[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-988":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},2356171,4608,"Chapter 988","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-988",988,"\u003Cp>“Huh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Solitary Pine Mountain, the snowstorm had ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng stood beneath that enormous pine tree, suddenly feeling out of place in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His disciple Luo Bingyao had already ascended; the Nirvana Emperor Domain had already been taken over by Bing Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng had no desire to go there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only place he could stay was this Solitary Pine Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange emotion stirred within him, bringing a touch of sadness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, within an instant, He Pingsheng—having cultivated for four thousand eight hundred years—regained inner calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t this normal for a Dao cultivator?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Solitude is the norm for cultivators—and for life itself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t Solitary Pine Mountain the ideal place for a Dao cultivator?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kid, you can speak now,” the voice of Jin Ku echoed plainly within him: “You’re about to ascend to the Immortal Realm too; our connection is nearly at an end!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me—what are we going to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can’t just shove me into the Immortal Realm in a basin, can you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng shook his head: “That’s obviously impossible…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But old man, let me ask you something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think, with this basin of mine, I’ll be able to survive in the Immortal Realm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nonsense!” Jin Ku’s tone dripped with mockery: “Don’t think I’m being disrespectful, but even a pig—hahaha—could reach the end of the Immortal Realm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, provided that your fortune is sufficient!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng asked again: “What do you think? How much further can you advance once you reach the Immortal Realm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question left Jin Ku silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After nearly half a stick of incense passed, the old man let out a deep sigh: “To be honest, I’m not optimistic myself. If I can advance one or two major realms, that’s probably my limit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I might even be stuck as a Earth Immortal for life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “Just as I expected…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old man, what do you think of my treatment of Huo Ming and Feng Wu?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Ku immediately jumped up: “What? I get it—you’re hinting you want me to become your servant?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re telling me you treat your servants well?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “I won’t force you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Ku said: “I won’t agree to it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “Don’t get worked up yet—listen to me out. If after hearing this, you still refuse to hand over the Heavenly Dao Slave Seal, I’ll let you be.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Jin Ku said nothing further, He Pingsheng continued: “Before you hand me the Heavenly Dao Slave Seal, I will swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao: from now on, though you become my servant, I will never issue any command to you. And the moment you hand over the seal, we will immediately part ways—perhaps we’ll never see each other again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My reason for asking you to hand over the Heavenly Dao Slave Seal is simply to ensure my secret doesn’t leak.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no other intention.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know my combat strength—I’ll become a Human Immortal the moment I ascend.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once I’m a Human Immortal, I’ll possess the combat power of an Earth Immortal. At that point, you’ll be useless to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enslaving you serves no purpose.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s the first point.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Ku said: “I’ll consider this suggestion. Go on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “Good. Second point—is there something you’ve never considered?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once I become a Human Immortal—or even an Earth Immortal—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With the strength of my spiritual sense, even if you detonate yourself within my mind sea, I might not die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In other words, if one day I acquire something like a [Substitute Doll], what would you do about our relationship—if you were me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having finished, He Pingsheng fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A silence settled between them again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Ku knew his options were few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either he detonated now, and they both died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or he waited until after the ascension, when He Pingsheng’s spiritual sense grew stronger, and then He Pingsheng would erase him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Jin Ku wasn’t foolish—he understood the importance of the Treasure Basin’s secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he became He Pingsheng’s servant, their karmic fortunes would be linked, a master-servant rule would be established under Heavenly Dao’s restraint, and he would lose all ability to reveal that He Pingsheng possessed the Treasure Basin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Jin Ku, the optimal choice right now was precisely the servant method He Pingsheng had just proposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine!” Jin Ku said: “Go study those Immortal Scripts first. I’ll think it over—I’ll make my decision when you ascend.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good!” He Pingsheng nodded, then pulled out the grain-of-light Cui Jue had given him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not immediately merge the grain-of-light into his spiritual soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knew if there were traps inside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he extended a thread of his spiritual sense into the grain-of-light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He examined it thoroughly, ensuring within his capacity that this thread of spiritual sense posed no danger, before beginning the fusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a stream of information flowed into He Pingsheng’s mind sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This stream contained nothing else—only Immortal Scripts, their pronunciations, and some explanatory notes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Dao cultivation, this information was minimal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng absorbed every detail within half a stick of incense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, in less than half a stick of incense, He Pingsheng could speak the Immortal Realm’s language and understand its written characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, reading the Immortal Realm’s scriptures presented no obstacle whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s first action was to retrieve the Immortal Art he had copied from the [Transformation Immortal Stele].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with his spiritual sense scanning it, he could finally understand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Hong Luo Nu had said, this was the method to transform True Spirit Qi into Immortal Spirit Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Cui Jue was right too—it was common trash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, over the past two thousand seven hundred years, He Pingsheng had already strengthened all these jade slips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one had been preserved as an original, then strengthened into a copy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled out one of the strengthened jade slips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Name: True Origin Gathering Immortal Art\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rank: Immortal Heaven Grade!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Function: Once perfected, this art transforms the cultivator’s True Origin Qi into Immortal Origin Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed was simple!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng began to comprehend this Immortal Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, no matter what, this was the first step toward cultivation in the Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by converting True Origin Qi into Immortal Origin Qi could he proceed to refine Immortal Treasures, cultivate Immortal Arts, and command Immortal Realm laws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, comprehend it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The method was simple—he mastered the transformation technique in less than a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not rush to convert his own Qi into Immortal Origin Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, He Pingsheng maximized his spiritual sense and sifted through over a thousand jade slips inscribed with Immortal texts, searching for a way to breach the boundary between the Spirit Realm and the mortal world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, he still needed to take a look at the Small Spirit World.\u003C\u002Fp>",1137,"2026-06-21T04:09:01.327Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3de0e404c47b6cc7e436d913d326000c6d396640bdc0e11fb17e7f6eda7ced2c","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-989","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-987",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]