[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-honghuang-is-not-serious":3,"chapter-this-honghuang-is-not-serious-this-honghuang-is-not-serious-chapter-32":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Honghuang Is Not Serious!",{"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},2263347,4417,"Chapter 32: Xiang Xuanqing's Containment Objects","this-honghuang-is-not-serious-chapter-32",32,"\u003Cp>\"Warden!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiang Xuanqing inspected various containment objects and passed through the Fire Sea World, a deity reduced to barely a flicker of spiritual light called out to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deity of Qiaoming Mountain—Meng Huai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Warden, spare me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Huai pleaded with Xiang Xuanqing; the Fire Sea World was in truth a Fire Sea Hell, and Xiang Xuanqing was using the full power of the Underworld to wear him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even primordial deities need only a single spark of spiritual light to remain immortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Meng Huai was nearly at his limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He earnestly pleaded: \"If you spare me, my entire Qiaoming Mountain cavern realm is yours!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since ancient times, I have collected many treasures—I have considerable wealth...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Foolish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Meng Huai could finish, Xiang Xuanqing shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rebuked: \"If I kill you, all the treasures in that cavern realm are mine anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Meng Huai stunned, Xiang Xuanqing walked on without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good. Even this basic logic eludes him now—his sanity must be severely eroded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keep going. Burning this bastard to death can't be far off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing added more fire to Meng Huai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, a scream echoed through the Fire Sea Hell: \"Fengdu, you bastard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't let you go even as a ghost!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing said calmly: \"No problem. If you become a ghost, you still fall under my jurisdiction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you'll serve my Underworld for eternity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Meng Huai froze again, even forgetting to scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt no bitterness, no helplessness, no sorrow or lament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he thought:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this even possible?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I become a ghost, do I still get to live?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Warden, stop! I repent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Huai grew excited, shouting loudly: \"I want to become a ghost! I want to become a ghost! I want to serve the Underworld!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Serve it for eternity!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if becoming a ghost means escaping Xiang Xuanqing's control, it's still better than staying in this hellhole!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staying here, I'll eventually be drained dry, turned into nourishment for the Underworld's growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Warden, we repent too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We want to become ghosts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Serving the Underworld? Why didn't you say so sooner?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you'd said so earlier, we'd have surrendered long ago!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing's offhand remark ignited nearly half the \"containment facility.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One world after another trembled; cosmic law chains spanning the Ten Thousand Realms hissed with energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boundless might of the Dao was activated; primordial deities transformed into edicts, reinforcing the seals over and over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so, the prisoners still shouted, still fought for their chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were ecstatic, as if seeing the first rays of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone understood what a ghost was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Living in the Underworld, how could they not know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Xiang Xuanqing frequently visited Taisha Heavenly Palace to recite the \"Fengdu Code,\" intending to convert them, erode their sanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for losing freedom, abandoning their original forms, or working for Xiang Xuanqing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To these containment objects, was that even worth mentioning?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better dead than unfree?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wrong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We seek to embrace the Dao, to experience a new existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flesh is suffering; true spirit ascends!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today is the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Warden, teach us how to truly become ghosts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't force us to beg on our knees!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing was startled by the prisoners' cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are their standards really this low?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't they all once have sky-high pride, convinced they could outlast him and escape the Underworld?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, no matter how much they raged, Xiang Xuanqing ignored them entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were primordial deities with eighty thousand scheming minds—what game of submission was this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered clearly how they had once betrayed him and Ming He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had primordial deities been easy to kill, Xiang Xuanqing would have slain them all long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay put in Taisha Heavenly Palace!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing circled around and coldly snorted: \"Your greatest value is to rot away here completely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will turn your Dao, your methods, everything you are, into nourishment for the Underworld's growth. When my Underworld becomes immortal, you will have achieved a kind of eternity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing spoke, then walked deeper into the palace without looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When these deities became nourishment for the Underworld, they became part of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Underworld becomes a supreme world, they will have achieved a different kind of immortality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what use is such immortality?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Xiang Xuanqing lives, they have no chance of revival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had seen the residual thoughts of the Chaos Demon Deity just brought in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such beings were suppressed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this rate, the hope of outlasting the warden grows ever slimmer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it. The damn warden won't teach us? We'll figure it out ourselves!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Becoming a ghost? We'll become one and show him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unite, everyone! Whether we achieve rebirth as ghosts depends on this moment!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deity of Qiaoming Mountain, Meng Huai, shouted amid the flames: \"Flesh is suffering; true spirit is immortal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We willingly descend into the Underworld, transforming into ghosts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The containment objects responded fervently: \"Flesh is suffering; true spirit is immortal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We willingly descend into the Underworld, transforming into ghosts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Huai shouted again: \"All for rebirth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The containment objects erupted in fanaticism: \"All for rebirth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A bunch of actors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing sensed the commotion behind him and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Huai, the deity of Qiaoming Mountain, cultivated a Dao with one single character: Perform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This character could mean evolution, transformation, or outright acting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long ago, when Xiang Xuanqing was still inexperienced, he nearly fell for Meng Huai's tricks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only his overwhelming strength had allowed him to kill Meng Huai and imprison his true spirit here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Huai was one of the first \"residents\" of Taisha Heavenly Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A veteran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even with just a flicker of spiritual light left, he's still causing chaos—clearly, Meng Huai has been acting all these years!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing muttered: \"This time, I must upgrade Taisha Heavenly Palace's suppression capability—and increase his punishment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing continued deeper into the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fengdu, if you have the guts, let me out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's fight again, with real strength!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Containment Site Yi-Zi-9, a pitch-black orb spotted Xiang Xuanqing and shouted defiantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the [Evil Heavenly Dao].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next door, in Containment Site Yi-Zi-10, the [Unlucky Heavenly Dao] remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it had not survived the Opening Heaven Tribulation, its creator had perished, his Dao extinguished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Unlucky Heavenly Dao] had thus sunk into profound gloom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, it shut itself off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing glanced at them twice and casually added two seals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dao of Heaven has many origins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some are integrations of world rules—the underlying logic of a world’s operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some are aggregates of sentient beings’ thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were created by primordial great deities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another kind is formed from the primordial deities themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes: “My heart is the heart of Heaven; my principle is the principle of Heaven”—this refers to a great being merging their Dao-heart with the Dao of Heaven, becoming the Dao itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This counts as a cultivation method: “Union with the Dao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Evil Dao of Heaven】belongs to the second type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it underwent some unknown anomaly, causing it, after becoming sentient, to in fact transform into an evil deity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world it inhabited was also affected, becoming a haven for evil forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Unlucky Dao of Heaven】is the third type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing actually wanted to capture a 【Union-with-the-Dao Dao of Heaven】to study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, he never had the chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, don’t leave!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t make me look down on you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the 【Evil Dao of Heaven】’s shouting, Xiang Xuanqing traveled to the deepest point—the Jia-1 Universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Containment Site: Oil Cauldron Hell (91st Edition)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contained Object: Chaos Demon God 【Jie】 (Remnant)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Containment Dao Fruit: 【Darkness】 (Authenticity Uncertain)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note 1: Meng Huai: Mount Qiao Ming… there is a beast here, resembling a hedgehog with red bristles, its cry like “liu-liu,” named Meng Huai. —《Classic of Mountains and Seas, Volume Three: Northern Mountains》\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note 2: Jie [jie], Capricorn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1324,"2026-06-19T19:10:14.517Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","30aac4bf0649ce143fa6015ed3287a8c73cc673275aa001b06eb78faaafc6352","this-honghuang-is-not-serious-chapter-33","this-honghuang-is-not-serious-chapter-31",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-honghuang-is-not-serious-cover.jpg"]