[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ascending-to-divinity":3,"chapter-ascending-to-divinity-ascending-to-divinity-chapter-97":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},2280647,4461,"Chapter 97: Ring","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-97",97,"\u003Cp>Jiang Jian here, temporarily made no choice to refine it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost power differs from demonic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its aura is very peculiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is easily detected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I fully refine and assimilate the ghost power’s origin from the mountain ghost.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My Shen Que spiritual essence should rise to 60% of the Divine Bestowal realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian had some difficulty estimating the progress of deep cultivation in the Divine Bestowal realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation is not a smooth, straight path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It becomes increasingly difficult, increasingly steep, a winding trail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more spiritual essence one has, the harder it becomes to grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their early cultivation speed is extremely fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But by the late stage of the Divine Bestowal realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consuming the same resources and energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their Shen Que spiritual essence shows not the slightest increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the cabin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yin looked at Liu Tiezhu: “The Planetary Accord you mentioned can only bind weak planets.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Put it another way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Weak planets.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can only rely on the Planetary Accord to maintain a facade of dignity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the Earth-Moon Four Realms.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The last shred of dignity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yin’s voice was calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cabin’s atmosphere instantly grew heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Ye waved his hand: “The Earth-Moon Four Realms have one hundred and thirty prefectures, a hundred billion living beings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if the sky falls, it has nothing to do with us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2775.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Neptune, thirty astronomical units from Earth, impossibly distant, a god was born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast Solar System.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this moment, a transformation began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of years passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth-Moon Four Realms, though not the lowest in the Solar System’s planetary hierarchy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still faced an grim situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saturn’s ring expanded recklessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jupiter, even more overwhelmingly powerful, was an unprecedented demonic spirit golden age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth-Moon Four Realms formed an alliance with the Mars Federation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did they barely maintain ring stability, preserving the planets’ dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the substance that appeared around planets after gods were born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gods’ radiance stained the stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the Sun’s light, it illuminated the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The larger the ring, the more solar light it absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the planet, natural spiritual resources would continuously arise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Living beings on planets with powerful rings cultivated at an extremely rapid pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resource output could even surge explosively!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When a planet’s ring reached a certain strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even an ordinary stone could instantly become a spirit-being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cup of water could transform into spiritual liquid!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Age of Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ring is the foundation of a planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason the Earth-Moon Four Realms are so weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is because Earth’s ring was once shattered by terrifying beings from other planets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the intervention of Neptune’s godly descendants, who established the Planetary Accord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth-Moon Four Realms would long ago have become wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth’s ring, though painstakingly rebuilt and reappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had become extremely thin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these influences, many living beings in the Earth-Moon Four Realms sank into indulgence, luxury, living day to day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those devoted to cultivation grew fewer and fewer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The extraction of cultivation resources slowed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a vicious cycle, various spiritual resources became increasingly expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying chasm opened between them and everyday goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One pack of cultivation herbs: 500 Alliance coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be consumed completely in half an hour, with no visible growth in spiritual essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same 500 Alliance coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could feed an ordinary resident for two months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t expect Shi Xuan’s pride ran so deep.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Ye suddenly spoke: “We’ll put off the learning assignment for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For the short term, we shouldn’t be short on credits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Shi Xuan left, the atmosphere in the study group had remained strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them knew Jiang Jian’s Shen Que spiritual essence was nearing half of the Divine Bestowal realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many Divine Bestowal university freshmen still hovered around 10%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Interstellar Shuttle passed through Tianzhu Mountain’s orbit, heading toward Sanzhong Jiangcheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This scene feels familiar.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tiezhu sat beside Jiang Jian, his tone odd: “Last time we went to Haicheng and came back, it was similar.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian gazed out the window, softly saying: “The difference is, one person is missing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tiezhu spread his hands: “We can’t help him. Let’s see if he can figure it out himself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Linjiang Academy, first-year campus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Interstellar Shuttle landed, stopping at the campus airfield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These few Interstellar Shuttles stand out too much among all the small aerial shuttles.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tiezhu stepped down the ramp, glancing at another nearby vessel: “Jiang Jian, this one’s yours, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian nodded: “Probably Guilihu’s.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Ye and Yin Yin disembarked, accompanied by their two plant-spirit familiars, and greeted them: “We’re heading back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Jian, are you returning to the dormitory?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tiezhu summoned an unmanned aerial shuttle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” Jiang Jian shook his head, boarding another shuttle: “I’m going to the campus cultivation chamber.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tiezhu waved: “Alright, stay in contact via identity device.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the shuttle cabin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian opened his identity device and initiated real-time communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bring ten crates of cultivation herbs and some food to the campus cultivation chamber.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other end replied with a crisp, snowy voice: “You’re back? I’m coming right away!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, after several sessions cultivating with Jiang Jian, Guilihu had already tasted the benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Living daily inside the cultivation chamber—this terrifying speed of advancement—is unmatched by any of his kin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian swiped away the screen, sensing the ghost power’s origin within his Shen Que.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark orb shimmered with flowing light, its aura profound and unfathomable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The ghost power origin near the Spring Surge realm—probably worth ten million Alliance coins, if you could even buy it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crimson flow of light gently caressed the dark orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Jiang Jian was not now using true fire to refine it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the mountain spirit’s origin continuously emitted an extremely dense yin energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as this yin energy appeared, it was melted by true fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transformed into purest spiritual energy, it flowed into the Shenque’s spiritual circulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The energy it naturally emits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is already barely equivalent to the spiritual energy supply of the campus training room.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He no longer used true fire to envelop and conceal his energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let the yin energy radiate freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Jiang Jian clearly realize the value of the mountain spirit’s origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t help but feel startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he pondered this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His identity device chimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian answered the call, and his sister Jiang Zhao’s voice came through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Jian, did you see? I’ve broken into the top 3000 of the Ladder Rankings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian paused, then smiled. “I’m doing a study task—I haven’t had time to check.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Zhao fell silent briefly, then said, “By the way, the joint forum is flooded with news about you. Haven’t you seen it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“News about me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian frowned for a moment, then suspected the answer as he thought: “Is it about cultivation essence?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Zhao said, “Yes. Someone from Linjiang Academy found your Divine Bestowal level 37% test record on the calibration device!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Many aristocratic families in Linjiang Prefecture are eager to recruit you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was soft and pleasant. “And those four other Level-4 talents have all issued you challenges on the Divine Bestowal University forum.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Jian stepped off his aerial pod and entered the training room. “Really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Zhao’s tone was certain. “It’s true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1228,"2026-06-20T01:21:34.271Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ff5fd5c4994b54ea8b4e7ee6830d53568e5292a3044b35b0ce5645db2b95d615","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-98","ascending-to-divinity-chapter-96",306,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fascending-to-divinity-cover.jpg"]