[{"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-382":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},1432907,1885,"Chapter 382 - Subduing The Bauhinia","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-382",382,"\u003Cp>The bauhinia was trembling. The mighty power of the Tree of Life flowed through every branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the branches thundered loudly cracks began appearing in the ground where the strange bauhinia stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cracks spread in all directions, widening more and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the bauhinia let out sharp screeches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All four petals awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four different-colored black mists gathered, spreading from the petals onto the branches of the Tree of Life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The branches of the Tree of Life began to wither at a speed visible to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the symbol of life, the Tree of Life would not give in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rich life force surged from its core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The branches trying to pull the bauhinia up began to change strangely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They shifted rapidly between decay and vitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What shocked Xu Zimo was that the death aura from the bauhinia could actually rival the life force of the Tree of Life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just think, what kind of existence was the Tree of Life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one in the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the foundation of the entire plant system Xu Zimo had established.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its life force was rarely seen in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, he had found something that could rival it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo was truly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In all his knowledge and everything recorded in ancient texts,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was absolutely no mention of such a bauhinia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this floating island was part of the ruins from the Blessed Epoch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this bauhinia must be a remnant of that epoch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo thought of the books he’d found in the cave, left behind by the Daoist Qingfeng,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Books passed down from the Blessed Epoch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would need to study them carefully when he had time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right now, the Tree of Life and the strange bauhinia were locked in a stalemate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a situation Xu Zimo wanted to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he had enough cards up his sleeve and had no need to fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His True Fate, the God World, appeared behind him. The blue planet slowly rotated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From it, the Pure Moon Altar flew out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The altar was golden, radiating a soft sacred light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, strands of purifying light, like moonlight, spread down from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The altar had five levels. The first four were carved with flowers, trees, birds, and beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the fifth level was a blank haze of gray mist, with a flicker of purple light hidden within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo controlled the Pure Moon Altar, spiritforce surging around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A purple light from the fifth level shot out, shining on the strange bauhinia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light was brilliant and deep, carrying the aura of an ancient era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the purple light shone on the bauhinia, it tried to purify it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately, the flower’s evil aura was too strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It actually started devouring the purple light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo frowned slightly. He had never seen something so hostile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, he no longer tried to purify the flower, instead, he used the altar and the Tree of Life to suppress it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Pure Moon Altar’s purifying power, the Tree of Life gradually gained the upper hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its branches grew more vibrant with life energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bit by bit, it pushed out the death aura of the bauhinia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it began to pull the flower out, root and all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunderous booms spread underfoot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground cracked with countless fissures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black mist surged around the bauhinia, and sharp, chilling screams rang out from it, the sound growing louder, almost as if it were terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, after more than a full day of this tug-of-war, the Tree of Life succeeded in yanking the bauhinia out from the ground completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What surprised Xu Zimo was that the flower was much larger than it had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its roots stretched dozens of meters long, buried deep underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The root was divided into six segments, each a different color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four of them glowed brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other two were dull, as if still in incubation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the flower was fully uprooted, it suddenly shot off into the distance, trying to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Zimo had been prepared. The blue planet behind him fell from the sky at light speed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So fast the flower didn’t even have time to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was swallowed into Xu Zimo’s True Fate World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, inside the True Fate World,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bauhinia looked around in confusion at its new surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It furiously tore at the surrounding space,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space around it split open as it jumped between dimensions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo entered his True Fate World as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood high above in the sky,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the flower’s futile struggle like a trapped beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, Xu Zimo was a god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A creator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could decide life or death with a thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he waved his right hand, endless world force surged down like a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the force of this world. Unless one broke through space itself, and truly transcended this world, one could not resist it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the martial artists on the Primordial Heartlands who spent lives chasing the Twelve Meridian Path to transcendence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without transcendence, one could never oppose the world itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the force descended, the space around the flower was completely sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small region was crushed under its weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bauhinia, which moments ago had been so fierce, now lay pinned in place, unable to move at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even now, Xu Zimo still didn’t understand what this bauhinia really was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or what it could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the world force roared like a river from the sky, the flower suddenly stopped resisting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like before, its dozens-of-meters-long roots anchored themselves into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo felt sure this flower was extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he had it suppressed using the power of the world, he could take his time figuring things out later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He left his True Fate World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the flowerbed, he gathered up all the remaining mysterious herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had explored most of this island already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been over three days since he arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo figured it was time to return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know what others had gained,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just in this flowerbed alone, at least one-third of the martial artists who came to the island had perished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Zimo stepped through the air to the island’s edge, he saw the Ning Clan’s ship just about to depart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Small groups had already returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo stepped onto the water, as if walking on air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ripples spread beneath his feet as he entered the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking around, he saw that the ship was noticeably quieter than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed the number of martial artists who had died on the island was significant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the crowd was assembled, the ship set sail,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heading back to the Northern Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>",1135,"2026-06-06T01:06:40.721Z",1,"novelbin.me","40ca00b50c546eeae7f8ccf8b9c3628ee7c1d360eb73c43de2806d14bfa7360e","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-383","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-381",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]