[{"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-976":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},2341783,4576,"Chapter 976: Expedition to the Borderlands: A Letter of Allegiance to the Other Realm, Elite of the Imperial Clan","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-976",976,"\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bell rang like a great bronze drum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the War God Academy’s War Bell, tolling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Signifying the Academy’s imminent expedition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Finally, the Borderlands training has come—I can hardly wait!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t wait to see the terrified expressions of those ants in the Immortal Realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With the Chaos Body Lord awakened—and one of the Six Destroyer Kings—this era, our realm will surely breach the border and seize the Immortal Realm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From all around the War God Academy, countless roars erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nobles of great clans, top-tier clans, quasi-Imperial clans, even Imperial clan prodigies, shot into the sky like streaks of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to Jun Xiaoyao’s presence, the War God Academy’s morale was soaring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prince of the Other Shore, Li Jiuming, Pu Yao, Jin Zhan, and the other ten Heavenly Kings-level prodigies also appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet their expressions were far from pleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, they had been the focal point of everyone’s gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, even before Jun Xiaoyao showed himself, he had already stolen all the glory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could such a monster appear? It’s unnatural.” The Prince of the Other Shore’s expression was cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He always felt Jun Xiaoyao’s emergence was too strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, such a peerless monster had never been heard of before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if he had sprung into existence out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Jun Xiaoyao’s popularity was so high that even the Immortal Clans were fighting over him, desperate to recruit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His doubts clearly wouldn’t be heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry—on this Borderlands expedition, whether he lives or dies is still uncertain.” Li Jiuming sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean…” Pu Yao and the others turned their gazes toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His name has surely reached the Immortal Realm by now. Do you think they’ll let him grow unchecked?” Li Jiuming said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, the Immortal Realm might launch a decapitation strike.” Pu Yao nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A decapitation strike meant, during the great wars between the two realms,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sending elite forces to assassinate the enemy’s prodigies, crushing them in the cradle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Immortal Realm, they called them the Decapitation Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In our realm, they called them the Hunters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the names differed, the meaning was identical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was easy to imagine: if Jun Xiaoyao’s name reached the Immortal Realm, he would draw their full attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, even if Jun Xiaoyao was strong, he’d be in danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope so,” said the Prince of the Other Shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Jun Xiaoyao’s identity as one of the Six Destroyer Kings was vital to our realm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t want him to one day grow into an Immortal King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, chaos erupted all around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prince of the Other Shore and the others looked up, their faces darkening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao and Su Hongyi had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hail the War God!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Greetings, Lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chaos War God, ten thousand years!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many disciples of the War God Academy cheered, gazing at Jun Xiaoyao with fervor and reverence, bowing respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had even given Jun Xiaoyao the title “Chaos War God.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fusion of Chaos Body and War God title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chaos War God? What a childish name.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the wave-like cheers around him, Jun Xiaoyao silently scoffed inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the truth were ever revealed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That their revered Chaos War God, the Six Destroyer King, was actually from the Immortal Realm—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would their entire worldview collapse?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that was a matter for later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao wouldn’t return directly to the Immortal Realm from the Borderlands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Soul Book, the affairs of the Other Shore Clan, and his father’s whereabouts remained unexplored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, his mission to spread the faith must continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the quasi-primeval Sacred Body Dao Seed was still maturing within the Heavenly Tomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Jun Xiaoyao were to return to the Immortal Realm, he would do so in his most glorious, perfect, and dominant form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with his Chaos Body combined with the quasi-primeval Sacred Body Dao Seed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who else could stand against him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Patience. I still need to remain undercover. No rush. There are still the Unnameable Lands to investigate,” Jun Xiaoyao thought inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sensed vaguely—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That within the Unnameable Lands, he might uncover some secrets of our realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps even trace the origin of Dark Matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps even find clues spoken of by the Mythic Empress Mi Fei, regarding the “Origin” and the “Great Epoch Cataclysm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I still don’t know how to enter the Unnameable Lands.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And ordinary beings can’t even approach them. If I wish to get close, I must earn the complete trust and favor of our realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That means, in the Borderlands, I must make a striking impression—astonish, even shock them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao’s mind was sharp, calculating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was what was called a “Letter of Allegiance” to our realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You must make contributions, demonstrate worth, achieve great deeds, to earn true trust and importance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that meant killing beings of the Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Though it sounds bad, I have no shortage of enemies in the Immortal Realm either,” Jun Xiaoyao murmured, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, some in the Immortal Realm were no different from beings of our realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the Immortal Court, the Ancient Imperial Clans, and certain hostile factions of the Jun Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing those people brought Jun Xiaoyao zero guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even found it somewhat pleasurable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jun Xiaoyao pondered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a powerful and extraordinary aura appeared, drawing his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sea of blood rolled down from the heavens, radiating the aura of a Supreme Being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blood-robed man stepped forth from the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His long crimson hair flowed like a river of blood; his eyes held two deep lakes of crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s the Blood Emperor’s Son of the Blood Demon Imperial Clan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the newcomer, someone cried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood Demon Imperial Clan—another immortal clan of our realm—naturally mastered blood arts, capable of blood rebirth, blood weapon forging, and blood sacrifice across the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the opposite sky, a vast cloud of fire surged, as if ready to burn the heavens into collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive beast silhouette emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It resembled a black dog, its tail blazing like fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the beast transformed into a thin, sinister-looking man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The prodigy of the Huodou Clan—Chi!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huodou was a legendary beast of fire and misfortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Huodou Clan was also an Imperial Clan of our realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man was none other than Chi, the Huodou Clan’s prodigy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, another being appeared in another corner of the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had the head of a true dragon, a human body, and bird-like talons for legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His arms were feathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This being seemed to tread upon a sea of mist and rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Emperor’s Son of the Jimen Clan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding prodigies were numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Imperial Clan prodigies, rarely seen in ordinary times, kept appearing one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each held a status so lofty, commoners could only look up in awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Better to see once than hear a hundred times. One of the Six Destroyer Kings—deservedly famed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood Emperor’s Son of the Blood Demon Clan smiled faintly at Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Chaos Body of ten thousand eons, who drew forth the Divine Weeping War Spear and became the successor of the First War God—truly extraordinary,” said the Jimen Emperor’s Son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe, the first person in this era to be granted the title of War God.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi of the Huodou clan laughed, his voice hoarse, like sandpaper grinding against sandpaper, harsh and unpleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These three...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao raised his eyebrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three appeared to be paying compliments, but something felt off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark gleam flashed in Jun Xiaoyao's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>",1257,"2026-06-20T23:29:55.914Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2fe270e9df4c7efe3068d756eb33c0321d529c50b750f8da39694bd2da72cba6","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-977","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-975",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-cover.jpg"]