[{"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-860":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},1433585,1885,"Chapter 860 - Brush of Life and Death","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-860",860,"\u003Cp>However, after the Codex of Life and Death entered his God World, it had been hiding all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo had once studied it specifically, but it was of no use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Codex of Life and Death was just like a book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After opening it, all the pages were blank, and after getting no results from his research, Xu Zimo had stopped paying attention to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Venerable Nu’s words made him recall it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think I know,” he looked at Venerable Nu and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I believe this place will be useful to you,” Venerable Nu said with a smile. “So I specifically applied to the academy for this, you can go in and have a look.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed both hands on the great gate, and the yin-yang fish engraved on it began to rotate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a rumbling sound, the heavy gate slowly opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the gate opened, Xu Zimo looked up and saw that inside was shrouded in mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like a completely new world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dense life-and-death energy formed into black and white streams, floating abundantly in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go in,” Venerable Nu said. “There’s no time limit here, but I still hope you can come out before my formation is completed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that Venerable Nu was doing this largely because of his intention to save the Vermillion Bird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a kind of repayment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll stand guard outside for you,” Venerable Nu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking into the Land of Life and Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the outside, it looked like a foggy black-and-white world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon entering, he found that visibility was actually very clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath his feet and the sky above his head were divided into black and white halves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he entered the Land of Life and Death, Xu Zimo discovered that the Codex of Life and Death inside his body had actually reacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the tremor was very faint, it could still be clearly felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked far into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space he was in was within a forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this forest, the vegetation was lush, and the towering trees rose straight up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each tree trunk was over ten meters thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo drew his blade and cut down a tree, but in the next moment, it regenerated before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This life force is almost comparable to the Tree of Life,” Xu Zimo sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only drawback was that this life force only worked on the lifeforms here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other creatures from outside could not benefit from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of “swoosh swoosh swoosh” suddenly came from all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked up to see numerous branches, each over ten meters thick, spreading toward him from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were about a dozen of them, all attacking him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew Shadow Tyrant and cut them down one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, a roar came from the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rumbling vibrations followed, and the ground began to shake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked ahead and saw a towering giant tree slowly rising from the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trees in this forest were already very tall, but this one stood even higher, like a crane among chickens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its entire body was green, surrounded by countless branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on its trunk was a human face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very old face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was covered in wrinkles, with white eyebrows and beard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You may not pass ahead,” the giant tree said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you wish to cultivate, you may stop here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if I must go through?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he spoke, countless branches came at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These branches came endlessly, and even when cut, new ones would appear instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were like tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo raised Shadow Tyrant, each slash filled with sharp blade intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how many tentacles there were, he cut them all down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step by step, he approached the giant tree, his blade intent filling the entire sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nineteen Forms of Dao-Seeking: Samsara Reversal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the space before him, the dense life-and-death energy was separated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rich life force transformed entirely into death energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially along the blade’s edge, the death-infused blade intent corroded the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slash,” Xu Zimo said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rolling blade intent fell, and with a thunderous boom, the void in front of him shattered completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a scream from the giant tree, it was split in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo stepped forward, the dense death energy around him clashing against the life force, preventing the tree from reviving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greatest strength of Samsara Reversal was that it could invert yin and yang, and life and death were naturally part of yin and yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the giant tree behind him was still struggling, Xu Zimo’s attention was not on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was on the high sky ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Floating there was a brush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brush was a hundred meters long, its body a mix of brown and black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bristles at the tip were white, in sharp contrast to the black handle, and he did not know what they were made of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the brush slowly moved through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire sky seemed to be splashed with ink, as it wrote the character “death” across the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the character was complete, the brush vanished into the void, but the “death” character remained in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the forest where the giant tree stood could be called the Land of Life, then ahead lay the Land of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dense death energy spread through the forest, drifting into the distant trenches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “death” character above shone down, forming a three-headed, six-armed monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That brush just now?” Xu Zimo frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Brush of Life and Death?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know why, but information about that brush suddenly appeared in his mind without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the Codex of Life and Death he possessed and the Brush of Life and Death were a set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when the brush had just appeared, the Codex of Life and Death in his True Fate World had grown even more restless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like I can only go in and take a look,” Xu Zimo murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking out of the lush forest, beyond was a death-filled trench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contrast between the two places was stark despite their closeness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead, the three-headed, six-armed monster roared at Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its three heads were nearly identical, its body huge, and each of its six arms bore a seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, one of its arms dropped, and the seal in its hand transformed into a giant hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It swung the hammer fiercely toward Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo threw a punch, meeting the strike head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a boom, a wave of force spread out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster’s other arms moved wildly, the death seals in them constantly shifting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some became swords, some became whips, others halberds, all striking at Xu Zimo at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greatest threat was not the strength of these weapons, but the heavy death energy they carried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sought to pour into Xu Zimo’s body and corrode him entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xu Zimo chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ten Forms of Demon. Second Form: Plague Demon. For those plagued by karmic illness.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1199,"2026-06-06T01:06:58.319Z",1,"novelbin.me","821cf7da5c79c9afb08b4756fc2b7410317f2c7adc25e6bba50f768f06e9a14d","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-861","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-859",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]