[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ascending-to-divinity":3,"chapter-ascending-to-divinity-ascending-to-divinity-chapter-251":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},2280801,4461,"Chapter 251","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-251",251,"\u003Cp>“I can give you time to consider carefully.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi said, “But the terms I offer, you absolutely cannot refuse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian steadied his spirit and asked, “Gatekeeper, if the Earth Alliance knows nothing of this, is there a risk of violating the laws?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi shook his head and said, “The person who will meet you works within the Yingtian Bureau.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can guarantee it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As long as you obtain the world’s origin and confirm the spatial coordinates.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Earth Alliance will immediately act—locate the Second Realm, and shatter the World Gate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the black-and-white river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression carried pride: “You need not worry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As long as you deliver that object to the Yingtian Bureau.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All other responsibilities fall upon me alone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi turned his head to look at Jiang Jian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Level Six talent benefits, and the reward for this task.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Will surely satisfy you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From start to finish,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi had never revealed what his terms would be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, as a peerless prodigy of the Divine Palace Realm and a high-ranking official of the Surface Realm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>since he had spoken these words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the reward must not be insignificant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jiang Jian pondered, he had already made up his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not returned to the Tenth Hall of Yinshan in a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he needed to do was take the object out and deliver it to the Yingtian Bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This task was not difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his head, his gaze fixed on the twisted stream of light in Shen Xi’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within his spirit, a thought suddenly struck him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If this world’s origin can locate coordinates,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“and I use Yinshan as a passage,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“wouldn’t that also expose the dimensional coordinates of the Yinshan Wonder?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian looked at Shen Xi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi stood with his hands behind his back, his expression calm, revealing no trace of anomaly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s thoughts churned; he settled his mind and said, “Since the Gatekeeper himself has asked, I shall do my utmost.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Yinshan coordinates, he was not overly concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he possessed a storage space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as this world’s origin was placed inside his storage space,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even a Spirit Platform cultivator could not detect a trace of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, the coordinates of the Yinshan Wonder\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were very likely already exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no secret at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there were ten chosen ones of Yinshan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these ten, some were surely agents of the Earth Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yinshan was a complete wonder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far surpassing the Dragon Palace of Lihai in importance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a Spirit Platform cultivator could forcibly destroy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No other means could interfere with Yinshan’s laws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a Spirit Platform cultivator could only destroy it, not claim it for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A complete wonder arises from divine aura and possesses its own laws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To truly control a wonder, one must rely on its internal rules to select from among the chosen ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To truly control the Wonderland, one must rely on its internal rules and select from the favored ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi’s eyes brightened slightly and praised, “No wonder I chose you as a student!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Truly bold, discerning, and willing to shoulder responsibility!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward, and violent winds erupted from the surrounding void,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>instantly enveloping both himself and Jiang Jian!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He directly enveloped himself and Jiang Jian within it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gales surged upward,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in an instant carrying them away from the banks of the Boundary River to the edge of Earth’s barrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the air was bitterly cold, and chaotic void currents raged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the barrier,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>countless black-and-white fissures existed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tearing and interweaving, constantly forming and vanishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was extremely close to outer space!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stay here and calmly attune yourself to the cosmic qi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the wind subsided, Shen Xi revealed his form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will guard you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he extended his arm and pointed a finger forward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large section of the barrier collapsed silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark fragments drifted down,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which Shen Xi swept up with a wave of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He formed a ring of walls around Jiang Jian—solid and unbreakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next second,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these walls cracked with countless fissures, then shattered into dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi’s expression remained blank; he cut another piece of barrier and stacked it atop the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again and again,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his hands never ceased their motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian sat cross-legged on the ground, carefully sensing—his pupils subtly contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clearly felt that the cosmic qi here was astonishingly dense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi, as a peerless prodigy of the Divine Palace Realm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was personally guarding him now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>allowing him to meditate day and night on the cosmic qi at the edge of Earth’s barrier, utterly secure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s gaze grew steady; he wasted no time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While refining his Spring Source spiritual essence, he held the Moon Stone and began cultivating the cosmic qi beneath Earth’s planetary barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Practicing here,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“far exceeds Su Jing’s privileges.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even ‘twice the result with half the effort’ fails to describe it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Moon Stone in his hand continuously crumbled to powder,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian sensed\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his spiritual essence gradually ascending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ascent was an indescribable sensation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>its effect: elevating the very essence of spiritual essence,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>enabling a living being, after breaking into the Divine Palace Realm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to form a self-sustaining cycle and survive in the vacuum of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, after breaking through to the Divine Palace realm, all living beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They can sustain a self-contained cycle through spiritual essence cultivation, holding their breath in the void of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three moon stones shattered completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s more here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A calm voice came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi built a wall with one hand, while with the other, he flicked gently toward Jiang Jian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than ten moon stones were thrown his way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hovered before Jiang Jian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this sight,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly, but he said nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out directly, took the moon stones before him, and resumed cultivating the Star Cosmos Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within his heart,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he was also pondering Shen Xi’s true motives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ninth Realm was the core of Chang’an Prefecture, and the very hub of the Surface Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many factions and powerful clans stood upon it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the highest authority of the Surface Realm—the Tianjing Bureau—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had been sealed within the Ninth Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vast number of high-ranking officials inside could not escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But according to Shen Xi’s account, the Earth Alliance in the Moon Realm had already devised a response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Earth Alliance’s plan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they intended to shatter the seal of the Ninth Realm before the Heavenly Collapse arrived, freeing the Surface Realm’s top-tier combat forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian judged that the Earth Alliance’s solution must be tied to the Spirit Platform Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And their timing was certainly not late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Shen Xi appeared extremely urgent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even said outright,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that his time was running out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the surface, Jiang Jian focused entirely on cultivating the Star Cosmos Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within his mind, however, thoughts surged rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully recalled every detail about Shen Xi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shen Xi has guarded this gate for a hundred years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This alone defies logic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is his true purpose?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to lack of necessary information,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he had yet to pinpoint the critical moment behind Shen Xi’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s gaze sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered, one and a half years ago,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when he first entered Lihai,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the local Spirit Palace cultivator, a boy clad in black robes, had spoken to Shen Xi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shen Xi was a student at the Academy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he had concealed his Sacred Selection identity and was hunted down by top-tier Spirit Palace cultivators, severely wounded, and fell into Lihai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1297,"2026-06-20T01:21:35.424Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 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