[{"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-636":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},2299958,4498,"Chapter 636","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-636",636,"\u003Cp>Soon, another week passed since the Ascension Task was posted at the Task Reception Office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Golden Core to Returning to Void, those from the Immortal Sects who had accepted the task had gradually set out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why there were no Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment cultivators…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t that obvious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problems the Ascension Task seeks to resolve concern an entire world; although the Immortal Sect’s Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators may include exceptional individuals, their immature temperaments and shallow experience cannot support them in carrying out tasks of this magnitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Ye Zhiwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having achieved Creation Foundation Establishment through the Principle of Concealment, there is no Foundation Establishment in the Tai Xuan Realm more formidable than hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet her temperament is far from mature—even she does not understand what she herself wants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone asking her to solve problems concerning an entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outer Gate of the Sword Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pale gray of the horizon had not yet fully faded; faint glimmers scattered across the high sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The morning breeze was gentle, carrying just the right chill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spirited young girl with a black headband tied across her forehead and sharp, refined features appeared at the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint, flickering red aura clung to her body—the lingering malevolent martial energy from her cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Ye Zhiwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She exhaled softly, glanced up at the sword-shaped statue standing not far ahead, then walked briskly toward her quarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sword Sect truly suits sword cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this period of cultivation, she had refined her sword intent into greater purity and successfully entered the foundational stage of the True Law-level sword technique, “Heavenly Net Sword Weave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her realm was now only one step away from late Foundation Establishment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Executing tasks…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Sword Hall Elder, her cultivation at this stage was already quite good; the only thing lacking was real combat experience in life-or-death battles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could be compensated for first by entering the “False Immortal Realm” to spar with fellow sect members and accumulate experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once she reached a certain level, she could accept missions involving quelling unrest, suppression, or extermination—to recognize her own shortcomings through actual combat…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was just thinking about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhiwei…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice suddenly came from ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Zhiwei halted, looked up—and froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There stood Zhao Ruoming beside a tree by the path, his expression complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…“\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, Ye Zhiwei smiled and softly called out:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Ruoming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the words were spoken, they simply stared at each other, neither speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Ruoming’s expression remained complex, yet his eyes held full relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this period of reflection, he had come to understand many things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, although Ye Zhiwei wore a smile on her face, her heart was filled with turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Ruoming had come to the Sword Sect…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something she had never anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you think they’ll say to each other?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid thick clouds, Chi Jiu Yu sat atop the blade of a golden-green sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one hand, he held a phone; the screen showed two people—one was Zhao Ruohan, seated before a computer, busy with something unknown; the other was Ye Zhiwei, seated before a dantian furnace, having just finished refining a batch of pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Chi Jiu Yu floated an arcane mirror, formed by a magical artifact, its surface showing precisely Zhao Ruoming and Ye Zhiwei, who had just met near the Sword Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Chi Jiu Yu stood a magical mirror formed through artifact, its surface showing Zhao Ruoming and Ye Zhiwei, who had just met near the Sword-Bearing Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Ruohan did not answer her question; instead, she asked one of her own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had reason to ask this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Zhiwei was a prodigy seed highly valued by the Sword Hall, adorned with numerous artifacts to conceal and block surveillance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Ruoming was even more so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Chi Jiu Yu could now reveal them through the arcane mirror!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course my magical treasure is more advanced than theirs!” Chi Jiu Yu boasted proudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, she had really invested heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t she and Xiao Yunlu once go to Yuyao Star to investigate the cultivation levels of cultivators?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, they met their senior uncle, who said that if they handled the mission well, he would grant them one wish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outcome, needless to say, was obvious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under her brilliant leadership, they not only exposed the local guardian’s corruption—his use of “Rat Pills,” i.e., Life-Draining Pills, to damage the foundations of young cultivators on Yuyao Star!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But also repelled the invasion of biological weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mission was executed so flawlessly that their uncle’s reward was guaranteed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the time, she hadn’t known what to ask for, so the matter was left pending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after returning from her mission as the third batch of Ascension Envoys to the Military Universe did she realize her shortcomings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With virtually no talent for “divination” and her talisman cultivation still in its infancy, she was severely lacking in “prediction”—that is, gathering intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To remedy this, she first went to her master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her master told her to go to her senior uncle, who had something perfect for her needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, in exchange for the unclaimed reward from before, she received from her uncle a bronze mirror named “Tai Yuan Guan Shi Mirror.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast beyond bounds, originating from the boundless, it holds all scenes of the mortal world within a single mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast and boundless, originating from the limitless, all scenes of the floating world are contained within this single mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Awesome!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiu Yu offered no further explanation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Say, little Zhao, weren’t you saying Brother Dog wasn’t important? Why are you watching now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Tai Yuan Guan Shi Mirror” was indeed awesome, but it was the kind of treasure one could not flaunt lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a secret weapon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You called me.” Zhao Ruohan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiu Yu was momentarily speechless, but quickly retorted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you’re watching just as eagerly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, stop bickering,” Ye Zhiwei interrupted. “Just watch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, stop arguing,” Ye Zhiwei interrupted them. “Just watch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the Sword Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stood facing each other for nearly a minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Zhiwei finally sorted through her chaotic thoughts, took a deep breath, and opened her mouth—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry,” Zhao Ruoming spoke first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry,” Zhao Ruoming spoke before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Zhiwei froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Ruoming smiled bitterly: “I didn’t realize you were only…“\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah~” He sighed again. “This should have been cleared up long ago. I’m sorry you waited so long.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strange words left Ye Zhiwei utterly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s not right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t this her fault?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that gathering months ago, Zhao Ruoming’s sister had come too—he should have known her intentions by then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what was going on now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Ruoming, you don’t need to say that,” Ye Zhiwei, still confused, managed to form her words after a long pause. “This was my fault.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the beginning, this was her fault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shouldn’t have made innocent people bear her own inexplicable malice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was too young back then, lacked restraint in everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Zhao Ruoming did not argue further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Ruoming did not continue to argue upon hearing these words.\u003C\u002Fp>",1204,"2026-06-20T06:44:15.330Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","01edca38eafa7257a4a83933592085c69a2086d2e61e1128be83a7679aa279c3","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-637","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-635",648,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fancestor-the-times-have-changed-cover.jpg"]