[{"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-1320":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},1434145,1885,"Chapter 1320 - Their Lord Has Returned","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1320",1320,"\u003Cp>New Novel🪶\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the northwest of the Ancient Demon Realm stood a vast prison suspended in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the forbidden land of the Ancient Demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Ancient Demon Race, no one but the Ancient Ancestor was permitted to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that even the Ancient Demon Race’s own leader had no idea who, or what, was imprisoned there, and was forbidden to approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Ancient Demon Realm, this place was so taboo that even mentioning it was forbidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, eerie laughter echoed from within the Sky Prison, low and mocking at first, then louder and louder, shaking the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the Demon Mountain where the Ancient Ancestor resided, two great peaks stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The left belonged to Celestial Devourer, but it now lay completely empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the right peak remained silent and still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kneeling before the mountain, the Ancestral Warden spoke softly, “Ancient Ancestor, he has revealed his identity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his voice was quiet, the Ancestral Warden knew the one inside could hear him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is there any disturbance within the Ancient Demon Realm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“None for now,” the Ancestral Warden replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And the Demon Master?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Leader hasn’t appeared, nor does he seem inclined to. Virtuous Heaven Demon went to investigate, but it amounted to nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell the Demon Master to come see me,” said the rasping voice from within the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” the Ancestral Warden replied with a nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When no further sound came from the mountain, he knew he was dismissed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he hesitated, then asked cautiously, “Ancient Ancestor… is that truly our Lord?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too many questions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single cold snort echoed like thunder. The entire mountain trembled, infernal energy erupting from every fissure like a volcano.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ancestral Warden shuddered in fear. Looking up, he caught a fleeting glimpse of a demonic shadow atop the peak, gone in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Disciple knows his mistake,” the Ancestral Warden said quickly, bowing low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leave,” came the hoarse voice. “Do not speak of what should not be spoken. Do not ask what should not be asked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” the Ancestral Warden answered at once, retreating in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after the surroundings fell completely silent did a voice whisper again from within the mountain:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why? I have remained stable for millions of years… and yet his mere appearance makes me feel as if everything will be taken away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tone was complex, unreadable, somewhere between anger, sorrow, and longing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the Victory Tower, though no one fully understood what was happening, everyone was stunned by the sight before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demonic marsh above churned violently, threatening to swallow Xu Zimo whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Zimo was unbothered. His eyes burned with demonic power, the Infinite-Samsara God-Eye, one of the Ten Primordial God-Scriptures, had now fully fused with his infernal essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He renamed them the Infinite-Samsara Demon-Eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single glance at the demonic marsh, and the heavens began to shift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The void twisted, gales roared, and thunderclouds rolled like angry waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven and earth themselves began to turn in the cycle of reincarnation, twisting the marsh along with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once-vast marsh spiraled into a vortex, shrinking smaller and smaller, until it vanished completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone gulped audibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just one look, the terrifying demonic marsh had been swallowed by the ethereal power of samsara, leaving not even a trace behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Jun stood frozen, unable to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo walked forward, step by step, until he stood before him. He slowly raised his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Jun stiffened, instinctively stepping back, while the onlookers barely dared to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will not kill you,” Xu Zimo said quietly. “You will come to me yourself, and confess your guilt.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he walked past Hong Jun, his figure calm and unhurried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been merciful enough toward the Ancient Demon Race, especially toward some of its people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after Xu Zimo’s back disappeared did Hong Jun’s tense body finally relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold sweat drenched his clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t understand what had just happened. When he looked into Xu Zimo’s eyes, it wasn’t fear he’d felt, not exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something deeper, indescribable, a force that made resistance impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mountain Lord,” one of his followers whispered, helping him stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You may not recognize me,” Xu Zimo said, turning to face the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked over the crowd, meeting their uncertain gazes. “Tell the entire Ancient Demon Realm, your Lord has returned. I intend to challenge Heaven once more. Whoever wishes to follow me, come find me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words struck the hall like lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Infernal Lord has returned?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Lord… has come back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whispers exploded into shouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Expressions varied, shock, disbelief, awe, but everyone knew what would happen next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though only the Ancient Demons in the Victory Tower had witnessed it, the news would spread across the entire Ancient Demon Realm before long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when it did, the realm would shake to its core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The younger generation was merely excited, but for veterans like Virtuous Heaven Demon and Hong Jun, countless ancient memories stirred within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Jun’s knees buckled, and he collapsed to the ground, trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Wang Lin and the others stood stunned, as if dreaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The calm, refined Brother Xu… was the Infernal Lord?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lin suddenly remembered, the question Xu Zimo had once asked them in the Ancient Demon Road. What is your dream?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo paid no further attention to those behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had revealed himself. Now the truth needed time to spread, to ferment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The upper ranks of the Ancient Demon Race would take time to process it, to decide where they stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo was in no hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply walked away from the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One bold demon called out, “Lord, where are you going?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Sky Pavilion,” Xu Zimo replied calmly, looking up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, every heart in the hall tensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the direction he gazed toward was none other than the forbidden land, the Sky Prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very place where even the Demon Masters of past generations were forbidden to tread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most Ancient Demons didn’t understand, but Xu Zimo did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had read about it in the Hall of Hidden Light within the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Ancient Demon Race had been defeated ages ago and the Infernal Lord vanished, Celestial Devourer and Hellfire Asura pretended to surrender to Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, they sought to locate the Ancient Demons who had followed the Infernal Lord in the war against Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But eventually, the truth surfaced, most of those Ancient Demons had been sealed within the Primordial Demon Cave, and the Infernal Lord was declared slain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ancient Demon Race’s feigned surrender became real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even among them, there were those who refused to yield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If our Lord truly has fallen,” they declared, “then we shall die alongside him. We will never bow to Heaven.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo had read those very words in that book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those Ancient Demons had wanted to fight Heaven to the bitter end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To them, a false surrender was bearable for the sake of their race’s survival, but a true submission was nothing less than betrayal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fearing their defiance would doom the rest, Hellfire Asura and Celestial Devourer created the Sky Prison to contain them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there they had remained, sealed for millions of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Zimo approached the Sky Prison, he could already hear the laughter from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was laughter full of pain, madness, and joy all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their Lord had returned.\u003C\u002Fp>",1242,"2026-06-06T01:07:13.939Z",1,"novelbin.me","adf932ddbc5e683a9a45168c8d75d85918a0e5cf8e0f884ed8bac7beafb27b7c","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1321","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1319",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]