[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-226":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},2355409,4608,"Chapter 226: The Heavens and Earth Are Vast","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-226",226,"\u003Cp>He Pingsheng sat quietly on the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he scanned the square with his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the white-haired cultivator Long Yuan, and also Jiang Lan, who had restored his true appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now He Pingsheng wore the Brocade Cloud Robe, and his appearance and gender had changed—Jiang Lan could not recognize him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast square was already filled with over a thousand people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng remembered that when he arrived, just the Dingxiang Commandery alone had sent over four thousand people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Altogether, across the entire Qi State, no fewer than eight thousand, perhaps ten thousand, had entered the Divine General Mountain—so most cultivators still hadn’t emerged from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the secret realm wouldn’t close for four more days; why not stay inside longer to search for treasures?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s gaze swept across the square, then turned to the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the perimeter of the square, every five zhang stood a soldier of the Great Qi imperial household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These soldiers’ cultivation bases weren’t low—each had reached around Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, no one could break out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly: I wonder if the Invisible Talisman would let me slip away?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were still too few people on the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation wasn’t complicated enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the crowd grew thick and chaotic would it be the perfect moment to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng waited patiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknowingly, two more days passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More people emerged from the Divine General Mountain’s secret realm, and the square’s population surged from over a thousand to over four thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crowded, bustling, alive with noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many cultivators even unpacked their goods and set up stalls right there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small market instantly formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Yuan and the Great Qi imperial household paid it no mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, so many soldiers guarded the perimeter—no one could escape; as long as they stayed on the square, nothing mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do whatever you like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Yuan waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would inspect each person one by one after the secret realm closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed this method would catch every last fugitive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this thing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve never seen it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Neither have I!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a cultivator’s stall, dozens of people murmured and pointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the item drew attention from others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng didn’t approach—he stepped back two paces to the crowd’s edge, and extended his spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw a golden bead on the stall, its surface wreathed in swirling mist, occasionally flashing mysterious, inscrutable black runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The object clearly had an extraordinary origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the white-haired cultivator Long Yuan was drawn over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng quietly pulled the [Invisible Talisman] from his storage pouch and pressed it against his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While everyone’s attention fixed on the treasure, He Pingsheng’s form vanished instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his body disappeared, he could not use any magic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any use of magic power would trigger a ripple on the talisman, nullifying its invisibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng took a deep breath, then stepped slowly toward the mountain’s descent stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore the supreme magic treasure, the Golden Pattern Cloud-Treading Boots, so his footsteps made almost no sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless you listened closely, you couldn’t hear a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with He Pingsheng deliberately slowing his pace, lifting and placing each foot with care, not a soul noticed him as he reached the foot of the descent stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But ahead lay a greater challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead was the mountain’s exit path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stairway was five zhang wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On either side stood a Foundation Establishment soldier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers wore golden armor, gleaming brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng inhaled slowly, then stilled his breath—he would not breathe again for some time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One step, then another, moving gently forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to make no sound at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was only theoretical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, silence was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When He Pingsheng stepped between the two Foundation Establishment soldiers, he made faint, almost imperceptible sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One soldier turned his head, frowning slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it?” asked the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing,” said the soldier. “I thought I heard something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The left soldier asked: “What sound?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The right soldier replied: “I can’t say exactly—I just felt like someone was nearby.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both soldiers simultaneously extended their spiritual senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After activating the Invisible Talisman, even Nascent Soul cultivators’ spiritual senses could not detect a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps… it was just the wind.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The right soldier shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng took advantage of their conversation and took a few more quiet steps forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The farther he went, the fainter the sound became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One step!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two steps!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three steps!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a dozen breaths, He Pingsheng had descended dozens of stairs, far from the two soldiers guarding the square’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still dared not breathe—but at least he had escaped the imperial soldiers’ encirclement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he couldn’t let his guard down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nascent Soul cultivators’ spiritual senses could sweep over vast distances—often fifty thousand zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So within fifty thousand zhang, he must not reveal his form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only keep walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How far is fifty thousand zhang?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roughly three hundred li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hundred li was no small distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just out of the encirclement, He Pingsheng still moved cautiously, lifting and lowering each foot slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One step after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After carefully walking for about an incense stick’s time, he finally passed beyond a hundred zhang from the nearest cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did He Pingsheng dare to slightly quicken his pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another hour passed before he covered a thousand zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand zhang seemed short, but it was already six or seven li away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now He Pingsheng felt less constrained; though he still moved quietly, placing his feet lightly, his speed increased significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued like this for a full day and night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he finally leave the range of Nascent Soul cultivators’ spiritual senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once clear, he immediately used magic power to alter his appearance once more, then mounted his sword and flew away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, only one day remained before the Divine General Mountain closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within this day, he must find Qiao Huizhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, after the mountain closed, the white-haired cultivator might do something unpredictable if he couldn’t find the person he sought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng mounted his sword and rose into the air, flying north for an hour, then circling around toward the place called Lishan in the west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepping out of the gloom, he suddenly felt the vastness of heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>",1059,"2026-06-21T04:09:00.242Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7d207ebf7e5ad8a1abdcb9de8d56942eba0e49d544fdb1059243b80d8ddff1f9","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-227","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-225",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]