[{"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-434":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},1433059,1885,"Chapter 434 - Eight-Star Heaven-Locking Formation","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-434",434,"\u003Cp>The eight beams of light carried an overwhelmingly evil aura, turning the sky above Tranquil Heaven City pitch black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mighty pressure spread like dark clouds piling up in the sky, creating a tense, stormy atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a formation,” Mo Ye said from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like they’re planning something big. They want to wipe all of us out,” Yellow Star snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can you tell what kind of formation it is?” Yellow Sun asked with a slight frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seems to be the Eight-Star Heaven-Locking Formation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s trouble.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the whispers among the group, the three black-robed figures stopped in front of everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them sneered and said, “Feeling hopeless yet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Courting death,” Yellow Star, known for his fiery temper, immediately launched an attack with his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura as an Empyrean Meridian cultivator surged, and thick, dark yellow spiritforce swirled around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This palm strike shattered the space in front of him, descending with overwhelming force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed man struck back as well, his hand surrounded by black spiritforce carrying corrosive power, clashing directly with Yellow Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two were forced apart, and a powerful shockwave spread out, shattering the stone floor beneath them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yellow Star stood his ground without moving, while the black-robed man stumbled back several steps, his figure unsteady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A mere Imperial Meridian dares act so arrogant,” Yellow Star snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this exchange, he figured out that the three black-robed figures were only at the peak of the Imperial Meridian Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the three from the Empire’s Yellow Division were all Empyrean Meridian cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You were the ones who lured the demon spirits outside, weren’t you?” Mo Ye said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was wondering why those usually timid demon spirits dared to leave the Phoenix Perch Demon Forest. Looks like your Heretic God Cult went to great lengths.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Ye had already guessed this earlier. These people must have been wary of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, why bother using demon spirits as a cover instead of attacking the city directly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seems you still don’t understand your situation,” the black-robed man chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yellow Sun frowned and said to the others, “Be careful of this formation. It must be their trump card. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have waited for us to arrive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked up slightly. At this point, the sky had completely changed, dark clouds churned, and the heavens were pitch black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black spiritforce covered the entire sky, and the eight beams of light around the city had become eight massive pillars standing between heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They connected all the way to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible force seemed to blanket the entire city of Tranquil Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Booming explosions echoed nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of the sky, the black energy became even deeper, as if something was being born within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does anyone know what this formation does?” Yellow Sun asked, thinking aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d only heard of it before, it was said to be a secret formation developed by the Heretic God Cult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for its actual effects, he wasn’t sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Never heard of it,” the others all shook their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the energy in the sky reached a critical point, the three black-robed men rose into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three beams of black light descended from the sky, enveloping them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bathed in the black glow, the three began to laugh wickedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yellow Star frowned, clearly irritated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power surged around him, and a dragon’s roar echoed behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive yellow dragon, over a hundred meters long, coiled behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing on the dragon’s back, he charged straight at the black-robed man in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon roared to the sky, and storms of spiritforce raged in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed man remained calm. A black light flashed on his right index finger as he casually pointed at Yellow Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Before anyone could react, Yellow Star was blasted backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space where he stood completely collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clanking chain sounds echoed around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pitch-black chain fell from the sky and branded itself onto Yellow Star’s body before disappearing from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You okay?” Yellow Moon asked, worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I-” Yellow Star started to speak but immediately felt something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My meridian gate has been sealed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face turned pale with shock. Sealing a meridian gate was an incredibly difficult feat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was known that only Meridian-Sealing Powder could achieve this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that powder could only temporarily seal cultivators below the Desolate Meridian Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To seal the meridian gate of an Empyrean Meridian Realm cultivator, nearly impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eight-Star Heaven-Locking Formation,” Yellow Sun said slowly, squinting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s because of the formation?” the others quickly realized and looked up at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Finally figured it out?” the black-robed men laughed from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In this Heaven-Locking Formation, we can seal up to eight cultivators who haven’t reached the Immortal Path,” one of them said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This formation is an exclusive creation of our True God Cult. We adapt with the times and walk at the forefront of a new era. You weaklings will either die or submit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t you break the seal on your own?” Yellow Sun asked with a strained expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yellow Star tried. His face turned red from the effort, but he finally shook his head helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Call for backup from the Empire,” Yellow Moon said, crushing a jade token in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s too late. Even if they use the teleportation array, it’ll take a few hours to get here,” Yellow Sun shook his head, clearly not hopeful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, they’ll definitely destroy the teleportation array. The Empire won’t be able to send anyone to this remote city in time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sky, the three black-robed men grew stronger by the second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked down coldly at the Yellow Division members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the three of them pointed with their right hands again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three more chains fell rapidly from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not good, dodge!” Yellow Sun’s expression changed, and he quickly called out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blinked out of place, trying to avoid the incoming chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the chains seemed to have tracking abilities, refusing to let go of the Yellow Division and Mo Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Xu Zimo stood on the side, watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Booming sounds echoed around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing dodging wouldn’t work, the others charged at the black-robed men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their auras surged, true life spirits appeared, they were at the end of their rope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed men didn’t panic. As the Yellow Division closed in, they raised their hands again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clanking sounds followed as three more chains dropped from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eight-Star Heaven-Locking Formation allowed control of eight chains at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As six chains closed in from all sides, the Yellow Division and Mo Ye couldn’t escape and were all struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once their meridian gates were sealed, they fell from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom, they crashed hard into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three from the Yellow Division and Mo Ye got back on their feet, all looking grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They tried to break the seals inside them, but it was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re done,” Yellow Star said anxiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve traveled across half the Phoenix Perch Empire without fear. Who would've thought we’d fall here today.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1176,"2026-06-06T01:06:40.721Z",1,"novelbin.me","2f2ebda640d8bdc85fc3efdfabc0667072ed6702cdf4cc2ea5eb50c7f292b454","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-435","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-433",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]