[{"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-45":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},2263360,4417,"Chapter 45: The Secrets of the Yin-Yang Universe","this-honghuang-is-not-serious-chapter-45",45,"\u003Cp>The Dao heart of Ming He faced a severe challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had died and been reborn countless times, and prided himself on being well-traveled and experienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Xiang Xuanqing always managed to expand Ming He’s horizons in the most peculiar ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Relax, relax.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s just a Soul-Grabbing Chain. Who cares how it works—as long as it’s effective.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing sat astride the majestic five-colored lion, turned back to look at Ming He, who was in disbelief, and laughed: “Look around—our achievements are remarkable!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These divine soldiers, divine beasts, and ferocious birds all kneel beneath your feet, bowing in submission.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming He’s face darkened, his lips trembling with rage: “I’d rather have no such victories!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a proper deity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he had to take subordinate deities or vassals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would never be subjects beneath his skirts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming He stared at the surrounding spirits, all “soul-grabbed,” and nearly threw the cursed artifact away multiple times—but ultimately did nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing was right: at least, the Soul-Grabbing Chain was devastatingly effective against enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, on this battlefield of gods and demons, survival came first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, you—come here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After searching for a long while, Xiang Xuanqing spotted a timid black fox among the stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big Brother Bai, don’t hit me, don’t hit me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re from the same hometown!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black fox, seeing Xiang Xuanqing raise the Mourning Staff, slid on his knees from one side of the star-river to the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a meteor streaking across the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud—he knelt before the five-colored lion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire motion flowed like water, swift and precise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big Brother Bai, when we set out for battle, we all gathered for a farewell feast—we’ve met before!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black fox clung to the five-colored lion’s leg, looking up at Xiang Xuanqing with pleading eyes: “Big Brother Bai, do you remember me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m Hu Shisan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing stared, memories surging in his mind: “Black Fox City, thirteenth-generation solitary disciple—Hu Shisan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Shisan was overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He celebrated inwardly, then quietly corrected: “It’s Black Fox City’s thirteenth-generation sole disciple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Although Black Fox City accepts only one disciple per generation, and due to our cultivation of the Black Fox Scripture, we must maintain a pure yang body...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he explained further, Hu Shisan’s voice grew quieter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head drooped, his eyes losing their luster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, I’m single.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing smiled at the dejected Hu Shisan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and the deity vessel inhabited by Ming He were indeed from the same hometown as Hu Shisan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three hailed from the Seventeenth Star Region of the Black Path—Jin Que Star Region, Shen Ming Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The name of this body was Bai Wudi, First Divine General of Tian Zhou City on Shen Ming Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deity vessel inhabited by Ming He was Fan Wujiu, First Divine General of Feng Ge City on Shen Ming Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My Lord, My Lord...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t leave, My Lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sip-sip!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the spirits of the Black and White Paths, soul-grabbed, twisted toward Ming He and crawled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming He’s eyelid twitched; he coldly said: “Shisan, you know sealing techniques, right? Bind them all for me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Shisan instantly perked up, plucked a tuft of fox fur, and transformed it into a Divine-Binding Chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the hundred-odd divine generals and their spirit beasts and mounts on this battlefield were tightly bound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big Brother Bai, some of these are our Black Path divine generals—should we let them go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Shisan pointed to a dozen or so of the bound spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Check if any of them are from Shen Ming Star?” Xiang Xuanqing asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“None of them are.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Shisan sighed: “Of the thirty divine generals who departed Shen Ming Star, only the three of us remain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If not for you two breaking through in the midst of death, we’d all be dead here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since there are no fellow townspeople, bind them all,” Xiang Xuanqing said, observing the battlefield’s shifting fronts while searching for Ruo Xi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let their backer factions come to ransom them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Shisan was stunned: “Big Brother Bai, are you going back to your old trade—selling deities?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the God-Demon Battlefield!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Shisan’s expression grew tense; Bai Wudi and Fan Wujiu had a poor reputation on Shen Ming Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Partly because they’d done many immoral deeds in their youth—trading deities was one of them. “What do you mean ‘deity trader’? That sounds awful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing said: “We at least saved these bastards’ lives—what’s wrong with asking for compensation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t we work for free?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But...” Hu Shisan hesitated—weren’t all these beings on this battlefield your doing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, don’t dwell on it. When we get the ransom, I’ll give you thirty percent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing picked up two gourds from the battlefield, immediately refined them, and tossed them to Hu Shisan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Put Black Path spirits in the large gourd, White Path spirits in the small one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once this phase of battle ends, we’ll ask if anyone wants to buy them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re still going to be a deity trader... Hu Shisan clutched the two gourds and obediently stuffed the spirits inside as Xiang Xuanqing instructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing had promised him a cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming He collected all the divine weapons and armor left on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He selected two swords that felt comfortable in his grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let someone else use the Soul-Grabbing Chain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m never using it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I found Ruo Xi. Let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing whispered to Ming He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Shisan hurried to follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big Brother Bai, Second Brother Fan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Shisan carried the two gourds: “You’ve defeated so many White Path divine generals and subdued some Black Path ones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Shen Ming Star’s fortune must surge because of this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your rankings on the Black Path Newcomers List will surely rise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Shisan grinned: “Maybe I’ll even ride on your coattails—my rank might climb a few spots too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing was indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the Black and White Lists, the Black and White Paths had a Newcomers List.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them were ranked on the Black Path Newcomers List.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Wudi was ranked 7,641st.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fan Wujiu was ranked 7,713th.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat cross-legged atop the five-colored lion, striving to heal the body’s injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming He used his divine powers to avoid drawing attention from the Tian Jun above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Hu Shisan, whether from nervousness or simply because he was a naturally talkative bachelor,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he chattered incessantly along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His talk revolved entirely around “fortune” and “Black List rankings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiang Xuanqing sifted through Bai Wudi’s memories, he discovered that many major events in the Yin-Yang Universe were tied to these two things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Ancient Era, the Yin-Yang Universe had been relatively harmonious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boundless star-seas operated independently; star-regions rarely interacted, and everyone lived their own lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, there were no beings at the Tian Jun level—the highest cultivation was Tian Shen, equivalent to today’s Divine General.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no such thing as Black Path or White Path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at some unknown point, two lists appeared in the Yin-Yang Universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the Black List and the White List.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black and White Lists were fortune artifacts that divided the Yin-Yang Universe into Black and White Paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any being on either list received cosmic fortune enhancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The higher the rank, the more fortune one gained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And rankings are subject to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirits on the White List can rise in rank by defeating or hunting down higher-ranked Black List spirits, thereby gaining greater blessings of cosmic fortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reverse is true for the Black List.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When this was discovered, all life in the universe went mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus began the Age of Slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this age, countless spirits from both the White and Black Lists were drawn into an endless cycle of slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until, simultaneously, the First Tian Jun emerged on both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Tian Juns ended the chaos and established the rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every one hundred thousand years, both sides unleash calamities, engaging in divine and demonic wars to vie for cosmic fortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within each hundred thousand years, peace prevails, allowing limited friction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the Yin-Yang Universe entered the Age of Calamity and Fortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever the great calamity opens, Yin and Yang invert, and black and white are reversed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yin-Yang Universe is now within this great calamity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1373,"2026-06-19T19:10:14.517Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","50a6ea56c1fc918290f2279433eaa5b2aa157961f097346710b2c269818e443f","this-honghuang-is-not-serious-chapter-46","this-honghuang-is-not-serious-chapter-44",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-honghuang-is-not-serious-cover.jpg"]