[{"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-54":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},2340861,4576,"Chapter 54: Jiang Shengyi Arrives, Ancient Holy Weapon, Guantian Mirror","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-54",54,"\u003Cp>At the same time, on the other side of the Taihuang Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A host of Qinglin Flying Dragons flapped their wings through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon the lead flying dragon, Long Bichi stood with proud poise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clad in emerald armor that hugged her slender, supple frame, her beauty carried an unmistakable martial spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two green dragon horns protruding from her hair gleamed faintly, as if carved from jade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The secret vault is finally opening—I’d like to see if this Jun family divine son truly has three heads and six arms,” Long Bichi said, raising her heroic brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did not underestimate Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she did not believe him invincible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in this age of fierce competition, prodigies rose everywhere, and kings vied for supremacy—who could claim true invincibility?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If none could, then Jun Xiaoyao could not be either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Bichi asked herself: even if she could not subdue Jun Xiaoyao, she could at least retreat unscathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, besides Long Bichi of the Ancestral Dragon Nest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there were also the young kings of the top ancient royal clan, the Nine-Headed Lion Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And powerful beings from the Devouring Sky Sparrow Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nantian City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao and the others prepared to depart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they stepped through empty space, they immediately drew all eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no helping it—Jun Xiaoyao’s current fame meant that once his identity was revealed, wherever he went, every gaze would fix on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a voice as soft as a nightingale’s trill rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiaoyao, it’s been a long time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the voice, Jun Xiaoyao halted and turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group arrived on a flying boat, the lead figure a young woman clad in snow-white robes, her black hair dancing, her sleeves fluttering like a celestial immortal descending to earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her celestial face glowed with luminous purity; her brows arched like distant mountains veiled in ink, her eyes brimmed with poetic grace—exquisitely beautiful, radiating an otherworldly elegance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because she bore the Primordial Dao Womb, naturally attuned to the Dao, she exuded an uncanny sense of harmony and naturalness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who else could this woman be but Jiang Shengyi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s the Jiang family’s divine maiden…” Many eyes shifted toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many male cultivators gazed in awe, momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little—” Jun Xiaoyao began to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Shengyi let out a light hum, as if reminding him of something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Shengyi,” Jun Xiaoyao sighed, correcting himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s better,” Jiang Shengyi smiled, her teeth gleaming like pearls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though far more mature than Jiang Luoli, she was still a young woman of prime years, her personality far from stiff or old-fashioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao hadn’t expected Jiang Shengyi, not Jiang Luoli, to be the one sent by the Jiang family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Jun Xiaoyao’s expression, Jiang Shengyi teased: “What? Disappointed you didn’t see Luoli?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” Jun Xiaoyao replied honestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t care about that short-legged brat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s been forcibly locked in the family to cultivate—she was furious she couldn’t come see you,” Jiang Shengyi said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let her cultivate hard. By the way, Sister Shengyi, are you coming along?” Jun Xiaoyao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Shengyi was his mother’s distant cousin; if possible, he wouldn’t mind looking out for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re young but full of tricks—who’s supposed to be looking after whom?” Jiang Shengyi gave him a sultry glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should be her protecting Jun Xiaoyao, not the other way around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright then, I’ll count on you, Sister Shengyi,” Jun Xiaoyao said, unconcerned—he needed no one’s protection anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Jun Xiaoyao casually banter with Jiang Shengyi, every male present looked on with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female cultivators, meanwhile, envied Jiang Shengyi for being able to speak with Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, everyone present didn’t know whom to envy more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the voice of an elder from the Daoji Tianzong echoed across the sky of Nantian City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All of you, during this opening of the Yuan Tian Supreme’s secret vault, the immortal sects have sealed heaven and earth—elder cultivators are forbidden to enter!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This vault is perilous beyond measure. The weak, if wise, should retreat now—your lives may yet be spared!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his words faded,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a brilliant light surged into the sky, hovering above the Taihuang Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a massive mirror, its surface like a pool of emerald water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s our Jun family’s ancient holy weapon—the Guantian Mirror!” Jun Zhangjian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guantian Mirror could reflect the scenes of heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao knew this was to prevent the prodigies of the immortal sects from perishing outright within the vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should danger arise, the Guantian Mirror would allow timely intervention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Depart,” Jun Xiaoyao said, sweeping his sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, Jun Zhangjian, Jun Xuehuang, Jun Wanjie, and Jun Linglong nodded in unison, bowing like respectful attendants and maids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Shengyi, too, led a group of Jiang family prodigies in following.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes held a flicker of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems my nephew’s momentum is truly rising.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jun Xiaoyao and the others headed toward the Taihuang Forest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the entire Nantian City stirred into motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the elder Daoist had warned of the Yuan Tian Vault’s extreme danger,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it could not quell the cultivators’ fervor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this was the secret vault of a Supreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any single opportunity found there could lift them to greatness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, these cultivators were not born into great powers—they had to seek resources and opportunities themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Xuan of the Ji family and others also led a group of prodigies into motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the city gate, Xiao Chen, cloaked in a hooded mantle, looked up at the retreating figures of Jun Xiaoyao and the others, his eyes filled with hatred and resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jun Xiaoyao… wait…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Chen also charged toward the Taihuang Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, Wu Mingyue, hidden in the shadows, followed closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could not bear to let Xiao Chen train alone in such a perilous vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, among the ancient royal clans, Long Bichi, the Nine-Headed Lion, and the Devouring Sky Sparrow all moved simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire region surrounding the Taihuang Forest erupted in chaos!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nantian City was only a thousand li from the Taihuang Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than a quarter-hour, Jun Xiaoyao and the others arrived at the forest’s edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao gazed out: an endless forest stretched before him, shrouded in eerie gray mist, radiating ill omens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within the forest, the aura of a Supreme permeated the air, accompanied by strange phenomena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without doubt, that was the location of the Yuan Tian Supreme’s secret vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those bearing the Yuan Tian Supreme’s token could truly penetrate its deepest core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But others could still scavenge scraps from its outer reaches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, all cultivators surged toward the Taihuang Forest at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, within the forest, ancient relics roared, and pure-blooded beings bellowed in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All had been corrupted by the gray mist, driven mad, their combat power stronger than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, battles erupted everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Ji Xuan of the Ji family arrived, his gaze locking onto Jun Xiaoyao from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao sensed it, turned his head, and saw Ji Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He must be the Ji family’s young Saint,” Jun Xiaoyao said dismissively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But beside him, Jun Zhangjian clenched his teeth slightly, his expression darkening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph. He once beat me a few times by relying on his higher realm, then bragged everywhere that he defeated a Jun family heir.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Zhangjian growled, deeply annoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? So that’s what happened,” Jun Xiaoyao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His attention, however, fixed on Ji Xuan’s right arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bone of a Saint King… hmm…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should I take it?\u003C\u002Fp>",1258,"2026-06-20T23:29:44.332Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1677ca6f5849808785b43c68dc31b8db159b9c7a02ad7c90a52f74c6a04583e6","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-55","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-53",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-cover.jpg"]