[{"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-978":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},2341785,4576,"Chapter 978: Heaven-Burial Forest, Three Women, Divine Silkworm Valley","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-978",978,"\u003Cp>The Borderlands lie between the Immortal Realm and the Foreign Realm, in the fissure between two worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet its scope is nearly infinite, with no visible edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a Chaos Dao Sovereign or a Pretender Emperor struggles to survey every corner of the Borderlands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the Borderlands are too mysterious—since ancient times uncontrolled by either realm, its rules shattered, its qi chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a land without order, hiding countless oddities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such as the Bone-Burial Ground, the Ghost-Crying Abyss, the Can Star Plateau, the Heaven-Burial Forest, the Great Sacrifice Bloodland, the Wild Ancient Mountains, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each is a forbidden zone, extremely perilous, harboring great anomalies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before coming to the Borderlands, Jun Xiaoyao had already gained some understanding of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Sacrifice Bloodland, which Mu Lao had warned him to beware of, lay at the boundary between the Heaven-Burial Forest and the Wild Ancient Mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, head to the Heaven-Burial Forest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao fixed his target, stepped forward—and vanished as if traversing empty space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many disciples of the War God Academy sought to follow Jun Xiaoyao on his trials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before they could even speak, Jun Xiaoyao was already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On another side, the Imperial Sons Ji Meng, Xue Di, and Chi of the Huo Dou Clan, three young supreme geniuses of imperial clans, exchanged a fleeting glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their forms also vanished from where they stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, disciples of the War God Academy, along with geniuses from major royal clans, pretender-imperial clans, and imperial clans, formed small teams and gradually penetrated deeper into the Borderlands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, the Immortal Realm’s geniuses did the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those confident in their strength entered alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those lacking certainty or with specific plans entered in small teams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the vast expanse of the Borderlands became a battlefield of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Borderlands, the two realms’ armies clashed, their roars shaking the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the true top-tier Qiangzhe —Chaos Dao Sovereigns or Pretender Emperor-level figures—had not yet intervened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, the younger generation fought fiercely across every corner of the Borderlands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During these half-months, Jun Xiaoyao had traversed empty space continuously, finally arriving at the edge of the Heaven-Burial Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking out, the entire Heaven-Burial Forest stretched vast as a colossal continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancient trees, towering a thousand zhang, rose like primordial giants standing firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within this forest, numerous lethal dangers surfaced; lurking shadows concealed the most ferocious beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frequent bursts of fierce combat and piercing screams echoed through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao had no interest in any of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His primary goal was to seek the opportunity to break through to the Supreme Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondarily, he intended to kill a few Immortal Realm enemies, to establish his credentials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if he encountered any lowly creatures of the Foreign Realm, he could simply erase them on the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, here the qi was chaotic, the karmic threads disordered—even an Immortal would struggle to trace any evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Heaven-Burial Forest should be one of the main battlegrounds where geniuses of both realms clash. I could enter and capture some Immortal Realm cultivators to gather intelligence on the Immortal Realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao mused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if remembering something, he pulled a ghost-faced mask from his spatial artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the mask he had obtained from Xuan Yue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao placed the ghost-faced mask over his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was to prevent possible encounters with Immortal Realm acquaintances who might recognize him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that Jun Xiaoyao deliberately wished to conceal himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he had only just managed to assume the identity of a Chaos War God and one of the Six Destroyer Kings—he absolutely could not expose it lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, Jun Xiaoyao could never return to the Foreign Realm; he would be forced back to the Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then all his affairs in the Foreign Realm—including his missionary mission—would be impossible to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao would not allow even the slightest accident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the ghost-faced mask on his face and chaotic mist swirling around him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao believed few could recognize him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After preparing himself, Jun Xiaoyao entered the Heaven-Burial Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the central region of the Heaven-Burial Forest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three graceful figures formed a small team, advancing inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, they eliminated scattered Foreign Realm creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closer inspection revealed them to be Long Ji, Yan Rumeng, and Yu Chanjuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three women, having met because of Jun Xiaoyao, had become friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Yi Yu, Yan Qingying, Wang Chuan, and Yong Jie Tian Nü,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jun Xiaoyao’s followers, they had formed their own hunting team independently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two teams split, each pursuing their own trials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I already have over ten thousand merit points—I can exchange them for good items at the Immortal Academy,” Yu Chanjuan smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyebrows curved delicately, her eyes brimming with poetic grace, her nose high and refined, her lips full and moist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her blue robe accentuated her stunning curves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her bosom was full, her waist slender and rounded, barely graspable, her hips firm and lifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps due to her Supreme Yin Sacred Body, Yu Chanjuan’s figure had become even more voluptuous and lush than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this woman, possessing the finest consort body in the world, had yet to be claimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had long resolved that her body would forever belong to Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Jun Xiaoyao perished before her eyes, she had held fast to her vow ever since.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not enough—I must grow stronger, to earn the right to welcome my master’s return.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Ji’s black hair flowed smoothly, her celestial palace robe clinging to her slender form, her long, beautiful legs swaying with grace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her entire presence was breathtakingly exquisite—she bore no resemblance to Jun Xiaoyao’s mount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the two women, Yan Rumeng, clad in pink silk with flawless features, remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You still believe he’s alive?” Yan Rumeng asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though upon hearing of Jun Xiaoyao’s death, Yan Rumeng had been heartbroken for a long while,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she had reluctantly accepted the reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I naturally believe—he will surely return,” Long Ji said, her faith in Jun Xiaoyao bordering on irrational devotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps Jun Xiaoyao simply possessed this charm: the power to make others believe he had never perished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s not speak of that—I sense something great, a profound secret, deep within the Heaven-Burial Forest,” Yan Rumeng said seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her true form was the Heaven-Dream Mist Butterfly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranked alongside the Rift-Splitting Demon Butterfly and the Ancient Emperor Butterfly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon entering the Heaven-Burial Forest, Yan Rumeng had already sensed this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let’s press deeper,” Long Ji said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three women pressed onward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several days later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they reached the heart of the Heaven-Burial Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead, a tremendous battle aura surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Ji and the others looked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four figures were locked in fierce combat with Foreign Realm creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three of them were Ji Qingyi, Ri Sheng Hu, and Yue Sheng Hu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fourth was a purple-haired young man, his aura powerful, radiating Supreme energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Tian Canzi of the Divine Silkworm Valley.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the young man, Yan Rumeng instinctively furrowed her brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For she had previously endured unpleasant encounters with the Divine Silkworm Valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their Yuan Can Daozi had harassed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had ultimately been erased by Jun Xiaoyao’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who’s there? Show yourself!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the Foreign Realm side, a young man clad in black-gold ceremonial robes coldly barked, raising his hand—his palm split open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beam of demonic light pierced through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Jun Xiaoyao were here, he would find it amusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Foreign Realm side stood Li Jiuming, Pu Yao, Jin Zhan, and the other ten Heavenly King-level geniuses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two factions had collided.\u003C\u002Fp>",1268,"2026-06-20T23:29:55.914Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bace6b3d0bd5b51cb2d9d35e9cb55f478c16b1f056ed0dfed1c9bf6c2f6d7e2a","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-979","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-977",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-cover.jpg"]