[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-945":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},2356128,4608,"Chapter 945: The Dragon Clan Surrenders","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-945",945,"\u003Cp>“Friend Feng Xian, rest assured!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He Pingsheng is not only your enemy, but also the common enemy of our Four Divine Clans!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Today is a fight to the death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Dragon Clan also participated in the siege back then!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we sit idly by while you are wiped out by He Pingsheng, the next target he will destroy will be our Dragon Clan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do we Dragon Clan not understand the saying, ‘When the lips are gone, the teeth grow cold’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Immortal Volcano, within a vast palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ao Cheng, a Dragon Clan immortal in a green Daoist robe, watched as Feng Xian, the last remaining immortal of the Phoenix Clan, offered reassurances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grand hall was not empty—besides these two, sixteen Phoenix Clan demon emperors were present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you for the Dragon Clan’s support!” said Feng Xian, clad in a crimson robe, gazing at Ao Cheng: “But… Ao Cheng, is it only you from your clan who came?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ao Cheng smiled and said: “What, does the Phoenix Clan doubt our sincerity?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not at all!” Feng Xian replied: “I merely feel the strength is still too weak!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!” Ao Cheng said: “The only one who currently threatens the Phoenix Clan is He Pingsheng himself!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The rest are not worth worrying about!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, with He Pingsheng’s power, even if a hundred Mahayana Emperor-level cultivators came, they’d be useless—none could stand against him for a single blow!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, your Phoenix Emperor has already perished!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So to kill He Pingsheng, we old ones must act ourselves!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if we step back a hundred thousand paces!” Ao Cheng stood up: “Friend Feng Xian, you can rest easy—after all, the Witch Clan’s blood pool is in your hands. How could our Dragon Clan possibly fail to give full support?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because if the Phoenix Clan falls, the Witch Clan’s blood pool will return to their hands. When Gu Miaochen regains her strength, our Dragon Clan will be in trouble too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So stop questioning my sincerity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When He Pingsheng arrives, I’ll sacrifice thirty million years of my lifespan just to crush him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Excellent!” Feng Xian beamed: “Then I’ll join in too—do you really think two immortals can’t defeat just one He Pingsheng?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just make sure that old human bastard doesn’t interfere!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Relax!” Ao Cheng said: “Our Dragon Clan has another immortal—he didn’t come because he’s gone to stop that woman from the Underworld!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two Dragon and Phoenix immortals discussed, a ripple suddenly surged through the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their spiritual senses instantly swept outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw He Pingsheng and Gu Miaochen arriving together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One stood over the southern sky of the Phoenix Clan’s Immortal Volcano, the other over the northern sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh…” said the Phoenix Clan’s elder, Feng Xian: “They’ve come? Even better…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ao Cheng, you hold off He Pingsheng—I’ll kill Gu Miaochen of the Witch Clan first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As long as Gu Miaochen lives, she remains a grave threat to both our clans.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Agreed!” The Dragon Clan elder nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, the void churned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two immortals flew out of the palace, instantly shattering the eighth-rank formation outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xian transformed instantly into a phoenix with a body ten thousand zhang tall, wreathed in roaring flames, lunging at Gu Miaochen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon Clan elder stood directly before He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Friend He…” The Dragon Clan elder, wiser, did not strike first—he bowed carefully to He Pingsheng: “I am Ao Cheng of the Dragon Clan, an immortal cultivator.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had he spoken than a golden light flashed forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the southern sky, a golden witch god, ten thousand zhang tall, suddenly appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It bore Gu Miaochen’s face, but her entire body had turned golden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden skin, golden brows and eyes, golden hair, golden robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sssss…” Ao Cheng sucked in a sharp breath: “The Witch God’s Golden Body… how…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, they had joined forces to shatter Gu Miaochen’s Golden Body and seize the Witch Clan’s blood pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the sacred blood pool, Gu Miaochen could not manifest the Witch God’s Golden Body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was happening now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Gu Miaochen recovered?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ao Cheng’s mind flipped a full 180 degrees—he hurriedly addressed He Pingsheng: “Friend He, I wish to make a deal with you—may I speak?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng wore a faint smile: “Speak. I’m listening.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you!” Ao Cheng said: “First, let me clarify the Dragon Clan’s position!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Dragon Clan has never held any grudge against you, nor ever clashed with you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When we sealed that small world, it was not aimed at you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, sealing the small world was the Phoenix Clan’s doing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We merely went to the Witch Clan’s lands to massacre them after the Phoenix Clan sealed the world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Later, when the Phoenix Clan destroyed your Gusu Mountain, it had nothing to do with our Dragon Clan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you believe me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before He Pingsheng could answer, they saw the golden witch god in the southern void unleash a thunderous punch, colliding with the ten-thousand-zhang phoenix.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding flash erupted from the point of impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, waves of boundless energy, power, and Dao runes surged outward in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a colossal shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not one—but three, one after another, in rapid succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither the witch god nor the Phoenix Clan elder retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were evenly matched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But He Pingsheng knew Gu Miaochen had won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Gu Miaochen’s strike consumed at most one Jipin  [Dìmǔ Blood Pill], while the Phoenix Clan elder’s strike drained ten million years of lifespan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We Dragon Clan have no interest in your feud with the Phoenix Clan!” Ao Cheng instantly switched sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago, he had planned to ally with the Phoenix Clan against He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he feared He Pingsheng would pick them off one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Ao Cheng realized Gu Miaochen had recovered—what was the point of fighting anymore?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng possessed the Nine-Nine Destiny—he wasn’t foolish. If he dared come, he was already invincible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this situation, the best outcome for the Dragon Clan now was merely to survive, not to perish with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I beg you, Friend He, to see clearly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng sneered: “Do you take me, He Pingsheng, for a fool?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you know in your heart whether you’ve ever harbored ill will toward me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ao Cheng said: “Regardless of what the younger generations thought, I have never wished to be your enemy. I swear this by the Heavenly Dao!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng shook his head: “Say something practical. Don’t waste time with empty words.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine!” Ao Cheng said: “The Dragon Clan swears by the Heavenly Dao—we shall henceforth retreat into the Evil Sea and never again interfere in the struggles of the Five Continents!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Xuanbing Continent originally belonged to our clan—we will cede all our territory to the human race!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second, our Dragon Clan possesses one Immortal Artifact—retrieved long ago by our ancestors from Piaomiao Mountain!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you agree, we will hand it over to you as well!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1156,"2026-06-21T04:09:01.327Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5ad583da042678b41938a2d26bc0a632adefd4b5c82e3c1f0f6c619063875703","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-946","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-944",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]