[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-160":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},2355343,4608,"Chapter 160: Escape","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-160",160,"\u003Cp>After calming down, many things became clear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, why had the old man set up the Nine Yang Array recently?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ping hadn’t known before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he had some suspicions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine Yang Array can dispel yin evil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what the old man himself said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the question arises: the Grand Void Temple has been standing for centuries—when did it ever have yin evil?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where was the yin evil?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why dispel it at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was here all along!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul usurpation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul usurpation is a yin evil act; if not stopped, the yin energy would surge straight out from the Grand Void Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then every disciple of the Grand Void Gate would know the Ancestor was performing soul usurpation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How terrible would that be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with the Nine Yang Array, all escaping yin energy vanishes completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that’s what the Nine Yang Array was for!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the left side hall, the old man had prepared all kinds of elixirs—from Foundation Establishment to Nascent Soul, except for the Breakthrough Elixir, everything was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I originally thought they were meant for me, He Ping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it’s clear—they weren’t!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were meant for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because after the Ancestor performs soul usurpation, he’ll inherit my cultivation base—only Foundation Establishment Level One.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I’m a Five Element Spirit Root; my cultivation absolutely depends on elixirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why he prepared so many elixirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This immortal old bastard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He keeps talking about benevolence and morality, claiming he won’t usurp anyone’s body or pass on the terrifying Grand Void Great Mystery Scripture to his own son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder he didn’t pass it to his own son!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was planning to do this vile deed himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This old bastard must have mastered the [Grand Void Great Mystery Scripture], but he isn’t a Five Element Spirit Root—how could he have mastered it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ping remembered: he’d said before that a cultivator without a Five Element Spirit Root must devour another’s spirit root to master the Great Mystery Scripture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means this old bastard once devoured someone else’s spirit root.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was never a good man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Go…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flee!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I must flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here’s the problem:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How do I flee?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ping lay on his meditation mat, beginning to think carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t flee blindly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I run in panic, won’t I just be a lamb walking into the tiger’s mouth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terror of a Nascent Soul cultivator is beyond others’ imagining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I must devise a detailed plan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ping closed his eyes and thought deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After three full days of thought, He Ping devised a plan nearly perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He left the main hall, turned into a streak of light, and landed on Xiuzhu Peak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, the [True Spirit Hall].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, what urgent matter? Hurry up and tell me—you’re driving me mad…” Zhao Linger, hearing He Ping said it was a matter of life and death, grew frantic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But He Ping revealed nothing, only said: “Go get Xu Kunlun. I’ll tell you both then!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Linger ran out again and brought Xu Kunlun into the True Spirit Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shut the hall’s doors and activated all the arrays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, Sister… I’m in mortal danger—I’ve come to beg for your help!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t ask me why.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just do exactly as I say!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afternoon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ping arrived at the Elder Wuwei’s hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re a rare visitor!” Elder Wuwei stared at He Ping, a cold sneer forming on his face: “The old bastard is in seclusion—what decree are you here to deliver?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speak.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it to order me to kill myself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint killing intent flickered over Elder Wuwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ping smiled and said: “He… isn’t in seclusion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?” Elder Wuwei asked: “Not in seclusion? Then what is he doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know!” He Ping said: “He’s set up a massive array inside the Grand Void Temple!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know what he’s planning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I’m certain it has nothing to do with seclusion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Wuwei’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Why are you telling me this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ping said: “Because I’m afraid—you fear the old man will pass the [Grand Void Great Mystery Scripture] to me. But I’m afraid too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To be honest, I don’t want to cultivate that thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?” Elder Wuwei said: “That’s the very thing everyone dreams of—cultivate it, and you’ll be invincible under heaven!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even my father, who wasn’t even a true Five Element Spirit Root, already dominated the Daoxuan Alliance!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you cultivate it, your future is limitless!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ping shook his head. “That’s exactly what I’m afraid of!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once he passes it to me, after he’s gone, you’ll kill me the moment you get the chance!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ping’s cold gaze fixed on Elder Wuwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Wuwei burst into loud laughter: “So you’re not as virtuous as you seem? Clever boy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ping said: “So I don’t want to die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here’s the key to enter the Grand Void Temple!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go in yourself—talk to the old man!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell him I willingly gave it up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Wuwei stared at the several tokens in He Ping’s hand. “You’re not lying to me, are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ping said: “What could I possibly lie about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lure you into the Grand Void Temple so the old man kills you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Would the old man kill you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t tell me you lack even this much courage?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha…” Elder Wuwei laughed loudly: “Is there anything I dare not do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He Ping… wait. If this succeeds, I’ll let you keep being the Grand Void Gate’s little Ancestor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m off!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Wuwei took the key to enter and exit the Grand Void Temple, turned into a streak of light, and landed on the square before the Grand Void Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, He Ping had already flown away on his sword, then casually landed on a mountaintop and slapped the [Invisibility Talisman] onto his body with a snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood utterly still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire body instantly dissolved into nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patient waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting for a message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Ping had predicted the message would arrive half an hour later, but he never expected it to come this quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After just a stick of incense burned, a beam of message-light landed before him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The message-light came from Xu Kunlun, and carried only one phrase: “I saw the Ancestor...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh...” He Ping drew a deep breath, then leapt up, jumping from the nameless peak into the ten-thousand-zhang abyss, and took to the skies on his sword, flying in the opposite direction from Xu Kunlun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flew at an extremely low altitude, barely brushing the mountain ridges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, he would not draw anyone’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached about fifty li from Grand Void Gate, He Ping abandoned sword-flight and swiftly pulled out a green flying vessel: the Cloud-Piercer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click-click...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He inserted five spirit stones into the Cloud-Piercer’s stone slots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All were mid-grade spirit stones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the Cloud-Piercer shot into the sky at an unmatched speed, growing ever more distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After flying for half a day, he judged he had surely put ten thousand li between himself and Grand Void Gate, and finally exhaled in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old bastard had not followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect plan—escape accomplished!\u003C\u002Fp>",1202,"2026-06-21T04:08:57.694Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","09f48292c446a22e1d5470ad55a275d5f9560fdccc45c59cc50ce8a8fac98da0","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-161","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-159",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]