[{"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-74":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},2340881,4576,"Chapter 74: Purifying the Demonic Corpse, the Secret of the Dark Source, the Supreme Bows","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-74",74,"\u003Cp>The old Taoist from the Daoji Tianzong Sect stared blankly, his lips slightly parting: “That truly… is the Jun family’s Divine Son?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even this old Taoist, a sage with decades of cultivation and profound inner stillness, was stunned—clearly, this scene had shaken the world to its core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, it is the Divine Son,” said the Jiang family elder, his voice trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao, as Jiang Rou’s son, was also half a member of the Jiang family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Jun Xiaoyao stand toe-to-toe with a Supreme-level demonic corpse, the Jiang elder was deeply delighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps it’s time to find a way to strengthen the bond between the Divine Son and my Jiang family—perhaps an alliance through marriage with Luoli would be perfect…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jiang elder was already plotting in his mind how to fully win over Jun Xiaoyao and bind him to the Jiang family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, a prodigy who could rival a Supreme-level demonic corpse at the Divine Bridge realm was rare indeed—even across countless ages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jiang family elder, Jiang Bangyin, stood frozen like a clay statue, utterly speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shock was too immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder from the Ancestral Dragon Nest and Long Bichi were also completely petrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Long Bichi—when she saw Jun Xiaoyao summon the Sacred Body’s aura to suppress the Supreme demonic corpse, a wave of deep fear and helplessness drowned her spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, though Long Bichi had feared and distrusted Jun Xiaoyao, she still believed he could be defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, those like Long Aotian, still in seclusion, certainly had the qualification to oppose, even defeat, Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, seeing this, Long Bichi’s mind spun, her legs nearly giving out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She now believed that even if Long Aotian emerged from seclusion, defeating Jun Xiaoyao would be as impossible as climbing to heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even others—Jun Zhantian’s face had also frozen for a brief moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came a wave of wild joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally thought Jun Xiaoyao’s participation in the Supreme Relic Vault was merely to make a public appearance and boost his reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Jun Xiaoyao’s performance was dazzling—bordering on miraculous—and even Jun Zhantian was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within days, this news would spread across the entire Huang Tian Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao would become the very symbol of invincibility among the younger generation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jun family’s prestige would naturally soar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the tens of thousands of other cultivators, watching Jun Xiaoyao, bathed in the reverence of countless saints, subdue the demonic corpse with a mere gesture in the Observing Heaven Mirror, their spirits trembled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes were filled with horror and awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That Yuan Tian Supreme demonic corpse, though its power may be less than a ten-thousandth of its former strength, is still far beyond what the younger generation can withstand,” said one cultivator, drawing a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct—even experts of the Heaven-Piercing and Divine Flame realms would find it nearly impossible to deal with this corpse,” said a Divine Flame realm elder from a major sect, shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Jun family’s Divine Son… is terrifying…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every cultivator present felt their scalp prickling, their hearts unable to settle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the female cultivators, seeing Jun Xiaoyao in his white robes, transcendent and otherworldly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His elegant, immortal demeanor made them nearly lose control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless female cultivators flushed crimson, imagining themselves as Jiang Shengyi, close to Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, within the Supreme Relic Vault, Jun Xiaoyao was unaware that the outside world had erupted because of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao’s entire focus was on confronting the Supreme demonic corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be fair, the effect of the Sacred Body’s aura far exceeded Jun Xiaoyao’s expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought merely weakening the Supreme demonic corpse’s power by a fraction would be sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t anticipated it could also purify the black mist and demonic energy within the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the Supreme demonic corpse’s power had been suppressed to its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao stepped forward and unleashed a palm strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laden with the primordial blood force of the Ancient Sacred Body, it slammed into the chest of the Supreme demonic corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ancient Sacred Body’s blood force exerted powerful suppression over demonic entities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with the aura’s suppression, the black mist within the corpse was driven out again, hissing as white smoke rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black hairs on the Supreme demonic corpse began to fall off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its blood-red eyes gradually darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two faint flames, like candles in the wind, ignited within its eye sockets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao knew—they were the last lingering fragments of Yuan Tian Supreme’s soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Disciple… did you grant me release…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of fragmented spiritual thoughts drifted from the soul flames toward Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” Jun Xiaoyao replied with his own spiritual thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Ancient Sacred Body… no… the Ancient Sacred Body that shattered its chains…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of astonishment echoed through the spiritual thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Jun Xiaoyao’s chained-breaking Sacred Body had also surprised Yuan Tian Supreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder, how did you come to this?” Jun Xiaoyao sent his thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Other Realm… the heavens have changed… the source of darkness…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual thought came in broken fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Other Realm… the source of darkness?” Jun Xiaoyao frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I seemed to see… a figure in white robes, back turned to all living beings, suppressing the very end of darkness, alone, severing eternity…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Tian Supreme’s lingering soul continued speaking words Jun Xiaoyao could not comprehend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Jun Xiaoyao deduced that Yuan Tian Supreme’s downfall—and the grotesque corruption of his corpse after death—must be tied to this so-called source of darkness and dark matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these were matters beyond Jun Xiaoyao’s current reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Yuan Tian Supreme’s lingering soul spoke again: “In your third eye… lies my legacy… the Yuan Emperor Dao Sword…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao was slightly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder he was a Supreme—even with only a sliver of soul remaining, his perception remained formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since there is a legacy… it is fate… the object is inside the wooden box…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The rest… may lie in the lower realms… the continent…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Tian Supreme’s lingering soul spoke in fragments, like a candle flickering in the wind, barely holding on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao memorized every word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Her family… also resides in the lower realms… the ancient talisman is the token… please care for her family…” Yuan Tian Supreme’s spiritual thought said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao’s gaze grew deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He now understood why Ji Xuan, holding the ancient talisman, was not attacked by the demonic corpses—or even by Yuan Tian Supreme’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The talisman was, in fact, a token between Yuan Tian Supreme and his consort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his consort had left behind a family in the lower realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lastly… I beg you… let me return to dust, to earth…” Yuan Tian Supreme’s spiritual thought whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he bowed deeply to Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sight stunned everyone inside and outside the Supreme Relic Vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Jun Xiaoyao and Yuan Tian Supreme communicated via spiritual thought, outsiders heard nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they saw the Supreme’s corpse bow to Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this? Even a Supreme bows to the Jun family’s Divine Son?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the vault, everyone drew a sharp breath, their scalps prickling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jun family’s Divine Son was unfathomably deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the vault, Jun Xiaoyao nodded slightly and sent a spiritual thought: “Elder, rest assured—I shall do my utmost. Go in peace.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao waved his hand, golden magic power surging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Supreme’s corpse offered no resistance—it dissolved instantly into a pile of dust, scattering away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Supreme, gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment, Ji Xuan, watching from afar, felt his heart plunge into icy despair, trembling all over.\u003C\u002Fp>",1258,"2026-06-20T23:29:44.332Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a4b497047b93f9516c51ebe4b00798ef737cb43824bd22f144c01187284aa29a","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-75","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-73",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-cover.jpg"]