[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-genshin-establishing-shushan-sect-cultivating-im":3,"chapter-genshin-establishing-shushan-sect-cultivating-im-genshin-establishing-shushan-sect-cultivating-im-chapter-278":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Genshin: Founding the Shushan Sect, Cultivating Immortality with the Masses in Teyvat",{"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},1934339,2643,"Chapter 278","genshin-establishing-shushan-sect-cultivating-im-chapter-278",278,"\u003Cp>Jiang Yan’s gaze was profound. He stared deeply at Miko for a moment, then said slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Tushan fox clan possesses a technique called ‘Threads of Affection for the Next Life.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This method… has the power to defy the heavens and grant rebirth, involving the Great Dao of Reincarnation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It is what is known in legends as the art of returning from the dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Miko’s pupils constricted slightly. She looked up at Jiang Yan in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter wore a mysterious smile at the corner of his mouth, watching her quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miko gritted her teeth, then switched to a brilliant smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Many thanks for your guidance, Sect Master! This disciple will cultivate diligently!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan nodded slightly, saying no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Ganyu and Miko both took their leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the two had departed, Jiang Yan took out a jade talisman and probed it with his divine sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long while later, he let out a faint sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The word ‘affection’ is the most wounding of all… even the Green Hill foxes, who have transcended love, cannot escape the suffering it brings…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>172. The Shushan Mountain-Opening Ceremony Finally Begins\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than ten days had passed in the blink of an eye since Miko joined Shushan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, no other newcomers had come to pay their respects to Shushan. Jiang Yan was not in a hurry; once the Mountain-Opening Ceremony began, Shushan would not lack disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Shushan’s true foundation lay in the disciples with excellent talent currently present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it bluntly, outer sect disciples were, in the end, merely supporting roles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many cases of \"trash\" rising to greatness were there in the world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it sounded like a lament against the unfairness of the Great Dao, there existed a chasm-like gap between people from the very start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, it was not as if nothing of note had happened at Shushan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three at the late stage of Qi Refining to Spirit Transformation—Zhongli and the others—had not made any breakthroughs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With their current step-by-step cultivation, even if Jiang Yan lectured on the Dao every day, it would likely take decades to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Jiang Yan was not anxious; for cultivators, time was the one thing they lacked the least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Zhongli, who had lived the longest, still had tens of thousands of years of lifespan remaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was plenty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those with Heavenly Spirit Roots would not remain stuck at Qi Refining to Spirit Transformation for too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even though Zhongli and the others hadn't made any major breakthroughs, their strength had not remained stagnant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their accumulation of True Essence was more profound, and combined with the numerous techniques learned from the Scripture Pavilion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their combat power was no longer what it once was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them were confident they could clash with the Heavenly Principles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Provided the opponent did not invoke the world's authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond them, the breakthroughs of the disciples at the Essence Refining to Qi Transformation stage were even more frequent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention Ningguang and Keqing, who had broken through early on, Baizhu, who joined later, had actually caught up, reaching the mid-stage of Essence Refining to Qi Transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan was very satisfied with this, but he did not support others in learning Baizhu’s frantic approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baizhu had embarked on the immortal path knowing his talent was inferior to his peers, so he was even more ruthless to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what pill he refined, he was always the first to test it on himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several times, he had nearly caused his True Essence to go into disorder and shatter his dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, he turned misfortune into a blessing, making his dantian and meridians even more resilient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also went to the Heart-Questioning Array every single day without fail, polishing his state of mind to perfection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every day, he was either squatting at Bamboo Peak refining pills or taking pills to the Merit Hall to exchange for contribution points for cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the one who completed the most tasks for the Merit Hall regarding the elimination of demonic beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to mining spirit ores, he was also the first to charge ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even, according to Lisa, when Baizhu finished his cultivation and rested, he would sit inside the pill furnace and beg her to help him with her Karma Fire…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baizhu was refining himself as if he were a pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ruthlessness made the Law Enforcement Hall worry that he might be too eager for success and walk down a crooked path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since he underwent the Nine-Fold Heart-Questioning every day, his state of mind was more stable than Zhongli’s; the Law Enforcement Hall could only conclude that Baizhu was simply too fanatical about cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, Baizhu became the most \"mad\" person in all of Shushan regarding cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, Ningguang and the others expressed deep understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His talent was average, and he dreamed of immortality; now that he had the chance, Baizhu would never let it go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Baizhu, Klee had also successfully broken through to the mid-stage of Essence Refining to Qi Transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Red Emperor Burning Heaven Body had also been initially condensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Klee broke through, Jiang Yan had Ningguang, Keqing, Baizhu, and many others at the mid-stage of Essence Refining to Qi Transformation spar with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klee defeated everyone within thirty moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did everyone realize that a Divine Body was indeed different from an ordinary person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was essentially cheating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps Baizhu’s madness was also stimulated by Klee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lisa had harvested quite a few demonic beast souls during this time, and her Karma Fire had shifted from black-purple toward a deep black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she had not yet broken through to the late stage of Essence Refining to Qi Transformation, it would likely happen within these few months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The further one went in cultivation, the harder it became; that Lisa could break through so quickly was already incredible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jean, Kaeya, and the others had not broken through their realms, remaining at the early stage of Essence Refining to Qi Transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, their strength was no longer what it once was; the Dvalin who was once possessed by the remnant soul of the High Tower King—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if they faced him now, even if they couldn't win in a one-on-one, a group effort would be enough to easily suppress him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barbara also successfully broke through to the early stage of Essence Refining to Qi Transformation, but from then on, her cultivation speed slowed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she didn't have much accumulation to begin with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most prominent were the two with Divine Bodies, Lumine and Paimon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumine reached the mid-stage of Essence Refining to Qi Transformation in a short time, and her cultivation was still skyrocketing toward the late stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was feared she would break through even faster than Lisa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Lumine’s own words, she was truly getting stronger just by breathing and drinking water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, her strength was high to begin with; she was merely recovering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others could not envy that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paimon was the same, having successfully broken through to the early stage of Essence Refining to Qi Transformation; despite her small size, she was actually much stronger than Jean and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The simplified version of the Divine Sword Thunder-Controlling True Art and the Basic Incantation True Explanation were played with great flair by the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In coordination, they could make Cloud Retainer, who was at the late stage of Essence Refining to Qi Transformation, suffer a silent loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if they were serious, they were still no match for Cloud Retainer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fighting across realms was, after all, impossible in cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, it was something to be proud of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what left Jiang Yan most speechless was Diluc…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy seemed to have his heart set on Buddhist and Daoist techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, he had gone to the Scripture Pavilion and selected two techniques in succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was the Great Brahma Sacred Palm, and the other was the Eight-Part Dragon God Seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cultivation world, he would at least be a well-known Buddhist disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Dharma treasure he had gathered some time ago was a lotus throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the others were doing fine; although their choice of techniques was varied,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Sword Control Art was basically at the minor success stage for all of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keqing and Lumine, who were progressing the fastest, were nearing major success, at which point they could learn other techniques of the Sword Control Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides this, there were some constructive suggestions put forward by Yun Qing and Yun Hua from the Outer Sect Elder Council.\u003C\u002Fp>",1448,"2026-06-14T06:26:03.952Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","1f4dbc86c18cf60acb1ccabb149be1f730c25c219b1739e604de873ac651fdbc","genshin-establishing-shushan-sect-cultivating-im-chapter-279","genshin-establishing-shushan-sect-cultivating-im-chapter-277",924,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgenshin-establishing-shushan-sect-cultivating-im-cover.jpg"]