[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-957":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},2356140,4608,"Chapter 957: Yellow River Netherworld","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-957",957,"\u003Cp>“If he doesn’t show up, I’d almost forgotten I even have such an enemy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng stared at the direction Mingyue had left, squinting: “But now that he’s here, I’m at a loss for how to act!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brilliant!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe he had a sudden enlightenment!” Jin Ku added: “What he just said probably wasn’t a lie—he truly grasped some truth. Didn’t he say himself that in his youth, he didn’t fully comprehend the profound meaning of saving all beings, which nearly severed Zhou Qingmei’s opportunity?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So once he understood the Buddha’s teaching, he broke through his cultivation bottleneck?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Ku went on: “Then again, maybe after he gave you the bead, some inner knot untied, allowing him to break through!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But no matter what, it’s real!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Ku was right—if Mingyue had any scheme against He Pingsheng, he wouldn’t have broken through his bottleneck so directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet one thing He Pingsheng couldn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m trying to save someone, to dive into the netherworld and retrieve Zhou Qingmei’s soul—how the hell did you, Mingyue, know that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not only did you know I was retrieving Zhou Qingmei, but you also knew I’d run into trouble?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You even knew I had an ancient spirit of a terrestrial immortal inside me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible to figure out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps… the Buddha sect has some secret technique!” He Pingsheng could only shake his head, soothing himself: “Come on, old thing, let’s get to work!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng sealed away the Buddha Flame Pearl, then shot forward as a streak of light, plunging straight into the Nine You  Heavens Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When his cultivation was low, these Gang  winds were the abyss itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that He Pingsheng had reached Mahayana Emperor realm, the Gang  winds no longer terrified him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could pass through them effortlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he reached the bottom of the Nine You  Heavens Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Total darkness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endless malevolent energy surged and howled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng extended his spiritual sense, instantly covering nearly the entire abyss floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed the Nine You  Heavens Abyss wasn’t immune to spiritual sense—so long as your spiritual sense was strong enough, there was no obstacle to using it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless fourth- and fifth-grade rootless herbs floated at the abyss’s bottom, seemingly alive, endlessly rising and sinking within the malevolent energy; whenever a cultivator neared, they quietly vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did He Pingsheng understand why capturing them had been so difficult before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turns out they just avoided people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He Pingsheng, you want me to dive into the netherworld and retrieve Zhou Qingmei’s soul? No problem!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I’ll say this upfront!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll go—but you must come with me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You lead!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once we reach the netherworld, I’ll act to retrieve the soul!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng immediately refused: “Wait, what are you joking about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m only Mahayana Emperor realm—how can I enter?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re hiring me to do a job, yet you’re dragging me along?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Ku said: “Don’t think I don’t know your little scheme—once my soul leaves your body, you’ll immediately lock me outside your consciousness, and then, do you think you’ll resist the urge to strike me down?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To be honest, if I were Jin Ku, I’d take that chance and kill you too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s heart stirred: True.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this old bastard actually succeeded in retrieving the soul, he himself would find it nearly impossible to resist acting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, I’m a soul-body!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I just wandered into the netherworld like this, the denizens there might detain me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So no matter what, you must go to the netherworld!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng weighed it carefully: “Fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t wanted to risk it, yet in the end, he had no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if I perish?” He Pingsheng asked: “Will my soul immediately enter the Six Realms, or return to the Spirit Realm and reunite with my avatar?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nonsense!” Jin Ku said: “The netherworld and our Spirit Realm are two separate worlds, connected only by an invisible Yellow River!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you die, your soul cannot cross between these worlds!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget it—these are just my guesses. Let’s go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just be careful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he first strengthened the [Six Realms Soul Snatching Technique], He Pingsheng had practiced it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now, activating it directly posed no issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng and Jin Ku inside him activated the technique nearly simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, yin energy boiled and malevolent energy churned within the Nine You  Heavens Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terrifying scenes flickered before He Pingsheng’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he saw a black river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The river was pitch-black, save for a single beam of light—unknown in origin—falling upon the distant center of the current, trembling and rippling, revealing it as a river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without that shaft of celestial light, it would be impossible to tell it was a river at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the Yellow River!” Jin Ku warned: “Among all realms, the netherworld is the most peculiar!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Within the netherworld flows a vast river, named the Yellow River!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And this Yellow River has countless tributaries, each stretching into a different world through the void!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Spirit Realm has one!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Small Spirit World has one too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Three Thousand Worlds—the Great, Middle, and Small Worlds—all have them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The cultivation world naturally has one as well!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood these basic facts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in some places, the Yellow River was invisible; in others, it could be seen with the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, He Pingsheng had once visited a place called the [Netherworld Emperor Palace], which contained a Yellow River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Netherworld Emperor Palace was itself a small world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…” Looking at the river stretching open into the void before him, He Pingsheng took a deep breath: “We’re going to the netherworld, following this Yellow River the whole way?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!” Jin Ku said: “Go upstream!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Yellow River was summoned by your technique—only we two can see it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry through, don’t hesitate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This portal will close soon!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it!” He Pingsheng moved his feet, speeding upstream along the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, there was no need to worry—they were still in the Spirit Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real danger came after leaving the Spirit Realm and entering the netherworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng moved with great speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he also felt something strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt he’d flown less than a million li, yet suddenly crossed out of the Spirit Realm and into another realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sensation of shifting between worlds was unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…” He Pingsheng asked cautiously: “Have we reached the Netherworld?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not yet!” Jin Ku said: “This is just ordinary void space—we must travel through it for a while before reaching the Netherworld!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t need to fear.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The netherworld’s Yellow River is virtually endless—no one can guard every single branch!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Bing Xuan passed through before, we should be fine too!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1110,"2026-06-21T04:09:01.327Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5be3c8d9b4cc870c3e5f3b02e44e8436127a406ec0b9d53c1cf23b710942bf9a","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-958","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-956",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]