[{"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-983":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},2341790,4576,"Chapter 983: Probing Ji Qingyi, the Immortal Artifact Imprint, the Immortal-Demon Diagram","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-983",983,"\u003Cp>Tianchanzi’s body fell from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sword mark pierced his brow, going clean through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look inside, and his entire brain had been shattered into nothingness; his primordial spirit was long gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his skull remained intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This alone shows how profoundly Jun Xiaoyao now understands the way of the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then again, Jun Xiaoyao holds four of the Five Divine Sword Scriptures—how could his sword art not be exquisite?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… how is this possible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ri Shenghu and Yue Shenghu felt icy dread crawl through their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a supreme-level seed talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even their master could not have slain him so cleanly and decisively, could he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, both their hearts plunged into ice, their courage shattered, and they longed to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jun Xiaoyao would never give them that chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He casually struck out, magic power surging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the void, a massive ancient stele emerged, radiating a force that crushed all heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was another of the Divine Warrior’s Manual’s loose techniques: the Stele Hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ri Shenghu and Yue Shenghu were crushed beneath the ancient stele, their bodies exploding like crushed ants, their primordial spirits shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the three Holy Protectors—Ri, Yue, and Xing—under the Immortal Realm’s Chaos Body were all slain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant they had utterly enraged that Immortal Realm Chaos Body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jun Xiaoyao didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Xing Shenghu incited the guardian clan to kidnap Yu Chanjuan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao and the Immortal Realm Chaos Body had already become enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, only Ji Qingyi remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Long Ji and her two companions had long since fled the Purple Gold Ancient City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alone facing Jun Xiaoyao, Ji Qingyi furrowed her brows, her expression grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more she gazed at that hazy figure amid the chaos, the more she felt it resembled someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with Ji Qingyi’s sharp mind and deep cunning,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her thoughts ran deeper than anyone else’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chaos Body from another realm, do you know Jun Xiaoyao?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Qingyi suddenly spoke, her gaze locked tightly on Jun Xiaoyao, probing for any subtle change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph, woman…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao sighed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Qingyi was testing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since he first saw her in the Huangtian Immortal Realm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he had sensed her mind was profoundly deep, extraordinarily exceptional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many prodigies who appeared alongside her in Huangtian Immortal Realm have since died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Ji Qingyi has managed to navigate between factions, survive safely, and even grown stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This alone proves her cunning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But even such cunning must be tempered—before absolute power, all schemes appear pale and laughable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao sneered inwardly, then struck directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast waves of chaotic energy spread through the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attacked Ji Qingyi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect—he could use his disguise as the Chaos Body to probe her depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in the Immortal Realm, Ji Qingyi had never provoked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, she had repeatedly shown goodwill, even expressing a desire to become friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So back then, Jun Xiaoyao could not have simply attacked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with this disguise, he could strike and test her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just how deep was Ji Qingyi’s water?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Jun Xiaoyao ignore her and strike directly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Qingyi lifted her eyebrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had no choice but to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her jade palm struck, stirring heavenly winds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, she activated a secret technique, her power surging steadily until it neared the peak of Pretender Supreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the seven realms of Supreme, techniques that temporarily boost power were exceedingly rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Ji Qingyi possessed one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their forms collided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Qingyi was pushed back step by step, feeling as if crushed by an ancient beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder he’s a Chaos Body…” Ji Qingyi sighed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jun Xiaoyao was surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she fought alongside the others earlier, her power had been roughly equal to Ri Shenghu and Yue Shenghu’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, alone, her power had surged so terrifyingly that she could directly withstand one of Jun Xiaoyao’s blows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me see what other secrets you hold,” Jun Xiaoyao grew increasingly intrigued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flashed forward, piercing space, and pressed down on Ji Qingyi again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Qingyi bit her lip inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with her brilliant mind and profound cunning,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>before absolute power, all schemes appeared powerless and hollow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within mere exchanges, Ji Qingyi was driven back, blood trickling from her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this your true strength? Stronger than I imagined—but still not enough…” Jun Xiaoyao thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>at the moment Ji Qingyi was weakest, her clear, watery pupils flashed with cold light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A phantom Dao diagram burst from her body, directly crushing down on Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The diagram was insubstantial—not a physical object, but a Laoyin , an imprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It bore images of immortals and demons: celestial gods filling the heavens, hordes of demons in the underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two utterly opposite scenes coexisted on a single painting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying pressure radiated forth, suppressing demons and sealing immortals alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An Immortal Artifact imprint?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao was genuinely startled—deeply surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immortal Artifacts were exceedingly rare, far more precious than Emperor Weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most immortal sects possessed Emperor Weapon legacies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But few had Immortal Artifact legacies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether the Jun Clan had any, Jun Xiaoyao didn’t know—he’d never asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most famous was the Supreme Immortal Court, which once possessed the Immortal Artifact: the Throne of the Heavenly Emperor, later lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Ling Yuan obtained the imprint of the Throne of the Heavenly Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was the Supreme Immortal Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Possessing an Immortal Artifact was normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Ji Qingyi, alone, somehow possessed an Immortal Artifact imprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was deeply hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Ji Qingyi hadn’t been overly alarmed facing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Immortal-Demon Diagram, crush!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Qingyi cried out sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though merely an imprint, its power was immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Purple Gold Ancient Palace trembled, its divine purple gold coating nearly cracking under the pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did Ji Qingyi inherit a legacy, or control some great secret?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao grew even more certain Ji Qingyi was no ordinary person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immortal Artifacts were not something anyone could possess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One either inherited them from a mighty sect, or from the legacy of a supreme mythic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao knew this was not an Immortal Artifact of the Ji Clan or the Human Immortal Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal-Demon Diagram imprint surged forward like a collapsing heaven from eternity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything connected to the Immortals is never simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even just the imprint of an Immortal artifact carries power pushed to the extreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Qingyi’s face was pale at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even just activating the imprint of an Immortal artifact, she found it exhausting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if a true Immortal artifact lay before them, ordinary cultivators would struggle to wield it—and might even suffer backlash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao, seeing this, remained calm and unhurried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He casually reached into his space artifact and pulled out a dark golden halberd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, a ferocious battle intent and demonic might surged across all directions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark golden halberd was seven feet long, its blade gleaming with a dark golden crow-like sheen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along its shaft, crimson lines writhed like living things, forming vein-like patterns that sank into Jun Xiaoyao’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark golden battle halberd awoke as if from slumber, radiating an aura as profound as the abyss, as demonic, unmatched and supreme!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao’s jet-black hair turned instantly white as frozen snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the Divine Weeping Battle Halberd, he slashed toward the Immortal-Demon Diagram!\u003C\u002Fp>",1210,"2026-06-20T23:29:55.914Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f0eff08f442b5d474e9d2d2a57829333407f42161c9180a4ae17ffd822a05e9a","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-984","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-982",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-cover.jpg"]