[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-801":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},2355984,4608,"Chapter 801: Half-Step Emperor","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-801",801,"\u003Cp>“He Pingsheng… I’ll give you a chance!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t hide anything from you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can surrender now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Surrender the Heavenly Dao Slave Seal now… you still have a chance to live… but if I unleash the full killing potential of this array… you will die without doubt…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Yi, spear in one hand, sword in the other, stared coldly at He Pingsheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t hide anything from you… I’ll tell you a secret!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Yi continued: “The power of this array has not been pushed to its limit. Once fully activated, I will gain true Half-Emperor power!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Half-Emperor… killing you is as easy as slaughtering a chicken!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At that point, you will die without doubt!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, I don’t want you dead—I hope you’ll willingly surrender the Slave Seal…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t want me dead?” He Pingsheng sneered coldly: “I understand… after you activate the array’s full power, it will backfire on you, won’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, why would you be so kind?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Yi’s face darkened: “Correct… so what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once this array reaches its peak, with our twelve cultivators’ strength, we can only sustain it for half a stick of incense!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After half a stick of incense, the array will collapse!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our cultivation bases will regress!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, the cost will be terrible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But killing you… is an undeniable fact…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll ask you one last time…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Will you surrender the Slave Seal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Surrender your grandpa!” He Pingsheng’s Primordial Purple Gold Staff instantly transformed into a black spear, which he thrust straight at Yun Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black spear stretched to five hundred zhang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along its pitch-black shaft, nine-colored runes—green, gold, red—flashed in sequence, radiating dazzling light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like living vines, they spread across He Pingsheng’s divine spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast killing intent ignited the void; wave after wave of pressure locked onto Yun Yi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!” He Pingsheng roared, his entire body merging into the black divine spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Technique: Ten Thousand Annihilations Return to Origin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was He Pingsheng’s strongest strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten Thousand Annihilations Return to Origin—man and spear as one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know how strong this strike was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he knew that even a Body Integration mid-stage cultivator would die or be crippled by it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So strong…” Yun Yi drew a deep breath: “He Pingsheng… no wonder you’re the first among humans!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—you’re the strongest among Void Refinement cultivators on the Flame Continent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But… so what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gather!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infinite energy within the array surged like a tidal ocean, pouring into Yun Yi’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the surrounding spacetime shifted—time itself seemed to slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s strike could not reach its target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yun Yi’s body slowly expanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten zhang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred zhang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hundred zhang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five hundred zhang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight hundred zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thousand zhang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A golden phoenix, its body exceeding a thousand zhang, completely filled the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Divine Art: Manifesting the Great Form—also the Half-Emperor Golden Body fueled by the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ferocious phoenix thrust its left-hand spear straight at He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crimson spear clashed with the black divine spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding flash of light erupted throughout the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone within the array—including the Body Integration cultivators sustaining it—were momentarily blinded by the dazzling radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the brief flash, they saw the black divine spear recoil violently, then crash to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yun Yi’s crimson spear shattered into two pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Destroyed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black divine spear struck the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another mountain peak split open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng stepped out of the spear, pale-faced, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Yi’s artifact was too weak—it was instantly destroyed by the energy backlash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But He Pingsheng himself had been blasted backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was at a disadvantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just at a disadvantage—he was severely wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Again…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discarding his left spear, Yun Yi paid no mind—he raised his sword and slashed toward He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade-light became a blinding crimson thread, piercing heaven and earth, slicing through the void toward He Pingsheng’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the blade-light arrived, its sword intent already pinned He Pingsheng in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng knew he could not withstand this strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yun Yi had said, this attack exceeded Body Integration power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though not as terrifying as Mahayana Emperor-level force, a Half-Emperor strike was still beyond his capacity to block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key problem? His turtle shell wasn’t here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Open…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng unleashed every ounce of strength, channeling his magic power and blood qi in a violent burst, shattering the sword qi seals around him with a single stomp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He activated the Divine Art: Three Thousand Thundering Steps—his speed instantly quintupled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With quintupled speed, his body vanished in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even then, it was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade-light grazed his right leg, slicing clean through his calf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood blossomed in the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to his body refinement, He Pingsheng’s body was extraordinarily tough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This strike didn’t sever his leg—but it cut deep into flesh, shattering the tibia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaah…” He Pingsheng screamed in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So painful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second sword descended from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pshhh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His left arm was carved open by a deep gash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha…” In the void, Yun Yi did not press further—he waved his hand and produced a jade slip: “Tsk, tsk, tsk… the human prodigy isn’t so impressive after all… today, watch how I torture you to death…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if I don’t preserve this battle as a recording, wouldn’t that be a shame?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When I later torment Su Zhen, I’ll make her lie beneath me while she watches your pathetic form!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tsk, tsk, tsk… just imagining it excites me… hahaha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand li away, atop a mountain peak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A golden divine banner, a thousand zhang tall, pierced the clouds; streams of spatial power cascaded down from its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha…” Kongkong Crown Prince laughed loudly: “Feng Wu, did you see that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Done!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This time, He Pingsheng is definitely dead!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s finished. But even Yun Yi is monstrous—he actually thought of this trick: riding his own cultivator’s partner while making her watch his brutal killing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk tsk tsk... Yun Yi is ruthless, insane!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though separated by a thousand li, their spiritual senses could easily observe the scene over there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Wu said: \"I think He Pingsheng will turn things around soon—he's hiding his true strength... Kongkong Crown Prince, take another close look!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\" Kongkong Crown Prince blinked, then turned his head and sent his spiritual sense sweeping over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that very moment, he suddenly felt a numbness at his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned around and saw two purple poison thorns embedded in his body—he didn’t know when they had pierced him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kongkong Crown Prince flew into a rage: \"Feng Wu... you... you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You traitor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1106,"2026-06-21T04:09:01.327Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","707555e46b3afc0d65362e4b08bf28ec3dde6be21ac4599176bd2f9273f998fc","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-802","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-800",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]