[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ascending-to-divinity":3,"chapter-ascending-to-divinity-ascending-to-divinity-chapter-256":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},2280806,4461,"Chapter 256","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-256",256,"\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Que spread its wings and shrieked, summoning a torrent of pitch-black light that slammed violently against the Shenzhao barrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the deafening roar, the barrier quaked wildly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phoenix shattered itself, transforming into a sky-wide cascade of black light that rained down in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast quantities of spiritual energy surged in, and Long Que’s phantom form recondensed, flapping its wings and shrieking as it charged once more toward the Shenzhao barrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp, snapping crack suddenly rang out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wheel-Turning Apparition glowed entirely golden, its royal aura sweeping outward; golden light blazed from its fingers, forcibly cracking the thick barrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its expression was cold and indifferent, golden light blazing fiercely in its palm as it struck again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once, then again, hammering relentlessly against the cracks in the barrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two realms’ spiritual essence, though transparent in form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the spiritual energy upon them surged violently, trembling outward in wild waves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For three years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian trained day and night without a single moment of slack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His latent spiritual essence was immense beyond measure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time the two realms manifested, becoming transparent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast quantities of spiritual essence surged up from deep within the two acupoints, continuously feeding the manifestation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accumulate deeply, strike lightly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian directed the manifestation’s strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Straight at the center of the Shenzhao barrier—the thickest, most resilient part!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shenque and Yongquan acupoints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls of the acupoints trembled uncontrollably, pushed to their absolute limit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual energy roared like a raging ocean, surging toward the manifestation in a silent scream!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single strand of spiritual essence painstakingly cultivated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, at this very moment, became an endless stream of backing force, furiously striking the Shenzhao barrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exerting its maximum possible effect to shatter the barrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The accumulated cultivation foundation a living being gathers in the first two realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was proven most truly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another thunderous crack echoed through the heavens!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier that had stood firm and thick before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now began to collapse from its very center!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the island’s center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian sat cross-legged, eyes tightly shut, face pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above his head, a vast vortex of spiritual energy roared as it spun, splitting into hundreds of streams that descended downward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each stream carried immense quantities of pure spiritual energy, easily absorbable by any living being!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a unique trait of the “Initial Star Ring Fragments”!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though these external spiritual energies could not replace cultivation foundation to directly strike the Shenzhao barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could protect the living being’s acupoints, forming a spiritual energy barrier that prevented the foundation’s explosive release from shattering the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Supreme Divine Palace is not enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s spirit hardened, and he halted his assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer targeting the barrier’s center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he drove the manifestation to strike the entire surface of the Shenzhao barrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If any living being had been present to witness this scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would have frozen in place, utterly terrified!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shenzhao barrier naturally exists within a living being’s divine palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as a hole is punched into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how large or small the hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual essence can seep into the divine palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus achieving breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Becoming a living being of the Shenzhao Linzhen realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The larger the hole, and the thicker the location where it is punched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greater the potential of the divine palace the living being will achieve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Shenzhao barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is a non-renewable, unique, and precious resource!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All living beings are born with identical Shenzhao barriers—extremely thin, with no differences whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a living being trains continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shenzhao barrier grows thicker and thicker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Depending on cultivation conditions, each individual faces vastly different Shenzhao barriers when breaking through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fragments that fall from the Shenzhao barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will flow into the divine palace along with the spiritual essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Becoming the most fundamental potential foundation of the Divine Palace realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is why large fragments falling from thick sections of the barrier, once punched through, enable living beings to forge Supreme Divine Palaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some Celestial Prodigies of Deyue sought even stronger divine palaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did they strike cracks into the thickest part of the Shenzhao barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they spared no effort, using every possible means to expand the crack before it shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the barrier reached its absolute limit and could no longer hold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they shattered it all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would the Shenzhao barrier shed more fragments upon breaking, transforming into the potential foundation of the Divine Palace realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once a hole appeared in the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual energy, unimpeded, flooded into the divine palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the living being broke through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining Shenzhao barrier would remain frozen in place, forever present—and utterly unusable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All spiritual essence required passage through the hole to enter the divine palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian calmed his mind, recalling the academy’s records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to secret records from the Deyue Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the scenes he had witnessed in the Face-the-Wall Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the current Lingtai realm cultivators of the four Deyue realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All, when breaking through to the Divine Palace realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had shattered at least two-thirds of the entire Shenzhao barrier, starting from its thickest point!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No living being who broke through with less than two-thirds of the barrier shattered had ever reached the Lingtai realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who impressed Jiang Jian most was the Lingxi True Lord of the Surface Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire breakthrough process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had been displayed in full, in meticulous detail, upon the Face-the-Wall Wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingxi True Lord was not human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the sole, unprecedented being on Earth to attain Lingtai realm status without ever being a formal citizen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When breaking through to the Divine Palace realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He transformed his primal demonic power into his true Lingxi form and slammed into the Shenzhao barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying entirely on his own foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struck with violent, direct force, colliding head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It relies entirely on its own foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Violent collision, direct and unyielding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the Divine Illumination barrier was shattered and collapsed, literally broken into two-thirds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast fragments of the Divine Illumination barrier, along with the primal demonic energy, surged into the Divine Palace and settled within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These precious foundations were accumulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They provided indispensable aid for his later insight into the Spirit Platform, over a century hence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shattering the Divine Illumination barrier—yet even the Pure World Divine Flame couldn’t be used.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian paused his actions for a moment, frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already estimated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he relied on his own foundational reserves,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>punching a hole through the thickest part of the barrier wouldn’t be difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if he did that,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the remaining Divine Illumination barrier would be utterly wasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something Jiang Jian could absolutely not accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian had just tried activating the ice-blue radiance, only to discover it was utterly useless during breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every living being has only one chance to break through the Divine Illumination barrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he broke through now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the remaining barrier fragments would immediately change their nature and lose all spiritual essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they would become a bottleneck blocking spiritual energy from entering the Divine Palace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason why beings in the Divine Palace realm vary so drastically in power—so immensely that it’s suffocating—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>lies largely here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some beings lack sufficient cultivation foundations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after exhausting all their strength, they can only punch a tiny hole in the thinnest part of the Divine Illumination barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>although they attain the Divine Palace realm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the amount of barrier fragments they obtain is minuscule, nearly nonexistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>because the hole is too small,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the remaining barrier changes nature and becomes an unbreakable obstruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the spiritual energy that seeps into their Divine Palace,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>whether in quantity or quality,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cannot compare to others’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to academy records,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>every being capable of glimpsing the Spirit Platform,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>during their Divine Palace stage,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>shattered at least half of the Divine Illumination barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This allowed spiritual energy to flow through\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like a roaring ocean, a rushing great river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost completely unimpeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Every fragment of the Divine Illumination barrier is a unique resource.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Absolutely cannot be wasted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian carefully sensed his own foundational reserves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, he made no hasty move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his estimation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his two-stage cultivation foundation had reached perfection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing more could be gained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the barrier before the Divine Palace was far too thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian could not be certain\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>whether his current cultivation foundation\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>could shatter it completely, leaving not a single fragment behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If, during the assault, he accidentally punched a hole,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he would immediately succeed in breaking through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining Divine Illumination barrier would instantly change nature—and all of it would be wasted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he pondered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s mind returned again to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Suan, the True Lord he had heard most about in the Second Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This True Lord of the Spirit Platform possessed extraordinary insight and peerless comprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he broke through to the Divine Palace,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he did not use his foundational reserves, nor did he exert brute force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he sat in stillness for ten years upon the Star-Scattered Sea, contemplating the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the moment arrived,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his spiritual awareness surged—he comprehended the barrier’s true nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast Divine Illumination barrier melted like snow and ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of it transformed into scattered micro-light, sinking into his Divine Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Wall-Contemplation Hall’s\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>secret records,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when Xu Suan broke through using comprehension,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he dissolved eighty percent of the Divine Illumination barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most Spirit Platform beings across the Four Realms of Earth and Moon\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>during their third realm stage, fall within this range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I, like him, sat in stillness and cultivated insight, I might yet dissolve this barrier entirely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian sat cross-legged on the ground, thinking of Xu Suan’s deeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his emotions carried respect,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>deep within his spirit, he held an unyielding pride equal to any being’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If measured by comprehension,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian boasted that his spiritual mind and insight\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>would not be inferior to any living being’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet, this method,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“takes too long.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After consideration,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his eyes narrowed in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not choose this method—for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1705,"2026-06-20T01:21:35.424Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","72da29a60efcfbd370ef29ab668b32be53fe918ba580214ab16ac697316c5d60","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-257","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-255",306,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fascending-to-divinity-cover.jpg"]