[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-978":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},2356161,4608,"Chapter 978: Single Kill, Ao Cheng Fled in Terror","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-978",978,"\u003Cp>“Sssss…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crimson spear brimming with deadly poison spun through the void, leaving a red trail before slamming into Feng Xian’s fleeing body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too fast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It pierced straight through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another streak of blood marked the empty air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came two heavy, muffled thuds as the bodies of Shenmang the Immortal and Feng Xian the Immortal crashed onto the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng quickly communicated with Jin Ku: “Don’t kill the third one—leave him for me to finish off!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it!” Jin Ku said. “If you can’t kill him, I’ll step in!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine!” He Pingsheng waved his hand, instantly storing the two massive corpses in his magic treasure space, then turned toward Yuan Lu the Immortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Lu had already fled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t activate teleportation—though it could cover millions of miles in an instant, it required one or two breaths to cast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That time was enough for Gu Miaochen to strike him a hundred times from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So for Yuan Lu, the correct move was to create distance first, then escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the next instant, He Pingsheng used a void dash and suddenly appeared directly in Yuan Lu’s flight path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he brought down his staff in a crushing blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Lu had no time to summon a magic treasure for defense—he could only hastily extend his internal magic power into a qi shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a qi shield could withstand ordinary Mahayana Emperor-level attacks; it was useless against He Pingsheng’s full-power strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the shield shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the massive Hongmeng Purple Gold Staff struck Yuan Lu the Immortal directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Lu’s body was blasted like a cannonball into the earth beneath Shenshan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It carved out a crater a hundred zhang across.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had this struck the surface of the Spirit Realm, ten thousand li of land would have been pulverized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Puh… puh-puh…” Yuan Lu spat blood—he finally realized his mistake!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A colossal mistake!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d assumed He Pingsheng’s attack power was weak, thinking he could swoop in and snatch the fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it, this bastard was faking it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You tricked me…” Yuan Lu teleported into the void, glaring at He Pingsheng in fury: “You did this on purpose!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct!” He Pingsheng’s face twisted into a cruel grin: “Take this punch…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a thousand zhang away, He Pingsheng threw a single punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five spectral dragons of different colors surged from the fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon roars shook heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the five dragons merged into one, then roared again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That roar echoed like a celestial dragon descending from the Immortal Realm, its breath sweeping across billions of li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Mahayana Emperors of Piaomiao Mountain felt a whisper of death’s threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So strong…” Ao Cheng the Immortal trembled in awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the five-colored divine dragon surged toward Yuan Lu Daoist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Open!” Yuan Lu Daoist wouldn’t just wait to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t escape, but he had time to defend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom-boom-boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ten-thousand-zhang divine deer manifestation erupted, and a golden seal materialized into a thick barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was useless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of He Pingsheng’s Five True Dragon Fist was simply too overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier formed by the jade seal shattered instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force of the dragon fist didn’t dissipate—it struck again, this time slamming into Yuan Lu’s ten-thousand-zhang manifestation body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The manifestation shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of He Pingsheng’s dragon fist still hadn’t fully expended; its final surge struck Yuan Lu’s true body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Lu, who had just ascended into the void, was slammed back onto the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then another shadow descended from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a massive black divine spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear’s razor-sharp tip plunged into the swirling dust of the crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood spurted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the dust cleared, all that remained was a thousand-zhang divine deer corpse, twitching violently in the pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Lu—dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng didn’t hesitate—he swept his hand and took Yuan Lu’s corpse, storing it in his magic treasure space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With everything done, He Pingsheng finally exhaled deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless Mahayana Emperors around him were stunned silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just got hit, then instantly turned the tables?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a dog could tell he’d been faking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what shocked them was that He Pingsheng, merely a Mahayana Emperor, had slain three Immortals?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he be this strong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng turned slightly, glancing at the dragon clan with regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d planned to lure both dragon clan Immortals into his trap—but those two were too slippery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that single glance from He Pingsheng nearly shattered Ao Cheng’s soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, at this moment, he knew he was no match for He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fighting him meant zero chance of victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He… He Daoist…” Ao Cheng stood up, breathing hard, his body rigid with trembling: “He Daoist, I’m not refusing to help you—I truly don’t want to get involved in the Spirit Realm’s conflicts! You yourself promised me that back then!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng nodded: “I understand your predicament, Ao Cheng Daoist. But tell me—does your dragon clan’s presence here at Piaomiao Mountain count as involvement in the Spirit Realm’s conflicts?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ao Cheng fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You said you wouldn’t interfere in the Spirit Realm’s affairs—then why the hell are you here at Piaomiao Mountain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, ah, ah… I get it now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re leaving right away…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait!” He Pingsheng said. “I’m not driving you away—it’s your freedom to enter or not!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ao Cheng said: “I just remembered—I shouldn’t break this heavenly oath!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait!” As Ao Cheng and the other dragon clan Immortal began ascending into the void to leave, He Pingsheng suddenly called out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He Daoist, what else do you require?” Ao Cheng asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng smiled: “I’ve been cultivating recently and need two hundred vats of dragon clan Immortal blood. Could you lend me some? Don’t worry—I’ll return it, once my divine art reaches completion!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah… this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ao Cheng nearly wept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hundred vats?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you joking?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you trying to kill me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he dared not refuse: “Yes, yes, yes… He Daoist, I’ll go prepare. When this Piaomiao Mountain affair ends, I’ll personally deliver the blood to you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying that, Ao Cheng turned and fled without looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh…” Beside Ao Cheng, the other dragon clan Immortal, Ao Feng, sighed: “Big brother… if we don’t enter Piaomiao Mountain now, we’ve lost big time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lost my ass!” Ao Cheng snapped. “We should be grateful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grateful?” Ao Feng stared blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ao Cheng said: “Why did He Pingsheng, who clearly had the power to kill Feng Xian in one strike, pretend he couldn’t?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ao Feng replied: “I know—he was luring Yuan Lu and Shenmang into the trap!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!” Ao Cheng said. “If I’m not mistaken, from the very start, he was targeting the two of us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And I’m certain now—he wants Immortal blood!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What would’ve happened if we’d stayed and not fled?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1129,"2026-06-21T04:09:01.327Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","98401a625caca43ad521dc45de9d86709958ba8d44ff786b09c8fa87d14e87b4","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-979","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-977",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]