[{"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-1693":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},1434490,1885,"Chapter 1693 - The Human Sovereign Emerges","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1693",1693,"\u003Cp>Inside the Human Sovereign Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bone Demon had not stationed demons here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the demons had previously gone to the Discipline Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when Xu Zimo arrived, he was instead stopped by members of the Five Great Powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heart Sword Ancient Sect, Azure Cloud Ancient Sect, Jade Maiden Palace, and the Primordial Demon Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Ghost Moon Ancient Sect, its sect master had already been destroyed by Xu Zimo, so there were naturally not many people left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you all mean by this?” Xu Zimo frowned and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carefree Monk gave a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Benefactor, don’t make things difficult for us. We are also forced into this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve submitted to the demons?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re only trying to survive. That Ghost-Devouring Worm…” Zhang Meng sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In that case, you are my enemies,” Xu Zimo said calmly as he slowly drew Shadow Tyrant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bone Demon was truly scheming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had actually arranged for people from the Five Great Powers to guard the Human Sovereign Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In doing so, he could attend to both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could eliminate the remaining forces of the Human Sovereign Palace and block Xu Zimo at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough talk,” someone from the Primordial Demon Gate said coldly. “Since he’s an enemy, take his head. Maybe if we offer it to Lord Situ, he’ll remove the Ghost-Devouring Worms from our bodies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the crowd immediately grew fervent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was freedom they were talking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of people shouted and charged toward Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A bunch of ants who haven’t even reached the Infinite Dao realm dare to stop me,” Xu Zimo snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bone Demon had made a good plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, he miscalculated one crucial point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo, a Saint Sovereign, or rather a half-step Infinite Dao, was practically invincible among those of the same realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not Infinite Dao either. What are you being arrogant about?!” someone sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I kill you as easily as slaughtering a dog,” Xu Zimo replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a single step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, he appeared before the speaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow Tyrant roared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one clean slash, he severed the man’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene made everyone shudder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That man had been a Saint Sovereign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That single strike had destroyed both his head and his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, attack together,” someone from the Heart Sword Ancient Sect shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heart Sword Ancient Sect cultivated the Heart Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their attacks were extremely strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Invisible and unpredictable, striking directly at a person’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Heart Sword Ancient Sect disciples all unleashed their Heart Sword power, attempting to annihilate Xu Zimo’s internal organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re still far from enough,” Xu Zimo snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave shattered all the Heart Sword attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow Tyrant vibrated, as if craving blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each swing of the blade sent another head flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the side of the Primordial Demon Gate, the demons revealed their true forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some resembled Netherworld White Tigers, some looked like one-horned Azure Dragons, and others were like blazing Firehawk Eagles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These demon beasts roared, summoning wind and rain as demonic gales swept forth, charging at Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get lost,” Xu Zimo roared again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Infinite-Samsara Demon-Eye twisted everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood rained down from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, he reached the entrance of the Human Sovereign Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Carefree Monk remained standing in his way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him lay dozens of corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Great Beyond, as long as the Infinite Dao ancestors of the Five Great Powers did not act, Xu Zimo was invincible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Benefactor,” Carefree Monk clasped his hands in a Buddhist salute and sighed. “Why must it come to this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why must it come to this?” Xu Zimo asked in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please grant me a swift end,” Carefree Monk lowered his head and said. “With the Ghost-Devouring Worm inside me, life is worse than death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re not afraid of death, why accept the Ghost-Devouring Worm?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I didn’t, my master and my fellow disciples would all die. If it were you, would you take it?” Carefree Monk asked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’d be the first to die,” Xu Zimo replied, then raised his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one strike, Carefree Monk’s head dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body slowly collapsed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo pushed open the gates of the Human Sovereign Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, chains criss-crossed everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than a dozen people were bound within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, Xu Zimo saw Liu Xu'er of the Jade Maiden Palace, along with some other independent cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people had not submitted to the demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bone Demon had originally planned to torture them slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the upheaval at the Discipline Hall left him no time to deal with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“S-save us,” someone weakly pleaded upon seeing Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among those chained up, some were already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others still clung to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo first freed Liu Xu'er.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to go to the Jade Maiden Palace to search for the Desolate Tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps Liu Xu'er would be the key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you all right?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xu'er’s eyes brimmed with grief. Her body was covered in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My master… submitted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked toward the corpses outside the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among those killed by Xu Zimo were members of the Jade Maiden Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including her master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone makes choices, and we must all bear the consequences,” Xu Zimo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, he did not say anything more to Liu Xu'er.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he went to search for the place to set the jade token.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The layout of the Human Sovereign Academy was very special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the place where the Human Sovereign once taught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dao Hall of Transmission was for examinations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no trials left here, or rather, the trials had already been destroyed by the demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo walked forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He arrived before a wall within the Human Sovereign Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carved upon it was the image of the Human Sovereign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, the Human Sovereign was not an old man, but in his middle years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even looked somewhat handsome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carried a scholarly air, like a teacher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore a black robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though old, it was neat and clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Human Sovereign’s waist, on the left, hung a ruler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the right, there was a cord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The jade token?” Xu Zimo immediately took it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That cord looked like the place where the jade token was meant to hang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The box opened, and the jade token transformed into a beam of light and flew out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Xu Zimo could grab it,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the jade token had already flown to the Human Sovereign’s waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brat, you’ve ruined everything!” Bone Demon’s furious roar echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already slain King Sky-Sage and was charging toward Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying force suppressed Xu Zimo on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive hand reached out to seize him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo considered whether to use the edict power of the God World to break free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that moment, within the Human Sovereign Academy, countless surges of astonishing power shot into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Bone Demon could reach Xu Zimo, he was blasted backward by an overwhelming force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a figure stepped out from within the Human Sovereign Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking again, the carved image of the Human Sovereign on the wall had vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that figure stepped out of the Human Sovereign Academy, the entire Human Sovereign Palace resonated in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immense power surged and roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bone Demon’s face turned pale with terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the first to charge at the Human Sovereign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s been so many years. You will never suppress me again,” Bone Demon roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked almost deranged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fear of the Human Sovereign ran bone-deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, he threw a punch forward.\u003C\u002Fp>",1288,"2026-06-06T01:07:28.720Z",1,"novelbin.me","79a0f13f742a8583c617b45e92d853b7edd45a8d694cbe3872217ed25d50884a","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1694","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1692",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]