[{"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-574":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},1433349,1885,"Chapter 574 - Book of Myriad Insects","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-574",574,"\u003Cp>\"You’re the one who injured Junior Sister Shengqing?\" a young man asked as he stared at Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And if I am?\" Xu Zimo replied calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we’ll take you down and bring you back to apologize in person,\" Wang Ruhuai said coolly. \"And wait for our Junior Sister’s judgment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in a distant city near the Dragon Ridge Mountains, two elderly men sat under a huge banyan tree playing chess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one on the left wore blue robes, his hair and beard completely white. His face was thin, and he had a wise and ethereal aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one on the right wore red robes, bald-headed with a shiny face, looking like a fat monk who loved good food and wine. A big string of prayer beads hung around his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enlightened Sage, what brings you down the mountain this time?\" the man in blue asked while placing a piece on the board.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daoist Yue Shan, no need to pretend,\" Enlightened Sage chuckled. \"The periods between the emergence of the Chosen Ones are getting shorter. Our temple, Bitter Lotus, must also search for a person of destiny. Only then can we rise again in these chaotic times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’d say, since your Bitter Lotus Temple has been sealed off for so long, this world’s karma no longer belongs to you,\" Yue Shan replied with a smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Orders from the master are hard to disobey,\" Enlightened Sage said with a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then perhaps consider our Grand River God Sect. This generation’s Saintess isn’t bad,\" Yue Shan offered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard your Saintess nearly died a few days ago?\" Enlightened Sage said with a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The details are still unclear. I’ve already sent a disciple to arrest the person responsible,\" Yue Shan replied with a slightly displeased look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Saintess was defeated, and you really think your disciple will succeed?\" Enlightened Sage asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In my heart, Ruhuai is the strongest disciple of this generation,\" Yue Shan said. \"He cultivates the Book of Myriad Insects, and no bug in the world is beyond his control. It’s a pity he’s too soft-hearted to compete with Shengqing for the Holy Son position. He gave it up in the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One can give up the title, but not the position of emperor,\" Enlightened Sage said with a smile and shake of the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t say it directly, but the meaning was clear: he had no faith in Grand River God Sect’s Saintess and wouldn’t bet on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emperor’s path is merciless and paved with corpses and blood. You don’t just give it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Shan didn’t respond. He placed another chess piece on the board and suddenly looked into the distance, toward the Dragon Ridge Mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There he is,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked at the disciples from Grand River God Sect and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really don’t know where you all get this confidence from.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let’s test it,\" Wang Ruhuai said flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power surged around him, the aura of the Imperial Meridian Realm. Wisps of spiritforce wrapped around him, glowing a thick green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely, his spiritforce wasn’t gaseous, but sticky and viscous, almost like liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the liquid energy appeared, Xu Zimo heard rustling all around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless insects began to crawl out from every corner, some flying, some crawling, covering the forest floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were so many insects that they seemed to fill the entire forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother Ruhuai’s bug technique has improved again. Looks like we won’t even need to act,\" one disciple said with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Ruhuai waved his right hand, sending the liquid spiritforce to surround Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the swarming insects went berserk and surged toward him like a tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo frowned slightly. The insects weren’t particularly strong, but they were annoying due to sheer numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand, and the space in front of him tore open. A massive beast walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was one of the ancient God Beasts Xu Zimo had revived, the gluttonous Taotie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast was huge, with red-purple fur, thick and bristly like quills around its neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its horns were enormous, maybe over ten meters long, and its eyes glowed a deep, murderous red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its mouth was massive, nearly a meter wide, lined with two large fangs on both the top and bottom. Inside were several tightly packed rows of sharp teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taotie, your meal is here,\" Xu Zimo said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legend says dragons had nine sons, and Taotie was one of them. Though the legend isn’t verified, Taotie was undoubtedly a glutton with the power to devour anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the beast appeared, the disciples of Grand River God Sect all looked uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is that thing?\" one asked in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A God Beast,\" Wang Ruhuai said seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Taotie had lost all its past cultivation from before death, under Xu Zimo’s care, it had now reached the Empyrean Meridian Realm, regaining some of its former might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a roar, Taotie opened its mouth, it looked like a bottomless abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful force of devouring burst out from within it. Space around it twisted and warped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust flew, trees bent, and all the insects were sucked into its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only insects, even nearby trees and rocks were being swallowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is bad! Run!\" Wang Ruhuai’s face changed, and he shouted in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was too late. The devouring force had already engulfed the entire area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, save me!\" Wang Ruhuai cried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chess piece suddenly tore through space, shooting toward Taotie’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a loud boom, it exploded in front of the beast and knocked it to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taotie stood up and roared angrily into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the distant city, the rain fell even harder, nearly crushing the massive banyan tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t it inappropriate for you to interfere in a junior’s fight, Brother Yue Shan?\" Enlightened Sage asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What am I supposed to do, let my disciple get killed?\" Yue Shan replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I’ll accompany you. I haven’t left the temple in thousands of years, I’d like to see how today’s prodigies measure up,\" Enlightened Sage said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them tore open space and stepped in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In moments, they appeared at the edge of the forest in the Dragon Ridge Mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked at the two newcomers, knowing the real fight was about to begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Greetings, young man,\" Enlightened Sage said with a friendly smile, putting his palms together.\u003C\u002Fp>",1076,"2026-06-06T01:06:53.593Z",1,"novelbin.me","906d0a14ece51ae6711bb6ce3995f1d67db54071bcebf2e84c9073ed32d46274","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-575","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-573",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]