[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-really-am-a-villain":3,"chapter-i-really-am-a-villain-i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1011":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Really Am A Villain",{"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},1433836,1885,"Chapter 1011 - Dead Sea, The Gate","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1011",1011,"\u003Cp>Although the sword intent had already slashed down, the black-robed youth didn’t expect Xu Zimo’s movements to be so much faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In almost an instant, Xu Zimo appeared behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black spiritforce erupted in his palm, crashing down toward the black-robed youth’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What!” The black-robed youth was startled by the sudden strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he no longer had any chance to dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a loud boom, Xu Zimo’s palm landed without the slightest restraint, directly sending him flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed youth’s body crashed to the edge of the boundless sea. To stop his momentum, he stabbed his sword into the ground, leaving behind a deep, glaring scar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly steadied himself but noticed that Xu Zimo wasn’t pressing forward with another attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, Xu Zimo stood there with a faint smile, watching him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you?” the black-robed youth asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you say names don’t matter?” Xu Zimo replied with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to know now,” the black-robed youth retorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And who do you think you are?” Xu Zimo shot back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I intend to take a look around this Sky-Trap Island. Don’t get in my way. You should be grateful I hold no killing intent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo turned his gaze around. At this moment, he stood upon a straight heavenly road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was at one end of the road, while the other end led to a towering gate that seemed to pierce the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gate was made of some unknown material, thousands of meters high and tens of thousands wide, stretching endlessly across the winding sea, beyond the reach of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, more and more people were descending around the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless ships could also be seen approaching from afar, sailing across the boundless sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unnecessary to look closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The struggle for Heaven's Will allowed ten days for all contenders. Xu Zimo had taken only three, leaving him ample time to explore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People walked across the void, each one exuding a mighty and unfathomable aura, representatives of their respective powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few dared to provoke others, everyone kept their guard high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all walked along the heavenly road toward the great gate ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo walked at the front. To his mild surprise, the black-robed youth silently followed behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo gave him a glance but did not stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached the great gate, he realized it was illusory, like a wall of air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His finger slipped through it easily, showing that he could pass inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This leads to the uninhabited zone of the Sky-Trap Island,” the black-robed youth explained. “You’d best be careful. That’s not just a simple wall of air.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had he spoken than the gate rippled. A mysterious force surged forth from all directions, as if to swallow Xu Zimo whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo quickly pulled his hand back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the devouring force refused to let him go so easily. On the surface of the gate, a monstrous head condensed, jaws gaping wide as it lunged at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a resounding bang, Xu Zimo smashed it apart with one punch, blood splattering across the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, more people had arrived at the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, they had come prepared, far more knowledgeable about it than Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One man summoned a flood of blue spiritforce. With his index finger, he drew an oval-shaped pattern across the surface of the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the pattern formed, a small doorway appeared, and he instantly slipped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gate then returned to its original state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another figure shrouded himself in flowing water, a shimmering stream enveloping his body, and simply walked straight through the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed youth quickly explained: “The outer gate of the Sky-Trap Island is formed by the power of the boundless sea. Only water-type power can pass through it. Do you have a water-type treasure, or perhaps a water-based cultivation technique?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xu Zimo remain silent, the youth took two pills from his pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you trust me, swallow this,” he said, tossing one to Xu Zimo. “This is a Freshwater Pearl, I prepared them in advance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, Xu Zimo swallowed the pearl. At once, a surge of water energy spread through him, flowing into his limbs and bones, suffusing his whole body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he touched the gate again, it truly felt like nothing more than a wall of air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look, it’s Young Lord Bai Dao of Martial Spirit Creek!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And over there, Senior Brother Suchen from Holy Cloud Temple!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Eighteen Swords of the Sword Dance Temple are all here? Are they planning to fight among themselves?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fight? Hardly. Most likely they formed a small alliance to clear the way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even the Dark Lord of the Radiant Realm came, that madman is here too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it was in every era’s struggle for Heaven's Will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the vast heavens, the Dao itself projected an image, revealing the scenes within the Sky-Trap Island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From east, west, north, south, above, or below, wherever one looked, the same image appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Battle for Heaven's Will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of the Primordial Heartlands could witness it directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, though, every year the contest for Heaven's Will depended solely on one’s own strength. Intrigue and schemes rarely held any weight here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This struggle for Heaven's Will truly is a grand event. Just look, these prodigies, unseen for centuries, even millennia, are all gathered.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed. Many of these names we’ve only heard in legend, never seen in person, yet here they all are, assembled.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prodigies everywhere… but what a pity. The struggle for Heaven's Will always claims far too many of them. After such a grand era, decline inevitably follows.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That is the natural order. Only when one flourishing age ends can a new one arise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the continent, people buzzed with heated discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period of the Heaven's Will Struggle, almost nothing else mattered, everyone fixed their eyes on the heavens, waiting to see who would become the master of this era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xu Zimo stepped through the gate, the world before him completely transformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He now stood in a round heaven-and-earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath his feet stretched a narrow path, so narrow it could hold only a single person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Directly ahead lay an oval-shaped island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It resembled a spinning top, round above, sharply pointed below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suspended in midair without any foundation, it floated in the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The island rotated slowly, jagged rocks jutting out, while lush plants and trees grew across its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The path Xu Zimo stood upon led straight toward the island’s lowest point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between the gate and the island stretched a great distance. Other than the narrow path, all else was void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, flight was forbidden, even an emperor could not walk the skies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was what made the Sky-Trap Island one of the Ten Forbidden Grounds:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With flight stripped away, one could only ascend step by step from the very bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most terrifying of all, the Sky-Trap Island was surrounded entirely by the Dead Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Dead Sea was unlike any ordinary one. Not only could nothing float upon its surface, anything that touched it was instantly consumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like sulfuric acid, it could dissolve even bones within seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>",1190,"2026-06-06T01:07:06.361Z",1,"novelbin.me","1fe203d9471696b80aca45fcf623387b561f4b1e5e2100ea8355beee14a54023","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1012","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1010",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]