[{"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-167":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},1432842,1885,"Chapter 167 - The Second Baili Xiao","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-167",167,"\u003Cp>📢 New Novel Launch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xu Zimo’s words, the towering trees fell silent. The countless branches flying through the air withdrew all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boy,” an ancient voice echoed from the depths of the forest, “enough is enough. I simply don't want to commit more slaughter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh really?” Xu Zimo chuckled. “Then I beg you, hurry up and kill me already.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You insolent whelp. I have roamed countless millions of years, unkillable and eternal since the dawn of the era,” the ancient voice snorted coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo just smiled and continued walking into the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Countless millions of years? Now I really want to see what you are.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Zimo moved deeper into the forest, the voice quickly warned, “Take one more step, and I won’t be so polite.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please, I’m begging you, just kill me already. Enough with the bluffing,” Xu Zimo laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the canopy above, beams of brilliant green light shot into the sky, and a dense life force filled the heavens and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The towering trees all gathered tightly together, forming a wall to block Xu Zimo’s path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you scared?” Xu Zimo asked with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s mind our own business, shall we?” the ancient voice replied calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Shadow Tyrant in hand, Xu Zimo continued forward. Lightning flickered on the blade, flames burned brightly, and a fierce hurricane swirled through half the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he slashed with the blade, the dense wall of trees before him was instantly reduced to dust by the overwhelming force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely though, in the blink of an eye, the trees regrew as if nothing had happened, once again sealing the path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked up slightly and saw the green light above infused with boundless life energy, empowering the entire forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you claim to be some immortal being spanning millions of years?” Xu Zimo sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You think I’m a fool? If you’ve got the guts, come in here!” the voice snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then come out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, you come in!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you’re all bark and no bite after all,” Xu Zimo said as he slowly lifted Shadow Tyrant, closing his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a unique aura radiated from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritforce surged in the sky, gathering densely on his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was pitch-black spiritforce. As it condensed, the pressure shattered space around him with a brittle crack-crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever the black energy neared, the ancient trees began to wither.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nineteen Forms of Dao-Seeking, Tenth Form: Death Canopy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a low growl, Xu Zimo slashed with his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitch-black energy detached from the sword, gathering into the shape of a curved blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it cleaved through the heavens, the sky turned completely black. The blade tore through space with ancient, destructive power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Death energy filled the sky. The once-blazing green light was temporarily suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it resisted fiercely, it wouldn’t be long before the green light broke through Death Canopy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo frowned slightly. This move, Death Canopy, was something he had developed in his previous life, after slaughtering millions and comprehending death itself in a hellscape of endless death energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was pure death incarnate. Yet even this could only hold the green light down for a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As blade auras rained from the sky, the entire forest was reduced to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the green light momentarily sealed, its regenerative powers were halted, and the trees could no longer revive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritforce surged from Xu Zimo’s body. His Paragon Meridian Realm aura erupted in full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single step through the air, he crossed dozens of meters instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop! Don’t come any closer!” the ancient voice shouted in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The green light in the sky became even more radiant, furiously slamming into Death Canopy in an attempt to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo descended slowly and landed in front of a massive pit thousands of meters wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, the life energy was even more intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jumped down into the pit, where pale green light glowed all around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At its center, something seemed to be enveloped within the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he approached, Xu Zimo discovered, it was a leaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The astonishing green light, richer in vitality than even the Spring of Life, was emanating from a single leaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo stared in disbelief. He could feel the pure essence of life resonating from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he gently held the leaf in his hands, the ancient voice came from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t use your filthy hands to defile the source of my life essence,” it said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even as a prisoner, you still talk big,” Xu Zimo smirked, placing the leaf on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he stepped on it a few times, and began untying his belt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing?!” the old voice asked in alarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My piss is golden yellow, thought I’d use it to wake you up,” Xu Zimo said with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have some mercy! I’m ancient and frail, don’t you feel any pity?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then tell me, who or what exactly are you?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You only need to know that I am ancient, so ancient you can’t even imagine,” the voice answered proudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo stayed silent for a moment… then started untying his belt again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no, no! Fine, I’ll tell you,” the voice quickly relented. “I am the Leaf of Life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leaf of Life? What’s that?” Xu Zimo asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he explored this world, the more he realized how limited his knowledge was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the Primordial Chaos Bead had once shown him the River of Fate and the evolution of countless worlds…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were still many things he had never seen or understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Put simply, I am a leaf from the Tree of Life,” the ancient voice explained calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And the Tree of Life… what is that?” Xu Zimo asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moonlight was sparse. A few faint stars hung above, swallowed by overwhelming darkness like a great beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili Xiao sat up in bed, drenched in sweat. She looked around in a daze, then slowly realized, it had all been just a nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Letting out a deep breath of relief, she wrapped a thin outer robe around herself and stepped outside into the courtyard pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaning against a bench, she gazed silently at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were distant, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still thinking about your Chu Yang?” came a sudden voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled, Baili Xiao's face turned pale. “Who are you? Why do you keep haunting me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as her words fell, her expression changed to a calm smile. Her voice softened:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am you. And you are me. We are one and the same.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1099,"2026-06-06T01:06:40.721Z",1,"novelbin.me","8da69f8ada803fad93adc596bd0caf31f505df4c0590b2a92a4845ee83a13713","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-168","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-166",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]