[{"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-294":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},1934355,2643,"Chapter 294","genshin-establishing-shushan-sect-cultivating-im-chapter-294",294,"\u003Cp>Who could become an inner disciple—that was the true foundation of Shushan in their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Heart-Questioning Array continued to the later stages, the gap between them grew larger and larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Furina, sometimes she would just step into the next layer of the Heart-Questioning Array, only to clarify her self and walk right out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At present, she had already left everyone behind and reached the sixth layer of heart-questioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Ningguang and the others became increasingly solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shushan had gained another peerless genius today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following closely behind were Tartaglia, Hu Tao, Beidou, Yelan, and Alhaitham.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, they had all stepped into the fourth layer of heart-questioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining Collei, Xingqiu, Chongyun, Clorinde, and others had also reached the end of the third layer of heart-questioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was expected that they would all steadily join the inner sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gaze Zhongli and the others cast upon them also carried a hint of warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who persisted afterward had almost all reached their limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every second, someone was pushed out of the Heart-Questioning Array in a sorry state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But compared to the intense disappointment and sadness of others, their expressions only held a hint of excitement amidst their regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had all passed one layer of heart-questioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of whether they were outer disciples or not, at the very least, they could definitely stay at Shushan now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for those who passed the second layer but fell at the third, they only sighed in resignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was only a step away, in the Heart-Questioning Array, a step was a lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could truly be sure of holding onto themselves after experiencing three lives?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, it was already destined that they would enter the outer sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arduous month of waiting had not been in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, those who had barely passed the first layer and hadn't even attempted the second were now somewhat worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shushan was recruiting one thousand people; if there were more, they would be turned away, and if there were fewer, they would not be replaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these one thousand three hundred people, more than three hundred still had to be eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they could still stay at Shushan as servant disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But could a servant disciple compare to an outer disciple?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, these people were all somewhat worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they were ultimately exceptionally capable; most people hadn't passed the assessment at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were over a million people who had been eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ningguang and the others didn't care about these things; for these million-plus people, their fate had ended, and they could only wait for the next attempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that the news of Shushan cultivation had spread throughout Teyvat, the next competition would likely be even more intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missing this time would make the next time even harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for outer disciples and servant disciples, that was managed by the Outer Sect Council and had nothing to do with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded cruel, but having read many biographies of the cultivation world during this time, they understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a cultivation sect, inner disciples were the true disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inner disciples only cared about fellow inner disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before outer disciples were promoted, inner disciples would not take them seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the iron law of the sect, the class division built up over countless years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was not a rigid class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cultivation world, strength is respected; as long as you have strength, you will be respected wherever you go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you have no strength, being bullied is your own fault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having accepted the beauty of cultivation, one must also accept the cruelty of cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could break such rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>182. Moving Furina of Fontaine, No Turning Back Until the Ninth Layer\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assessment was basically coming to an end; those remaining on the field were all people who had stepped through the third layer of heart-questioning and were still persisting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation outside the field was also clearly divided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who had passed the second layer gathered together, centering around those who had tried to break through the third layer but failed, excitedly discussing everything that had just happened in the Heart-Questioning Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were people who were definitely going to join the outer sect, without any risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added all together, there were about three hundred people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But among them, the Millelith alone accounted for over one hundred and eighty, and the rest included over forty relatively famous figures from Liyue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also confirmed that the tempering of the Millelith was indeed effective, and that Liyue people understood cultivation better and naturally had an advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who had passed the assessment had even begun to plan on bringing their whole families to Liyue, starting to immerse them in the atmosphere of cultivation from now on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting for the next opening of the mountain, who knew what might be left behind—the reputation of three generations of a family, nine people cultivating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They might even become a cultivation family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, in the turbulent Teyvat of the future, they would have some status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an opportunity to reorganize the situation of all of Teyvat, and the opportunity itself lay in whether one could seize the chance to cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other people were a bit more numerous; over five hundred people gathered together—these were those who had passed the first layer of heart-questioning but failed after attempting the second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their risk was not high, and they were still mostly Liyue people, occupying more than half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And eighty percent of this more-than-half of Liyue people were Millelith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this, Ningguang and the others were quite satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The envisioned cultivation army might actually be realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the last remaining people, they were all those who had passed the first layer but lacked the strength to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the first two waves of people, they were somewhat worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the most uncomfortable were those who were directly eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could now only compete for the status of staying at Shushan to practice martial arts or as servant disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still a relatively arduous selection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From time to time, they looked at the crowd gathered in front, feeling somewhat lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From now on, others were going to cultivate, which could be considered a separation between the immortal and the mortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, there was no one left in the third layer of questioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining ones were all candidates who would definitely join the inner sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the others, the number of candidates for inner disciples was pitifully small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningguang’s three secretaries and the the Liyue Qixing were all present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest were all Genshin who were already very powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Tao, Beidou, Yelan, Xingqiu, Chongyun—Liyue still had the most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next was Kaedehara Kazuha, who barely represented Inazuma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tighnari, Collei, Alhaitham, Dehya, Tartaglia, Clorinde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Furina, who had already walked to the seventh layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Counting them all, twenty-one people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the Shushan inner sect had expanded by quite a few people at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhongli nodded slightly; the situation was ultimately better than he had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing the difficulty of the Heart-Questioning Array, he had initially thought that only a single-digit number of people could join the inner sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only were there twenty-one people, but several had excellent talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furina had already reached the seventh layer; although she was trembling all over and somewhat mentally exhausted at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But relying on that tenacity, Zhongli felt that she would have no problem walking through the nine layers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following her were Hu Tao, Yelan, and Tartaglia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These three were only one step behind Furina, having reached the sixth layer of heart-questioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that they were already pale and looked as if they had almost reached their limit.\u003C\u002Fp>",1300,"2026-06-14T06:26:03.952Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","53ba6262b114475cf34860b34c6ee1f20500320762ca7c9c5b80ff5b957ae706","genshin-establishing-shushan-sect-cultivating-im-chapter-295","genshin-establishing-shushan-sect-cultivating-im-chapter-293",924,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgenshin-establishing-shushan-sect-cultivating-im-cover.jpg"]