[{"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-991":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},2341798,4576,"Chapter 991: Ling Yuan","starting-with-the-wasteland-sacred-body-chapter-991",991,"\u003Cp>The Throne of the Heavenly Emperor was once a supreme artifact used by the ancient Immortal Court to suppress the Nine Heavenly Realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was even stronger than other immortal artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was likely on the same level as the ultimate killing immortal weapon, the Zhuxian Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet what Ling Yuan now summoned was not the true Throne of the Heavenly Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even a mere imprint of it was powerful enough, radiating an invincible might and overwhelming pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao felt this pressure was even stronger than the imprint of the Immortal-Demon Map that Ji Qingyi had summoned earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao’s gaze turned again to Ling Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He noticed that her long, straight, beautiful legs were clad in white silk stockings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t because Jun Xiaoyao was some lecher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though white silk stockings and long legs were favored by all men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what Jun Xiaoyao cared about was that wearing white silk stockings was Tian Nü Yuan’s habit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled how, back then, Tian Nü Yuan had burned her physical body to return her soul and merge with Ling Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao had a suspicion in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ling Yuan might have, imperceptibly, perfectly fused her soul with Tian Nü Yuan’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Subdue!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ling Yuan pressed down with the imprint of the Throne of the Heavenly Emperor; immortal qi drifted in threads, imperial might vast and boundless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone else—even a Supreme—facing the suppression of the Throne’s imprint would have spat blood and shattered their body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jun Xiaoyao did not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was merely because he had been momentarily distracted by his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, Jun Xiaoyao stepped back, repelled by the force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invincible might surged forth, causing his body to ring like a great bell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Jun Xiaoyao’s current body had been reshaped by the Green Emperor from the Chaos Green Lotus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no weaker than a true Chaos Body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Jun Xiaoyao merely felt immense pressure—no real injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, it works!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other prodigies, witnessing this, were exhilarated, mistakenly believing Ling Yuan could truly suppress the Chaos Body with the Throne’s imprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not realize it was merely because Jun Xiaoyao had been momentarily lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ling Yuan herself was slightly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had seen how Jun Xiaoyao had always swept aside others with a single punch, like an invincible war god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet before her, he had hesitated for an instant—that was why he was pushed back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be… no, impossible…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ling Yuan shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too absurd, utterly unrealistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If others knew her thought, they would surely think her mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could an alien Chaos Body possibly be connected to Jun Xiaoyao?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pushing aside the distraction, Ling Yuan pressed on, using the Throne’s imprint to suppress Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the ghostly mask, Jun Xiaoyao frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it been the old Ling Yuan, Jun Xiaoyao would have shown no restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Court’s Young Emperor and the Jun Clan’s Divine Son were naturally opposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Ling Yuan was no longer just Ling Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was also Tian Nü Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao carried a sense of guilt toward Tian Nü Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had once promised to protect her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in the end, she had burned her body to return her soul for his sake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for Tian Nü Yuan’s sake, Jun Xiaoyao could never harm Ling Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this restraint, Jun Xiaoyao resorted only to defense, summoning fifteen layers of immunity divine rings around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so, they could not fully resist the power of the Throne’s imprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Ling Yuan’s beautiful eyes held a trace of doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other prodigies, like the White Bone Young Master, sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all believed Jun Xiaoyao’s strength had been largely suppressed by the Throne’s imprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could no longer unleash his full power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perfect opportunity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the White Bone Young Master struck again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his spine, a white bone longsword emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its blade resembled a human vertebral column, segmented, inscribed with runes, radiating a piercing sharpness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a divine weapon forged from the spine of a monstrous prodigy fused within his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white bone sword pierced toward Jun Xiaoyao; instantly, ten thousand white bone sword qi appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Holy Yama also moved, seizing this opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his arm, and a grotesque metal gauntlet, resembling a demon, appeared on his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the imprint of the Yama Hand, a semi-immortal artifact of the Ming  King lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumors claimed the semi-immortal Yama Hand was part of the Underworld’s immortal artifact, the Ten Courts of Yama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Underworld had once been called the Immortal Court of Darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Court had the Throne of the Heavenly Emperor; the Underworld naturally had its own immortal artifact to suppress its realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Called the Ten Courts of Yama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legend said this immortal artifact was formed by combining ten semi-immortal artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ming  King lineage’s Yama Hand was one of those ten semi-immortal artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Holy Yama summoned the imprint of the semi-immortal artifact, and boundless holy demonic heavenly fire erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of the Yama Hand came from endless hellfire seas, its might surging endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no less potent than the Red Lotus Karma Fire that burned karmic debt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yama’s Punishment: Dark World Heavenly Flame!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy Yama unleashed his ultimate technique, using the Yama Hand to activate a devastating divine art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endless dark fire seas appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the flames, a colossal dark flame hand, blotting out the heavens and earth, resembled the Underworld’s Yama King reaching out to seize the lives of all beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On another side, the Feathered King also acted, summoning the imprint of the Feathered Divine Dynasty’s imperial weapon, the Feathered Divine Spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spectral spear appeared, accompanied by a skyful of light rain, hurtling toward Jun Xiaoyao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ancient Emperor’s Son also struck, pressing down with the imprint of the semi-immortal artifact, Fuxi Dragon Stele.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stone stele shadow, taller than ancient mountains, appeared, inscribed with Bagua pagodas and dragon patterns, crushing down and shattering the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Li, Yao Qing, Xing Lu, and others also unleashed their strongest techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two seed-level prodigies, plus several contemporary supreme forbidden prodigies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with imprints of immortal artifacts, semi-immortal artifacts, and imperial weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a true Supreme would be gravely wounded and perish under such a siege.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet beneath the mask, Jun Xiaoyao’s expression remained indifferent, treating it all as if it were nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You really think a single imprint of the Throne of the Heavenly Emperor can render me helpless?” Jun Xiaoyao sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could hold back for Ling Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t mean others had the right to provoke him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Need me to help?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his shoulder, the Little Divine Demon Ant whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not yet.” Jun Xiaoyao murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flipped his hand; in his left, sword light surged, illuminating the heavens for a hundred thousand li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Luo Sword Embryo appeared!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his right, demonic might surged wildly; he gripped the Divine Weeping Battle Spear, its shaft stained with bloodlines like veins, burrowing into Jun Xiaoyao’s arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, his black hair turned into three thousand strands of white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with white hair fluttering and white robes billowing, Jun Xiaoyao held the Great Luo Sword Embryo in his left hand and the Divine Weeping Battle Spear in his right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He once again activated his Supreme Divine Blood; his blood boiled like lava!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brilliant divine flames instantly engulfed Jun Xiaoyao’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fourth Supreme Art activated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All attributes surged several-fold!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Jun Xiaoyao, chaos tides churned violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the haze, ancient primordial divine demons seemed to pry open heaven and earth—a scene terrifying beyond measure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaotic body phenomenon: Chaos Opens Heaven!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao’s left hand unleashed the Zhan Tian Jue using the Great Luo Sword Embryo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A golden sword light ten thousand zhang long appeared, illuminating all heavens, its sword qi stretching thirty thousand li!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Xiaoyao’s right hand amplified the power of the Divine Weeping Battle Spear with the Divine Demon Great Strength Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one swing of the spear, its power doubled, becoming incomparably strong—capable of shattering the ancient heavens with a single thrust!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhan Tian Jue, the Divine Demon Great Strength Technique, and the Chaos Opens Heaven phenomenon—combined into the Fourth Supreme Art, its power multiplied manyfold!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to the Great Luo Sword Embryo and the Divine Weeping Battle Spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Jun Xiaoyao was like an invincible war god, his battle power fully unleashed, all firepower engaged!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His might obliterated the vast and boundless expanse; 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