[{"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-608":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},2299930,4498,"Chapter 608: Will I Be the Next One to Ascend?","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-608",608,"\u003Cp>“Please don’t speak so ambiguously,” Fu Mu suddenly said seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then she laughed when Xi Li looked at her in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m off! I’ll come watch you ascend on that day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words, her entire form dissolved into countless drifting flames and vanished; the quiet chamber, which had grown slightly warmer upon her arrival, turned icy cold once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her every action matched exactly what the undercover agent had reported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“People should live more freely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s said that long ago, it wasn’t like this…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Li watched as the sword resting between her knees for a long time transformed into a blade of light and sank into her forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her entire body dispersed into wisps of You blue cold energy, vanishing from the quiet chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Soul Transformation cultivators can scatter and reform at will—let alone those who have returned to emptiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she reappeared, she was already at the highest peak of the Cold Moon Sword Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The You blue cold energy coalesced into form; Xi Li walked slowly to the edge and gazed out over the vast Sword Palace she had founded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, she had never intended to establish any faction or power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was not her pursuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only because, during that human civil war, the sacred Chuancheng  site was utterly destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had no choice but to build a faction to gather cultivators who followed the Dao lines of 【Yin】, 【Sword】, and 【Kill】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the Cold Moon Sword Palace came into being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because of that event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That her attitude toward Xi Yun changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, seeing someone who resembled her deceased elder brother yet had a completely different personality felt as if two different people had been fused together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That intense dissonance made it impossible for her to feel any fondness toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she felt no affection, before that civil war, they had still been comrades-in-arms fighting the Beast God race—she had never harbored outright hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after that civil war, triggered by him…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the representative of the human side’s 【Yang】 Dao line cultivators, he had publicly declared his willingness to accept the Beast God race’s surrender and end the war?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was utterly unacceptable to Xi Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it not been for intervention from elder cultivators from outside, humans would have been kept like livestock by the Beast God race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a war of mutual annihilation, he actually believed such childish words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, she felt only revulsion toward Xi Yun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also became more certain that the man had no connection whatsoever to her brother—how could her own brother have such childish thoughts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Li gripped the railing, forged from ultra-cold Xuan ice harder than divine iron, her thoughts churning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chilling aura was fierce, yet not a single scratch marred her seemingly delicate skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, he does have some connection to your brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden voice came from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years of battlefield experience caused her to instantly thrust a You blue, freezing sword qi backward even before the words finished leaving her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air froze inch by inch; a fine layer of white frost spread outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was meant for binding and freezing, not killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the freezing sword qi halted mid-flight, dissolving instantly without even a moment’s resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Li, now seeing who it was, froze in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intense emotions surged within her; countless words rushed to her tongue, yet finally emerged as two awkward syllables:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Memories buried deep within her soul rose to the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure from her memories—the one who once brought hope—now stood before her, leaving her utterly flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After casually letting the sword qi dissipate, Xu Xing smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since you’ve chosen to ascend, it’s better I explain some things to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first world established at the outset of the “Ascension Project,” and its circumstances differed from all others.\u003C\u002Fp>",651,"2026-06-20T06:44:15.330Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","167e98567d7f854a3439e4cfe62850ffe53ecc1912b4218275a50010111dd3a0","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-609","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-607",648,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fancestor-the-times-have-changed-cover.jpg"]