[{"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-80":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},2263395,4417,"Chapter 80: Crafting the Heavenly Dao, Forging Xuan Huang Merit","this-honghuang-is-not-serious-chapter-80",80,"\u003Cp>\"Hehe, friend, you really know your stuff!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You spotted the most valuable scripture among them at a glance.\" Chenxing Shangzun gave Fuxi a nod of approval, praising his keen eye for value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why, you ask, is he so calm after exposing his romantic history?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chenxing Shangzun declared: This scripture, “My Secret Love Story with Three Thousand Female Cultivators,” was clearly written by a minor cultivator named “Ao Cang”!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Ao Cang’s personal experience—what does it have to do with Zu Long?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even granting, for the sake of argument, that Ao Cang had some tenuous connection to Zu Long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what does that have to do with me, Chenxing Shangzun?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chenxing Daoist, we are also very interested in your final volume of scripture.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gods all expressed their desire to become the first loyal readers of the minor cultivator “Ao Cang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the amusement gods of Taiwei Yuan, whether it’s scripture or not is secondary—they’re mainly here for the drama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good, good, everyone gets one!” Chenxing Shangzun grinned broadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to name a price when he suddenly remembered something and turned to Xiang Xuanqing: \"Jidu Daoist, how does Tian Shi Yuan handle settlements?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Dragon Clan’s main divine hall, to standardize accounting, the Dragon Clan introduced the concept of “Merit Points.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason it’s called an introduction is because this concept originally came from Taiwei Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More precisely, it originated from the hands of [Jin Yao Tai Bai Shangzun] Zhunti and [An Yao Ji Du Shangzun] Xiang Xuanqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhunti possessed the primordial Merit Golden Lotus; Xiang Xuanqing had a more expansive mindset—the two of them collaborated to create this thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for heavenly merit and such.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hong Huang Zhen Jie itself doesn’t even have a “Heavenly Dao,” so there’s no such thing as heavenly merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Pangu’s creation of heaven and earth didn’t involve any “creation merit” division.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Xiang Xuanqing specifically calculated the so-called “first defensive supreme treasure forged from creation merit”—the Heaven-Earth Xuan Huang Linglong Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was: “No such treasure exists.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing simply doesn’t exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Xiang Xuanqing witnessed the creation of heaven and earth firsthand and confirmed there was no Xuan Huang Tower, nor any other merit sacred artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, to satisfy his collecting hobby, Xiang Xuanqing casually forged a Linglong Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since it was crafted in his early days and far too orthodox, he now feels embarrassed to use it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the Linglong Tower still gathers dust inside Wu Cheng Tiangong to this day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, Daoist, that's a good question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing smiled at the gods: “When launching a new feature, you need something new!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So for Tian Shi Yuan’s settlement system, we’ll use merit—true Xuan Huang Merit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xuan Huang Merit?” All the gods were instantly curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Jin Yao Tai Bai Shangzun] Zhunti was utterly astonished: “You actually created this thing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleven cycles ago, when Xiang Xuanqing last governed Taiwei Yuan, everyone collaborated on many strange and unusual things, proposing some very peculiar concepts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Merit Points” was one of them, but proposing the concept didn’t mean “merit” itself could be created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhunti went back and studied it himself, producing the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pool’s water indeed had effects such as “purifying oneself,” “enhancing fortune,” “warding off calamity and evil,” and “boosting cultivation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this case isn’t representative or universal, because the Eight Treasures Merit Pool was essentially Zhunti’s byproduct, created by borrowing the primordial Merit Golden Lotus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the primordial Merit Golden Lotus, you could just call it a pot of Eight Treasures Soup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Dragon Clan’s Merit Points focus on the “points,” not the “merit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zu Long chose this term purely because it sounded good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing tapped the pitch-black long table; clouds churned violently. “Next, let me proudly unveil—since the establishment of Taiwei Yuan’s Jiazi No. 9 Plan, after thirty-three yuan hui, following my acquisition of two Heavenly Daos and my 14,518th failure—my research achievement: the Merit Heavenly Dao!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whooosh~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clouds unfurled like a scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a daze, the gods heard a profound Dao melody ring out, deafening and awe-inspiring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yuan yuan sui chu, mang mang tai shi, qing zhuo tong liu, xuan huang cuo zhi.” (zhi: to stand)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the scroll, boundless worlds appeared—before yin and yang were divided, before clarity and turbidity separated—the primordial Xuan Huang Qi interwove, like the source point of the Dao, like the mysterious mechanism before all things emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing extended two fingers, mimicking the posture of a creation sword, and slashed through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, brilliant light erupted, dazzling the world, piercing through all chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world within the scroll began to evolve: yin and yang separated, heaven became clear, earth turned turbid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the primordial Xuan Huang Qi surged; boundless Xuan Huang light descended from the endless void, vast and inexhaustible, filling heaven and earth with overwhelming force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xiang Xuanqing continued his work; the primordial essence of the Dao swirled around his palm, the radiance of cosmic laws burst forth from his hands, endless rules and orders were forged into the scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, Xiang Xuanqing reached into the scroll and pulled out a glowing orb condensed from Xuan Huang primordial Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Done!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing held the [Merit Heavenly Dao], smiling: “Haven’t made anything this orthodox in ages—succeeded on the first try, excellent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan means origin. Shi means beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without ancestor or supreme, yet uniquely capable of being the origin of all things—thus named Yuan Shi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing had many ideas he could only set aside before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since he condensed the [Fu Li Yuan Shi Tian Zun]’s yewei, his ability to create has greatly increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet to the gods, his words carried a different meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So this is your 14,519th experiment? I thought you were so confident you’d already succeeded.” On the rightmost first seat, [Ri Yao Tai Yang Shangzun] Taiyi bluntly mocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t care how many times you tried—just tell me: did you succeed or not?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing said: “Succeeded on the first try? That’s because I never attempt anything without certainty!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, yes, the Taiwei Heavenly Emperor plans everything flawlessly—every matter, every cause and effect, all under your control. How dare we speak out?” [Mu Yao Sui Xing Shangzun] Fuxi chimed in sarcastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Congratulations to the Taiwei Heavenly Emperor on succeeding after 14,518 failures.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gods clapped enthusiastically in perfect sync, deliberately emphasizing the word “failures.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way the Taiwei gods acted was clearly not their first time performing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing sat cheerfully at the head, holding the [Merit Heavenly Dao], and spoke with mock solemnity: “My loyal ministers, your sentiments are duly noted—I shall reward you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mu Yao Sui Xing Shangzun!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your servant is here!” Fuxi replied with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You uphold the primordial Qi of Wood, act with benevolence and harmony, oversee virtue… your praise is meritorious—I am deeply pleased.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I now bestow upon you nine units of Xuan Huang Merit as reward. May you never forget your original intent, strive harder, and praise more… may you honor this decree.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xuanqing raised his hand; Xuan Huang light descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuxi gladly accepted the nine units of Xuan Huang Merit bestowed by Xiang Xuanqing, still bowing to express gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your servant thanks the Taiwei Heavenly Emperor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Direct link: [Monthly Tickets] [Recommendation Votes]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1212,"2026-06-19T19:10:14.517Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","909988a869c5e910d2343a3cba53b566010dab8d2682c55bb12633c6474d2783","this-honghuang-is-not-serious-chapter-81","this-honghuang-is-not-serious-chapter-79",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-honghuang-is-not-serious-cover.jpg"]