[{"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-40":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},2340847,4576,"Chapter 40: The Tribulation of the Ancient Sacred Body: One Hundred Thousand Lightning Tribulations Tempering the Body, Breaking Thr","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-40",40,"\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao, merely ten years old, was already a ninth-layer True Spirit realm expert, enough to shock the four corners of the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, seeing Jun Xiaoyao’s aura surge once more, everyone in the hall stood frozen, mouths agape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is he about to break through again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bad news—is this the Tribulation of the Ancient Sacred Body?” Jun Zhantian looked up at the churning dark clouds, his brows tightening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary cultivators, when breaking from True Spirit to Divine Bridge realm, face no heavenly tribulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Ancient Sacred Body is different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This physique is rejected by heaven and earth, bound not only by ten primordial chains since birth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time the Ancient Sacred Body makes a major leap in realm, heaven sends down punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the leap from True Spirit to Divine Bridge is such a major leap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this spectacle, not just Jun Zhantian, but all the guests noticed as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could that be… the Tribulation of the Ancient Sacred Body?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, legends say the Ancient Sacred Body always draws heavenly tribulation when crossing major realms—now the Jun family’s divine heir is in trouble.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For cultivators, nothing is more feared than Tribulation Crossing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One misstep, and you die, your Dao erased, all success and failure turned to dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the Ancient Sacred Body, the heavenly tribulation summoned is even stronger than ordinary ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary prodigies might not survive even a single strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiaoyao, don’t worry—your grandfather and the elders will guard your path!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Zhantian and a group of clan elders stepped forward, radiating the aura of Saint-level masters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, many factions had tried to cultivate Ancient Sacred Bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time an Ancient Sacred Body underwent Tribulation Crossing, a host of powerful cultivators would guard their path, aiding them through the heavenly tribulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Jun Xiaoyao’s celestial, handsome face remained as calm as still water, his eyes utterly unruffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grandfather, no need. This mere heavenly tribulation is nothing—let me handle it alone…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Jun Xiaoyao’s words, Jun Zhantian and the others froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expressions of the surrounding cultivators also hardened into shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the heavenly tribulation finally coalesced into a torrent of lightning and descended!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrifying tribulation pressure made all hearts tremble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao stood in midair, his black hair like silk, flowing with divine radiance, gently swaying in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His white robes, pure as snow, fluttered like those of a celestial immortal ready to ride the wind away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao raised one hand, and the Hellish Crucible reappeared once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The torrent of lightning crashed directly into the Hellish Crucible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, Jun Xiaoyao’s body trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within him, boundless golden blood qi surged upward, and a colossal golden ancient divine elephant phantom emerged, radiating a vast, world-crushing might!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elephant’s trunk drew upward, and the rolling thunder surged into Jun Xiaoyao’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One hundred thousand lightning tribulations—forge my immortal sacred body!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao did not fear the tribulation—he used it as a tool to temper his Ancient Sacred Body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning kept falling, yet could not harm Jun Xiaoyao—merely push him back slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… he’s literally a monster…” The cultivators from various factions stared speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which prodigy, when undergoing tribulation, doesn’t tremble in fear, terrified of annihilation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Jun Xiaoyao treats the heavenly tribulation as nourishment, forging his own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alas, I underestimated Xiaoyao…” Jun Zhantian and the elders sighed, shaking their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes Jun Xiaoyao’s talent made even these Saint-level masters feel their Dao hearts cracking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even they felt this way, how must the young prodigies who came to the banquet feel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I feel I’ll never catch up to the Jun family’s divine heir…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, in this age of fierce competition, it’s as if the stage belongs solely to the Jun family’s divine heir…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even top prodigies from major factions spoke thus, their Dao hearts beginning to fracture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the tribulation could not touch Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Disperse!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao pushed forward with one palm; the ancient divine elephant phantom roared to the heavens, reversing the lightning into the sky, shattering the vast black storm clouds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven and earth finally returned to light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jun Xiaoyao’s gains were most pleasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, his cultivation base broke through into the Divine Bridge realm—and not just that, he leapt directly to the late stage of Divine Bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Bridge realm is divided into early stage, middle stage, late stage, and perfect completion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon reaching perfect completion, the divine bridge within the body is fully constructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then comes the Unity realm, where spirit and flesh merge into perfect harmony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, one seeks Dao seeds, Immortal seeds, and other essences to integrate into oneself—this is called Union with Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After uniting with the Dao, one enters the Nirvana realm, where one seeks fire seeds to purify the divine palace within the brain, transforming the Primordial Spirit into a Yuan Shen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Nirvana, power surges, reaching the Heaven-Piercing realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, one ignites the Divine Flame, opening the path to the Saint realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Bridge, Unity, Union with Dao, Nirvana, Heaven-Piercing, Divine Flame!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are the mid-stage cultivation realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond them lie the Saint realm tiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jun Xiaoyao, at only ten years old, had reached the late stage of Divine Bridge—truly an absolute prodigy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, prodigies his age are still lingering in the Divine Palace or True Spirit realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Long Hao had barely entered the Divine Bridge realm, relying solely on Dragon Yuan energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from his realm, Jun Xiaoyao, through the power of the lightning tribulation and Dragon Yuan energy, awakened another ten thousand giant elephant micro-particles within his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, Jun Xiaoyao’s current physical strength reached a staggering five hundred million jin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was utterly terrifying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ordinary prodigy’s physical strength barely reached tens of millions of jin at most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even top prodigies rarely surpassed a few million, maybe ten million jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao possessed five hundred million jin of divine strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Jun Xiaoyao discovered that his Supreme Bone within his chest was also absorbing the power of the tribulation and Dragon Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems the Heaven’s Tribulation Light is not the full form of this ability—I must find ways to nourish this bone further,” Jun Xiaoyao thought silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Supreme Bone, like the Ancient Sacred Body, holds infinite potential and will accompany Jun Xiaoyao forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But similarly, these two special physiques demand vast quantities of heavenly treasures and elixirs for nourishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are both bottomless pits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thankfully I was born into an Ancient Sacred Clan—if I’d been born into a minor family, I’d barely have enough resources, let alone cultivation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao sighed again—being born into the right family truly is an art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, I almost forgot about the Supreme Sovereign’s flesh.” Jun Xiaoyao thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here, Brother Xiaoyao, eat dragon meat!” Jiang Luoli, radiant and exquisite, with a luminous glow on her snow-white forehead, was sharp-witted and had been watching Jun Xiaoyao closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now she brought a plate of roasted dragon meat and offered it to Jun Xiaoyao, blinking her sparkling eyes, looking as sweet and obedient as could be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you,” Jun Xiaoyao nodded faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His manner of eating was even more composed and elegant than Jiang Luoli’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undeniably, the life essence of Supreme Sovereign-level dragon meat was astonishing—his Supreme Bone within his chest was greedily absorbing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao eagerly awaited the day his Supreme Bone would transform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Heaven’s Tribulation Light was already this powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it transformed again, how mighty would his Supreme Bone become?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After the Ten-Year Banquet sign-in, next comes the Yuan Tian Supreme Sovereign’s Secret Treasury sign-in—I’ll need to prepare for that,” Jun Xiaoyao thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rewards from sign-ins have been incredibly rich: the Completed Ancient Sacred Body, the Divine Elephant Subduing Hell Technique, the Supreme Bone—all have greatly aided him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao was curious—what reward would he receive from signing in at the Yuan Tian Supreme Sovereign’s Secret Treasury?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And that Xiao Chen—I wonder if he still holds any value for me to harvest,” Jun Xiaoyao mused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Ten-Year Banquet, Jun Xiaoyao could finally step out into the Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was deeply eager for this vast, boundless Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope this age of fierce competition won’t bore me too much…” Jun Xiaoyao stood with his hands behind his back, gazing upward and sighing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carried the air of a peerless warrior, utterly alone in his invincibility.\u003C\u002Fp>",1395,"2026-06-20T23:29:44.332Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8784082f08add384f66a949dc324a9bb597b8ce9b9b6a16b9ad262de6d09c533","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-41","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-39",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-cover.jpg"]