[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ascending-to-divinity":3,"chapter-ascending-to-divinity-ascending-to-divinity-chapter-283":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},2280833,4461,"Chapter 283: Fragment World, Seizing Yinshan","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-283",283,"\u003Cp>\"The Book of Life and Death is guarded by Tisheng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is kept in the back hall of the Earth Store Hall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian recalled the location of the Book of Life and Death as recorded in the original story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, his form dissolved into light and headed toward the Earth Store Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Earth Store Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian materialized, raised his head, and gazed at the bronze gate rising a thousand zhang high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chains from the gate hung down from the dome, sinking into the earth’s veins, their ends lost to sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian lowered his gaze, pulled out the Earth Store Jade Seal, and opened the gate directly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On either side of the massive gate stood Yinshan guards, each a hundred zhang tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Jiang Jian, they immediately suppressed their aura, bowed their heads respectfully, their iron armor clashing like thunder as they saluted in unison: \"My lord Wang Dian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian swept his sleeve lightly and walked straight into the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fell instantly around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wheel King.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice broke the stillness, reaching his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s gaze sharpened as he looked ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him stood an ancient beast, ten feet tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had a dragon’s body, a tiger’s head, qilin’s feet, a lion’s tail, towering and massive, its body covered in shifting light patterns, walking forward on all four limbs from the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s expression darkened. \"Tisheng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng slowly approached, its gaze deep and piercing, looking down at Jiang Jian, speaking in human voice: \"Are you truly the Wheel King?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those words were spoken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s heart tightened instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng was a primordial beast, born of nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It possessed unfathomable abilities, capable of hearing all under heaven, knowing past and future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am certainly the Wheel King.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian steadied his spirit and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng narrowed its eyes, its gaze unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It spoke again: \"If you are truly the Wheel King, you would not take the Book of Life and Death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng turned aside, its claw pointing into the deep darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive book appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Radiant light spilled from its pages, filled with countless, densely packed names.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Book of Life and Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It recorded the birth dates and lifespans of countless beings in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian glanced at the Book of Life and Death, held the Earth Store Jade Seal in hand, and said gravely: \"What are you trying to say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng, a primordial beast, had trained for eons beneath the Bodhisattva’s guidance and had long since attained mastery over creation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his current cultivation level, Jiang Jian was no match for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need not be tense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng sighed. \"I know much, but can speak little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian frowned slightly, locked eyes with it for a moment, and the rift within his spirit suddenly intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could almost be certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This primordial beast before him was undeniably a real, living being!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tisheng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian suddenly spoke. \"Is this world real?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast Earth Store Hall fell utterly silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng first widened its eyes, pupils contracting, then returned to normal, studying Jiang Jian with keen interest, saying nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian frowned slightly and asked again: \"Are you real?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng did not remain silent; it nodded. \"I am certainly real.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s spirit trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That rift sensation surged again, nearly reaching its peak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reality and illusion seemed to flicker back and forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Jiang Jian’s mind grew hazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You may call this place a fragment world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng spoke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s heart jolted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts and emotions were thrown into turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian steadied himself and asked: \"What is a fragment world? Is it a shard of the world?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng said: \"A fragment world can be understood as a replay of the past.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything that ever happened in the world, everything that ever existed, leaves traces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If an inconceivable power restores those traces,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"a corresponding fragment world forms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gazed at Jiang Jian, half-smiling. \"When you leave, this fragment world will collapse completely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian asked gravely: \"So everything here once existed in reality?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng paused, then shook its head. \"Your reality and my world may not even occupy the same timeline.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body gradually turned transparent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I must go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The primordial beast vanished entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stood still, silent for a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng’s words had shaken his original worldview.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he left the Dragon Palace of Lihai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian had already sensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon Lord of Lihai’s consciousness was far too real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, within the story world of the Earth Store Sutra, that feeling was even clearer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s spirit shuddered, every hair on his body stood on end, his scalp prickled with cold!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For in the corner of the Earth Store Hall, his peripheral vision had caught a human figure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure wore dark black Buddhist robes, expression cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Bodhisattva Earth Store King!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stood frozen, not daring to move, the terrifying rift sensation surging over him, nearly swallowing him whole!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold voice reached his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bodhisattva Earth Store King extended a finger and grasped the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shrill, agonized scream pierced the silence of the hall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng’s ten-foot beast body was ripped from the void by the Bodhisattva’s palm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long fingers slashed through it, splitting its body into hundreds of pieces, blood and flesh spraying everywhere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisheng’s massive head rolled to Jiang Jian’s feet, its bell-like eyes wide open, staring fixedly at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A geyser of blood spurted from its severed neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Jiang Jian’s mind rang hollow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forced himself to calm down, turned his head, and looked toward the Bodhisattva nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wasn’t the real Tisheng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bodhisattva Master whispered, “It didn’t leave just now—it hid within your soul, hoping to leave with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian forced himself to steady his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he had just experienced had utterly exceeded his understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian regained his composure; his thoughts surged rapidly, and he harbored a faint suspicion. He asked softly, “Master Bodhisattva, are you saying it wishes to go to my reality?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva nodded. “After you leave, this place will perish completely—and so will it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But it has lingered here too long; over time, it came to believe it was the true Dìtīng, even forgetting it is merely an illusion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It does not wish to die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its voice gradually faded away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness surged forward, swallowing its form entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a sound,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>only Jiang Jian remained in the Ksitigarbha Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fell silent for a moment, then stepped into the darkness and used the Ksitigarbha Jade Seal to retrieve the Book of Life and Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp crack of a world breaking echoed suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though inside the Ksitigarbha Hall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian could still hear it clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitiful cries of the yakshas and the death enforcers across Yinshan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the howls of countless damned souls in the Eighteen Layers of Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the thunderous cracks, the sky was riddled with fissures, spreading like a spiderweb at terrifying speed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ten Halls of Yinshan trembled violently; their towering structures cracked and collapsed one after another!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the supposedly unbreakable Eighteen Layers of Hell began to crumble in terror!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leave quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the voice of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva echoed from deep within his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian held the Ksitigarbha Jade Seal; one after another stream of black light surged forth, shielding him completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Bodhisattva, will we meet again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No response came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world shattered faster and faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All things around him were wildly devoured by nothingness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ten Kings’ Halls, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, the White and Black Enforcers—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all vanished soundlessly into the depths of nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding void advanced visibly, rushing toward the Ksitigarbha Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white light emitted by the Ksitigarbha Jade Seal grew fiercer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it blazed like the sun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stood within it, watching everything around him sink one by one into nothingness, his gaze dimming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just before the void surged forward and swallowed everything beyond the light shield,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian faintly heard a voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>at that very moment, a tremendous pulling force seized him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His soul momentarily blurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if reborn across lifetimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not know how long had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness around him slowly receded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him stood the majestic hall—the Ksitigarbha Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this was the Ksitigarbha Hall of the Yinshan Wonder Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-and-white vortex from before had vanished completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interior of the hall was fully visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped into the hall, gazing up at the black-and-gold statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wore a dark Buddhist robe, overlooking the Ten Halls of Yinshan, expressionless, neither sorrowful nor joyful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian turned and walked out of the Ksitigarbha Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guide Messenger’s form twisted into view before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its expression was ecstatic. It cried out loudly, “From this moment on, you are the Lord of the Yinshan Wonder Realm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It produced a token, holding it reverently with both hands. “Imperial Edict: Title granted—Lord of Yinshan Ksitigarbha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s face remained expressionless. He swept his sleeve aside, dismissing it. “I do not wish to use this title—for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guide Messenger froze, instantly realizing it had flattered the wrong way. It hurried to correct itself: “As Lord of Yinshan, choosing another title is certainly acceptable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What of ‘True Lord of Yinshan’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“‘Supreme Lord of Yinshan’ is also fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian said coldly, “To claim the title of True Lord without reaching the corresponding realm—is that not an invitation to ridicule?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian turned and walked out of the Ksitigarbha Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Guide Messenger stared at his retreating back; its formerly fawning expression turned grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gazed coldly at Jiang Jian, its mind filled with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not long ago, that Great One clearly appeared to me in a dream, saying it would appear at this moment, take control of Yinshan’s rules, and grant me freedom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet after sensing for so long, I feel nothing at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It furrowed its brow, utterly baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it used its control over Yinshan’s rules to scour the area around the Ksitigarbha Hall in every possible way—but found no trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since that Great One is unreliable,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll have to use my own methods.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guide Messenger halted its actions, smiled coldly, and vanished silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>deep within Yinshan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian, holding the Ksitigarbha Jade Seal, had clearly observed the Guide Messenger’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This fool controls only a small portion of Yinshan’s rules, accustomed to acting like a half-master—yet doesn’t know the true Lord of Yinshan can monitor the entire realm at will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stared at the glowing screen before him, momentarily speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never expected the Guide Messenger, who had seemed so clever before, to be this foolish now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1846,"2026-06-20T01:21:35.424Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ee635b5bfa98fa3317deb06fa33805bf73c2846c2f97b1ebeb062f5df64969bc","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-284","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-282",306,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fascending-to-divinity-cover.jpg"]