[{"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-1087":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},1433962,1885,"Chapter 1087 - The Twelve Lich Kings","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1087",1087,"\u003Cp>This was a world buried in wind and sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was nothing but yellow dust, sweeping across heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Storms of sand rolled endlessly, like sandstorms raging across the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an age of gray desolation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, in this empty, lifeless world, footsteps echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man in a yellow dragon robe, holding the Son of Heaven Sword, strode forth from the distant horizon, each step shattering the firmament as he came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bright Emperor,” Xu Zimo murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just keep watching,” the lich beside him said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man arrived, gazing at the boundless storm of sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, liches clawed out from beneath the earth and charged him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s eyes were calm. The Son of Heaven Sword in his hand shook the void with its intent, his black hair flowing like ink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single swing, everything was annihilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His footsteps echoed again as he pressed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, he stopped before a statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The statue cracked open, and from within crawled a massive monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It lifted its claws, sketching the figure of a woman in the air before smashing it apart with a single strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s face darkened with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drawing the Emperor’s Sword, he leapt forward, his imperial might flooding heaven and earth like a world-destroying tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster fell before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as its body disintegrated, it dissolved into black mist and merged into the man’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man groaned, but continued forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The further he went, the more monsters he encountered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet imperial might surged, and the Son of Heaven Sword became the scythe of death in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One life after another was reaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But each slain monster turned into black qi, seeping into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, when the final monster fell, the man’s body was nearly destroyed.This content belongs to novelꞁire.net\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were pitch black. From his shattered flesh, black vapors seeped outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him now rose a long, towering staircase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supporting himself with the Emperor’s Sword, he climbed step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, he reached the final step and saw what awaited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a stone altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon it lay a woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face was plain, but the man who had slaughtered countless foes now moved with the greatest care, gently stroking her cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slept on, and two streams of scalding tears ran down his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you die, my life ends as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if I die, your life will still be long, and beautiful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman’s form dissolved into light and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man, still holding the Son of Heaven Sword, collapsed to his knees, drowning in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the torment of being on the brink of death yet unable to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, his figure was completely swallowed by darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vision faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bit by bit, it dispersed, and Xu Zimo found himself back in the small world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bright Emperor’s fate…” he murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even as a Grand Emperor, he could not escape the troubles of mortal life,” the lich said with a smile. “His end was already written.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You make it sound as if liches are free from all bonds, transcendent,” Xu Zimo replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I too have desires,” the lich laughed. “Only, I am not troubled by such lowly matters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of his hand, the void split open, revealing a path to the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Step through, and you’ll reach the Azure Frontier. I wish you well,” the lich said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo walked up to the passage, but instead of entering, he reached out, touching the void before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he suddenly turned back and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is a lich?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lich froze for a moment, unable to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are countless races in this world, humans, gods, immortals, demons… But are liches truly a race of their own?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’d best not ask so much. It will do you no good,” the lich replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only need one answer,” Xu Zimo said firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What answer?” the lich asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You should know,” Xu Zimo replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t. And even if I did, I would tell you nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’ll just have to use my fists to make you yield,” Xu Zimo said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t fight you,” the lich shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His form faded into the void, vanishing without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only his voice lingered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you come seeking, your fate will be the same as Bright Emperor’s. Even Grand Emperors are not undying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Paimon, tell me, was my intuition right?” Xu Zimo chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If my lord has an idea, going to see for yourself may reveal much,” Paimon replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lich... such a bitterly ironic word,” Xu Zimo muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped into the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surging lich aura battered against him, but left him unharmed, as he walked through safely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, the winds rose, sweeping yellow sand across the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him stretched a road buried in sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On either side, white bones lay scattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some sprawled across the road, others half-buried beneath the dunes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear that countless lives had perished here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo paid it no heed. Slowly, he drew Shadow Tyrant from his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step by step, he advanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every step, a suppressive force fell from the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tenfold… twentyfold… the weight grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smashed upward with a punch, shattering the heavens above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the sky, over a dozen lich statues plummeted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Twelve Lich Kings guard this place. Turn back,” a mighty voice thundered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Retreat one hundred miles, and you may leave safely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough talk. If it’s a fight you want, then come,” Xu Zimo said coolly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow Tyrant flared with blinding blade-light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imperial might swept across the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a slash, heaven and earth trembled, and the Twelve Lich Kings were struck down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes blazed as they raised their fingers, black nets of energy descending from the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nets sealed the sky itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how Xu Zimo moved, he could not escape their bounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed the Twelve Lich Kings did not wish to harm him, only to confine him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Aryan-Swastika God-Seal, one of the Ten Primordial God-Scriptures!” Xu Zimo invoked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right hand struck, and a swastika-shaped mark illuminated the heavens, ripping the black nets apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavens shook with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow Tyrant cleaved downward, shattering the twelve statues into fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They crumbled into dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xu Zimo prepared to move forward again, a colossal hand suddenly descended from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. You should be fulfilling your mission,” a commanding voice rang out as the hand pressed him down.\u003C\u002Fp>",1100,"2026-06-06T01:07:09.694Z",1,"novelbin.me","81e53287f848631ede1c24e6e3c3956070ead74441223f0af0e63d86b7b6d6b6","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1088","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1086",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]