[{"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-87":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},2340894,4576,"Chapter 87","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-87",87,"\u003Cp>Above the heavens, a golden chariot was pulled by nine-headed lions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao, clad in white robes, stood upon it, hands behind his back, sleeves fluttering like a god ruling heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Bai Yuer and the people of the Vermilion Ancient Kingdom gazed at Jun Xiaoyao with immense excitement and fervor, as if gazing upon a supreme savior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the three layers of snow upon his body, who in all the world dares wear white?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao is their god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is this possible? How could the Jun family possibly have come?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rulers of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise kingdoms all turned slightly pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they were saints of the highest rank, facing the colossal Jun family still stirred within them a sense of dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even supreme sovereigns dared to provoke the Jun family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, though they had not seen any saint from the Jun family arrive, Jun Xiaoyao alone carried sufficient intimidating power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao was not a saint, yet his intimidation surpassed that of a saint!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For to oppose Jun Xiaoyao was essentially to oppose the Jun family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who in the ancient world dared provoke the Jun family?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Divine Son!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yuer and others gazed at Jun Xiaoyao, their hearts brimming with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Divine Son has finally arrived,” murmured the Vermilion Kingdom’s ruler, secretly exhaling in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, the Vermilion Kingdom’s ruler had harbored a slight resentment toward submitting to Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, that resentment vanished completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it was Jun Xiaoyao who would save the Vermilion Ancient Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao lowered his gaze slightly, looking down at the Vermilion Ancient Kingdom’s army, reduced to merely tens of thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waved his hand lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Four Guards of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain immediately obeyed, transforming into four torrents that pierced through all, charging toward the three kingdoms’ million-strong allied army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unimaginable that an army of only forty thousand could charge against a million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the outcome was astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The million-strong army could not halt the assault of the four units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Four Guards of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain, the allied forces were utterly powerless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After only a few charges back and forth, over a hundred thousand soldiers of the three kingdoms’ alliance had perished!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was terrifying, chilling to the bone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Jun family’s Four Guards of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain are too strong!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Demons—they are demons!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run, run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soldiers from all sides trembled in fear; the million-strong army shattered into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the surviving soldiers of the Vermilion Ancient Kingdom let out cathartic roars and began to counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the heavens, the rulers of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise kingdoms stared in stunned silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even they had not anticipated the Jun family’s army being this powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only forty thousand men had instantly shattered their million-strong force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Divine Son of the Jun family, what do you intend?” asked the Azure Dragon Kingdom’s ruler, voice heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do I intend? Simple…” Jun Xiaoyao smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he raised his brows, his eyes surging with cold fury: “Either retreat… or I exterminate your nine clans.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words fell like thunder from a clear sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All million present were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouldn’t such words come from emperors like the Azure Dragon Kingdom’s ruler?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, spoken by Jun Xiaoyao, no one felt the slightest discord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The status of the Jun family’s Divine Son was not comparable to that of a mere kingdom’s emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jun Xiaoyao, you—” The Azure Dragon Kingdom’s ruler’s face flushed crimson and pale, his saintly aura bursting uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I stand right here. Dare you strike?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao swept his sleeve, stepped across the heavens, and stood opposite the Azure Dragon Kingdom’s ruler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though only at the Cultivation Realm of Guiyi, he showed no fear before the Saint Realm Azure Dragon Kingdom’s ruler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, his aura made it seem as if Jun Xiaoyao were the sovereign, and the Azure Dragon Kingdom’s ruler his subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this the might of the Jun family’s Divine Son?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, every single person of the Vermilion Ancient Kingdom trembled with excitement at this sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Bai Yuer’s crimson eyes burned intense worship and fervor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jun Xiaoyao, don’t push too far—we are acting under the Young Master’s orders,” the ruler of the Azure Dragon Kingdom said heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dared not face the Jun family himself, so he invoked the Young Master lurking behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh?” Jun Xiaoyao’s gaze sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had long suspected someone stood behind the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was confirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And whoever could command the rulers of the three kingdoms so thoroughly must have an astonishing identity and origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet how could Jun Xiaoyao fear them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how great their identity or origin, could they match him in battle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoever stands behind you—I will not tolerate their wrath!” Jun Xiaoyao’s eyes flashed with cold light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand, two fingers forming a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast sword qi erupted, overwhelming sword intent surged!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant, world-shining blade of light, accompanied by countless celestial and divine shadows, swept downward from Jun Xiaoyao’s hand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade’s brilliance was astonishing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the first technique of the Killing Immortal Sword Art: Immortal’s Fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ten-thousand-zhang blade of light crashed from the heavens into the million-strong army!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, blood sprayed, countless screams erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tens of thousands of soldiers were obliterated by a single strike!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three kingdoms’ alliance, already shaken by the Four Guards of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain, shattered instantly and fled in all directions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the Azure Dragon Kingdom’s ruler burned with rage, barely restraining himself from attacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But remembering the consequences of striking Jun Xiaoyao, he forced himself to hold back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Retreat!” The Azure Dragon Kingdom’s ruler’s eyes flickered with struggle, but he gave the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they delayed further, how many of the million would remain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he dared not confront Jun Xiaoyao—he could only retreat and leave the decision to that Young Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that Young Master himself intervened, the ruler of the Azure Dragon Kingdom would no longer bear the Jun family’s wrath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the Azure Dragon Kingdom’s ruler order retreat, the White Tiger and Black Tortoise Kingdoms’ rulers also withdrew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within moments, the million-strong army dwindled to barely sixty thousand, fleeing like beaten dogs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In little more than a breath, the once-mighty three kingdoms’ alliance vanished from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao watched the retreat of the Azure Dragon Kingdom’s rulers but did not press further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the rulers of the three kingdoms were not the most important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most important figure was the Young Master behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was his purpose in uniting the four ancient kingdoms?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he merely seeking to claim them as his own forces?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because he wished to uncover this mystery, Jun Xiaoyao chose to cast a long line and lure the big fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surviving generals and soldiers of the Vermilion Ancient Kingdom wore expressions of relief and joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They gazed at Jun Xiaoyao, their eyes filled with deep gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without Jun Xiaoyao, the Vermilion Ancient Kingdom would have either been destroyed or forced into submission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above, the Vermilion Kingdom’s ruler bowed deeply to Jun Xiaoyao: “Thank you, Divine Son. Had you not come, the Vermilion Ancient Kingdom would have perished today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao waved his hand slightly: “The Vermilion Ancient Kingdom is my force—I would never let it perish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Divine Son,” Bai Yuer also bowed deeply to Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm. Don’t celebrate too soon—your enemy’s Young Master won’t let this slide,” Jun Xiaoyao said.\u003C\u002Fp>",1258,"2026-06-20T23:29:44.332Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","deee0fb24862a46f02699f06523f6b0cb551445a8d0f2958096c503fce7737f1","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-88","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-86",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-cover.jpg"]