[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ascending-to-divinity":3,"chapter-ascending-to-divinity-ascending-to-divinity-chapter-86":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},2280636,4461,"Chapter 86: Crossing the Boundary","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-86",86,"\u003Cp>The glass hatch opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stepped out of the virtual pod and took the Hanguang from the scanning unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Xue sat crouched on the ground, tail already raised: “I’ve packed everything, and the flyer is parked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian glanced out the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brand-new luxury interzone flyer hovered outside the dormitory building, casting a massive shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although its size was smaller than a whale-oar vessel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet compared to ordinary unmanned aerial flyers, it was several times larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian opened the balcony door and walked to the edge of the terrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Xue followed behind and tapped the holographic screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cabin door of the interzone flyer immediately lowered a long gangway down to their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a subsidy reward for Anmin Guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When claiming an interzone flyer, you are granted some propulsion fuel by the district office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This initial propulsion fuel can last at least 100,000 kilometers—a reward for the title of Anmin Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Set destination: Anhezhou, Anhe Academy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian entered the cabin and sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Xue replied: “Okay.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cabin space was large and luxuriously decorated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>News corner, bar, virtual pod, combat room, cultivation room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All facilities were present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cabin door slowly closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive interzone flyer lifted into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid countless admiring gazes, it sped out of the first-year campus toward the Tianzhu Mountain orbital route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll activate the equipment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Xue used its identity device, moving back and forth through the cabin to activate the cultivation room and virtual pod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than ten minutes, it returned to Jiang Jian’s side and sighed in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All set. Ready for normal use anytime.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its gaze lingered on the cultivation room: “But this cultivation room, though it has an array, consumes fuel when activated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interzone flyer’s built-in cultivation room has an incomplete array, usable only temporarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual energy it provides is roughly half that of the campus cultivation rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian sipped his coffee, set down the cup, and walked straight toward the cultivation room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Activate it for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Xue paused, then tapped the holographic screen: “Okay.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the corner of the cabin, the cultivation room’s array patterns flared with light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door shut behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stepped inside and immediately felt the spiritual energy here was highly impure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This array is truly crude.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian frowned slightly, staring at the array beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the array activated, a faint odor of fuel drifted up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This simple cultivation room's array draws power from fuel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s expression calmed; he sat cross-legged on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll cultivate here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s perfect for training my control over spiritual energy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the array hummed, spiritual energy surged toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian settled his mind and attempted to guide the spiritual energy to cultivate Shenque Lingyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cultivation pace was slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time the spiritual energy completed a cycle, Jiang Jian had to hold his breath and focus, purging the impurities within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retained only the purest spiritual essence to deepen his Shenque foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This process was tedious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It demanded full concentration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One slip, and impurities would be drawn into his Shenque.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jiang Jian stripped away the spiritual impurities, he recalled his battle with Lu Tingting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The virtual pod cannot simulate 100% of true combat ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This applies to both himself and Lu Tingting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The variations in innate talent techniques, the characteristics of divine weapons, even the subtle maneuvers of spiritual energy control—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The virtual pod struggles to replicate these.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only direct, real combat reveals true strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s careful reflection on the battle during cultivation still brought insight and improvement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation knows no days or months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the interzone flyer left Linjiang Prefecture, it grew farther from Tianzhu Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the window,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the sky darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interzone flyer pierced through rolling clouds, speeding through the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One hour until destination.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A notification chimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the cultivation room,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian sensed the dwindling demonic energy mass deep within his Shenque.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pure source of demonic power had once been brimming with spiritual essence, sufficient for long-term use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after he fully cultivated for ten hours in the cultivation chamber of the special residence,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the water mass had sharply depleted—it now held only a fraction left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cultivation in the Divine Bestowal Realm becomes harder the higher you ascend.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian’s eyes narrowed in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Judging by this, the remaining water mass will barely sustain me up to 45% of the Divine Bestowal Realm before it’s gone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At that point, my cultivation speed will plummet drastically.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water mass, still wrapped in flame, continued to steadily release spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Xue, using all four paws, walked to the door and swiped its claws: “There’s a message from the Academic Affairs Office.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian fell silent for a moment, paused cultivation, and stepped out of the cultivation room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve got a lot of messages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Xue whispered, “I’ve organized them for you. Check them yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian sat back on the cabin sofa and opened his identity device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top message was from the Academic Affairs Office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Student Jiang Jian, hello. We note you have left campus. This is a reminder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Except under special circumstances like academic assignments, students may remain off-campus for no more than one week. For longer absences, you must request leave from your department’s lead instructor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian swiped the message away and looked at the next one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Ye: “Jiang Jian, we have an academic assignment. When will you return?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian paused to think, then replied: “About ten days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, Shan Ye sent back: “Your credit points are still sufficient. We’ll wait for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Xue stepped closer and said: “Since you’re heading to Anhezhou, I pulled up all messages from Anhezhou.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Among them, Zhou Yu from Guangling No. 1 High School sent you four messages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhou Chi from the Inspection Bureau of Shenzhao District, Guangling City, sent you thirteen messages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ji Ming from Luoying Academy sent you nineteen messages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nie Zheng from Guangling No. 1 High School sent you seven messages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Xue extended its gray paw and swiped across the holographic screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian had full visibility over all communications here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interzone shuttle had entered Anhezhou’s territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Large vessel detected!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anquan Force, Air Surveillance Room, Anhezhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The staff stared at the screen, their expressions grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It looks like a cutting-edge shuttle from Linjiangzhou!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1083,"2026-06-20T01:21:34.271Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5e8b7c38fa14d5b7b514495ff0f6df7d62d55237695b048b741c1ed9c5b85261","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-87","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-85",306,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fascending-to-divinity-cover.jpg"]