[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-nothing-is-taboo":3,"chapter-nothing-is-taboo-nothing-is-taboo-chapter-101":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Nothing Is Taboo",{"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},2310486,4514,"Chapter 101: Ten-Zhang Human Skin (Fourth Update)","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-101",101,"\u003Cp>Scrunch, scrunch, scrunch…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan pulled hard, and the beast-tendon rope snapped back, yanking Bai Laoeye back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Qin chased with desperate urgency; every spider leg that came down nearly grazed Bai Laoeye’s scalp, shaving off most of his hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Laoeye shook his head, looking utterly disheveled, his yellow crystal glasses half-slipped onto his nose, revealing pale white eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Locust Witch had been watching the spectacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These underlings of Master Qin were insignificant; dead or alive, they were all food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when she saw Bai Laoeye charging out, her face darkened, and she unfurled her wings with a rare buzz—“Bai Laoeye, do you want to die?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll slaughter your entire village!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Laoeye tore off his glasses and threw them away; a rush of yin energy burst from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll cut you down first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Laoeye leapt upward, yin energy coiling beneath his feet into two swirling vortices that propelled him toward the Locust Witch in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Locust Witch raised her two long hind legs and kicked, meeting Bai Laoeye’s strike head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large chunk of Bai Laoeye’s feather cloak was sawed off, and he crashed down in disarray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piece of the old locust’s carapace shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both had lived in the mountains for years, knew each other inside and out—no need for probing; they went straight to mortal combat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan drove his war chariot roaring into the battlefield; before he even arrived, the beast-tendon rope whipped across the ground, entangling Master Qin’s spider legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Qin, caught off guard, stumbled and fell; Xu Yuan fired his chariot spear with a thunderous boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Qin strained—and the beast-tendon rope snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had barely risen when the spear struck him square in the face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Master Qin held a shield in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forged in haste these past days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear was deflected; Master Qin struck his hand drum hard, and Xu Yuan’s chariot veered away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the chariot, Xu Yuan blew hard into the layer of skin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need to hold back or hide—today was the final battle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Qin put away his shield, drew his battle knife, and struck the hand drum with the hilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chariot darted wildly; Master Qin could not land a single hit on Xu Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Piao drifted out, heading straight for the Locust Witch to aid his old comrade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Locust Witch summoned her descendants to swarm and bind Master Piao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Jingyu and Yan Lao charged toward Master Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Qin roared: “What are you waiting for?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small temple suddenly appeared, blocking Fu Jingyu and Yan Lao’s path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The temple gate swung open with a clang, and a boy and girl emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Qin’s spirits lifted: “Fighting in the mountains—you’re asking for death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he suddenly saw something emerge from Xu Yuan’s chariot—and it kept growing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan’s face turned crimson from strain; at last, he blew the skin to ten zhang wide!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thing landed, turned, and swept its hand—Master Qin was flung flying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan retracted his chariot spear, urged the chariot forward with a rumble, and chased after Master Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a giant serpent emerged from thin air!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body stretched impossibly long, gleaming with metallic sheen under the sun; as it coiled, it seemed ready to wrap around Xu Yuan’s soul!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan laughed aloud: “I’ve been waiting for you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of yin pills flew out, exploding into scattered yin soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the serpent, countless “souls” suddenly appeared, disrupting the eerie technique binding the soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan seized the chance, leapt from the chariot, and the chariot body split open with a rustle, engulfing the serpent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chariot body transformed into a giant bamboo cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The serpent was seven or eight zhang long, but the cage rapidly expanded to ten zhang, then slammed down, trapping the serpent inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it shrank rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The serpent thrashed inside, but could not break free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Bai Laoeye described the serpent’s abilities, Xu Yuan had already conceived this tactic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Body as hard as iron, hard to cut through?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I won’t fight you—I’ll trap you first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your other bodies are hidden somewhere?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll catch you when you emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether the serpent could break out of the carriage—Xu Yuan chose to trust his stepmother!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten-zhang human skin continued chasing Master Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Qin switched back to his shield; both hands were drenched in blood, bitten by countless craft objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human skin swung a fist down; Master Qin raised his shield and dodged frantically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fist slid along the shield’s edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shield immediately deformed, cracking open a massive fissure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Qin fled in panic, frantically beating his hand drum against the skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the skin contained no soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Qin discarded his shield, drew his battle knife, and trembled inwardly: How could this boy control so many craft objects?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had assumed the giant human skin was just another craft object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten-zhang skin swung its arms relentlessly; Master Qin dodged again and again—until, with no escape left, he gritted his teeth, drove four spider legs into the ground, reconfigured the rest into his arms, raised his knife, and prepared to clash with the skin once!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle knife slammed into the giant palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Qin saw the palm sink inward—the skin was impossibly resilient, uncuttable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a terrible force hurled him flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Qin spat blood several times, crashed to the ground, and before he could catch his breath, the ten-zhang skin was upon him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Locust Witch watched, furious: “Burn it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can’t pierce it? Can’t cut it? But it must have a weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She guessed the thing feared fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Master Qin had no “fire.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spider legs rapidly reconfigured into polished iron wings; he soared dozens of zhang into the air, barely evading the ten-zhang skin’s reaching hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan watched the surroundings warily; the Ghost Bride and other yin soldiers surrounded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secretly, Xu Yuan activated “Wang Ming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even evil spirits had fates; though the serpent was skilled at hiding, its fate could not be concealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not here yet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Xu Yuan saw the serpent’s fate inside the carriage drift toward a certain direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The yin soldiers’ fates were thin threads, always tethered to the spirit cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this serpent, a Great Horror-level entity, had a fate like a blazing yin flame—now drifting toward the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan casually glanced that way, feigning ignorance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another “flame” had just emerged from the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But some eerie technique concealed its body completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the serpent trapped in the carriage suddenly stopped struggling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan guessed: “Nine bodies, but only one consciousness—can’t control two at once?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second “flame” was low to the ground—the serpent must have been burrowing underground, sneaking closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan pretended not to notice, split his chariot: the carriage still trapped the first serpent, the wheels rolled beneath his feet, spear in hand—he charged toward the Ghost Temple!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already decided: “When the serpent bursts from underground, I’ll crush it under the fire wheels—let it ride the Wheel of Passage!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1189,"2026-06-20T12:07:23.516Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e110c054b9ff8d4e107ae9f53e93d1469e97102eebfb75dcf409a523f74c475a","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-102","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-100",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnothing-is-taboo-cover.jpg"]