[{"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-254":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},1433129,1885,"Chapter 254 - Tree of Life As True Fate?","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-254",254,"\u003Cp>“Then let’s agree first, if I find the Mother Leaf, you’ll let me go,” the Leaf of Life quickly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright,” Xu Zimo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really? You're not lying to me?” the Leaf of Life asked, testing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do I look like a liar?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, you do. Sigh, fine, I’ll search, but don’t drop your pants out of nowhere.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long moment of sensing, the Leaf of Life finally said, “There really is a strong aura of the Mother Leaf here. But the trail seems to vanish halfway through.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did it disappear? Take me there,” Xu Zimo said urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the Leaf of Life’s guidance, Xu Zimo arrived at a secluded courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment, the courtyard was completely surrounded by blue-robed people, not allowing anyone near.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who goes there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xu Zimo approached, a few blue-robed men stopped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is my home. Can’t I return to my own house?” Xu Zimo said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue-robed guard frowned slightly and signaled to the others, “Take him down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, several of them unleashed their auras, all were at the Paragon Meridian Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They charged at Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the courtyard, three blue-robed individuals were seated in a stone pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their robes were clearly different from the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The collars of their robes were embroidered with golden trim, and the blue hue was slightly lighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That particular blue seemed to carry a strange magic, if ordinary people stared too long, their minds would be drawn in, like being submerged in a blue ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The character “Heaven” was stitched onto the backs of their robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder Heaven-Mark, has this courtyard been fully searched?” the man in the middle asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder Heaven-Marsh, I’ve already sent people to comb through it multiple times, no trace of them,” said the man named Heaven-Mark, shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where could they be hiding?” Elder Heaven-Marsh frowned slightly, deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one seated to the right, Elder Heaven-Clarity, the only woman among the three, said, “Could they have escaped already?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible. The whole courtyard is sealed off. They’re just at the Desolate Meridian realm, how could they escape right under our noses?” Elder Heaven-Marsh shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There must be something we overlooked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the three conversed, a sudden commotion came from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?” Elder Heaven-Mark frowned and was about to head out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The front gate of the courtyard was smashed open, and several blue-robed men were sent flying in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, all eyes turned toward the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo clapped the dust off his hands and walked in with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you?” Elder Heaven-Mark asked with a frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I should be the one asking, who are you?” Xu Zimo replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Heaven-Mark snorted coldly, unleashing a powerful Imperial Meridian aura, and reached out to grab Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You think too highly of yourself,” Xu Zimo chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of his right hand, the Power of Creation surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sweeping tide of spiritforce pressed down on Elder Heaven-Mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could even react, an overwhelming force crashed into him and exploded, sending him flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder Heaven-Mark!” Elder Heaven-Clarity cried out in alarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared at Xu Zimo in shock, not even one move? She and Heaven-Mark were both Imperial Meridian cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, this young man, who looked barely of age, defeated him instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Heaven-Marsh, standing in the center, looked grim as he slowly released a powerful Empyrean Might from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you? We don’t seem to have any conflict,” he said cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo smiled. “Shouldn’t you introduce yourselves before asking others?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We are from the Heaven-Severing Sacred Ground of the Middle Continent,” Elder Baize said slowly. “May I know your name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dead men don’t need to know that much,” Xu Zimo said coldly, drawing out Ba Ying (his weapon).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the name Heaven-Severing Sacred Ground, Xu Zimo suddenly connected the dots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe the Imperial Lineage that Yao Shengnan wanted to destroy was this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a sect that had produced two Grand Emperors, a true Imperial Lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their origins were extremely mysterious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Grand Emperor Jue Tian shouldered the Heaven’s Will, the Heaven-Severing Sacred Ground seemed to emerge out of nowhere overnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took root rapidly and became a powerful force in the Middle Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet very little was recorded about the sect or Grand Emperor Jue Tian himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You seem a little too confident,” Elder Heaven-Marsh said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Empyrean Might intensified, and endless spiritforce raged around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, the faint illusion of a giant tree slowly manifested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It radiated a powerful aura of life. Its branches were thick and massive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tree rose from the earth, towering so high that its peak vanished into the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half of its trunk was hidden in a dense fog, only the lower portion was visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Tree of Life! He’s from the Celestial Race!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment that True Fate appeared, the Leaf of Life in Xu Zimo’s hand cried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wasn’t the Celestial Race wiped out, except for Yao Shengnan?” Xu Zimo murmured, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looks like this mysterious Heaven-Severing Sacred Ground is somehow tied to the Celestial Race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perfect. I’ll use you to test my War God’s Nine Transformations,” Xu Zimo chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, his aura surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritforce roared inside him like a waterfall crashing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He unleashed the first transformation, Heaven Break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo felt his blood boil like a pot at full heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power flooded his entire body. With a single punch, a hurricane of energy tore through the surrounding space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Heaven-Marsh gathered his aura and met the attack head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their fists collided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shockwave exploded outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Heaven-Marsh was sent flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He got up with a stunned expression, his True Fate, the Tree of Life, rapidly healing his wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder Heaven-Marsh, are you alright?” the others asked in concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head and took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the Tree of Life illusion behind him began to sway violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the entire tree uprooted and expanded, its colossal trunk enveloping the entire courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endless divine light burst forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tree descended from the heavens, tearing through layers of void, crashing down toward Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its countless branches twisted like demons and monsters, wildly lashing toward Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo narrowed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struck with his blade, unleashing the Fifth Transformation of the War God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura howled like a tsunami, roaring across the heavens and crushing everything in its path.\u003C\u002Fp>",1085,"2026-06-06T01:06:40.721Z",1,"novelbin.me","1891cb1a2e84bde5f031f9b222d867874d5724e3c226215aa45bb3a601c1415c","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-255","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-253",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]