[{"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-125":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},1433100,1885,"Chapter 125 - This Object Is Fated With Me","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-125",125,"\u003Cp>📢 New Novel Launch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving the romantic spectacle behind, Xu Zimo led Lan Ke’er deep into the Water Region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, cultivators were few and far between. Along their path, they barely encountered a soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very heart of the Water Region, a mighty river had transformed into countless water dragons, rampaging through the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each collision between dragons felt like the sky and earth were collapsing, and from within, faint dragon roars could be heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast sea surged with towering waves, rolling violently before crashing deep into the ocean and erupting like explosions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a folded space, though it didn’t look large, the sea itself was immeasurable in depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo pulled out Shadow Tyrant, sat cross-legged, and carefully guided the blade toward the center of the torrents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each impact from the water dragons caused the blade to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet with every collision, the blade shone brighter, growing ever more refined and pure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Water flows from the heavens, rushing to the sea and never returning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Zimo watched Shadow Tyrant undergo its baptism in the torrents, his heart gradually eased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Ke’er sat beside him, bored out of her mind. “Keep telling me the story. What happened after you fainted and ended up in Purple Fragrance Village?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After stabilizing Shadow Tyrant, Xu Zimo split off part of his consciousness and began to speak:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You found me by the river and saved me. At first glance, your heart raced, probably because of how unbelievably handsome I was. Then you carried me home. I was unconscious at the time. As for whether you did anything to me while I was out, well… that’s anyone’s guess.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shameless. You think I’d fall for you?” Lan Ke’er snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you want to hear the story or not?” Xu Zimo asked calmly. “You tell it or I do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I do,” Lan Ke’er nodded obediently. “You tell it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My days in Purple Fragrance Village were the happiest time of my life,” Xu Zimo said earnestly as he continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them sat by the roaring ocean. The torrents surged with waves and water dragons circled, slamming against Shadow Tyrant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man quietly told his tale. The girl watched him, smiling at the funny parts, sometimes playfully punching him with her tiny fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo had so much he wanted to say to Lan Ke’er. The stories he told were memories from their time together in Purple Fragrance Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he embellished a few details, mainly to make himself seem more handsome, wise, and heroic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke for seven days and seven nights. By the time Shadow Tyrant had fully absorbed the Water Element, he finally stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the storyteller, it was a reliving of experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the listener, it was living those moments alongside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo retrieved Shadow Tyrant. With one swing, it roared not only with thunder but also with the power of a heavenly river crashing down from the nine heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped through the air, his purple robe billowing. His face, usually mischievous when telling stories, now looked resolute and fierce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he slashed, thunder dragons wrapped around water dragons, roaring in unison, sending towering waves blasting into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Ke’er simply stood there watching him, her gaze deep and unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the Water Element tempering was complete, Xu Zimo prepared to lead Lan Ke’er westward, toward the Fire Region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between the Water and Fire Regions was a small vacuum zone, and beyond that stood another massive gate: a gate of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they entered the Fire Region, they were greeted by a vast, boundless sea of flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The temperature near the entrance was mild, but the deeper one went, the hotter it became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this blazing domain, numerous fire spirits had taken the form of animals, running wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firebirds soared overhead. Fiery lions rolled through the sea of flames like mischievous cubs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These spirits had no consciousness, no will to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if you killed them, it was like snuffing out a flame, meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two didn’t walk far before Xu Zimo suddenly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the flame wall beside them, spiritforce began to ripple. A lotus of blazing fire appeared out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About the size of a palm, it radiated a rich fragrance despite being formed from flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xu Zimo reached out to pick it, someone beat him to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of blue light passed by, and the fiery lotus disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo frowned. A blue-robed Daoist had appeared beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Daoist, holding a horsetail whisk, smiled and said, “Boundless Heavenly Lord’s blessings upon you, benefactor, this lotus is fated with me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo smiled and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daoist, you’re mistaken. This lotus is clearly fated with me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You misunderstand, benefactor,” the Daoist said with a cheerful grin, revealing the pressure of an Imperial Meridian Realm expert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me, who is holding the lotus now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo chuckled, then took out a jade pendant gifted to him by Xu Qingshan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said with a smile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’ll leave the decision to you, Daoist.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Zimo looked about ready to crush the pendant, the Daoist’s face froze. He laughed awkwardly and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Divine treasures belong to the virtuous. I am unworthy. Clearly, this lotus is fated with you, benefactor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too kind,” Xu Zimo said, taking the lotus from the Daoist’s hand with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Daoist gave him a long, meaningful look and said, “Until fate brings us together again, benefactor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Daoist walked away, Xu Zimo frowned slightly. An Imperial Meridian Realm expert fighting over a tier-4 spiritual herb? That didn’t make sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old fox and little fox,” Lan Ke’er muttered with a wrinkle of her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t get it,” Xu Zimo said, peeling open the lotus bud and revealing eight lotus seeds inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each seed sparkled like a star, and they all had different colors, eight in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo also pulled a pure white thread from the lotus stem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using spiritforce, he bored tiny holes in each seed and strung them together on the thread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A seven-colored bracelet was now complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo gently took Lan Ke’er’s right hand and slipped the bracelet onto her wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pretty, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Childish,” Lan Ke’er replied with a slight smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This bracelet’s way more valuable than that guy’s Forget-Me-Not,” Xu Zimo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what? Tier-4 herb over tier-2, big deal,” Lan Ke’er replied. “To me, there’s no difference.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, it’s not about grade,” Xu Zimo shook his head. “It’s because this bracelet carries… all of my love for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1096,"2026-06-06T01:06:40.721Z",1,"novelbin.me","031a09c5522aa5d896243a39f8e4f49b948f24855ee636af69d4186fea1c70c5","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-126","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-124",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]