[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-867":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},2356050,4608,"Chapter 867: Two True Ones Merged","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-867",867,"\u003Cp>Where is Miss Luo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After He Pingsheng emerged from seclusion, he did not see this girl, Luo Bingyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Wu said: “Miss Luo left several years ago, saying she wanted to travel for a while and would return after some time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng had not emerged from seclusion for fourteen years this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It makes sense that Luo Bingyao had left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about Hu Chen? Did he leave too?” He Pingsheng fixed his gaze on Feng Wu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Wu said: “No… this guy heard there’s a Jiaoyi Society out there and went to attend it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Chen had reached the twelfth layer of Body Integration, just one step away from breaking through to Mahayana Emperor Realm—only lacking a certain elixir called 【Great Creation Elixir】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elixir was out of the question; he could only gather materials himself and refine it, but his main ingredients were still incomplete, so he traveled everywhere participating in various trades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s not strange!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright!” He Pingsheng rattled as he pulled out the elixirs he had refined and strengthened over the years from his space ring and handed them to Feng Wu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the lack of elixirs, the shop had been closed for nearly two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that there was finally a vast quantity of elixirs, Feng Wu was so excited he nearly jumped out of his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Feng Wu, I’ll take over the shop for the next while!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You go back into seclusion and cultivate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your cultivation base hasn’t advanced much these years—it’s time to push forward!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng took on the shop’s responsibilities and managed it alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ran the shop while refining and strengthening elixirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than half a year, he finally saw Hu Chen return from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you gather all the main ingredients?” He Pingsheng asked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!” Hu Chen looked crestfallen, smiling bitterly: “I was short three main ingredients before; now I’m still short two—and both are the most valuable ones!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alas… those ingredients did appear at this Jiaoyi Society, but I didn’t have enough treasures to trade for them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a pity… what a pity…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “Don’t lament. Have you cultivated the 【Space Wormhole】 technique I passed on to you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Chen said: “I have cultivated it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good!” He Pingsheng said: “I have a clone cultivating on the Heavenfire Continent—he’s now at Void Refinement eleventh layer; I estimate he’s close to full completion. Open a space portal and bring him back for me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng had not entered Body Integration, so he dared not return to the Heavenfire Continent lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sending Hu Chen back, however, was a good solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood, Daoist Tai Xu! Rest assured—I’ll get this done for you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, He Pingsheng gave Hu Chen the exact coordinates; Hu Chen then opened a void portal and departed for the Heavenfire Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About ten days later, Hu Chen brought back the wood-element clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Greetings, my original self!” The wood-element clone bowed to He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wood-element clone had the appearance of an old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Phew…” Hu Chen exhaled deeply: “Good… Daoist Tai Xu, when I first saw your clone, I thought I’d made a mistake!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why doesn’t he look like you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, he had created five clones, all altered in appearance—none resembled him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was even a female version of a clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That way, he could hide deeper and avoid detection by enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good!” He Pingsheng patted the clone’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than a decade, the clone’s cultivation had advanced another layer, reaching Void Refinement eleventh layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Shanquan Trading Association will hold a major annual auction soon—I’ll see if I can find some high-grade wood-element Daoic essence; then you can break through!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng suddenly felt urgent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Chen said: “The Shanquan Trading Association’s auction is still half a year away!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I heard Elder Dong from Shanquan had an accident!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder Dong?” He Pingsheng was slightly startled: “What happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Elder Dong—he’d dealt with him several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a fairly ordinary sort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Chen said: “No one knows why, but this guy got a wild idea—he tried fusing two different elemental Daoic essences, hoping to use the fusion to break his bottleneck. He failed and blew himself up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?” He Pingsheng looked incredulous: “That’s impossible—he’s cultivated for so long, doesn’t he know the Five Elements are incompatible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could he not know?” Hu Chen said: “But he claimed wood generates fire, so he forcibly fused wood and fire—and… probably because his bottleneck had lasted too long, he couldn’t wait anymore…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Couldn’t wait” had two reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was psychological—he couldn’t wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was lifespan—he was running out of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Chen was about to say more when he suddenly noticed He Pingsheng was staring blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng stood behind the counter, gazing upward at the ceiling in an utterly unnatural posture, frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daoist Tai Xu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daoist Tai Xu…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Chen shook He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng snapped back to awareness: “Hu Chen… watch the shop for me—I need to enter seclusion for something!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng walked straight into the back room and kicked out Feng Wu, who was in seclusion inside: “I have something to do—you watch the shop!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he began seclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Chen’s words had given He Pingsheng an unprecedented insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five Elements united?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve cultivated the Five Elements Mixed One Scripture!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can already blend all Five Elements—how much more so two elements?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s not the key!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key is: if the Five Elements can merge into one, then two different elemental essences can also be fused—it’s just a matter of how you fuse them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then… could Daitian Thunder and Jiutian Xuan Fire be fused together to create a powerful technique?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crackling…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bolt of thunder and a flame flew out from He Pingsheng’s body, leaping before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng stared at the thunder and flame, sinking into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Five Elements can merge into one, could the 【Five Elements Mixed One Force】 method fuse these two elemental essences?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s try!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time slipped away silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, half a year passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng opened his eyes and immediately entered his magic treasure space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Open…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng roared, striking with both fists simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left fist: Daitian Thunder; right fist: Jiutian Xuan Fire—each shot forth from his hands, then he slammed them together violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forces of thunder and flame merged in collision, then erupted violently from between his hands as a punch of divine energy that shot into the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive crimson dragon silhouette materialized, its enormous head wreathed in silver lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under He Pingsheng’s spiritual sense, the crimson dragon’s head exploded violently a thousand zhang away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful energy wave swept across the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a thousand zhang away, He Pingsheng’s body was blown away like a falling leaf.\u003C\u002Fp>",1152,"2026-06-21T04:09:01.327Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","476988fb4ea2acb6e5d6a168af199c60e1bc4fdadebe1877d75c972c6267efda","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-868","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-866",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]