[{"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-602":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},2299924,4498,"Chapter 602","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-602",602,"\u003Cp>The cracks on Yuan Chongjing’s surface continued to spread, and its blue glow dimmed considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiu Yu extended two fingers like a sword and traced a faint golden rune upon the mirror’s surface, sending it toward the shattering Yuan Chongjing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rune rotated as it neared the mirror, and upon contact, it vanished directly into the surface, visibly slowing the spread of the cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Chi Jiu Yu swiftly drew two more runes and launched them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the cracks ran vertically through the entire mirror did the spreading finally halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Phew~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiu Yu exhaled softly, raising a hand to wipe away sweat that wasn’t there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I almost had to make another trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though my Tai Xu Sword Dash has reached teleportation level, finding an unowned Yuan Bing within this Military Realm’s vast universe is still incredibly difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Delaying the mission progress would be even worse—I’m planning to claim all the Ascension Points this time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, she looked at the Yuan Chongjing in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the Tai Xu Breaking Illusion Golden Gaze, she effortlessly saw through its outer structure, spotting the mirror spirit curled deep within, barely clinging to life like a flickering light orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its spiritual essence was damaged, but it still belonged to the ‘Yuan Bing’ tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiu Yu nodded in satisfaction:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not bad! Looks like my cultivation of Rune Dao is still effective!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runes she had just drawn were called the [Universal Artifact Maintenance Rune], one of the foundational runes of the high-grade talisman [Nisheng Talisman], extracted by twelve high-grade rune masters from the original [Nisheng Talisman].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can partially repair wear and tear on magic artifacts and is applicable to the vast majority of such items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the purpose of doing this…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fewer and fewer cultivators are practicing Rune Dao these days; among the once-great Four Professions—Alchemy, Artifacts, Arrays, and Runes—the rune branch is nearly been erased!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If things continue like this, this lifeless Rune Dao won’t just stagnate—it’ll eventually be left with only a few old men clinging to their past glory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s something the high-grade rune masters absolutely won’t allow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the more prosperous an industry becomes, the more support its high-grade practitioners receive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take the alchemy industry next door, for example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three years ago, Lin Xuanxuan, a prodigy alchemist from Jishi Valley, proposed the ‘Three Yuan Alchemy Theory,’ which inspired Qing Li, an alchemist stuck at Tongxuan Realm, and helped her seize a glimmer of opportunity toward Dongzhen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone who followed alchemy knew about this at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar examples abound across every profession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though young cultivators may lack deep accumulation, sometimes a sudden flash of brilliance can inspire higher-level cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially those exceptionally gifted young ones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why high-grade rune masters have been trying to design runes that even beginner rune cultivators can easily master and use to earn cultivation resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ideally, bypassing the traditional entry method of Rune Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shifting from beginners learning complete low-grade talismans as their foundation, to learning single universal runes as their entry point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the results of decomposing high-grade talismans into various universal foundational runes fell short of expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though named ‘Universal Foundational Runes,’ they still originated from high-grade talismans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For rune cultivators with exceptional talent or some prior foundation, it’s manageable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for ordinary cultivators trying to learn them…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difficulty of learning these universal foundational runes rivals that of Array Dao—the most difficult entry-level cultivation profession!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they don’t even earn as much as Array Dao!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Array cultivators can simply install a set of arrays and craft portable array bases, earning several times what these rune masters make!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the current situation is…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The idea is good, but the implementation still needs serious refinement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, for Chi Jiu Yu, these current universal foundational runes are already very convenient…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back to the matter at hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After carefully observing the structure of Yuan Chongjing through the Tai Xu Breaking Illusion Golden Gaze, and combining it with the dying mirror spirit…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange expression crept onto her face:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Chongshui Miaohua Yuan Scripture…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a cultivation method recorded within Yuan Chongjing, capable of guiding one directly to Nascent Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, Yuan Chongjing itself was the vessel of this cultivation method—its very existence arose from the Chongshui Miaohua Yuan Scripture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiu Yu scratched her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, she felt she had grasped something—but the final crucial piece of the puzzle was still missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation method, divine weapon, using the weapon to control the person…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There must be a connection among these three!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Chi Jiu Yu struggled to piece it together—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>RUMBLING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sea churned violently; the Yuan Chongshui waters around the bubbles erupted in furious turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whirlwinds of water stretched from sea to sky, plunging heaven and earth into darkness, as two streams of black and white light flashed within the whirlwinds, colliding endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unaware, a swift light had quietly descended beyond Xuanhai Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dark, profound space of the universe, a Dunguang  trailed a seven-colored tail flame, arriving from a distant star region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It cut through the starry void and halted beyond Xuanhai Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the seven-colored light receded, a man clad in crimson-gold magic robes, holding a straight longsword reversed in his grip, stood there with a calm expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ink-black blade absorbed all light, darker than the void itself—as if merely glancing at it would drag one’s spirit into an endless abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his waist hung a token, seemingly carved from ink jade, inscribed with two ancient, powerful dark-gold characters—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangji!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seventh disciple of Huangji Daojun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already consolidated seventy-nine ‘Other-Selves,’ his cultivation reaching the peak of Soul Transformation, renowned across countless great universes, revered by cultivators in multiple great universes as the ‘Dark Annihilation Sword Lord.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His most glorious feat was holding his own against a Return-to-Void cultivator for several exchanges without defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this Military Realm universe, he was a household name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One Yuan Chongshui, Miaohua Yuan Scripture…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Annihilation Sword Lord gazed down at Xuanhai Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze lingered only briefly on his registered disciple before turning elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consolidating ‘Other-Selves’? Not worth watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far more interesting was the Chongshui Miaohua Yuan Scripture his third elder brother cast down 124 years ago—by now, it should have birthed a Yuan Bing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time to retrieve it and deliver it to a life-bearing planet for refinement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, the Dark Annihilation Sword Lord couldn’t help but sigh at his third elder brother’s indulgence toward his youngest daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even before birth, he had planned several Yuan Bings for her—such treatment was rare even across the entire Military Realm universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts shifted swiftly, and his gaze swept across the entirety of Xuanhai Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet to the Dark Annihilation Sword Lord’s surprise, he found no trace of Yuan Chongjing at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could the disturbance from consolidating ‘Other-Selves’ have triggered the Yuan Bing’s self-concealment…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Annihilation Sword Lord frowned, his eyes glowing with faint light as he scanned Xuanhai Star once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangji Observing the World Divine Gaze!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single Yuan Bing—even in ‘self-concealment’—could never hide from his divine ability!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Annihilation Sword Lord was utterly confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After roughly three minutes of meticulously re-surveying Xuanhai Star, his face had sunk into deep gloom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still nothing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who dares steal a Yuan Bing cultivated by Huangji Mountain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re the Soul Transformation cultivator who held his own against a Return-to-Void? The Dark Annihilation Sword Lord?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice suddenly came from behind, jolting the Dark Annihilation Sword Lord—he instinctively slashed his sword backward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft chime!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, countless stinging pains pierced deep into his bones, as a violent, exquisitely refined killing intent crushed down upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>",1285,"2026-06-20T06:44:15.330Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","87bfe2a58289532707e303218529709c2725f5703ad37c7d93ef05424851396f","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-603","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-601",648,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fancestor-the-times-have-changed-cover.jpg"]