[{"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-121":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},1433096,1885,"Chapter 121 - The Female Lead","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-121",121,"\u003Cp>📢 New Novel Launch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if I refuse?\" Chu Yang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Five Elements City is under the jurisdiction of our Yin-Yang Sect. Killing its city lord is equivalent to challenging us,\" Sect Master Wu said with a faint smile. She wasn’t in a rush, calmly waiting for Chu Yang’s response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Yang fell silent for a moment. He knew this was blatant coercion. At the root of it, he was simply too weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t get it,\" Chu Yang looked up at Sect Master Wu. \"Your Yin-Yang Sect is one of the four top-tier sects in the Western Region. Why would you want someone like me to become your Holy Son?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me correct you on one thing,\" Sect Master Wu replied. \"I'm not making you the Holy Son, I'm giving you a chance to compete for the title. Second, you're not just anyone. In the Yin-Yang aura surrounding you, I sensed the most supreme primordial energy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Yang stayed quiet for a while, then gave a bitter smile. \"Do I even have a choice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Sect Master Wu shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pure Moon God Domain sat at the border of the Western Region, just a hair’s breadth from the center of the Eastern Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The domain took its name from the Pure Moon Altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to legend, at the dawn of the era, heaven and earth were still in chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impure and pure energies were indistinguishable, and the sky and earth were practically the same color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the world gave birth to an altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This altar had the power to purify all things. With its help, the impure and pure energies were finally separated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, the altar settled at the axis of the world, merging with heaven and earth itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the altar, after millions of years, a sect called the Myriad Beasts Sect was established.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that moment on, the Western Region finally stabilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Imperial Lineages of the Western Region were:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four Supreme Sects were:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo and Ren Pingsheng traveled nonstop for nearly five days before arriving at Hundred Beasts City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This city was governed by the Myriad Beasts Sect. From any direction, east, south, west, or north, one could see different types of beast statues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were furious lions, chest-thumping gorillas, soaring mystical birds, and coiled dragons roaring beside tigers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city’s design was a marvel of craftsmanship and creativity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon entering, Xu Zimo and Ren Pingsheng noticed that most of the residents were either disciples of the Myriad Beasts Sect or their relatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As such, the streets were full of beastfolk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These beastfolk had human bodies but beast-like features, some with lion heads, some with elephant trunks, others with massive wings sprouting from their backs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this city, the most popular women fell into two categories: Those with folded cat ears, and dancers with rabbit tails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Feels like we’ve walked into the animal kingdom. So lively,\" Ren Pingsheng laughed as he looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know,\" Xu Zimo said with a smile, \"in the eyes of beastfolk, their bloodline is noble, and we pure-blood humans are considered inferior.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Short-sighted,\" Ren Pingsheng replied. \"Whatever the case, our bloodline is pure. Theirs is mixed. Otherwise, why would they build their sect near the edge of the Pure Moon God Domain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough of that, let’s find an inn for the night. Tomorrow, we head straight to the Pure Moon God Domain,\" Xu Zimo said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they were about to look for lodging, a group approached from ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were four people in total: two old men who looked like guards standing on either side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the middle were two youths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One held a folding fan and wore white robes. His face was strikingly handsome, so much so that anyone seeing him couldn’t help but admire, “What a refined young lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other youth was tall and brawny, with golden hair that curled naturally and fell messily down his back. He resembled a Golden-Furred Lion King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when Xu Zimo looked at the white-robed, fan-wielding \"young lord,\" he froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his ears, it was as if he once again heard the wind by Willow River that year, the breeze on his face, and the tearful cries of a girl begging him not to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had pleaded with him to stay and live a simple life with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had walked away, leaving only his back behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He left with his sword, exuding the unstoppable momentum of the God Meridian Realm, vast as the ocean, shrouding tens of thousands of miles like fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, the setting sun dyed half the sky in golden light, and two shadows stretched long behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had chosen the path of no return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said he would defeat Chu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would carry the Heaven’s Will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would become the Grand Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would soar beyond the sky to see a broader world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would not let love and relationships hold him back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been resolute and determined. Even as the girl squatted on the ground, crying with her arms wrapped around her head, he hadn’t looked back once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo didn’t dare utter corny lines like “I’d recognize you even if you turned to ashes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, regardless of any disguise or even if she dressed as a man, he recognized her at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because that girl had a pair of uniquely spirited eyes, eyes that sparkled with something no makeup could hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one glance, and he knew it was her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he watched her walk quietly past him, Xu Zimo felt like he had fallen into a massive trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two old men at her sides radiated terrifying power, Xu Zimo could tell immediately: both were Imperial Meridian Realm cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their appearances were striking too, one looked like a laughing Maitreya Buddha, always smiling, with a radiant face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other looked perpetually miserable and bitter, as if his whole face was contorted into the character for 'awkward' (囧).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were Daoist Sorrow and Daoist Joy. Xu Zimo had heard of them even in his past life, top-tier experts of the Imperial Meridian Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl travels with two seasoned Imperial Meridian experts at her side?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, Xu Zimo felt like everything he had once believed in was a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That \"village girl from a small mountain village\"? That \"ordinary life together\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All lies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An uncontrollable rage exploded in his mind. All the love and guilt he had buried for so long now turned into roaring fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo admitted, he hadn’t been the final boss in his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just a stepping stone on Chu Yang's path to greatness, not even worthy of being his true rival in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pathetic. Laughable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reborn in this life, Xu Zimo swore to become the true final boss, a demon lord who made the world tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, he still wanted to protect the family he had failed, the few loyal friends he had once had…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the girl he could never forget.\u003C\u002Fp>",1181,"2026-06-06T01:06:40.721Z",1,"novelbin.me","020326b5f03d0d48dc790013e0466b273299069b81a87d492e8d69a363a93e44","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-122","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-120",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]