[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete":3,"chapter-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-87":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting from the Apocalypse, I Alone Severed Eternity",{"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},2312469,4518,"Chapter 87: Ten Thousand Coffins Pay Homage, Heaven and Earth Are Split","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-87",87,"\u003Cp>(PS: Still not satisfied—lacks feeling.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden crow sinks in the west; the moon rabbit rises in the east.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After much effort, Fang Shi finally dug up the entire root system of the Owl Tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with it were countless bones—human and beast alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the remains of the Owl Tree’s victims.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were buried beneath the soil under the Owl Tree, entangled by its roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Converted into strands of nourishment to sustain the Owl Tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If left unchecked for centuries,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Owl Tree would grow into an ancient giant owl, a legendary terrifying plant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, its cry of despair would blanket a forest, turning the land into a dead zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its terrifying power would spare no legendary creature weaker than itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless one used a Wish Spell or a legendary technique, the Owl Tree could not be killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those struck by it could only close their eyes and wait for death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi went to such lengths to move the Owl Tree\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>because its roots were planted in an inconvenient spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right atop the Yang family’s ancestral tomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The broken walls and ruins still hinted at the site’s former glory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was built by descendants of the Yang family who returned to the homeland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they regularly performed ancestral rites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back now, the Yang family’s intentions were far from pure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had not forgotten the ancestral edict passed down by their forebears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning, under the guise of investment, they claimed land in the cemetery and built a ancestral hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The authorities, swayed by the money and knowing the land originally belonged to the Yang family, did not interfere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They allowed the Yang family to act as they pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every year during the Yang family’s ancestral worship, it was a lively affair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of clan members from around the world gathered together, a true grand ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, nearly all staff at Yi Gao Cemetery were Yang family descendants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They expanded into upstream and downstream industries, turning the Yang family into the leading force in Ancheng’s funeral industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, talking about this now is utterly meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the apocalypse, ten households were empty in nine; the Yang family’s former glory was long gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Owl Tree’s immense power had smashed the grand ancestral hall into ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything vanished completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After clearing the Owl Tree’s roots, Fang Shi eagerly slipped through the opened fissure into the tomb chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the Yang family’s ancestral tomb was built with remarkable spaciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through generations of expansion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it resembled an underground residential district—well-ventilated and equipped with full living amenities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi carried his smokeless oil lamp, searching everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw not only the quiet chambers housing coffins,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but also modern equipment: electric lights, computers, air conditioners, televisions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his rebirth, the tomb above had been destroyed by legendary figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this was Fang Shi’s first time seeing such a sight—he couldn’t help but be stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the Yang family, to maintain long-term control of this tomb,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had turned it into a living quarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpses aboveground were clear proof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even before the apocalypse, people had been stationed here long-term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fang Shi had no interest in anything the Yang family had done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was searching for a passage—a direct route down to the ancient tomb cluster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That place was his true destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Fang Shi arrived before a massive door cast in concrete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clearly built to military bunker standards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi was speechless—why had the Yang family been so cautious?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door looked at least twenty centimeters thick—extremely careful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was too lazy to find a key, so he drew his Earth Dragon Sword and slashed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A torrent of air surged from the blade’s tip—Fang Shi had unleashed his full strength, striking at supersonic speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep sword scar instantly appeared on the thick concrete door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold gust of wind shot straight through the crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three more strikes—the bunker door now bore a small opening wide enough for one person to pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi shoved hard—the small door crashed heavily to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a peculiar underground chill swept in with the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi waited a long while, until the air inside had fully refreshed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he slowly descended the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stairs spiraled downward, stretching endlessly into darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to the profound blackness below, the smokeless oil lamp was the only light source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking upon it felt like treading the ancient Yellow Spring Road to the Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t fathom how the Yang family’s ancestors had ever constructed this passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though now there were clear signs of concrete and steel reinforcement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>traces of wooden load-bearing structures were still visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, when humans chase money, they can achieve any impossible miracle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the latter half, the wall style gradually changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From modern concrete to ancient, weathered stone bricks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi knew—he was close. The ancient tomb cluster would soon appear before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepping out from the stairwell, Fang Shi entered a vast expanse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a massive underground cavern, roughly twenty meters high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance, dark silhouettes stood in dense rows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a true underground city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had city walls, watchtowers, even a moat encircling the entire settlement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was also a vast necropolis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the deep, dark waters, coffins floated upon the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Encircling the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, on bridges, streets, inside houses—in every corner—lay a coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if every spot required a guardian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more astonishing: no matter where the coffins were placed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their heads all faced toward the city’s center, as if paying homage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As to why, Fang Shi knew perfectly well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The legendary Golden Corpse now rested within the building at the city’s center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All other coffins were merely its subjects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alive, be a hero; dead, be a ghostly champion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was clearly a feng shui arrangement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Fang Shi had no need to enter the city—his treasure lay elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi walked along the edge of the moat to the left side of the underground city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There stood a massive stone wall, riddled with hollow pits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the smokeless oil lamp’s light, he could clearly see:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside each dark pit lay a statue, sized like a human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a cave of ten thousand Buddhas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The statues grinned, glared, or wore countless bizarre expressions—each a reflection of mortal faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially lifelike were these carvings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its eyes, like those of a living person, seemed to gaze upon worshippers bowing before it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi paid no mind and rushed straight toward a statue in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a lively statue, like an innocent, pure child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in this deep, dark environment, it radiated an aura of malevolence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi carefully observed it, then confirmed without doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached behind the statue and pressed hard on the coccyx.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A passage slowly revealed itself within the hollow behind the statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was only one meter high—Fang Shi didn’t mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He crawled straight in, crawling and turning for dozens of meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a vast secret chamber appeared before Fang Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the chamber lay a meditation cushion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon it sat a skeleton, cross-legged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skeleton wore a Daoist robe, its bones gleaming like white jade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It emitted a soft, glowing white light in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Fang Shi’s destination—the skeleton held the opportunity he sought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the skeleton’s right hand rested a jade ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was this ring that had raised Fang Shi’s perception to 18 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no flesh to hinder him, he easily removed the ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he had in his previous life, Fang Shi extended his consciousness into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wisp of ethereal energy flowed from the ring, spreading along Fang Shi’s consciousness into his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the miraculous object that had once enhanced his perception in his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi anticipated it would work its magic again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No! What’s happening?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ethereal energy did not, as he expected, directly reshape his brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it surged straight toward his niwan palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fragile, narrow niwan palace was instantly filled with the ethereal energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi felt his forehead swell with unbearable pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was not the end—the ethereal energy began to slowly rotate within the niwan palace, growing faster and faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi’s pain intensified, becoming unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His forehead swelled high, like a pus-filled boil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the boil pulsed, thin spiritual energy from outside began pouring into Fang Shi’s forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually, the speed of the ethereal energy increased further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy core he carried on his person began leaking energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, it was completely drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Fang Shi’s niwan palace was brimming with immense energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt as if a massive bomb had been planted inside his brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was about to begin its countdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the knowledge he had learned, the niwan palace was the location of the upper dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was extremely fragile; flooding it recklessly with spiritual energy would only burst his brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his soul would be damaged, turning him into a fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unconsciously, Fang Shi grew panicked—why had his once-perfect past-life fortune turned into this disaster?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that he didn’t want to stop it—he had absolutely no way to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the ethereal energy spun, a searing pain struck directly at his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Fang Shi lost control of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not even extend his consciousness outward—he was trapped, shrinking within the cramped niwan palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helplessly watching it all unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should I use my newly acquired trump card?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the best thing I pulled from the Silver Chest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I really hate to use it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infinite spiritual energy exploded from within the niwan palace, tearing it apart instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The torrent of spiritual energy surged to burst forth, ready to obliterate Fang Shi’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the ethereal energy accelerated further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sucked the spiritual energy back in—and along with it, the fragments of the niwan palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the nourishment of the torrential spiritual energy, the niwan palace’s wounds began slowly healing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have opened your upper dantian.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have gained spiritual sense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your spiritual sense value: 5\u002F5.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your magic power has increased: 9 → 14.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your perception has increased: 21 → 23.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your intelligence has increased: 14 → 18.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your magic control I → magic control II.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“【Magic Control II】: Your control over magic power has improved further; your minimum control unit is now 0.01 magic power points.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi slowly opened his eyes and gently spread his five fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of his palm, a speck of white light slowly emerged, hazy and mist-like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, it coalesced into a tiny sword, hovering and slowly rotating in his palm, just like the ethereal energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the tiny sword, Fang Shi finally allowed himself a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pangu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Split Heaven and Earth!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the new inheritance he had just gained—he never expected it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the jade ring, besides the multiple-force inheritance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there was another inheritance: the method to open the upper dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ethereal energy’s ability to enhance perception was merely incidental—its true purpose was to open the niwan palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Pangu splitting heaven and earth, it used the method of shattering the niwan palace, then repairing it—a shortcut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi vaguely recalled that the legend of Pangu splitting heaven and earth originated in the Wei-Jin period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Wei-Jin period was when aristocrats fervently cultivated the Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, five-stone powder and external alchemy were at their peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether true or not, this ancient tomb clearly bore Wei-Jin style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten-thousand-gods cave carved into the stone wall was modeled after Buddhism introduced into the country during the Wei-Jin era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi strongly suspected that the legend of Pangu splitting heaven and earth\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was, in fact, a metaphor for opening the niwan palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The niwan palace represented the spiritual world—and humans were the creators of their own spiritual world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pangu was himself; the shattered chaos was the niwan palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi was stunned by his own thought—he found the theory absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, upon reflection, it seemed strangely plausible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, the elder before him might not be dead at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi had once wondered: how could bones glow like white jade?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only someone with an unimaginably powerful physique could achieve such a state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then would their bones appear this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, one needed a physique equivalent to a legendary warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then how could flesh so easily rot away in such a being?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this level, natural decomposition by microbes had become utterly irrelevant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as no external force damaged it, the body could endure eternally, like gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless the decay was self-inflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi recalled a legend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the Wei-Jin period, the leader of the external alchemy school, Ge Hong, once proposed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The highest cultivators ascend bodily into the void—called Heavenly Immortals; the middling ones wander among famous mountains—called Earthly Immortals; the lowest ones die first, then shed their mortal form—called Corpse-Release Immortals.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A skeleton with no flesh, only bones—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>clearly matched the characteristics of a Corpse-Release Immortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that this elder achieved immortality through corpse liberation and departed to some unknown realm beyond the veil?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A corpse-liberated immortal, a legendary golden corpse—this ancient tomb is certainly no ordinary place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet for some reason, there are virtually no extraordinary artifacts here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even this jade ring is merely an item for storing light spiritual energy and transmitting legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its material is utterly ordinary, with not a single special feature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once used, it becomes indistinguishable from ordinary jade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi cannot use it to store legacy information or anything similar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regardless of how many questions he had, Fang Shi first bowed respectfully to the skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He planned to leave immediately—after all, so many legendary cultivators before him had failed to uncover these mysteries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What merit or virtue does a mere first-rank cultivator like himself possess to accomplish what even the legends could not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these gains, he was already more than satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Fang Shi cheerfully began crawling toward the cave entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But gradually, his expression changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Fang Shi sensed a sliver of light piercing through the cave entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that beam of light was extraordinarily bright—not candlelight, not firelight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was sunlight!\u003C\u002Fp>",2379,"2026-06-20T12:43:33.559Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","55507eb6ce752a9a39347fd58f6777018babaf5bb3949b0166c76d9585bf97df","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-88","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-86",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-cover.jpg"]