[{"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-418":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},1433043,1885,"Chapter 418 - Tree of Forgetfulness","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-418",418,"\u003Cp>“Sure,” Xu Zimo nodded and said with a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old woman froze for a moment, then quickly reacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted the cloth covering the cart and took out a bluish-green fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fruit was only about the size of a fist, and completely transparent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like a sapphire-blue piece of amber, very beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo took the fruit and swallowed it in one bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him eat it, the old woman showed a kind smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She covered the cart again and prepared to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Xu Zimo stepped on the cart and grinned at the old woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tastes good. Give me another.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Each person can only eat one,” the old woman replied calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if I insist on having another?” Xu Zimo asked with a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old woman glanced coldly at him but didn’t respond. She lowered her head and pushed the cart again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xu Zimo chuckled and pulled out the strange leaves blown to him earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the old woman and asked, “Did you drop something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced at Xu Zimo, then gave a strange look at the leaves and rasped, “Never seen them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could that be? Didn’t these fall from you just now?” Xu Zimo smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the old woman’s pupils suddenly shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her right arm withered instantly, turning into a tree branch that shot at Xu Zimo like lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo waved his hand and caught the incoming branch, snapping it with force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a crack, the branch broke into several pieces. The old woman’s face twisted in rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glared at Xu Zimo as her body began to undergo a dramatic transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her entire body rapidly withered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both arms and legs turned into countless branches, and her torso transformed into a tree trunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She kept growing larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, she filled the entire street, then continued expanding, toppling nearby buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shrill, piercing scream came from the tree’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disturbance quickly drew the attention of Carefree City’s residents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is that thing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A tree demon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The townsfolk shouted in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run, everyone! That tree demon wants to destroy the city!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People grouped together and ran out of their homes in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators in the city also rushed over, surrounding the tree demon from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire city fell into chaos as people fled in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked into the distance and saw three figures flying toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two on the sides seemed like guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one in the middle was a burly man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore a white vest, had a tall, muscular frame with bulging muscles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had short hair, and a noticeable scar across his right cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power from the Empyrean Meridian Realm radiated around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s the City Lord of Carefree City!” someone shouted nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The City Lord is here! We’re saved!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked up as the scar-faced man stopped in front of the massive tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Lord of Carefree looked at the scene before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dead tree had grown over a hundred meters tall, and its branches stretched across the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless buildings were being crushed under the thrashing branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Lord frowned slightly and said to the two people beside him, “Evacuate the citizens first. I’ll handle the rest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two nodded quickly and got to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the dead tree grew to several hundred meters, it finally stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had countless branches flailing in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its bark was brown, and the leaves were oval-shaped, bright green, and covered in barbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tree let out a high-pitched scream that tore through the silent sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of thick branches came crashing down at Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo frowned slightly as he watched, then remembered a certain legend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when he saw the fruits growing on the tree, exactly like the one the old woman had given him earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same kind of fruit that people in the city often said caused memory loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made Xu Zimo even more certain of the legend he had heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that on the Primordial Heartlands, there was a river called the River of Forgetfulness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its waters flowed from one end of the sky to the other, passing through space and time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The river was blue, reflecting the sky and dyeing half the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ancient river had no fixed location, hidden in the void, surviving epoch after epoch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its gentle flow seemed to echo the countless rise and fall of civilizations it had witnessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that drinking from the river would cause one to forget.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So many who had suffered great losses or despair, who had lost all hope, searched for the River of Forgetfulness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoping to forget memories that hurt too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the river was too mysterious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People only heard stories about it, and very few had ever found it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that beside the river, there was a tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tree of Forgetfulness, the only living thing near that vast and mysterious river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tree of Forgetfulness absorbed water from the River of Forgetfulness and grew fruits called Forgetfulness Fruits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eating one would also make someone lose their memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unlike the river, which allowed a person to choose what to forget, the fruit would make someone lose all of their memories entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the massive tree before him, Xu Zimo confirmed his guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Tree of Forgetfulness, and the fruit he had eaten earlier was the Forgetfulness Fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Zimo wasn’t afraid of losing his memory, his True Fate World had neutralized the laws contained in the fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Branches from the Tree of Forgetfulness rained down like thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each branch was several dozen meters thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They carried a terrifying aura, wildly slashing like demons or ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo didn’t dodge, letting them strike him head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His defense was already at its peak. As long as he wasn’t instantly obliterated, the Tree of Life within him would quickly heal him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Be careful!” shouted the City Lord of Carefree, seeing Xu Zimo surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loud explosions rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath Carefree City split apart with countless cracks, like a giant spiderweb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust flew, and buildings crumbled one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the dust settled and the City Lord looked down again, Xu Zimo stood unharmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood at the very center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracks in the ground spread outward in all directions from where he stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not hurt?” the City Lord quickly landed in front of Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo turned and looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Lord quickly explained, “Don’t be afraid. I’m the lord of this city.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1103,"2026-06-06T01:06:40.721Z",1,"novelbin.me","c7ae9f46cf6e6f768bc107c141e453eb571f903711b94f66c2b8f37d9ad68fa9","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-419","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-417",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]