[{"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-1322":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},1434147,1885,"Chapter 1322 - Demon Prison Emerges","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1322",1322,"\u003Cp>New Novel🪶\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the violet radiance flared to its peak, it suddenly wove itself into a vast, roaring web that shot toward Xu Zimo, wrapping tightly around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purple net constricted, drawing tighter and tighter, as if determined to crush him completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Zimo’s demonic aura surged to its fullest, the violet lines along his neck beginning to glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous boom, the purple web exploded apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The veins on Xu Zimo’s forehead bulged, the muscles in his arms strained as if they would burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Break!” he roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, the purple planet of the God World flashed into existence, channeling immense power through his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crackling storm of energy coursed through the chains, the pop, pop, pop of breaking links filled the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless violet chains snapped apart, one after another, cascading like a dam bursting open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the first chain broke, the rest followed uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purple glow dimmed, then vanished entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the final chains shattered, the sealed tower began to tremble violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice echoed out, deep, ancient, and filled with madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At last, we are free!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha! Hellfire Asura, you could never imprison us forever! None shall stop the Lord’s return!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shout was like thunder splitting the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning tore across the sky. The world itself seemed to rage, black clouds billowed and churned like tidal waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath fractured into a labyrinth of cracks. The massive sky-prison began to crumble, hurling stones and rubble from the collapsing heights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the sealed tower burst open with a deafening explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within poured endless black vapor, swirling upward into the heavens, scattering in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had been trapped for so long that freedom itself had become a forgotten dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, tasting liberty again, they could not restrain themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo did not try to. He simply stood, watching as the sky was engulfed by their chaotic release.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a time, the black mist began to descend, coalescing into millions of figures kneeling before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We greet the Infernal Lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their unified roar shook heaven and earth, just as a bolt of lightning tore through the clouds, signaling the final collapse of the airborne prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo stood calmly amid the ruin, hands clasped behind his back, expression unshaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around him, the countless freed Ancient Demons knelt, eyes filled with devotion and reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It has been a long time,” Xu Zimo said with a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Far too long, my Lord,” one demon choked out, weeping openly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo lowered his gaze. There were more than a hundred million of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one distinct, each one unforgettable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One demon had white hair and wore crimson armor shaped like the maw of an abyss, its layers folding inward like rows of devouring fangs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A red cape draped his back, black robes hung loose beneath, and a golden sash girded his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armor rose to guard his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another was a being half-Buddha, half-demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One side of his face was serene, golden hair coiled in the monk’s knot, with a faint Buddha wheel glowing behind his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other half was pure malice, black skin, hair spiking upward, fangs bared in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet another wore garb that looked like wild calligraphy given life, part cloth, part armor, indescribable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surface shimmered like overlapping fish scales, each curved and gray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had four arms, each gripping the hilt of a colossal sword, together forming a bloom of deadly petals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword was a hundred meters tall, bound in chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even sealed, it radiated a terrifying purple light that made hearts tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was narrow like a rodent’s, half-covered by long gray bangs, leaving one visible eye blazing with violet fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every demon bore a unique and fearsome presence, each unforgettable at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s been eons,” Xu Zimo said softly. “Tell me, have your ambitions to defy heaven faded?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time, he thought, was the greatest killer of all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It erodes everything. And after billions of years, what could truly survive it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One demon suddenly stood and tore open his robes. His skin was carved with countless words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Destroy the Heavenly Dao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Defy the Heavens.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Follow the Infernal Lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lie in wait through the ages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These words will never fade while I still breathe,” the demon declared firmly. “If my flesh heals, I will carve them anew. Back then, I regretted not dying beside the Lord. For millions of years I have waited, waited to rise again and wage war against Heaven! If I must die, let it be on the road to defiance, not in cowardly survival!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As these fierce vows rang out, Xu Zimo closed his eyes briefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A breeze passed, stirring a few strands of his black hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Life is long, and yet, gone in a blink,” Xu Zimo said quietly. “Some see only dust. Others, the stars.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his eyes snapped open, sharp as blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And I,” he said coldly, “will spend my life chasing those stars!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “stars” he spoke of were not literal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the ideal, the summit beyond life and death, beyond fate itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My Lord,” one of the Ancient Demons asked after a moment, “what has become of the Ancient Demon Realm now? What of Hellfire Asura?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all still remembered, the one who had imprisoned them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have just been freed,” Xu Zimo said. “Rest. There are old friends waiting, you may go and greet them. As for the Ancient Demon Realm… I will handle it myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of his hand, a portal opened to the God World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ancient Demons bowed deeply once more, then stepped through one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the winds finally stilled, Xu Zimo collected his thoughts and surveyed the entire Ancient Demon Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he took a single step, crossing space and time in an instant, until he stood upon a desolate mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind here howled like knives, cutting at the skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the jagged rocks, Xu Zimo found a boulder and sat down, waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew what, or who, he waited for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, from the far side of the mountain, a man approached through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore a long robe, his body wreathed in violent infernal energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was chiseled, his gaze deep and cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his robe was not black, it was a scholar’s garb, gray and white, bound with a sash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first impression he gave was pride, pride with reason behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each step he took on the jagged rocks sounded sharp in the wind, crunch, crunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the screaming gusts, his footsteps were the only sound on the peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he stopped before Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at him calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You…” he began, but Xu Zimo interrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When you see me,” Xu Zimo said evenly, “why do you not kneel?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s expression changed. 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