[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ascending-to-divinity":3,"chapter-ascending-to-divinity-ascending-to-divinity-chapter-295":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},2280845,4461,"Chapter 295: The Breeze Knows My Will, the Bright Moon Illuminates My Heart","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-295",295,"\u003Cp>“Good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then tapped the holographic screen and pulled up the communication link for his auxiliary identity device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forwarded Yao Tong’s dossier to Lu Qingqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have a clan uncle who works at the Tianjing Central Household Registry Department.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He can access the initial records and all change logs for every district across seventy prefectures on the surface.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qingqing received the message and replied succinctly, “I’ll have him investigate this thoroughly and give you a reply as soon as possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian said, “Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qingqing smiled and said, “I’ll go to the auction first; we can chat later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The communication ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stared at the screen, his brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the screen was the photo of “Yao Tong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s appearance was identical to Jiang Zhao’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her eyes were hollow, eerie, and terrifying, causing one’s spirit to tremble upon seeing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What exactly is this girl?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Qingyue stepped closer, her expression equally grave. “She looks exactly like your sister, Jiang Zhao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian said nothing, but swiped his finger to open the talent page for “Yao Tong” in the data Zhou Lingling had sent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yao Tong, Level 1 Art: Transformation of Fate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Transformation of Fate: Function unknown.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No record of this exists in the prefectural archives.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the talent page was a note left by Zhou Lingling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“According to investigation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yao Tong has never demonstrated her talent art in public.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Qingyue stared at the screen and asked, “Transformation of Fate? Sounds strange.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s face was expressionless. “It’s not just strange—it’s a major problem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not tell Zhou Qingyue the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Shenque and Yongquan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both cultivation realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had long since reached fullness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he had not yet broken through to the Divine Palace realm was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His caution regarding the physician’s lingering methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian knew well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must never underestimate the physician in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This woman’s cultivation was earth-shattering, her mastery bordering on the divine, her medical skill approaching godhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just in terms of spiritual essence cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She might very well have surpassed the Spirit Platform realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To deal with such a being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single misstep could plunge one into an abyss from which there would be no return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the twelve crystal shards left by the physician within his Divine Illumination barrier had been completely stripped away by his Pure World Divine Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian had reason to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That for a substance like himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The physician might have left other hidden measures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The existence of “Yao Tong” proved this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twelve crystal shards were internal controls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And “Yao Tong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was an external safeguard to ensure the drug remained effective!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The physician’s methods were too unfathomable for ordinary minds to comprehend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the twelve crystal shards had been stripped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Tong might already have sensed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he rashly attempted a breakthrough and fell into some undiscovered trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would be utterly destroyed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian was extremely cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before uncovering the truth about “Yao Tong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dared not attempt a breakthrough lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memory of his failed Divine Palace breakthrough in the Academy World—nearly dying from backlash—was still vivid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clear as day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When you go to Taiping Prefecture, are you planning to find her directly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Qingyue said gravely, “To be honest, seeing her photo made me feel afraid. I advise you to be careful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her true form was an ancient ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her soul’s origin was composed entirely of resentment and memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl, merely through a photograph, could instill fear in a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone proved how deeply strange and sinister she truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian steadied his mind, shut off the identity device, and said, “At the border between Taiping Prefecture and Linjiang Prefecture, there is a small spatial realm called the Projection of Qishen Star Palace.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m going there to pick up my sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jixue, who had been pretending to nap with closed eyes, twitched her tail, opened her eyes wide, and leapt up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pupils glowed brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Zhao!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jixue’s voice was excited. “Her dress is so soft, she smells so good—I want to sleep beside her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Qingyue let out a cold laugh. “You little fox, you’ve been sleeping at my feet every day for over a year, yet all along you were dreaming of someone else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jixue blinked her eyes. “She’s different from you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost stepped closer, bent down, her jet-black hair cascading like a waterfall, and stared at Jixue. “Don’t I smell good?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gray fox fell silent, unable to meet her gaze, turning his head away and muttering, “I’m just a spirit beast—how could I tell the difference?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian ignored them entirely and walked alone to the cultivation chamber to organize his resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth Store Jade Seal represented authority over Yinshan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could freely access the resources of an entire Great Marvel Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Yinshan’s Marvel Realm was rich beyond measure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its spiritual resources were almost entirely oriented toward yin energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very few items were fully compatible with his own cultivation and usable without obstruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a resource list gifted to him by the Lu family’s Night Ancestor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every item on it was a rare, universal spiritual material, perfectly suited for Divine Palace cultivation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The list contained over twenty treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one was of great use to him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian carefully tucked the list away into his storage space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he extended his palm, and with a slight mental nudge, light blazed forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two paper figures emerged from the void, their faces twisted in eerie grins as they bowed to Jiang Jian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The paper figures were a pair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One boy, named Qingfeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One girl, named Mingyue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The paper figures’ voices were ethereal, strangely beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian studied them and said, “Assume human form.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two paper figures answered without hesitation, “Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They transformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smoke gathered and dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it reappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had become a short-clad boy and a long-skirted maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian clearly sensed that their lives and deaths were entirely controlled by the token, at his mere thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qingfeng.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian said in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy stepped forward: “Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian took out a bundle and said: “Go at once to the Second Realm and deliver these items.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the bundle were several ghostly spirit objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though these items were small in size,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they contained immense ghostly power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingfeng took the bundle, slung it over his shoulder, and said: “Master, please specify the exact destination and recipient.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian said softly: “Her name is Shen Qingchanyi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I do not know where she is now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can only confirm she is within the Second Realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She carries two swords.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One is called Zhao Ming, the other Han Guang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell her the contents of this bundle are meant to refill Han Guang’s storage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingfeng replied and asked no further questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His form twisted, then vanished into transparency, leaving the Cross-Realm Flycraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Realm, as the coordinate anchor point,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had its world gate shattered by the divine power of Yujing Shangjun, and could no longer be sealed or closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth-Moon Academy had also changed its system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The formerly closed academy world was now fully open!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any Earth citizen holding an identity device and paying a certain fee could enter to visit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world within had already undergone massive change!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long ago,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian gave Qingfeng the spirit-creature identity device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this device,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingfeng could enter the Second Realm as a spirit-creature and deliver the bundle to Shen Qingchanyi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did this because Jiang Jian had noticed\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that the day before,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Guang’s storage had been drained by two full charges in a single day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Second Realm had suddenly become accessible to the outside world, causing upheaval among its native beings,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the sacred mountain of the Academy was still guarded by Shen Xi and others, so no major chaos had erupted yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these circumstances,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Qingchanyi using up two charges of Han Guang’s storage in such a short time must have encountered extreme danger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Jiang Jian’s cultivation plan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Qingchanyi’s “Weaving Fate” technique was of great importance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could not only mend spiritual soul injuries,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but more importantly, it possessed a terrifying ability to restore spiritual soul source energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual soul source energy was a lifeform’s innate resource, extremely difficult to increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet once one reached the Divine Palace Realm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Activating the Illusory Treasures and the Marvelous Realm Treasures required a massive consumption of spiritual soul source energy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian himself possessed several treasures of immense power, which he could never use in daily life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Willow Branch could summon heavenly soldiers and generals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth Store Scepter could strangle spiritual souls and devour life essences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hen could control all waters of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These treasures,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no matter which one was activated,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>required enormous spiritual soul source energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jiang Jian’s true trump card, the Pure World Divine Fire,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>required spiritual soul essence just to stir slightly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the divine technique “Bright Mirror, Still Water,” passed down by the Earth Store Bodhisattva, could slightly offset this deficiency,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian knew better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The things he would soon face were not merely physicians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those things were too terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely contemplating them was enough to choke the breath from one’s lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his current spiritual soul reserves were far below what this stage demanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his current spiritual soul's foundation is far from meeting the expectations of this stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian opened his identity device again to review the data forwarded by Lu Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Star-Controlling Hall’s operational plan targeting Mercury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The timing was set for one month from now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred Divine Palace Realm lifeforms, carefully selected from the Earth-Moon Four Realms, must enter Mercury under special concealment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of these lifeforms had “Seen the Divine Altar.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only thus could they evade Ba Xia’s demonic lord’s detection and slip in secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star-Controlling Hall’s operation plan was even called insane!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These hundred lifeforms, hidden within Mercury, were to remain there for a full three years!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the target of this operation\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was the colonial core left behind by Saturn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1715,"2026-06-20T01:21:35.424Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 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