[{"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-840":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},1433665,1885,"Chapter 840 - Imperial Might","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-840",840,"\u003Cp>In Heavenly Dao City, Xu Zimo and Monk Grand Wisdom walked along the main street and casually picked an inn to stay in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place is really lively,\" Monk Grand Wisdom commented with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's the Heavenly Dao Academy entrance period, of course it is,\" said a worker from the inn nearby, also smiling. \"For these seven days, the eyes of the entire Overlord Region are fixed on this place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are we going to try to get into Heavenly Dao Academy?\" Monk Grand Wisdom asked Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go check it out. With Heaven's Will still unformed, there’s nothing urgent to do anyway,\" Xu Zimo replied with a nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard the standards for Heavenly Dao Academy are the highest among all academies on the continent,\" Monk Grand Wisdom said. \"Do you think we can make it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can,\" Xu Zimo said with a smirk, \"but for you... not so sure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he said it half-jokingly, there was truth behind his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that each year, hundreds of thousands, possibly even over a million, apply to Heavenly Dao Academy. But the academy only accepts one thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And among those thousand were guaranteed seats for top students from the four branch academies: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird. Even Holy Sons and Holy Daughters from imperial lineages would apply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all preparing for the coming of Heaven's Will, and Heavenly Dao Academy was the best place to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to them, Monk Grand Wisdom didn’t really have much of a name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have my strengths too,\" Monk Grand Wisdom said, unconvinced. \"My combat strength might not be amazing, but I’m a well-known figure in the Universal Dharma Sect. Especially in divination, our sect’s fortune-telling techniques are one of a kind. That counts for something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo smiled and didn’t argue. What he said was true, after all, their grandmaster was able to find him using karma, which was no small feat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing their meal, the two followed the crowds to the gates of Heavenly Dao Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that even five to six hundred meters away from the gate, they were already forced to stop due to the sea of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd ahead was jam-packed. There was no way to push through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone had to queue one by one to register for the assessment. Even Holy Sons from imperial lineages got no special treatment, all had to line up equally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they waited at the back of the line, a commotion nearby caught their attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kid, I’m doing you a favor by cutting in line. Don’t push your luck,\" a blue-robed young man shouted arrogantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were two young men arguing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One wore a patched-up gray robe, dirty and unwashed for a long time, with a strange smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Heavenly Dao Academy does not accept those who disrupt order. Are you trying to get reported?\" the gray-robed youth replied calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know where I’m from?\" the blue-robed youth snapped arrogantly. \"I’m the Holy Son of Cloud Sea Sacred Ground. If you stop me from entering Heavenly Dao Academy today, you better be ready to die tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cloud Sea Sacred Ground? Isn’t that one of the lineages of the Overlord Region?\" someone nearby whispered. \"Could he really be the Holy Son, Guan Changlin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the murmurs around him, the gray-robed youth remained indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave Guan Changlin a faint glance and said, \"You should be thankful this is Heavenly Dao Academy. Anywhere else, you’d already be a corpse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their shouting drew the attention of the academy. Several white-robed figures arrived through the air, each with the characters \"Heavenly Dao\" written on their backs, clearly academy students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on here?\" the leader asked sternly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing,\" Guan Changlin said with a forced smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone stay quiet. Anyone disturbing the enrollment process will be immediately expelled from Heavenly Dao City,\" the leader warned after scanning the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The troublemakers quickly nodded and backed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re lucky this time,\" Guan Changlin muttered to the gray-robed youth, retreating to the back of the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gray-robed youth didn’t even blink, he simply stayed in line, calm as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo turned to see Monk Grand Wisdom staring intently at the youth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s not simple,\" Monk Grand Wisdom said seriously. \"I just used my observation technique and saw something unusual.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are plenty of hidden dragons and crouching tigers in a place like this,\" Xu Zimo laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, this is different,\" Monk Grand Wisdom said, looking solemn. \"I'll be honest with you, my technique is a true legacy. I can read most Holy Sons and high-level cultivators fairly well. You were the first person I couldn't read. He’s the second.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that so?\" Xu Zimo looked the gray-robed youth over but didn’t sense anything unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know what I saw on him?\" Monk Grand Wisdom continued. \"Imperial Might.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Imperial Might?\" Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The kind of aura only a Grand Emperor can possess,\" Monk Grand Wisdom explained. \"In short, this aura only appears on those fated to bear Heaven's Will itself. Like how an emperor carries dragon force, it’s a mark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re saying he’s a Grand Emperor?\" Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s why I said I can’t read him,\" Monk Grand Wisdom shook his head. \"If he’s not a Grand Emperor, how does he have Imperial Might? That’s impossible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conversation couldn’t go any deeper for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assessment process moved surprisingly fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first trial was the Heavenly Dao Tower. Each round allowed a hundred people in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower had ten floors, and one had to reach at least the fifth floor to pass the first test. The higher you climbed, the more points you earned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end, only the top 1,000 scorers would be accepted into Heavenly Dao Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked up at the tower. It was massive, like a landmark of Heavenly Dao City. Reaching into the clouds, shaped like a golden pagoda, and surrounded by dense spiritforce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one really knew what went on inside, but the elimination rate was over 90%. Such a harsh standard was nearly unheard of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After queuing for most of the day, it was finally Xu Zimo’s turn to enter with his batch of 100 people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the gate of the academy, rows of tables were lined up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over a dozen examiners were seated, each a renowned powerhouse across the continent. They had all once been students of the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were patriarchs of major sects. There were elders from the Sunlight Sect, the head of the Skywalk Church, and even powerful figures from the Beast Race and Three-Eyed Race.\u003C\u002Fp>",1115,"2026-06-06T01:06:58.053Z",1,"novelbin.me","63b3cc123aff42c94a2fbf38c8cc0146f9b305403ce87509b8866e8528f96a66","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-841","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-839",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]