[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-961":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},2356144,4608,"Chapter 961: Magistrate Cui Jue","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-961",961,"\u003Cp>Where is Zhou Qingmei?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng spoke directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!” Hearing He Pingsheng’s words, the Ox-Head jumped back, saying: “No no no… brother, everyone else is fine, but Zhou Qingmei is not!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is personally overseen by the Magistrate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And the Magistrate may summon her for interrogation at any moment—if anything goes wrong, we’re all finished!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem!” He Pingsheng said: “When the time comes, you can shift all blame onto me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I take full responsibility!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that He Pingsheng was generous or fearless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply knew a few rules of the Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Underworld’s rule: posthumous reckoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he caused chaos here today, once he returned to the Spirit Realm, he could not be dragged back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after his death could the Underworld continue to settle his karmic debts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be many years from now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I become an Immortal, I might not even enter the Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why care so much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My time is urgent!” He Pingsheng said: “If you delay any longer, one of you will die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was cold and sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet sparks of lightning crackled across his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine!” the Ox-Head said: “It’s your doing—we’re just coerced, not involved!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come over here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whether you can take her depends on your ability!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the Ox-Head led the way, and the others followed behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless spirits in the cages on both sides reached out, screaming, trying to grab He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng was puzzled: “What’s going on? Why are they all trying to grab me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though none caught him, the sight was still terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Horse-Face said: “Ignore them—they’re all phoenixes slaughtered in some True Spirit World; no one knows why, but overnight, trillions of phoenixes died!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng: …………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder, no wonder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking straight to the end, He Pingsheng finally saw Zhou Qingmei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Zhou Qingmei was merely a soul, curled inside her cage—but when she saw He Pingsheng, she leapt up in excitement, pressing against the bars, stretching out her hands desperately to grasp him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She babble incoherently, uttering unintelligible sounds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Clang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ox-Head unlocked the cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Catch…” Jin Ku had no hesitation—he immediately pulled out the Buddha Flame Pearl and sucked Zhou Qingmei’s soul into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come with us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “Once we leave this realm, I’ll release you back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, He Pingsheng and Jin Ku secretly dragged along the Ox-Head, Horse-Face, and Zhao Xiangdu, walking out of the hall, leaving the Underworld city, and arriving at the Huangquan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Huangquan’s black waters churned with monstrous waves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tiny boat drifted through the flood, as waves of yin-evil energy periodically struck it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s spiritual sense constantly scanned the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boat passed from the great river into a smaller one, then into an even narrower stream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Almost there!” Jin Ku’s voice trembled: “In half a stick of incense, we’ll escape this Underworld realm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they left the Underworld and entered the void, it would not pursue them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet just as He Pingsheng exhaled in relief, the speeding boat on the Huangquan suddenly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white-robed cultivator descended from the void, one foot stomping firmly on the prow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he placed his other foot down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boat bobbed up and down in the black Huangquan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s heart lurched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around him, the Ox-Head, Horse-Face, and four ghost officers all knelt on the ground, bowing to the white-robed man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We pay homage to the Magistrate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May the Magistrate enjoy eternal peace!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white-robed Magistrate appeared as a middle-aged man of about forty in the mortal world, square-faced with thick beard, eyes blazing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s spiritual sense swept over him—like a mud ox sinking into the sea, vanishing without trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You all return first—this matter is mine to handle!” The white-robed Magistrate waved his hand; divine power descended, shattering every one of He Pingsheng’s black chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The freed ghost officers and messengers turned and fled back into the Underworld without looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder!” He Pingsheng bowed to the white-robed man, his heart instantly uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man did not attack him; instead, he clasped his hands behind his back and said: “You are He Pingsheng, correct?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng fell silent: Damn, my name is even bigger than Wang Dun’s—it’s reached the Underworld?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh…” The white-robed man gave a cold laugh: “In your True Spirit World, billions of phoenixes have perished; countless phoenixes have come before me to accuse you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I recognize you—no surprise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng wiped sweat from his brow with his sleeve and said: “Yes… I am He Pingsheng of the Spirit Realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white-robed man said: “Within the Zhou Tian, there are billions upon billions of True Spirit Worlds like yours—these are merely spaces created by Immortals!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You call it the Spirit Realm; to those in the Immortal Realm, it is merely what is called a ‘True Spirit World.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Within each True Spirit World, sooner or later, a Nine-Nine Destiny prodigy like you will emerge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet this Nine-Nine Destiny is merely your fate within the True Spirit World.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When you ascend to the Immortal Realm, your destiny will be reset.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thus, a prodigy from a True Spirit World is not necessarily a prodigy in the Immortal Realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng took a deep breath and said: “Yes… I am humbled by your teaching.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white-robed man said: “I am Cui Jue, the Third-Sixth Magistrate under Magistrate Chujiang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am somewhat familiar with the matter of Zhou Qingmei.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She carries no deep karmic debt.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you—your karmic debt is substantial.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng did not know how to respond, so he merely bowed and said: “I beg the Magistrate to show mercy—let me take her back to the Spirit Realm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine!” To his surprise, Cui Jue agreed immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But…” Cui Jue added: “I have one condition.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng rejoiced: “May I ask, Elder, what is your condition?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Jue said: “My office lacks sufficient yang energy. If you wish to take Zhou Qingmei, you must provide me with some yang energy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, I do not seek your lifespan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My tens of thousands of ghost officers could drain your lifespan dry and still gather barely any yang energy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hummm…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, Cui Jue waved his hand, and a four-sided golden bucket appeared, floating beside He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is called the Qianyuan Golden Bucket—it automatically gathers the cosmic destiny energy of heaven and earth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take this back to the Spirit Realm and collect three thousand years of cosmic destiny energy—gather one full bucket, and I will let you and Zhou Qingmei go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Jue looked at He Pingsheng, a faint smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s pupils contracted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cosmic destiny energy?\u003C\u002Fp>",1102,"2026-06-21T04:09:01.327Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b851b48993eec171311e43c8f5f30cbbe931033da6d20a77e99a832bc2c5a039","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-962","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-960",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]