[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ascending-to-divinity":3,"chapter-ascending-to-divinity-ascending-to-divinity-chapter-109":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Ascending to Divinity",{"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},2280659,4461,"Chapter 109: Spiritual Mechanism","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-109",109,"\u003Cp>Jiang Jian paid no mind to the idea of snow accumulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he drew his dark robe sleeves together and took the array in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Array usage instructions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Split the origin, and insert a small portion each time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Activate it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stirred his spirit, and the frost-white karma fire became a stream of light, slicing through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chunk of the black mountain spirit origin was forcibly severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual energy wrapped the small portion of origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Delivered to his fingertips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian placed it into the auxiliary array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array’s faint light flickered, and its patterns flared instantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thin threads of light spread out, enveloping the small black orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frantically absorbing its origin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unimaginably dense spiritual mechanism burst forth from his fingertips!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast majority of this spiritual mechanism flowed into Jiang Jian’s meridians!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small amount leaked into the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly thickening the spiritual energy within the room!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This energy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Xue had been resting, crouched in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, his eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gray fur trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instinctively,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he opened his mouth wide and greedily inhaled the spiritual mechanism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Jiang Jian—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>deep within his meridians—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>an incredible black flow surged instantly into his spiritual circulation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast spiritual mechanism surged like a tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Circulating through his meridians, violently slamming against them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The auxiliary array was never meant to be used this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It required a specific incantation to transform it into faint light and place it within the Shenque.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that case,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all refined spiritual mechanism would be fully contained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single trace would leak out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Jian refused to allow any technological device inside his Shenque.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the risk were only one in ten thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian would not do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian used another method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the array, he severed the origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Directly refining it at the meridian points in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This method was not only safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also absorbed the vast majority of spiritual mechanism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, under the violent surge of spiritual mechanism,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there was a possibility\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that his meridians could not withstand it and would shatter outright!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual mechanism generated from refining the small portion of mountain spirit origin\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had coalesced into a vast black river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This black river emitted a silent, furious roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rampaging wildly through Jiang Jian’s meridians!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terrifying fissures appeared continuously along the meridian walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spreading at an terrifying speed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s face turned pale; he gently closed his eyes, fully prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This level of rupture was not only entirely foreseeable—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was precisely how Jiang Jian trained his meridians!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his spirit perception,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian immediately activated the “Karma Fire”!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frost-white flames erupted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blazing white sea surged forward, engulfing the black river, rapidly refining it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the black river rapidly evaporated,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>transforming into pure spiritual energy, directly absorbable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This spiritual energy was simply too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It exploded violently throughout Jiang Jian’s limbs and bones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual energy within his Shenque, once calmly circulating, surged dramatically!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of its movement increased visibly, racing wildly upward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As circulation efficiency rose higher,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s Shenque spiritual essence underwent an incredible leap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain spirit origin rapidly dissolved within the auxiliary array,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>transforming into black rivers that flowed into Jiang Jian’s meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the burn of karma fire,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these black flows gradually diminished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blossoming into pure, absorbable spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to before,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when he directly refined the origin with true fire, efficiency had soared!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Li family’s Array No. 9 has high conversion efficiency.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian cultivated while manipulating the array in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The mountain spirit origin is nearly maximized.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Its loss is minimal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Almost negligible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he pondered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his Shenque spiritual energy erupted again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the burn of karma fire,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the black river grew thinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the pure, colorless spiritual energy steadily swelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s meridians\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had been repeatedly hammered—shattered, then healed, over and over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now stronger than ever before!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these black rivers slammed violently against the meridian walls,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet could only leave faint marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even a single microscopic crack could be formed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those faint marks\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>vanished instantly under the nurturing of Shenque spiritual energy, smooth as new.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the strength of the meridians increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed at which the karmic fire melted the pitch-black riverwater grew ever faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty hours!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian suddenly opened his eyes, and his entire aura surged violently!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Invisible ripples swept outward in all directions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow piled on the ground was instantly ripped up by the residual spiritual energy and slammed against the room’s walls!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivation chamber had apparently been reinforced once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Array patterns shimmered across its surface, rippling like water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet not a single crack or damage marred it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty hours of frantic cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than half of the mountain ghost’s origin had been completely consumed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian gently turned his palm to inspect the array’s condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array’s energy core still held much left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the slightest hesitation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian directly activated the karmic fire to sever another chunk from the remaining mountain ghost origin within his shenque!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint sound echoed from within his shenque.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black orb of light, interwoven with luminous streams,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>left the shenque and sank into the array on his fingertip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian activated the auxiliary array once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This chunk of mountain ghost origin was likewise tightly encased by the array, melting furiously!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vast torrent of pitch-black spiritual energy surged directly into Jiang Jian’s meridians!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This time,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“it’s different from last time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s expression remained calm, his mind steadfast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After repeated tempering,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the walls of his meridians had grown immensely sturdy, now unbreakable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitch-black spiritual energy roared wildly, yet flowed freely through the meridians without obstruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It caused no harm whatsoever to the meridians themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past hundred hours,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s meridians had long since grown accustomed to this level of impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As their strength increased,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even the massive surge of spiritual energy could no longer damage the meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Flowing Jade shimmered faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At every moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it enhanced Jiang Jian’s spiritual affinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Flying Frost Bracelet was even more terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its miniature arrays had been pushed to their absolute limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This further accelerated Jiang Jian’s cultivation speed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the divine gift in Jiang Jian’s palm—the Qingshuang Sword Array—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was also slowly being refined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Level 3 Rare Divine Gift: Weapon,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Qingshuang Sword Array, resting on Jiang Jian’s palm, bore the first brunt of the spiritual energy’s purification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the surging, scouring force of the spiritual energy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s mastery over the array diagram gradually improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forty hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seventy hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred hours!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain ghost origin had been consumed by more than half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jiang Jian,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his shenque’s spiritual essence and cultivation foundation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had undergone an unbelievable surge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred hours of nonstop cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even during this time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian had eaten only a minimal amount of food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cultivation had never ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After one hundred hours of unceasing, high-intensity operation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the energy consumption of Auxiliary Array No. 9 skyrocketed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy core, originally sufficient to last a full month,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>now held only a fraction left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My shenque’s spiritual essence,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“has reached a bottleneck.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian opened his eyes, clearly sensing it:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reaching a certain threshold in spiritual essence cultivation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the rate of advancement had suddenly slowed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it still increased,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was far slower than before the threshold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If my guess is correct,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“this bottleneck—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“is the barrier at 60% of the Divine Gift Realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sixty percent of the Divine Gift Realm was a chasm for the vast majority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For me, it is not.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s expression remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>another chunk of mountain ghost origin was severed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1303,"2026-06-20T01:21:34.271Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b4537ff16c3e5b471ddf703493e7a847d93252fd021db57b84dc24e728fb460b","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-110","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-108",306,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fascending-to-divinity-cover.jpg"]