[{"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-1167":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},1433892,1885,"Chapter 1167 - Obtaining Nine-Nether God-Grass","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1167",1167,"\u003Cp>“Six-Wheel Ghost Fiend Formation!” the leader shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the nearby night ghosts began to howl wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the entire area became deafening. Countless streams of black energy surged into the formation, sending sand and stone flying in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As black mist coiled and churned, the entire formation began to operate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a soul-based formation. Be careful,” Xie Changliu warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strange noises came from all around, whispers, screams, and murmurs invading Xu Zimo and Xie Changliu’s ears from every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghosts surrounding the formation waved their weapons and shrieked, their cries amplified a thousandfold by the formation itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overwhelming baleful energy crashed toward Xu Zimo and his companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!” Xie Changliu roared, unleashing his sword intent once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword light collided with countless ghostly heads formed from condensed evil energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked up at the formation and let out a cold snort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right hand formed the Aryan-Swastika God-Seal, drawing in an immense tide of spirit energy like a whale gulping water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant swastika seal, thousands of meters wide, detonated at the edge of the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, Xu Zimo summoned the Heaven-Derivation Astrolabe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although half the formation was destroyed by the explosion, the intricate sigils immediately shimmered and reformed the formation in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To break a formation, one must locate its core, the formation’s eye. That was the key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During that brief instant, the Astrolabe caught the fluctuation and released a dazzling burst of starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Found it,” Xu Zimo said in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gathered a surge of blade intent in his right hand, lightning essence coiling around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without a weapon, his mastery of the Blade Dao was enough to manifest one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long blade of storm and thunder split the void and struck directly at the formation’s eye, exploding on impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire formation erupted in a thunderous blast. The night ghosts around its perimeter were torn apart by the aftermath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the leader, realizing the danger, leapt off the edge of the Blue-Parasol Ancient-Abyss and disappeared into the depths below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Help me…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That faint, desperate voice echoed once again from the bottomless dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After him,” Xu Zimo commanded sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two plunged downward, wind and black mist whipping past them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about ten minutes of pursuit, Xu Zimo spotted a valley below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the elevated platforms before, this valley sank deep into the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t large, but all kinds of spirit herbs grew there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they looked up, the entrance to the Blue-Parasol Ancient-Abyss was already shrouded in darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as though something unseen was watching them from above, something far more dangerous than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s check the valley first. See if the Nine-Nether God-Grass is here,” Xu Zimo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, he couldn’t worry about anything else. The spirit herb came first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Landing in the valley, they immediately saw many corpses scattered across the ground, likely those who had ventured here for herbs in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dim Spirit Flower… Black Serpent Fruit… Ice Lotus…” Xie Changliu’s gaze swept over one herb after another until it stopped on a small, black plant atop the valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only palm-sized, with nine leaves, each wreathed in dense, ghostly energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding herbs all seemed to bow toward it in submission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Found it,” Xie Changliu said, a gleam of joy in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Be careful, it has a will of its own. Don’t let it escape.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo nodded. A spirit herb of this level had its own consciousness. Catching it would not be easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hid along the valley’s edge and slowly approached the Nine-Nether God-Grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they were close enough, the two split apart, one to the left, one to the right, encircling the herb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their sword and blade intents intertwined, forming a prison of energy that descended from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing danger, the Nine-Nether God-Grass tried to flee into the void, but the sharpness of their combined intent sealed off all escape routes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing it could not run, the herb turned desperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its nine leaves trembled violently, and the entire valley began to shift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flood of ghostly energy surged outward, and the corpses strewn across the valley suddenly stood upright, rotting, blood-mouthed, lunging at the two like ravenous undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You hold them off, I’ll take the herb,” Xu Zimo ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Changliu swung his sword, unleashing a sea of sword energy that turned the surroundings into a blazing inferno of destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Xu Zimo leapt into the air, gathering spirit energy into a massive palm that covered half the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Nine-Nether God-Grass wasn’t ordinary, it shone with dark light and tore through the seal of that great hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All vegetation feared fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo let out a cold grunt. Flames erupted from his body, setting the entire valley ablaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stay!” he roared, stepping through the air with thunder and fire swirling around him as he reached for the herb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine-Nether God-Grass had nowhere left to run. Xu Zimo’s hand closed around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Save me! Please, save me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The desperate cry came again, this time clearer than ever, echoing right beneath the valley floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo’s eyes narrowed. He flicked his finger, and the ground exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hidden chamber was revealed beneath the valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, a blood-soaked figure was chained to the wall, its entire body mangled and bleeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Help me! I’m the Chancellor of Celestial Sage Academy!” the figure shouted, his voice trembling with excitement at the sight of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Chancellor of Celestial Sage Academy?” Xu Zimo frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t the old man they’d met with Lu Changyou earlier the Chancellor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this prisoner was drenched in blood, his face unrecognizable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you, really?” Xu Zimo demanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry! Contact the Ghost God Collegium! The Evil Spirit Ghost God escaped long ago!” the bloody man cried in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re the Chancellor?” Xie Changliu asked, cutting down the last of the undead before stepping closer to the chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then do you recognize me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You are…?” the bloodied figure squinted at him, thinking for a moment before his eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re Changliu, Xie Changliu, aren’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s really you, Chancellor,” Xie Changliu said, his expression changing. Sword intent flared around him as he slashed at the iron cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A metallic clang echoed as his sword strike bounced harmlessly off the iron bars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll do it,” Xu Zimo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gripping the bars with both hands, he unleashed the combined might of his Heaven-Shattering Force and Heaven-Earth Dharma-Codex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power burst from within him, and with a thunderous crack, the iron bars were torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re truly the Chancellor,” Xu Zimo said as they stepped inside, “then who was that old man we met earlier at the academy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s the one who impersonated me, the Evil Spirit Ghost God itself,” the bloodied figure replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was bound by chains, his meridians completely destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was nothing more than a cripple now.\u003C\u002Fp>",1153,"2026-06-06T01:07:11.738Z",1,"novelbin.me","a46a05264fde286b726fd2b38d8b79d209e858b0e4f123d24520f811743b96c8","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1168","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1166",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]