[{"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-623":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},2299945,4498,"Chapter 623: The Sword Sovereign Tests the Sword Phantom Ancestor","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-623",623,"\u003Cp>Until Yue Ling’s figure vanished completely from view, Bie Xue Ning retracted her gaze and began to quietly sense her current state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cultivation retreat to organize her insights had brought her mastery over the Killing Sword Dao to an entirely new level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single thought, the chaotic heavens all responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as moments ago, when the sword light had cut across the entirety, countless worlds had surged with the light of killing and annihilation, and the Dao’s voice chanted her honored name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the more important thing…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bie Xue Ning’s gaze flickered slightly as she rose slowly from the center of her Dao hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the heavy entity sealed deep within the Sword Sect began to thrash violently, desperate to escape its bindings and rejoin the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Bie Xue Ning’s expression remained unchanged; she merely cast a single glance downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zong~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten million? A hundred million? A billion? Or even ten billion billion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst infinite sword hums, intersecting beams of killing sword light—imbued with boundless intent to sever spiritual energy and annihilate primordial spirits—crushed the ever-struggling “Heaven’s Will” beneath them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At nearly every instant, the portion of “Heaven’s Will” sealed by the Sword Sect was being eroded at a speed hundreds of times faster than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, to seal the “Heaven’s Will,” she could not leave the Sword Sect even a single step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, she could ignore this limitation entirely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, it works.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Dao she wielded was the Killing Sword Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skilled in killing, severing spiritual energy, slaying and annihilating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not particularly adept at sealing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So even though Xuan had previously taken part of the “Heaven’s Will” from the Sword Sect, she remained bound, unable to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one area where she fell short of other True Immortals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after this period of cultivation retreat to organize her insights…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her even more advanced Supreme Killing Sword Dao not only freed her from restrictions, but also allowed her to erode and refine the “Heaven’s Will” far faster than any other True Immortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Ning Ruo had already used her sword qi to refine the “Heaven’s Will” and forge the “Washing Immortal Pool.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So achieving this effect now was hardly surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the limitations weren’t entirely gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least for now, she still couldn’t project her power beyond the Tai Xuan Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To observe or influence the Chaotic Sea, she still needed external aid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Bie Xue Ning raised her hand and drew a slender thread of immortal netting from the empty air before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single gaze followed the vast, intricate network of the “Tai Xuan Immortal Net,” tracing a metaphysical connection across boundless chaos, landing within a powerful world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its appearance resembled amber, its interior a vast, endless forest, where many flourishing “great trees” grew, each with new “branches” constantly forming upon their trunks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Zhen Realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crossing over countless universes, Bie Xue Ning’s gaze finally settled upon a cosmic domain composed of many great universes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the origin point of timelines across these universes, a Dao-merged figure sat upon a throne, silently observing the great universe before him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Military World Great Universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within that military world, a thread of sword light darted through the stars, drifting aimlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bie Xue Ning watched for a while, until that thread of sword light gradually slowed, halted, and began nervously scanning its surroundings…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did she withdraw her gaze, releasing the thread of immortal netting in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took out her phone, lit the screen, and sent a message to a contact labeled “Not a Disciple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Lord Shoujia: “Cultivation retreat is over. Come see me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Lord Shoujia: “Hurry up.\u002FLittle Yellow Duck holding sword up in warning”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that she had emerged, she naturally needed to see her disciple first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she had only two disciples, and her younger disciple had completed his mission while she was still in retreat…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Approximately two seconds later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a Disciple: “Master, you’ve emerged?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a Disciple: “On my way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in Yuan Zhen Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Military World Great Universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the silent void of space, upon the barren surface of a desolate planet, Chi Jiu Yu stood at the edge of a steep cliff, glancing warily around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her extended divine sense continuously probed the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet despite sweeping every inch nearby, she detected nothing unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...” Chi Jiu Yu scratched her head in confusion, muttering, “Just an illusion?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t the mission deadline approaching?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d wanted to use this final time to wander around…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainly because in this world, her Grand Void Sword Flash could effortlessly cross star systems—it felt amazing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just now, as she was “speeding on her sword,” she suddenly felt a chill down her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled, she stopped and checked her surroundings—only to find nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guess I’ve been overworking my mind. Need a good rest when I get back,” Chi Jiu Yu concluded with a perfectly reasonable answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lately, to complete the mission…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To find a new path for the cultivators of this world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had used her supreme wisdom, pondered deeply, and finally created a suitable cultivation method based on this world’s conditions—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Ultimate Talisman-Sealing Sword Scripture!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation here was strange: not humans controlling weapons, but weapons controlling humans. Almost every cultivation method ultimately aimed to nurture “magic artifacts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If subdivided, they fell into two major categories: “Nurturing Weapons Method” and “Sacrificing Weapons Method.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Nurturing Weapons Method” simply meant completely binding oneself to a magic artifact, strengthening the artifact through nurturing, which in turn fed back strength to the cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called “Sacrificing Weapons Method”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>involved blood sacrifices, offering parts of oneself, or performing rituals to gain power from malevolent, violent “magic artifacts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The usual outcome was not good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Chi Jiu Yu’s view, both “Nurturing Weapons Method” and “Sacrificing Weapons Method” were like abandoning the root for the branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most important thing for a cultivator was to strengthen oneself, clarify the mind, and perceive one’s true self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of nonsense was it to place all hope in magic artifacts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, after deeper investigation, she discovered the rules of the Military World were odd—as if deliberately altered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary beings, whether human or other races, found it nearly impossible to attain the Dao through their own power alone…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, she suspected the people of this world had been manipulated, all treated as raw materials for “forging weapons.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, even realizing this, she had no way to stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could she, a mere Nascent Soul, possibly challenge when the entire universe was involved?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At best, after settling the mission, she could pick a final card to play against whoever was behind it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After understanding this world’s situation, she used her supreme wisdom, pondered deeply, and successfully created the earth-shattering “Ultimate Talisman-Sealing Sword Scripture!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the name suggests, it was a cultivation method combining her, the number one prodigy of the myriad realms, insights into “Talisman Dao” and “Sword Dao”—incredibly powerful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators who practiced the “Ultimate Talisman-Sealing Sword Scripture,” after entering the Dao through magic artifacts, would generate a “Talisman Seed” within their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the core essence of the Talisman Seed was the “Derivative Artifact Talisman,” a talisman that constructs a one-time magic artifact through talismanic patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, it could deceive this world’s strange rules, bypassing restrictions and allowing cultivators to continue cultivating without relying on magic artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, once cultivators reached a certain realm, they could separate the “Talisman Seed,” enabling ordinary people who had not yet entered the Dao to attain it through the Talisman Seed without any magic artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the number of Talisman Seeds increased, the threshold to enter the Dao naturally lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, she understood her “Ultimate Talisman-Sealing Sword Scripture” still carried significant risks: separating Talisman Seeds incurred Sunhao , and she couldn’t guarantee no one would alter them to do evil things…\u003C\u002Fp>",1319,"2026-06-20T06:44:15.330Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","772870cf71e75724ae4ad4a008647516cfdcbe03c7369030b9f2cdbf5ece21e2","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-624","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-622",648,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fancestor-the-times-have-changed-cover.jpg"]