[{"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-588":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},2299910,4498,"Chapter 588: Observing the Chaos Sea, Perception Transcends!","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-588",588,"\u003Cp>Inside the Xuanqing Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A middle-aged Daoist of Qi Refining fourth level was giving a lecture, endlessly recounting the former supreme glory of the Xuanqing Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him, on mats, two young acolytes—a boy and a girl—listened, drowsy and half-asleep, their eyes barely able to stay open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the middle-aged Daoist sighed inwardly but said nothing in reprimand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xuanqing Palace… it is no longer what it once was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps in just a few more years, without any external enemy, this once-sacred origin of transcendent cultivation would perish on its own…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who feared the Xuanqing Palace yet longed for its demise could finally rest easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, he suddenly lost all enthusiasm, his voice gradually fading to silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the two acolytes jolted awake at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked up at the middle-aged Daoist, bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh~” The middle-aged Daoist lowered his gaze. “You may arrange your own studies now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master!” Both cried out in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They assumed it was their own lack of diligence that had angered their master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hurriedly rose to their feet, preparing to kneel and kowtow: “Master, we have erred—please, Master, do not…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged Daoist moved to rise and stop them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was only Qi Refining fourth level; his method of channeling spiritual energy was still crude, utterly incapable of a mere sleeve-flick to prevent kneeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, as three beams of spiritual light pierced the main hall and vanished into the tops of their heads,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vast torrent of information abruptly flooded their mind-seas, forming entire scriptures—from Qi Refining to Void Return—causing all three to freeze mid-motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, the middle-aged Daoist was the first to regain clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the flow of cultivation methods within his mind-sea, he wept uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ancestral Master has transmitted the Dharma! Hahaha! It is the Ancestral Master’s transmission!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a certain sense, this was not wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xuanqing was, in a way, the founding ancestor of the Xuanqing Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if Chen Xuanqing were still here, she would surely correct him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she considered herself the protagonist, she was still far from the rank of “Ancestral Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the true protagonist possibly care about such a hollow title?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that she had left, it was another matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the two acolytes also snapped awake, staring in shock at the middle-aged Daoist, who wept wildly and gesticulated wildly above them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“M-Master…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Has Master gone mad?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they could ask…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep, earth-shaking resonance reverberated through heaven and earth, shaking the entire Xuanqing Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged Daoist’s manic expression ceased; his body moved like wind, dashing instantly toward the hall’s exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, his talent was not poor—only the Xuanqing Palace’s current inheritance was shattered, leaving only the most basic Qi Refining methods, which had trapped him at Qi Refining fourth level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the transmitted teachings filled this gap, and his previously scattered, patchy spiritual power rapidly transformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the two acolytes did not understand what had happened, they immediately followed the middle-aged Daoist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the main hall, they found their master gazing upward at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked up too—and froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavens glowed bright, golden clouds rolling in vast, layered waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst incomprehensible divine chants, a mighty voice echoed across the ten directions, resounding throughout the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Today, the Ascension Platform is established. Those who attain Void Return, accumulate three thousand external merits, and perfect their spiritual fruit may Ascend to the ‘Immortal Realm’ and seek the True Dao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words, all beings within the realm were plunged into dazed confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ascend?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Chen Xuanqing, who had chosen to settle her quest, found herself in a strange state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt herself continuously ascending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything around her blurred; colors merged into a peculiar corridor, and the only clear things were the messages constantly popping up on her personal interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ascension Platform Core (Lingyin Fang) Pulling Program Activated—Returning to Taixuan Realm!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Quest Settlement In Progress…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Settlement Complete!】\u003C\u002Fp>",662,"2026-06-20T06:44:14.883Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e573b4122cb4868851b00f6a06aea42fb74c21a5fd26d20f33fd98941a1896f0","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-589","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-587",648,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fancestor-the-times-have-changed-cover.jpg"]