[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ascending-to-divinity":3,"chapter-ascending-to-divinity-ascending-to-divinity-chapter-46":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},2280596,4461,"Chapter 46: Shameful Flower","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-46",46,"\u003Cp>It’s time to eat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spicy stir-fried mushroom soup, clear-simmered Qiong fish, and braised pork elbow stew!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another staff member entered the central control room carrying meals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smelled the aroma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earlier man swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still felt uneasy inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He double-checked the room’s array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after confirming the array was functioning normally, with no issues, did he turn around and force a smile: “Thanks!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re on duty, so I bring you meals—that’s only natural. No need to thank me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank goodness the machine butler is too stupid to handle this job, or we’d both be out of work already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they joked around,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the two had already set up the table and begun eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the cultivation chamber,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian naturally didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room’s array had long been at its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continuously swallowed spirit herbs and activated the Pure Spirit True Method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Level 3 “Art” talent provided such a powerful foundation that it was pushed to its absolute peak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine-gifted weapon, Wish Jade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tech equipment, Qi-accumulating wristband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The medicinal power of the cultivation herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the endless supply of spirit energy provided by the cultivation chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All these enhancements stacked together,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>causing Jiang Jian’s cultivation speed to reach an astonishingly terrifying level!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit energy surged and crashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the talent orb in his Shenque point, “Dark Fragrance,” had gained new insights!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve only bound one divine-gifted weapon: the Wish Jade.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It purifies the spirit energy, removing impurities.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So I’m not hindered by muddled spirit energy during cultivation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian cultivated with all his might, his mind churning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Shenque point’s spirit energy cap was slowly, incrementally rising!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every thirty minutes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian would pick up a paper packet and swallow a spirit herb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five hours passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten portions of spirit herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All consumed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian suddenly opened his eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura around him sharply trembled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Invisible ripples radiated outward from him in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura swept past,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even causing faint impacts against the chamber’s walls!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stood up, and deep within his pitch-black pupils, a strange dark-red flame burned quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My spirit energy cap has increased significantly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian sensed the spirit energy in his Shenque point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was very satisfied with the campus cultivation chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“spirit herbs can be bought with Alliance coins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Academic credits, however, are extremely limited.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Their acquisition channels are very narrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right now,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only have 1,100 academic credits left.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian silently calculated, picked up his bag, and stepped out of the cultivation chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five hours of cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian felt no fatigue whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surging spirit energy in his Shenque point had instead sharpened his hearing and vision, cleared his mind, and enhanced all five senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His identity device received a new message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stepped into the elevator, opened the message, and activated privacy mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A girl’s clear, pleasant voice reached his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Jian, I’ve started cultivating!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the spirit herbs are expensive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“500 Alliance coins per portion!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Luckily, Anhe Academy gave me a shopping allowance of 10,000 Alliance coins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Jian, do you have enough spirit herbs?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If not, I’ll use my allowance to buy some and send them to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Zhao’s voice was bright and clear, sounding genuinely happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anhe Academy was the divine-gifted university of Anhezhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anhezhou was geographically remote and lacked educational resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many department heads just went through the motions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Students had no competition among themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this local divine-gifted university\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had become a place for wealthy merchants and noble families to expand their social networks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stared at his sister’s message, calculating the time in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It should be about right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For ordinary citizens, a sudden large sum in their citizen account triggered continuous monitoring for several days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During monitoring, transfers in or out were extremely troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Jiang Jian’s identity device permissions had been upgraded,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he remained cautious at all times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian opened his citizen account and checked his balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your balance: 950,109 Alliance coins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian swiped his finger, withdrew 50,000 Alliance coins, and transferred them to Jiang Zhao’s account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Transfer successful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your account has sent: 50,000 Alliance coins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your balance: 900,109 Alliance coins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Zhao sent a real-time message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stepped out of the elevator, hailed an unmanned aerial shuttle, and tapped to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Jian.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On screen, Jiang Zhao wore Anhe Academy’s uniform: “Where did this money come from? Explain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian had anticipated her reaction: “I terminated my contract with Zhao Jianxue and received a large payment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Zhao tightly pressed her lips and asked, word by word: “When?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian whispered: “Before the Divine-Gifted Exam.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aerial shuttle launched, heading toward the dormitory complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A silence stretched for dozens of seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl finally spoke, her tone calm: “Jiang Jian, was this your own choice—or did the Zhao family force you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian smiled and said, “The Divine Covenant is backed by the Temple of Prayer; even the Zhao family dares not tear it up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the communication screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Zhao frowned, bit her lip, and asked, “But you told me you really liked Zhao Jianxue—you wanted to marry her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She brushed her slender, pale fingers along the strands beside her ear, “Jiang Jian, it doesn’t matter if we’re poor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When it comes to money.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’d rather see you with someone you truly love.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian fell silent for a moment, then spoke, “At the time, I did say I liked her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian blinked, “I was lying. I have no feelings for her at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I said that only.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So I could one day trade the Divine Covenant for money.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Zhao frowned skeptically, “Really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian gave a light laugh, tone certain: “Of course it’s true. I’ve never lied to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s mood slowly shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Zhao seemed to finally realize, holding up her identity device, nearly jumping with joy: “Fifty thousand Alliance Coins! So much money!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian said, “This amount isn’t much. Try to spend it on cultivation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joy filled Jiang Zhao’s beautiful brows and eyes: “This is the first time I’ve had so much money in my account!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hesitated briefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted her face to look at Jiang Jian, “By the way, Jiang Jian.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can I buy some Divine Tech toiletries?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re cheap—a full authentic set costs only a few dozen Alliance Coins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All my classmates use them—they’re great for the skin. I’ve never dared to buy them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, the girl seemed to recall something, her tone growing quieter: “A few dozen Alliance Coins isn’t cheap—it could feed me for a whole week.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the communication screen,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian looked at the girl across from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her identity device swayed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden-red glow of sunset spilled over her hair, gently staining it, illuminating her pale, exquisite profile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have plenty of money.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian gazed at her for a moment, then looked away, lowering his eyelids to whisper, “Buy whatever you want. When it’s gone, ask me again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Try to buy some cultivation herbs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you don’t understand anything about cultivation,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Send me a message anytime.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian ended the communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The airship halted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had arrived at the dormitory complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fifth floor: Simulation Testing Hall, Assessment Hall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian glanced at his identity device and stepped directly into the main elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was merely the dormitory complex of the First Courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few students passed by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing compared to the campus cultivation chambers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ten herbs consumed, five hours of cultivation chamber time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go check the Testing Hall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How much has my Qi ceiling increased?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s thoughts churned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator had stopped at the fifth floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Left: Testing Hall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right: Simulation Assessment Hall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please choose.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light flashed; a mechanical voice spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1319,"2026-06-20T01:21:34.271Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b08e5779e423d3c4a28d1fad6260c037c45117d1b0271f2d647b335e0986a273","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-47","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-45",306,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fascending-to-divinity-cover.jpg"]