[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-nothing-is-taboo":3,"chapter-nothing-is-taboo-nothing-is-taboo-chapter-70":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},2310455,4514,"Chapter 70: The Star","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-70",70,"\u003Cp>Mr. Gao “ate” County Clerk Liu half a quarter-hour ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grotesque flesh beneath him had spread across the entire ruin, mingling with the ruins’ former structures, spontaneously growing into countless structures resembling “Pagodas.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These pagodas, wrapped in flesh, contained broken bricks, shattered tiles, soil, branches, insect carcasses, and other debris; each level’s “windows” were breathing pores that opened and closed, causing the pagodas to expand and contract, each time spewing a cloud of bloody mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, this bloody mist had coalesced into a vast crimson cloud around the ruin, engulfing the entire site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Gao was now only a head left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire body had melted into that malevolent flesh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gazed toward the county seat, where through the heavy rain, he could barely make out a shadow of the demonic entity, ten zhang tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze held a complex emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had once been a Liaodong trapper; at twenty-nine, he encountered a bear in the old forest, used every trick he knew to kill the mountain monster, but took a claw to his groin and lost his manhood forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he had already married and fathered children; later, a subordinate of that nobleman came to him, offering many conditions to recruit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the decades since, Mr. Gao had cultivated only one technique: the “Self-Sacrifice Method,” and needed to worry about nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever he lacked, whatever trouble his household faced, others would arrange it all for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All for this grand performance today!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the powerful, men like him had a special name—not “death knight,” for there were too many of those; men like him were respectfully called: “The Star!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he chopped up those corpses, no one noticed he had also chopped off his own lower body—his own flesh was part of the divine statue’s reformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the “Self-Sacrifice Method.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, the flesh statue upon the altar was growing continuously! It had once been one zhang tall; now it had reached ten zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless malevolent flesh strands, like earthworms, slithered from the flesh carpet toward the statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Gao had lost control of this thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing now restraining this demonic entity was in Chen Liangxuan’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Gao knew he would soon fully transform into flesh, merging into this demonic force…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Mr. Gao’s ears twitched—he heard rapid footsteps approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bared a cruel smile: “Someone’s come to keep me company—how wonderful! Hahaha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yan grabbed Xu Yuan, staring at the bloody mist covering the land, spanning three to four li, his heart sinking: “Don’t let that mist touch you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan, pulled back, turned in confusion; Old Yan’s face was grim: “If it touches you, you’ll be corrupted—before you even find the demon inside, you’ll become one yourself!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yan trembled—had they arrived too late? That sliver of hope had already vanished!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, let me calculate again—there must be another way…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yan’s hands shook as he pulled out his charred abacus, ready to move the beads—when Xu Yuan charged straight into the bloody mist!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey!” Old Yan shouted, grasping at empty air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan had two final talismans—“Ride the Clouds” and “Ride the Wind”—stuck to his legs, moving faster than any old Qi cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoo—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan plunged into the bloody mist, swiftly searching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The malevolent flesh on the ground suddenly sprouted countless crimson, leech-like filaments, frantically reaching for Xu Yuan—if they stuck, they would turn him into crimson flesh too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan flew three chi above ground, and the filaments lunged uselessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three to four li wasn’t that large—Xu Yuan soon found the key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s you!” Mr. Gao laughed with delight: “To see you become part of this too, just before I die—Heaven treats me well! Hahaha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan had devoured six clusters of “Water,” thwarting Mr. Gao’s plan to form a second demonic avatar in the Xu family courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been forced to abandon it in disgrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d expected only to die—after the ten-zhang demon destroyed the county office, he’d deal with the boy—but now the boy had come to him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan frowned: “You know me? Doesn’t matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan, still over ten zhang away, lowered his shoulder-mounted musket and aimed it at Mr. Gao’s lone head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bullet the size of a baby’s fist shattered Mr. Gao’s head into fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The broken skull fragments and the bullet scattered over two or three zhang, all swallowed by the ground flesh, fused into one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha!” Mr. Gao’s laughter erupted again—this time more demonic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan searched for the source of the laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vision was limited in the bloody mist, but following the sound, he saw the altar—the flesh statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A face, like an octopus, crawled upward and stopped at the statue’s waist—Mr. Gao’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s meaningless,” Mr. Gao boasted: “I’ve merely gone ahead—you’ll join me soon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place is perfect—I’ll save you a spot! Hahaha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan dropped his musket and drew his umbrella.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the musket hit the ground, it was swallowed by flesh, then writhed to Mr. Gao’s former position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Gao’s body, already wrapped in flesh and towering above the rest, had become a new flesh pagoda!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tallest and largest on the flesh carpet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The musket was buried inside, only a short length of barrel protruding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan frowned, floated closer, and spat: “Noisy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he opened his mouth—his internal fire coalesced into a thin, straight line, shooting directly at Mr. Gao’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sssss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Internal fire suppressed demons—the face immediately melted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Useless,” Mr. Gao’s face reappeared elsewhere on the statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless strands of flesh surged upward—the part Xu Yuan burned was quickly restored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your level is low—how much internal fire can you muster?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look at this sea of flesh—if you spewed every last bit of fire in your belly, how much would you burn?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop struggling. Come join me willingly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan retracted his internal fire, opened his mouth again—and a golden pill flew out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden pill circled the flesh statue a few times, slowly transforming into a short sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Long Jian’s sword pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ssshit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The short sword pierced the flesh statue, twisted, and carved off Mr. Gao’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment the face detached, it became a writhing lump of ordinary flesh, falling onto the carpet below and merging back in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Gao’s face reappeared elsewhere on the statue, sneering: “Your tricks are too weak against all this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1071,"2026-06-20T12:07:23.516Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a5c30f6b7abbca95ca9d1a0608014ce95453e4099ebaccf6b27ad60d1f08c1f3","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-71","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-69",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnothing-is-taboo-cover.jpg"]