yet!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is also a third-rank array, but far more complex than the Nine Yang Great Array—you couldn’t set it up on your own even in ten years!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“See this large circle? Inside it, you must craft thirty-six array discs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This small circle requires only nine array discs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This time, we’ll still work together!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh oh oh…” He Pingsheng said: “You mean you’ll handle the large circle, and I’ll handle the small one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re wrong!” the Ancestor said: “You can’t even make the small circle’s discs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These discs are yin-aligned—I’ll make them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ll make the eighty-one array flags around the perimeter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, the elder pulled out another blue jade slip and handed it to He Pingsheng: “This slip contains the method for crafting array flags—study it carefully when you return!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Time is short!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aim to perfect this array within one month!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the side hall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng sat cross-legged on a pink lotus cushion, his brow slightly furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He extended a finger and drew a phantom circle on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then another circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One large, one small—forming a gourd-like shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strange…” He Pingsheng frowned deeper: “I feel like I’ve seen this array diagram before!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This diagram… is odd.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he muttered to himself, he waved his hand and pulled two jade slips from his storage bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years ago, after He Pingsheng killed Master Yude of the Hongde Garden, he had looted a jade slip called [Solitary Gu Array Source] from his storage bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, after He Pingsheng enhanced it, it split into two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One became [Third-Rank Arrays], the other [Ten Thousand Array Treasury].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng had never studied either—only glanced at them once right after the enhancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This strange gourd-shaped array must be in one of these two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn’t recall which one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me see what this thing really is,” He Pingsheng breathed deeply, lifting the [Third-Rank Arrays] slip and pressing it to his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spiritual sense swept over it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without thought or memory reconstruction, merely a quick scan, it took him a full incense stick’s time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Third-Rank Arrays] slip contained no such array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then check the [Ten Thousand Array Treasury].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng began scanning the second jade slip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an incense stick later, his body trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gourd-shaped array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two circles—one large, one small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though details differed from the Ancestor’s diagram, the overall shape was nearly identical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing the diagram, He Pingsheng couldn’t help but shift his gaze to the array’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The name was long: Reverse Master and Subordinate, Invert Yin and Yang, Soul-Switching Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just from the name, nothing obvious stood out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s spiritual sense swept over the array’s general outline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One look at the outline, and he turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outline spanned three hundred characters, but said only one thing: soul possession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What “reverse master and subordinate,” what “invert yin and yang”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All just to use his own soul to seize another’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck… fuck fuck fuck…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng nearly pissed himself from fright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this guy making me set up an array so he can possess me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Digging my own grave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So vicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why the elder’s possession array differed slightly from the one in the [Ten Thousand Array Treasury], He Pingsheng thought that was perfectly normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the [Ten Thousand Array Treasury] had been enhanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All arrays within it should have been improved from their original forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they were improved, of course they’d differ.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh... heh... heh...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold sweat poured endlessly from He Pingsheng’s entire body; his hand holding the Ten Thousand Array Treasury trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What should I do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That damned old bastard has been scheming against me all along?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I once foolishly hoped he truly meant to take me as his disciple—alas... it was nothing but a delusion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must have set his eyes on my Five Elements Spirit Root.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng tucked the Ten Thousand Array Treasury into his storage pouch, then lay down on the meditation cushion, nearly collapsing from exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after a full half-hour did he calm down from that overwhelming terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he knew the other man intended to possess his body,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then... what should he do?\u003C\u002Fp>",1194,"2026-06-21T04:08:57.694Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6d96d753d1741cd7e8cd9319ec19d7655b8e348ff54aa883c1a3cb210902efef","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-160","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-158",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]