[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-949":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},2356132,4608,"Chapter 949: Bronze Mask","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-949",949,"\u003Cp>“Good!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng nodded and said, “Take me there!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huoming was of the Phoenix Clan, but he was He Pingsheng’s servant, so He Pingsheng had no fear Huoming would betray him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides He Pingsheng, Luo Bingyao also followed inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Phoenix Clan’s treasure vault lies underground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several of them entered through a ruined palace on the surface, broke through two sets of restrictions, and descended downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wound their way down, but when they reached the vault’s entrance, they hit a snag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the vault’s entrance had four layers of defensive arrays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And each defensive array was eighth-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were merely ordinary defensive arrays; with his current combat power, He Pingsheng could shatter them with a full-force strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was, this was underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they forcibly broke through, the underground space would be destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best solution was still to dismantle the grand array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng had no choice but to return to the surface and wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about half an incense stick’s time, He Tianya and Liu Molin returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry!” He Pingsheng said nothing else, simply gesturing to the two: “Follow me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three entered underground and arrived again before the treasure vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Liu Daofriend!\" He Pingsheng nodded toward the vault’s door: \"This is the Phoenix Clan’s treasure vault, but outside are several eighth-rank arrays. I beg you to dismantle them one by one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good!” Liu Molin’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt his value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about half an incense stick’s time of testing, Liu Molin finally nodded and said, “I can break them, but it will take several days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng smiled: “I can wait for that much time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Break it. I’ll go handle the aftermath above.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng left the underground treasure vault in the care of Huoming, Liu Molin, and Luo Bingyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He himself returned to the surface with his son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is a supreme-grade Great Transformation Pill!” He Pingsheng handed his son a pill: “When you one day reach the peak of Body Integration, you can use it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Father!” He Tianya took the pill and asked: “Father, I heard Mother was sealed in a small spiritual world, and so are my children!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wonder, Father, can you open this small spiritual world?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng shook his head: “I don’t know… Once a small spiritual world activates, it becomes a world like the Spiritual Realm, forever severed from ours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But don’t worry too much—they didn’t die by accident.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even within that small world, they can still cultivate and breakthrough. If you ascend to the Immortal Realm, you may still meet again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, I’m looking for a way,” He Pingsheng said. “If I can find a method to open the entrance to that small spiritual world, that would be better.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng would not give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He now had two directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first, as Jin Ku had said, was to enter the [Piaomiao Mountain] and seek opportunity—perhaps find answers among the ruins of an Immortal sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The likelihood was exceedingly slim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second was to cultivate the Law of Time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could master the Law of Time to its extreme, he might attain the ability to reverse time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could reverse time within a small region, he might open the exit of the small spiritual world against the flow of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But neither method was guaranteed to succeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides opening the small spiritual world, there was Zhou Qingmei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Qingmei was more troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She died by self-explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he save her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng possessed a Heaven-grade technique called [Six Paths Soul Snatching], which could enter the Six Paths to retrieve a soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was, Zhou Qingmei’s cultivation base was too high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the Six Paths Soul Snatching to work, there must be at least three major realm differences between the caster and the one being saved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the soul could not be retrieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, once the technique was cast, the caster would accrue massive karmic retribution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a real problem!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later, Liu Molin indeed opened the Phoenix Clan’s treasure vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng led everyone inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the accumulated wealth of the Phoenix Clan over countless eons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was much here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including materials, magic treasures, elixirs, jade slips, and cultivation scriptures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng looked around but saw no top-tier items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These things now belong to our human race!” He Pingsheng said to Luo Bingyao: “You and Tianya, inventory everything here. All eighth-rank alchemical materials, hand them to me—I’ll refine pills.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, ninth-rank alchemical materials too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The rest, store in the treasury.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, He Pingsheng walked to a pile of forging materials and pulled out his Hongmeng Purple Gold Rod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Hongmeng Purple Gold Rod showed desire, if it wanted to devour, then take it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This place, the Unextinguished Volcano, is a good spot!” He Pingsheng continued. “Afterward, clean it up and rebuild it into a divine haven.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From now on, this will be the core of the entire Heavenfire Continent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Appoint a human Emperor to rule the [Nephan Empire], and guard the Ascension Platform atop Tianwang Mountain!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ascension was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though one could ascend from anywhere in the Spiritual Realm, not necessarily at Tianwang Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Ascension Platform on Tianwang Mountain was a place with ascension guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, if you ascend from Tianwang Mountain, you would arrive at a fixed location in the Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you ascended elsewhere, randomly, you might land anywhere in the Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood!” Luo Bingyao said: “Master… let me be the Emperor of the Nephan Empire!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng smiled: “Fine!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I entrust it to you, but mundane affairs come second—cultivation comes first. Don’t neglect your practice!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Bingyao rolled her eyes: “I’m already on par with you, you know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng stroked his chin: Alright, you’ve got a point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after leaving the vault, the Dragon Clan’s scattered immortal Ao Cheng walked over with a beaming smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ao Cheng, He Pingsheng sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy was a turncoat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He claimed to surrender, then went back to his clan to fetch an Immortal Artifact—but he was gone for days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after I wiped out the Phoenix Clan did he come groveling with the artifact?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I hadn’t destroyed them, would he have bothered?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He Daofriend, hehe... sorry for the wait!\" Ao Cheng smiled and placed a simple ancient mask before He Pingsheng: \"This is the Immortal Artifact our Dragon Clan obtained during the last opening of the Piaomiao Mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You see, this item is called the [Bronze Mask], a third-rank Immortal Artifact!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immortal Artifacts were ranked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the exact naming system was unknown to those below; they simply used simple numerical tiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dirty old dads, five more chapters delivered—please send some electricity!\u003C\u002Fp>",1125,"2026-06-21T04:09:01.327Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","04c7c3c9d2992d231b859f8e47496a19f79f098ba8da528c570ba083728ebdea","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-950","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-948",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]