[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body":3,"chapter-starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-186":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting with the Wasteland Sacred Body",{"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},2340993,4576,"Chapter 186: The Tide of Star Beasts, Mo Fan","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-186",186,"\u003Cp>The Dark Domain has, since ancient times, been a forbidden land on the Star Continent, rarely entered by anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today, eons of silence were shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure clad in white robes, radiant with immortal luminescence, descended like a celestial exile into the mortal realm, illuminating this primordial darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The geography of this Dark Domain doesn’t appear naturally formed—it’s the result of artificial arrays.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Jun Xiaoyao stepped inside, he faintly sensed the fluctuation of an array in motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Jun Xiaoyao became even more certain that the Dark Domain concealed the Star Palace Treasury of Wuji Star Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao lowered his gaze and saw numerous pale white bones scattered across the ground—left behind by those who had entered the Dark Domain before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also many unknown beast bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This clearly indicated that life did exist within the Dark Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Jun Xiaoyao thought this, the ground suddenly began to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire earth of the Dark Domain shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star Continent cultivators who had followed in were all filled with anxious unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without Jun Xiaoyao leading them, they might never have dared enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance, a dense black tide surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beasts! They’re beasts!” some cultivators cried out in alarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, these aren’t ordinary beasts!” some prodigies also sensed something amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These beasts were entirely covered in star spots, radiating dense stellar energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These beasts were Star Beasts, capable of cultivating by drawing upon stellar energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And such Star Beasts were clearly far stronger and more terrifying than ordinary beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such a powerful Star Beast tide, combined with the Dark Domain’s realm restriction—no one above the Divine Flame Realm could enter—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Domain became a land of death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the approaching Star Beast tide, many cultivators turned pale with fear, their hearts filled with regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned to flee the Dark Domain, but found they could no longer discern direction—everywhere was utter darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the struggling, terrified cultivators, Jun Xiaoyao’s expression remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world is fair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you wish to enter seeking opportunity, you must be prepared to pay with your life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this world is also unfair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Jun Xiaoyao need not pay any price, nor fear for his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this lower realm, nothing could threaten him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the Star Beast tide collided with the cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the Star Continent cultivators unleashed countless martial arts and divine abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To their surprise, the Star Beasts also unleashed numerous stellar techniques, their power overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Star Beasts, there were even those of the Heaven-Piercing and Divine Flame Realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same level, beasts are generally stronger than cultivators—that’s common knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because beasts’ physical bodies are vastly superior to those of cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roars of battle, screams, and the clash of slaughter rose from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood sprayed, rivers ran red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some cultivators were torn apart mercilessly by Star Beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some Star Beasts had their skulls pierced by cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jun Xiaoyao?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need to lift a finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any Star Beast that dared approach—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His companions Yi Yu and the Nine-Headed Lion would handle everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yi Yu drew his nine arrows, releasing nine blazing streaks of light that pierced straight through a massive Star Beast ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine-Headed Lion was even more formidable—its nine heads roared, and the sonic waves shattered a whole cluster of Star Beasts before it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Nine-Headed Lion was merely Jun Xiaoyao’s mount in daily life, and had a peculiar personality,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only obedient to Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To all other beings, the Nine-Headed Lion was a symbol of ferocity and majesty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Star Holy Son and others were also locked in fierce battle; their glances toward Jun Xiaoyao were filled with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They fought desperately, risking their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao didn’t even move a single finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao’s group advanced the fastest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next came the Heavenly Star Holy Son, Zhao Lie, Chu Hongyi, and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Jun Xiaoyao, they meant nothing—but on the Star Continent, they were already top-tier prodigies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the remaining prodigies, only a few could barely push forward; most had perished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, on another side, Ye Xingyun and Mo Fan also entered the Dark Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Xingyun had Fubo and other guardian elders, but even they could not enter the Dark Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They too encountered Star Beasts—but strangely, those Star Beasts stared at Ye Xingyun and Mo Fan without attacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they knelt on the ground, as if welcoming their master’s arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah, just as I suspected,” Ye Xingyun said, his spirits soaring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was truly the chosen one of fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Mo Fan’s eyes flickered subtly, his clenched fist tightening slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chosen one of fate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the chosen one of fate, damn it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Fan gritted his teeth inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had survived certain death and fused with the mysterious Star Child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, he was the one destined by fate and favored by heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Dark Domain truly held the Star Palace Treasury left behind by Wuji Star Lord,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should belong to him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why should Ye Xingyun come and steal it halfway?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Ye Xingyun claimed he would share some opportunity with Mo Fan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Fan knew Ye Xingyun would give him only scraps at best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his heart burned with resentment, Mo Fan showed no sign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Circumstances were stronger than man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Xingyun didn’t notice Mo Fan’s hidden resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he had noticed, he likely wouldn’t have cared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those from the Immortal Realm naturally looked down on those of the lower realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since, in Ye Xingyun’s eyes, Mo Fan was nothing more than a tool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, Mo Fan, with no Star Beasts blocking us, we’ll reach the location ahead of the others. When we get there, you’ll open the Star Palace’s gate.” Ye Xingyun said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, I understand,” Mo Fan bowed his head, a flash of cold light passing through his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them advanced at great speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, a massive fissure appeared ahead on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At its depths, a grand palace could faintly be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire palace shimmered with stellar radiance, glowing brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the only light within the entire Dark Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint glow the others had seen outside the Dark Domain had come from this Star Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perfect,” Ye Xingyun’s heart surged with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a resonance—this was his destined opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Ye Xingyun was ecstatic, a distant roar echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames shot like divine arrows; the lion’s roar thundered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, Jun Xiaoyao’s here already!” Ye Xingyun’s eyes darkened. “Mo Fan, hurry—open the Star Palace gate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Fan nodded slightly, and a cluster of stellar radiance emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the power released by the Star Child within his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cluster of stellar radiance merged into the entrance of the Star Palace Treasury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant—a sharp crack—and the Star Palace gate opened!\u003C\u002Fp>",1159,"2026-06-20T23:29:44.332Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5beae2a8e9bfa271a09fa391831d9860be46aa1828c919226f121795ee5aa986","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-187","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-185",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-cover.jpg"]