[{"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-836":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},1433661,1885,"Chapter 836 - The Sealed Gate","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-836",836,"\u003Cp>\"Let them go! I told you, this has nothing to do with them!\" someone from the Huangfu Clan shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear they were furious, these people were the future of their clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It has nothing to do with them? How easily you say that,\" Xu Zimo replied with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The moment your Huangfu Clan chose to guard this Demon-Slaying Ridge, none of you were innocent anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What exactly do you want?\" Huangfu Long asked, looking at Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you, kneel, beg for mercy,\" Xu Zimo replied. \"Maybe then I'll consider sparing them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his words, Huangfu Long fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He, Huangfu Long, had been proud his entire life. Ever since receiving the Holy Progenitor's legacy, he had never bowed to anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the Holy Progenitor’s mission, he was ready to die a glorious death, unyielding and unbroken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment, Huangfu Long lifted his head and looked at his family members before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were women and children, all with faces full of panic and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despair and helplessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them were looking at him with hopeful eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to live. They couldn’t embrace death like he could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, even Huangfu Long began to question whether accepting the Holy Progenitor’s legacy had been the right choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had wagered everything on this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they succeeded, the clan would rise in glory, gaining the Holy Progenitor’s favor, reaching even the heavens beyond this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they failed, he had planned to die bravely, leaving behind a spark of his clan to flee and start anew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he realized he had underestimated everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t have time to waste with you,\" Xu Zimo said, slowly raising his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll count to three. If you don’t kneel, you can reunite with your family in hell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He barely got to the count of two,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thud, Huangfu Long and all the members of the Huangfu Clan knelt before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, spare them. It was my fault, I was greedy for the Holy Progenitor’s legacy, foolishly trying to reach beyond my station. They have nothing to do with it. Spare them, and I’ll do whatever you want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, it’s our fault. We were blinded by ambition and led the clan into ruin. We’ll take full responsibility.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing everyone around him kneeling, Xu Zimo lifted his gaze slightly and chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You see, sometimes righteousness and evil aren't all that important.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, yes, yes,\" the Huangfu Clan members nodded quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone cautiously asked, \"Could Your Excellency release them now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go,\" Xu Zimo turned to the remaining members of the Huangfu Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waving his hand, he said, \"I won’t kill you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining clan members immediately expressed their gratitude and hurriedly fled into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the demonic aura in the sky seemed to erupt in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves of black demonic energy plunged from above, piercing through the fleeing clan members’ bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Long and Huangfu Xiong’s eyes widened in horror as they shouted at Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied to us! You said you'd let them go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t kill them,\" Xu Zimo said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s just that your Huangfu Clan suppressed this Demon-Slaying Ridge for too long. The demonic energy here has grown resentful. It acted on its own, it wasn’t my will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Long collapsed to the ground, staring blankly ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His clansmen were falling one by one in the demon aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no power to resist, only despair and cries, like lambs awaiting slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, as if driven by a final surge of strength, Huangfu Long shot up from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He charged at Xu Zimo with the golden greatsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he reached him, Shadow Tyrant flew from its scabbard and pierced directly through Huangfu Long’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll never let you go, even as a ghost,\" Huangfu Long spat blood, his body drenched in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glared at Xu Zimo with hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo smiled, gently brushing the man's face with his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Letting him die in peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he said softly, \"I’ve killed many in this life. Those I should’ve killed, and those I probably shouldn’t have. If you get to the underworld, tell them to gather up and come for revenge. I’ll kill you all again in one go. Saves me the trouble, I hate inconvenience.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thud, Huangfu Long’s body crashed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo wiped the blood off his hands, glanced at the remaining few, and said to Chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place is yours now. However cruel you want to be, make them die that way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo fixed his gaze ahead and continued walking step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deeper he went, the denser and more violent the demonic energy became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as Xu Zimo approached, the once-violent aura instead surrounded him, rising into the sky,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if bowing to their new king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding void shattered under the corrosion of the demonic energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Immortal Town, Monk Great Wisdom leaned back in his chair, his eyes fixed on the distant horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, demonic energy blanketed the entire sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed a great battle was taking place. The void shattered and healed over and over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could almost picture the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That man, wrapped in overwhelming demonic energy, sweeping in like a dream, unstoppable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ancestor, just what kind of man did you have me follow?\" Monk Great Wisdom sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he had no choice left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the bow is drawn, there’s no turning back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the mountain peaks, the ground below and sky above were now completely shrouded in demonic energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked up, and saw a door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A door that appeared out of thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the door, there seemed to be nothing. Just the door itself, standing alone in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endless demonic energy surged from the cracks in the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked up, it seemed that all the demonic aura from the sky, from within Demon-Slaying Ridge, was flowing from this very door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly approached, his heartbeat accelerating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something on the other side of the door was calling to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Xu Zimo knew this door didn’t lead directly to the Primordial Demon Cave, it merely allowed communication with the beings on the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the sensation was strange. His mind was calm, but his body was reacting instinctively, longing for the call from the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly placed his hand on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, with a deafening boom, a wave of imperial might surged from the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if the seal had been disturbed, a rumbling erupted from within, and blasted Xu Zimo backward.\u003C\u002Fp>",1117,"2026-06-06T01:06:58.053Z",1,"novelbin.me","f5fb2a38e440fdb7fff5d12a461cacdf50f4f130ee7d3ffd184f31c936f74d7c","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-837","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-835",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]