[{"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-646":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},2299968,4498,"Chapter 646: The Source of the Great Dao, Encompassing All Worlds","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-646",646,"\u003Cp>After standing silently before the Ancestor Sword Hall for a long time, Xu Xing withdrew his gaze and set off toward the mountain’s base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After spearheading the formation of the Righteous Alliance, Yuan had anticipated the possibility of the Alliance going astray, so before leaving, he laid down many safeguards to prevent it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them was even Huo—the one person he least wanted to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, as a Cave-True, daring to scheme against a True Immortal is already audacious beyond measure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his move was indeed clever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Huo’s personality is eccentric; even if he later learned Yuan had tricked him, he’d likely only find it amusing…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo had even visited the very place where Yuan left his hidden message—he likely already knows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flicker of thought, Xu Xing had already reached the mid-mountain slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air grew damp and cold, thick with mist, visibility severely reduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dingdong~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crisp message notification sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Xing paused, pulled out his phone, and saw a message from Bie Xuening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Sister: “Brother, I’m done here—I’ll be back by afternoon. 🦆❤️”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t this because her cultivation has advanced enough for her to move freely?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Ruo had previously used the Immortal Web’s power to manifest a Soul Transformation  in the Earth Immortal Realm and, together with Xu Xing, studied the “New Heavenly Will” of that realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the gains were substantial, she summoned Bie Xuening to Lingyin Workshop to upgrade the Immersion Pool…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for that note, it was actually Bie Xuening who changed it using Xu Xing’s phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She originally wanted to change it to “My Dearest Senior Sister,” but after thinking it over, she found it too embarrassing and settled for the simple “Senior Sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Sister: “After this upgrade, the Immersion Pool’s purification time is shorter, and the discomfort experienced by Ascenders during information reception is reduced.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Sister: “Unfortunately, the Dao-Union barrier remains unbreakable—the connection between the world itself and Dao-Union is too tightly bound.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Sister: “Next, I plan to study the optimization of the Immersion Pool by referencing how Dao-Attained beings transcend the world itself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this something Senior Sister would say?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Sister: “She took my phone—just now, she sent the message.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course—that’s more like her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint smile appeared on Xu Xing’s face as he replied to the message and continued walking down the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several minutes later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Xing, now at the mountain’s base, had put away his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead on the plaza before the mountain steps,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a figure had already been waiting beneath a tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xu Xing, her ice-blue, translucent eyes brightened, then she swiftly approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person was none other than the master of the Cold Moon Sword Palace in the Earth Immortal Realm—and the third Ascender after the Ascension Project’s launch—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she drew near, she bowed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Greetings, Senior.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to before, Xi Li had replaced her plain white moon-colored robe with a simple black sportswear outfit, and her once shoulder-length snowy hair was now tied into a high ponytail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked simple, efficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me about your experiences lately,” Xu Xing said as he walked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Li followed Xu Xing and began recounting her travels through the Taixuan Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Central Continent, the starry sky, the people she met along the way…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She offered no embellishment—only briefly naming each place she visited and the one thing she remembered most vividly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, it took over ten minutes to finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior, I still want to join the Sword Sect,” she concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information from the Immersion Pool had given her a broad understanding of this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her recent experiences had revealed deeper phenomena within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Senior said, this world still has many unresolved problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that hadn’t changed her original intention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the perspective of lineage, all she had learned—the foundations of Yin and Sword—came from Senior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the perspective of seeking answers, her current height is too low; the “view” she can see is limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, joining the Sword Sect is undoubtedly the best choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you decided?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.” Xi Li nodded. “I’ve already submitted my application.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, Master Du had said that if she wished to join, she could contact him directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she wanted to follow the Sword Sect’s formal procedures, even if it took longer—after all, what she had least of now was time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The entrance examination is in three days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’ve made your own decision, that’s best.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two now reached the southwest side of the Sword Sect’s Inner Continent—the area designated for rare spirit herb cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as the eye could see, neat rows of spirit fields swayed with herbs glowing faintly, mist swirling, visible medicinal aromas weaving into colorful auspicious clouds in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because we altered the time flow with the Beast God, you now face centuries of delay.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could this be blamed on Senior?” Xi Li shook her head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving aside the fact that Senior already secured a glimmer of hope for the human race of the Earth Immortal Realm from the Beast God’s grasp—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she said earnestly, “If we hadn’t done that, we wouldn’t have had even the slightest chance to oppose the Beast God clan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused, then explained why she held this view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As one of the Earth Immortal Realm’s top Return-to-Void cultivators, she knew better than anyone the history of her people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her view, the earliest Earth Immortal Realm had only a tiny handful of cultivators, and only five Return-to-Void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no exaggeration to say they barely clung to life under Xi’s Dao essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under those conditions, even if the True Immortal Ancestors of Taixuan defeated the Beast God, the remaining Beast God clan Return-to-Voids could drown humanity with a single spit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless the True Immortal Ancestors slaughtered every last Beast God clan member.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what would the Earth Immortal Realm become then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With all external enemies gone, there would be no need to vigorously promote cultivation methods or increase the number of cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old-era cultivators, wielding earth-shattering power, would remain aloft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To preserve their status, they would inevitably monopolize cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators would tower above the clouds, regarding mortals as mere grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast gap between Immortal and mortal would ensure that the kind of malignant events once seen in the Cold Moon Sword Palace would only multiply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though in her view, the Earth Immortal Realm would inevitably reach that end eventually, decades of war against the Beast God clan had delayed that outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“… ” Xu Xing fell silent for a moment, then said, “You might be suited to become Sect Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Li’s expression remained unchanged:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After joining the Sword Sect, I will strive toward that goal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then strive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Xing gave a light laugh and turned away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Yu has finally met his match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the altered time flow, Xi Li needs at least four hundred years of accumulation to gain sufficient “life thickness” to bear the weight of Dao-Union.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Jiu Yu progresses smoothly, he too will begin touching the threshold of Dao-Union around six hundred years from now.\u003C\u002Fp>",1193,"2026-06-20T06:44:15.330Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c8e4004e6e3171657f0fabe4f01a78b31c0d772d0e7e7bdbf1bfe8536f78173c","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-647","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-645",648,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fancestor-the-times-have-changed-cover.jpg"]