[{"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-703":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},1433278,1885,"Chapter 703 - Inside The Immortal Dao Ruins","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-703",703,"\u003Cp>Xu Zimo applied slight pressure, and a scream erupted from the red-robed elder’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That right fist was crushed into dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo slowly reached out and placed his hand on the elder’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“G-Godly Monarch,” the elder trembled all over and stammered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spare me, my lord, I’m willing to do anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me about yourselves,” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m an elder of the Seven Fears Cult. Our sect is based in the Great Marshlands. What else do you want to know?” the elder quickly responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seven Fears Cult?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, this sect was founded by our ancestor, the Saint Sovereign Seven Fears. We’re not the strongest, but we’re somewhat renowned in the Great Marshlands,” the elder answered without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is a ‘Saint Sovereign’?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Breaking through the tenth meridian gate makes one a Saint Sovereign,” the elder replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Explain the realms beyond Grand Emperor,” Xu Zimo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ten meridian gates means Saint Sovereign. Eleven gates and you reach the Infinite Dao Realm. It gets quite complex after that, I don’t fully understand it myself,” said the elder. “That kind of information isn’t something a mere Grand Empyrean like me would have access to.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How many of your Seven Fears Cult are still in the Eternal Lands?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“None. They’ve all died at your hands,” the elder quickly shook his head and shouted, “Let me go. I’ve told you everything I know, I beg you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unfortunately, keeping you alive is pointless,” Xu Zimo said with a shake of his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one more strike of his right hand, there was a loud “boom,” and the elder’s corpse fell rigidly to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the sealed gates of the southern district were finally broken open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Eternal City respond and begin its counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when they arrived at the gates and saw the street piled with corpses, everyone froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo ignored the others and went straight to the location of the Immortal Dao Ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disciples of the Eternal God Sect used to guard this area, but they had already been killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruins were enveloped in a void formation. Xu Zimo tore the formation apart with both hands and entered the ruins directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This vast land had undergone tens of thousands of years of recovery, yet it still hadn’t regenerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth was dry and cracked. Not a single green plant could be seen. The ground looked like countless spider webs spreading to the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could tell how intense the battle here must have been by the scorched soil and blackened vegetation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flocks of vultures circled in the sky, searching for fresh flesh and food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they saw Xu Zimo enter, they dove down and attacked him directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Coo, coo!” Their sharp cries cut through the air, but within moments, all the vultures fell to the ground, lifeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo frowned as he observed the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no roads here, only endless white bones and jagged stones everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground was blackened. The air was dry, making it uncomfortable to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smoke from ancient flames still drifted across the land like war banners, as though even the sky had been stained black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo stepped forward across the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the vultures overhead, many skeletons wandered aimlessly like ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t attack him, merely wandered about this land without direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outer layer of the Immortal Dao Ruins was no longer dangerous. The Eternal God Sect had long since cleared it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the ruins remained, still showing traces of past prosperity and the devastation of war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo kept moving forward. The so-called Heaven-Unity Record was likely at the core of the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That area was still filled with danger. According to the Eternal Godly Monarch, he had once searched the core but found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, he was forced to enter the Immortal Dao Bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Zimo ventured deeper, the skeletons he encountered grew stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer mindless like those outside, these began to show signs of intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, none of them posed a real obstacle to Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking for about an hour, he finally reached the core of the Immortal Dao Ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive crater lay at his feet, bottomless, with no end in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard to imagine what kind of attack could have caused such devastating destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the massive pit were countless smaller craters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A transparent barrier blocked Xu Zimo’s path outside the giant pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out and touched the barrier. He could feel a force resisting his entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried using the Heaven-Unity Key given to him by the Eternal Godly Monarch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the key touched the barrier, the illusionary face within the key began devouring the barrier’s power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few moments, the barrier had a gaping hole ripped in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Xu Zimo hadn’t stopped it, the entire barrier might have been completely devoured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo put the key away and stepped into the core area inside the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he entered, he felt an incredibly evil energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This energy was the most malevolent he had ever encountered on the Primordial Heartlands, bar none.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky within the barrier was a dark red color. This evil force had fused with the spiritforce and the air itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It constantly attempted to erode Xu Zimo’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Grand Empyreans couldn’t withstand the pressure inside this barrier. Given enough time, even a Godly Monarch would struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those who died here were at least at the Immortal path,” Xu Zimo speculated inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the red aura, countless skeletons glowed with black and red light and wandered around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They moved as if patrolling, and when they saw Xu Zimo, they swarmed toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo slapped them into powder. The remaining skeletons felt fear and backed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roughly estimated that each skeleton here had the strength of the Fusion Heaven Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a Grand Empyrean would be overwhelmed if all these skeletons attacked at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a strange feeling, Xu Zimo kept walking. None of the skeletons attacked him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they followed him from a distance, as if monitoring him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo closed his eyes and spread out his soul entirely, trying to sense the source of the evil energy in this land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time, Xu Zimo opened his eyes and looked eastward with a deep gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over there... something powerful seems to be awakening.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he didn’t know exactly what was happening at the source, he had definitely sensed the presence of life within it.\u003C\u002Fp>",1098,"2026-06-06T01:06:55.597Z",1,"novelbin.me","bce4150ace8d9b74862c9df99fb37dd4fe451bd210b1578b27533c281ddac17d","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-704","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-702",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]