[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ancestor-the-times-have-changed":3,"chapter-ancestor-the-times-have-changed-ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-2":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Ancestor, the Times Have Changed",{"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},2299324,4498,"Chapter 2: Did Huanhuan Sect Become an Orthodox Immortal Sect?!","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-2",2,"\u003Cp>Zhang Yunlu, a senior at Xuanjian Third Middle School, was influenced by her deceased parents and loved studying the history of ancient cultivation realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had even represented her school in competitions on this topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Qi Refining eighth-layer cultivation, she was considered a minor prodigy and had considerable fame at school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rarely having a Friday off, she planned to relax properly, even though she had to attend remedial classes tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked into a drink shop outside campus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One Dragon Scale juice, less sugar, less ice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragon Scale fruit—its name sounded impressive, but it was just an ordinary fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides tasting slightly better, it contained not a single speck of spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Simulated Paint Job: Stick to Jingyue Flying Sword. Jingyue Flying Sword Paint Job, using third-generation paint technology, realistic light effects, excellent sound feedback, a fifty-year-old trusted brand!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【According to statistics, Huanhuan Sect has ranked first in applicant numbers for six consecutive sessions—does this signify a shift in cultivation trends within the cultivation world?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Third-phase City Protection Array maintenance completed. The mayor stated: “We will spare no effort to ensure the personal safety of all citizens.”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While waiting, several news reports and advertisements played on the Xuanlight Mirror hanging above—just as she took her juice and found a seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her communicator buzzed in her pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled it out and looked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked to the table, sat down, inserted the straw, took a sip, then slowly answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello, big brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After her parents perished exploring a secret realm, this older brother—nearly thirty years her senior—was her legal guardian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Lu, are you still at school?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just got out. What’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yunlu bit the straw, her voice muffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go straight back to school and don’t come out—there’s a cultivator above Void Repulsion realm who has just emerged, and we’re not yet sure if he’s a demonic cultivator.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Void Repulsion realm… a great cultivator?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His serious tone tightened her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A great cultivator emerging from seclusion was no joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three years ago, the demonic great cultivator Cang Jiezi emerged from seclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just one demonic array, he slaughtered half the population of neighboring Hengjian City to sacrifice for sword forging and spellcraft; though he was eventually slain by arriving orthodox great cultivators, the dead were truly dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancient demonic cultivators never followed modern rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing the gravity, she abandoned her half-drunk juice, ended the call, and bolted outside—only to stop dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum~ Spiritual tides surged, spiritual energy roiled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yunlu froze, looked up—and saw crimson array patterns igniting across the sky, engulfing the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Protection Array had activated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her brother was right! “Alert!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A great cultivator above Void Repulsion realm, who did not experience the Great Transformation Era, has emerged. Whether he is a demonic cultivator remains uncertain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To ensure citizens’ safety, immediately proceed to the nearest school or sect outpost—do not leave the City Protection Array’s range!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Ancient Cultivator Response Division has deployed Void Repulsion realm cultivator Xiao Ning True Person, twelve Soul Transformation cultivators, and seventy-two Nascent Soul cultivators.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar voice, amplified by a Faqi from Lingyin Workshop, spread across the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the principal of Xuanjian Third Middle School!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The highest-cultivation individual in Xuanjian City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, everyone understood what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some residents who had moved from Hengjian City could not suppress their panic—they had lived through that event and knew better than anyone how cruel demonic great cultivators could be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yunlu sprinted toward school, her figure leaving afterimages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sky, beneath the array, countless spiritual lights pierced the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them was the drink shop owner, who hadn’t even closed his shop door—his feet already on an ice-blue longsword, overtaking her instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides him, there were middle-aged women wielding kitchen knives and wearing aprons, others sweeping with brooms, sanitation workers in orange-yellow uniforms, even someone who was putting on clothes while riding a flying sword—no one knew what he’d been doing before. Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, even Nascent Soul cultivators—all rushed swiftly toward the school and major sect outposts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Zhang Yunlu neared the school, she saw a person standing in the middle of the road, gazing upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, she shouted: “Hey! Get back to school!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person turned—his appearance was very young, seemingly only a few years older than her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded and fell in step behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the school gate, a flood of students—all Qi Refining level—surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yunlu squeezed through the crowd and entered the school safely, finally exhaling in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Phew~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teachers’ cultivation levels were all high: three vice-principals were Soul Transformation cultivators, and the principal himself was merely one step away from achieving Void Repulsion realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the City Protection Array’s power, even if a Void Repulsion realm demonic elder attacked, they could hold him off for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh right—there was that person who had followed her in just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m a student here—if you’re unfamiliar, I can…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh? Where did he go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Xuanjian Third Middle School, beneath one of the teaching buildings, Xu Xing walked slowly, pausing occasionally to glance upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one noticed him—even if someone’s gaze swept over him, they passed right through, as if completely unable to see him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The commotion from this emergence was truly massive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he heard the broadcast outside, he understood: the entire city’s mobilization was because of his emergence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the details, he’d pieced together enough from fragments of overheard conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way—how had this world become so… modernized?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The playground, teaching buildings, students in uniform uniforms, teachers in suits and ties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmph—clearly some official was coming for an inspection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Familiar yet alien surroundings seemed to merge with distant memories. If it were just one place, maybe coincidence—but so many familiar traces made Xu Xing suspect this was the work of some fellow time-traveler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, precedents existed; a few more anomalies were plausible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, first head to the library.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crossing the playground, his spiritual sense covered the area—he already knew the library’s location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the library entrance, a withered old man, hunched over, face wrinkled, hair reduced to a few strands, lay on a reclining chair, expression serene, utterly unaffected by the commotion outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath his emaciated frame pulsed blood and qi as blazing as a great sun—if fully unleashed, it could engulf all of Xuanjian City; even Golden Core cultivators would be burned alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Xing glanced at him once and ignored him, walking straight inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, there weren’t many people. The first floor held rows of shelves filled with all kinds of miscellaneous books—any student could enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second floor was different—access required permission. Inside, thousands of jade slips were neatly arranged, recording basic cultivation techniques and Qi Refining spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third floor contained hundreds of Foundation Establishment-level techniques and secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fourth floor held only dozens of jade slips—those involving Golden Core cultivation methods and divine arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth floor—the final level—contained only seven radiant jade slips, surrounded by Dao essence, each inscribed with the divine arts of the Seven Immortal Sects—only Nascent Soul cultivators could cultivate them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xu Xing was finally startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never mind that these non-transmissible divine arts appeared in a school library.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seven Immortal Sects?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since ancient times, there had only ever been Six Immortal Sects—how had a seventh suddenly appeared? Excluding the six sects’ divine arts, the extra one was named—《Huanhuan Cai Qi Yin Yang Miao Shu》! It was Huanhuan Sect’s divine art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huanhuan Sect became an orthodox immortal sect?! (End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1264,"2026-06-20T06:44:12.591Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4673552da57812953cc1dc8f9e0d09c59a6c52c4d589a76ea37323f668e807f4","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-3","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-1",648,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fancestor-the-times-have-changed-cover.jpg"]