[{"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-407":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},1433032,1885,"Chapter 407 - I Want To Become Strong","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-407",407,"\u003Cp>\"This is a pretty good place,\" Xu Zimo said with a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Normally, very few people come here. And this is the territory of our Three-Eyed Race. Other races don’t even bother with it,\" Yue Qingli replied with a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe in you. One day, you’ll lead your race to rise again,\" Xu Zimo said, patting Yue Qingli on the shoulder with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Qingli nodded heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a transparent barrier surrounding Three-Eyed Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Qingli put his hands together and formed seals with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A snowflake-shaped seal condensed in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the seal floated up and landed above Three-Eyed Mountain, the transparent barrier seemed to corrode and melt, revealing a gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo and Yue Qingli smiled as they walked into the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain breeze blew gently, but the moment they entered, something felt off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blood, a very strong smell of blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked at Yue Qingli, a bad feeling rising in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scent was far too thick, not something that could come from just a few deaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they were still only at the foot of the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Qingli looked at Xu Zimo, panic in his expression, then dashed up the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ran fast, almost stumbling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The higher they went, the stronger the blood scent became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the wind blew past them, halfway up the mountain, Xu Zimo even saw faint trails of flowing blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking Yue Qingli was too slow, Xu Zimo grabbed the back of his collar and flew them both toward the summit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few breaths, they neared the top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Xu Zimo could look around, the sight before him stunned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mountain of corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A river of blood pooled at the summit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stench of rot and death filled the air, nauseating and overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo stood silently to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Three-Eyed Race has been wiped out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the hundreds of corpses piled together, Yue Qingli was completely stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three-Eyed Race wasn’t a large race, he recognized many of the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now they all lay in front of him, their bodies mangled and torn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He threw himself into the pile, desperately searching for his parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were too many corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood covered Yue Qingli from head to toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky grew overcast, and a light drizzle began to fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rain was cold, mixed with a faint chill in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re all dead,\" Yue Qingli turned to Xu Zimo, face streaked with tears, and said in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can we find out who did this?\" Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our race always avoided conflict. We never caused trouble. Why would we be exterminated?\" Yue Qingli shook his head sadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He collapsed in the center of the summit, letting the cold rain and wind beat against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stench of blood began to fade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat there, like a soulless husk, silent, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo didn’t disturb him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone suffering this kind of trauma could completely collapse if pushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some might even go mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Yue Qingli’s back looked thin and defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of many things, his humble yet lofty dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had wanted to change his race’s fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To break the world’s prejudice against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His people had always been close like family, perhaps because their weakness made them understand unity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered many people, his parents, childhood friends, even the girl he liked but never dared confess to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just sat there, playing the memories over in his mind like a film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo hadn’t expected it, but Yue Qingli sat there like that for an entire week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One morning, a week later, Yue Qingli finally stood up weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher, I’m sorry,\" Yue Qingli said, walking to Xu Zimo with a numb expression. \"I might not follow you anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\" Xu Zimo asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My race is gone. I don’t feel like cultivating anymore. I think I’ll just stay here from now on,\" Yue Qingli said flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was emotionless, like a walking corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t you want revenge?\" Xu Zimo asked calmly. \"Are you sure every single person in your race is dead? No one could have survived? Don’t you want to protect them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Qingli froze at his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revenge. Survivors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those two thoughts reignited something inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been blinded by the scene before him and hadn’t considered the possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I really do it?\" Yue Qingli asked hesitantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your fate is in your own hands,\" Xu Zimo replied calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll give you seven days to bury your people. Whether you come with me afterward or not is up to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Yue Qingli slowly nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next seven days, Xu Zimo surveyed the surroundings of Three-Eyed Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even used the Primordial Chaos Bead to travel through the River of Fate and observe the race’s history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood a lot but didn’t tell Yue Qingli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t the right time, and Yue Qingli didn’t yet have the strength for revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo personally watched Yue Qingli bury his people one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began to understand how Yue Qingli from his past life had grown so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How he had become a revered figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original timeline, Xu Zimo hadn’t met Yue Qingli in Vermilion Bird City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disappointed young man who couldn’t enter the academy returned home only to find his race massacred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crushed by wave after wave of despair, he somehow survived and transformed, soaring to greatness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, that’s how Xu Zimo imagined it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Yue Qingli seemed to grow up in just a few short days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Growing up often only takes a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the seven days passed, Xu Zimo looked up from the base of the mountain and saw over a thousand graves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once scenic peak now resembled the beginnings of a mass graveyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Qingli bowed to the graves, then turned to Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher, let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not going to look a little longer?\" Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to become strong,\" Yue Qingli said, lifting his head, eyes shining.\u003C\u002Fp>",1026,"2026-06-06T01:06:40.721Z",1,"novelbin.me","b4336e8bdd0a44183b989f91cca78160c60f9f182381026d888d6df139b20d56","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-408","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-406",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]