[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ascending-to-divinity":3,"chapter-ascending-to-divinity-ascending-to-divinity-chapter-115":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},2280665,4461,"Chapter 115: Sword Rainbow","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-115",115,"\u003Cp>The next second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stepped into the Step Ladder Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between the black-and-gold-threaded sleeves, his palm flipped, and Han Guang came into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cloth shattered inch by inch, dissolving upon hitting the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Step Ladder Array activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several seconds later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It delivered Jiang Jian to the Cliff by the Water, one of ten thousand combat arenas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding array dissolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All around, it was utterly silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian held Han Guang, raising his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the coastal section of the water cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mostly land, a small portion seawater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Farther out lay other combat arenas, blocked off by arrays, inaccessible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Remaining preparation time: 30 seconds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your opponent: First Love Team.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the arena, a countdown appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why is there only one person?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five members of First Love Team exchanged glances, dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the holo-mega-screen, ten thousand tiny screens appeared simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stood alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sharp-eyed spectators instantly noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This match is weird!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why is there only one person?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did he sign up for solo combat and wander into the wrong room?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, look at his team profile!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The team named Jiang Jian has only himself as a member!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is clearly a one-person team!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A one-person combat team!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did I misread that!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though some spectators had noticed the anomaly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the audience was simply too vast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at the Cliff by the Water, there were over a million spectators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dual-fu-region live broadcast reached over a billion beings!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most eyes focused on the Level-5 Talent teams and Level-4 Talent teams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even among Level-3 Talent teams, many standout competitors drew strong support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more were glued to their own betted teams, not blinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who looked toward Jiang Jian’s arena remained a minority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bro, just surrender.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leader of First Love Team, a boy with long hair, idly twirled his long blade, smirking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re alone—we could just throw a few punches and you’d be down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his blade, pointing it at Jiang Jian from afar, face cold, “Surrender now, and I won’t hurt you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two girls smirked, chiming in with agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One girl even sized up Jiang Jian, eyes brightening: “You’re so good-looking, and your outfit’s cool—add your identity device. I’ll buy you a drink.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughter erupted through First Love Team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stood still, sword in hand, clad in black-and-gold-threaded robes, gazing coldly at the opposite side, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just surrender already!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl spoke again, “You’ve got bad luck facing First Love Team—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The countdown ended!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blazing white sword-light surged forth, hurtling at terrifying speed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five members of First Love Team still wore smiles on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no time to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like skewered haws, their life-protection barriers shattered instantly, then they were swept together like trash, spitting blood as they flew backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The life-protection barrier was an auxiliary feature of the combat arena’s array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It activated instantly when a student faced lethal harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment the life-protection barrier appeared,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it meant only two words:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eliminated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, the Step Ladder Array appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It engulfed the five members of First Love Team—still mid-air like kites with severed strings—and hurled them all out at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Advanced!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two cold words echoed through the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same Step Ladder Array appeared before Jiang Jian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It enveloped him, rising swiftly, returning him to the Circular Stone Steps of Zone 9.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please wait for Round Two to begin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A notification came through his identity device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the combat officially begun, the identity device’s functions were temporarily disabled by the Fu Ya .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the identity device served only as a combat alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Jiang Jian returned to the Circular Stone Steps of Zone 9,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>every spectator who had been watching his arena froze in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>someone snapped out of it, quickly opened their identity device, picked a random live stream, searched for Jiang Jian’s team, and replayed the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did it end so suddenly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wasn’t he alone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why was First Love Team eliminated?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With stunned disbelief, the spectators studied the replay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until they slowed the video to an excruciatingly slow speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did the blazing white sword-light become clearly visible on screen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That flash of white light just now? It was a sword-light!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He slashed out a sword-light in the blink of an eye!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is a Divine Bestowal Realm combat!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those five had zero chance to counter—they were obliterated, their life-protection barriers shattered, swept away like trash!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did I see that right!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spectators rubbed their eyes hard, hearts filled with shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Jiang Jian’s match ended too quickly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the screen now showed only stillness—the combat scene had fallen silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More people\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were focused on the fierce battles unfolding on other screens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a very few, extremely attentive viewers, knew what had truly happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Hanjiang Fu forum, a post had already appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look what I found! A solo combat team—how far can he go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post received very few replies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was quickly buried under the flood of other content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>on ten thousand screens, twenty thousand combat teams were locked in fierce battle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many thrilling videos were rapidly edited and spread at lightning speed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the two combat teams with Level 5 talents, along with those elite teams composed entirely of Level 4 talents, had firmly captured countless eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guangling City, Shadow District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guangling No. 1 High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yu had been lying on his chair, comfortably relaxed, ready to watch the combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when his gaze fell upon one of the screens,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his teacup trembled, nearly spilling all over the floor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s Jiang Jian!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why is he alone?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yu choked on water, coughing as he zoomed in the screen, eyes wide open, fixed on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the holder of numerous titles—Guangling City’s Gold Medal Teacher, Model Teacher of the City Government, Recipient of Guangling Special Allowance, Deputy Principal of Guangling No. 1 High School, and more—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yu knew clearly\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that his current good life came entirely from one student he had taught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 3 Talent, Technique, Jiang Jian!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian scored perfect marks in both subjects of the Divine Gift Entrance Exam and gained admission to Linjiang Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Guangling City famous throughout Anhezhou!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jiang Jian’s lead teacher, Zhou Yu had received countless direct and indirect benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yu had intermittently sent Jiang Jian many messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all those messages sank without a trace, never receiving a reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Gift University Joint Forum was accessible only to students and teachers of Divine Gift University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yu had no login permissions at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, he knew nothing of Jiang Jian’s specific situation at the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Two Academies’ Dao Debate was known to all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It required no permissions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as one carried their identity device, they could watch anytime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank goodness he won!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, he saw only Jiang Jian left in the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yu let out a breath of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1184,"2026-06-20T01:21:34.271Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","659b16ac16f3c83b7e0d6dfdf048f87c427a0a711e0df0e579432667e72d3c09","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-116","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-114",306,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fascending-to-divinity-cover.jpg"]