[{"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-202":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},2341009,4576,"Chapter 202: News of the War Demon Palace, Jun Xiaoyao","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-202",202,"\u003Cp>Gu Yuan was utterly stunned, as if thunder roared in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the seventh-generation Lord of the War Demon Palace; though he eventually ascended to the Immortal Realm, he still harbored a faint attachment to the War Demon Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when he ascended, the War Demon Palace was the strongest force on the Sen Luo Continent—how had it fallen to such a state?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What exactly happened?” Gu Yuan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The holy realm pressure he emitted made the cultivator tremble violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven had mercy—he was merely a lowly cultivator passing through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in an instant, he found himself facing a group of terrifying figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only were nine-headed lions pulling their carriage, but even a Holy Realm expert was among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young cultivator nearly fainted—where had this group of monsters come from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on? Speak,” Jun Xiaoyao also frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This matter had nothing to do with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Yuan had followed him to the mortal realm for so long, giving his all and fulfilling his duties faithfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Jun Xiaoyao to ignore it would be unjust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young cultivator, upon seeing Jun Xiaoyao, also showed a flicker of astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao’s aura was utterly transcendent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Holy Realm experts beside him were overshadowed by this white-robed boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could he be a heavenly prodigy from the Immortal Realm?” the young cultivator thought in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he quickly recounted everything that had recently occurred on the Sen Luo Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing all the news,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yuan’s face had turned pitch black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He trembled like a volcano about to erupt, his aura unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening, Jun Xiaoyao’s eyes revealed a trace of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Fallen God Palace. The Fallen God Heir.” Jun Xiaoyao pondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fallen God Palace was indeed a renowned immortal force in the Huang Tian Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legends said this lineage was one of the original sources of demonic cultivation in the Immortal Realm, with deep and ancient roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in Jun Xiaoyao’s eyes, it was nothing special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Fallen God Heir, he was quite famous among the younger generation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He once fought three at once—against the heirs of three immortal forces—and escaped unscathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was his famed battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet to Jun Xiaoyao, the Fallen God Heir’s strength was merely passable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were him, those three heirs would be worrying about how to save their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jun Xiaoyao had never met the Fallen God Heir, so he didn’t know if he had hidden techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Fallen God Heir wasn’t the main concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao didn’t care about him at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Jun Xiaoyao cared about was the Devouring God Demonic Art and the Sen Luo Continent’s rebellious prodigy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devouring God Demonic Art—he’d only heard rumors of it, said to be the art of the Devouring Heaven Demon Ancestor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a ruthless demonic figure with extraordinary cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even used the Devouring God Demonic Art to kill several peerless sovereigns of his own realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know that peerless sovereigns rarely perished easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This alone revealed the brutality of the Devouring God Demonic Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao felt a faint interest in this Devouring God Demonic Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he was also interested in the Sen Luo Continent’s rebellious prodigy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Logically, that rebellious prodigy should have been Yan Fei of the War Demon Palace—but he’s dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao was pondering this very question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally, a rebellious prodigy, embodying the entire world’s fortune, could not die so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Lin Feng, Mo Fan, Wuji Star Lord, and others—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were simply unlucky; they met Jun Xiaoyao—that was their fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao believed others seeking to eliminate the rebellious prodigy would find it far from simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then perhaps someone else has inherited the Devouring God Demonic Art?” Jun Xiaoyao realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most likely person to have inherited it would be someone close to Yan Fei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has the entire War Demon Palace been wiped out?” Jun Xiaoyao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young cultivator shook his head. “A few War Demon Palace cultivators escaped, but it’s useless—the three major sects are hunting them down; they’ll be annihilated soon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young cultivator’s words made Gu Yuan clench his fists, his eyes filled with inner conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to help the War Demon Palace, but feared delaying Jun Xiaoyao’s affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Jun Xiaoyao and the others departed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young cultivator watched their retreating figures and finally exhaled in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, these Immortal Realm prodigies are too overwhelming—but why does that middle-aged man feel familiar?” the cultivator wondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he recalled that years ago, he had tried to join the War Demon Palace; though he failed to enter, he had seen the statues of past Lords within its halls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them bore a striking resemblance to that middle-aged man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he remembered, his eyes widened sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit—could that middle-aged man be the War Demon Palace’s ancient former Lord?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young cultivator was utterly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On another front, Jun Xiaoyao and the others quickly reached the War Demon Palace’s base, following the cultivator’s directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as the eye could see, the entire War Demon Palace had become ruins—limbs scattered, corpses littering the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yuan, seeing this, trembled with rage, his eyes blazing with fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the force he once led—now reduced to ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Xuan Ancestor sighed beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Jun Xiaoyao hadn’t gone to Tian Xuan Continent, Dong Xuan Dao Sect might have been utterly destroyed too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rise and fall of a sect was truly insignificant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only immortal forces of the Immortal Realm could endure eternally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yuan took a deep breath, then knelt before Jun Xiaoyao and said, “Young Master, I have a humble request.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know you have matters to attend to, so I dare not burden you—but I beg you to allow me to remain on the Sen Luo Continent for a while.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once I’ve settled this, I’ll find you immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man, whose aura was as cold and demonic as a god of war, now knelt humbly, only asking Jun Xiaoyao for a little time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Gu Yuan still had feelings for the War Demon Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao sighed and shook his head. “Why bother? Do I look like such a heartless person?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master!” Gu Yuan’s expression was filled with emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao admitted that to his enemies, he was a devil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to his own people, he was kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t say another word—this is something I cannot ignore,” Jun Xiaoyao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t voice the second half of his thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could Jun Xiaoyao miss an opportunity like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not taking advantage would make you a fool!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Young Master!” Gu Yuan beamed, bowing sincerely to Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, he had followed Jun Xiaoyao only because of the Jun Clan’s orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he had truly pledged his loyalty to Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh, I’m quite interested in that Devouring God Demonic Art too—just hope the Fallen God Heir doesn’t be foolish and try to steal my prey,” Jun Xiaoyao smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone familiar with Jun Xiaoyao, seeing this smile, would understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant Jun Xiaoyao was about to begin harvesting again…\u003C\u002Fp>",1188,"2026-06-20T23:29:51.970Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c0293a2b4a9c6ad7c0739885bfd13e3417fa1b14334f0c6640aa7268b6571fdb","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-203","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-201",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-cover.jpg"]