[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starlight-professional":3,"chapter-starlight-professional-starlight-professional-chapter-711":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starlight Professional",{"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},2309371,4512,"Chapter 711","starlight-professional-chapter-711",711,"\u003Cp>“Pan Wu… sleeps within me…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pan Wu… within any human body, within heaven and earth, within the hearts of all living things…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon sect’s leader, elevated to the First Rank of “End Existence,” his thoughts scattered like torn curtains…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vortex appeared above the Island of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, it was merely a whirlpool, devouring the clouds around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then… a dark shadow emerged at the vortex’s core, coalescing steadily into the form of the demon sect’s leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pan Wu…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a roar, wild with madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—he was already mad…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah… this is the First Rank of the demon sect?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the island’s center, upon the altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Kuangtu stared at the demon sect’s leader, his eyes blazing with fierce battle lust: “Good, good… this aura surpasses even the former Number One of Bai Ying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fight me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He became a blur, lunging toward the demon sect’s leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the demon sect’s leader reached out and seized— a miniature vortex appeared, its immense gravity yanking a Void Realm cultivator helplessly into the air, captured by the “vortex.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vortex’s tearing force multiplied a thousandfold, instantly severing the Void Realm cultivator’s limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“End…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon sect’s leader’s eyes flickered with a sliver of clarity— as if tormenting and devouring such martial masters was his only cure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Void Realm cultivator’s life force equaled tens of thousands of ordinary humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as a newly born End Existence, he was already ravenously hungry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shadow flashed—he appeared beside the now limbless Void Realm cultivator, ready to consume his vitality and life essence…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Demon sect… even if I die, I won’t let you live.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, strands of strange gray-white substance seeped from the Void Realm cultivator’s blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon sect’s leader’s expression twisted into something grotesque.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even half-mad, he recoiled in disgust, flinging the corpse away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>▲￠O\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse had curled into a ball, like a mummy, or rotten wood—crumble at the slightest touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, a Void Realm master’s body was forged through countless trials, terrifyingly resilient—even kiln-fired for days would not turn it to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the state of “incorruptible flesh, indestructible gold.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To suddenly rot away was deeply abnormal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ming Bao Poison Body…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon sect’s leader suddenly remembered something and roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wei also witnessed this, his expression wry: “I’ve spread this scripture through various channels, but I never expected a Grand Master would actually study it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Probably just luck—he might’ve sought it to break through or create a technique… absorbing all under heaven, deliberately studying obscure, fringe arts… then casually practiced it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing offered a measured guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, the next moment, Grand Master Lie Shan was seized by the demon sect’s leader and thrown into the vortex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one clearly hadn’t practiced the relevant art—his screams faded as his vitality drained rapidly, feeding the End Existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon sect’s leader’s madness receded somewhat; he spotted Wu Kuangtu flying toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A streak of light shot forth, like a falling meteor, a white rainbow piercing the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon sect’s leader raised his hand and caught a complete token.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Demon Sect Leader… you’re worthy to be the first to challenge me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Kuangtu laughed loudly, his posture wildly arrogant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with his words, it was unbearably boastful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Wu Kuangtu… is he insane? Does he still think this is his martial tournament?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wei, witnessing this, had no words left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—this is his true self as a martial supreme being. No matter what cataclysm occurs, his own existence remains paramount.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing replied calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two spoke, the supreme experts of Bai Ying and Da Luo had already clashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In heaven and earth, a vortex rolled, sucking in vast streams of qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Wu Kuangtu’s side, monstrous beast shadows\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liiii!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a piercing shriek that tore through clouds and sky, a terrifying two-headed eagle beast appeared behind Wu Kuangtu, its posture matching his Eagle Claw technique in a ferocious lunge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the two-headed eagle shadow plunged into the vortex, a torrent of darkness surged forth, engulfing the beast shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then… the two-headed eagle beast let out a mournful cry, its aura weakening further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, it shrank into a speck the size of a sesame seed and vanished into the vortex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar! Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So the End Force… combines the effects of ‘Eternal Dark Marquis’ and ‘Primordial Void Lord’? A dark vortex?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though arrogant, Wu Kuangtu’s martial wisdom was boundless—he had already glimpsed the End’s nature in a single move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He changed claw to palm; behind him, the shadow of a monstrous bear appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This monstrous bear bore a stark-white lightning mark on its chest, its right arm massively thick, its huge paw slamming down, wrapped in thunder and spatial force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness shattered under thunder, revealing the massive vortex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vortex rolled, continuously absorbing surrounding space, even nullifying\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Kuangtu’s Void power entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah… good! Only such an opponent can threaten my life!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Kuangtu’s eyes blazed; he closed the distance instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a martial artist, the strongest weapon is always one’s own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But close combat is a matter of inches—dangerous, perilous… one misstep, and death follows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body shot like a cannonball into the vortex, causing it to collapse and explode, revealing the demon sect’s leader’s true form behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Kuangtu’s eyes turned crimson, each strike a lethal blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon sect’s leader flipped his palm, blocked Wu Kuangtu’s open-handed strike, then drove one arm straight through his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the demon sect’s leader smiled faintly: “I am… no longer who I was.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stream of oil-black liquid erupted from the demon sect’s leader’s chest, like ink, staining Wu Kuangtu’s entire body and the surrounding void—a dark ocean spreading endlessly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No… Wu Kuangtu cannot die here—not\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>at the hands of the End!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wei, witnessing this, could no longer hold back—he flashed upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flicked his finger; a battle qi formed into a tortoise and snake, coiled together like Xuanwu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuanwu roared, its dragon claws tearing violently into the dark ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond Li Wei, the Knight Evelyne and several other contestants simultaneously attacked the demon sect’s leader—they understood the peril of isolation and acted to aid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash! Splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black sea boiled and exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The towering black waves drowned the Xuanwu shadow whole…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wei instantly felt a force of unimaginable magnitude slam into him, hurling him deep into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, a terrifying spiritual shockwave surged through his mind—had his strength been weaker, his soul would have been obliterated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his gaze—and saw Evelyne and the other masters swallowed by the black waves, like pebbles dropped into a lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only faint ripples stirred—then silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Evelyne…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of the female knight, whom he had met only once and whose heroic bearing had left an impression, now lost beyond hope, Li Wei sighed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His battle aura erupted, mingled with internal strength, fused into one, yet harmonized as Taiji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, his entire body transformed into a shooting star, soaring straight into the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Wu Kuangtu also tore through the black sea and stepped forth from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his chest was a grotesque wound; he stared at Li Wei, his gaze darkening: “The Western knightly system, the Eastern Zhenwu tradition… you’ve walked both paths simultaneously—and reached their absolute limits. At your age, this is unthinkable—unless… you’ve gained that one stroke of destiny.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wei’s heart jolted, but then he grew calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having cultivated to this point, he now possessed unwavering confidence against any master of this age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except the End Existence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t the current situation supposed to be about preventing the End’s arrival?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wei spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Kuangtu turned his gaze back to the black sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast black ocean still writhed and contracted—clearly, the combined attacks of the strong warriors, coupled with Wu Kuangtu’s escape, had not left it untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So hungry…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sensation of hunger emanated from the black sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon the sea’s surface, the Cult Leader’s figure emerged—unscathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the clarity in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by an indescribable madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, an obscure shadow slowly took form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a humanoid shape!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It’ stood towering, like Pan Wu who had sundered heaven and earth, muscles coiled and glowing with primordial hue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely standing there, it seemed the very embodiment of the world and destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had its features not been blurred and its eyes tightly shut, the sheer impact might have instantly shattered Wu Kuangtu and Li Wei’s will to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What… kind of being is that? The more it approaches madness, the stronger it becomes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Kuangtu murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pan Wu, the Demon Sovereign!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wei, however, spoke slowly, clearly identifying the humanoid: “Though a Rank-One ‘End Existence’ still cannot serve as a vessel for full revival… partial infiltration of its subconscious is still possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the shadow of ‘Pan Wu, the Demon Sovereign’ appeared, the black sea instantly expanded a millionfold, engulfing the entire Death Island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the island, martial masters, before they could react, were swallowed by the thick, viscous black sea, emitting only desperate cries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The End had come for these martial masters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This only further fueled the black sea’s expansion…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bad… the Cult Leader may have succeeded in ascending, becoming an End Existence—but he remains merely in infancy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If too much End energy is consumed, he will inevitably grow…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wei, surrounded by the protective aura of Xuanwu, his face grim: “Master… please… save us…”\u003C\u002Fp>",1580,"2026-06-20T11:03:23.251Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c5a6214101a9aa5e2fd67efc713a45e340bd9cb3b8324df1ef0f4b1d8f93398b","starlight-professional-chapter-712","starlight-professional-chapter-710",726,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarlight-professional-cover.jpg"]