[{"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-990":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},1433715,1885,"Chapter 990 - People Grow Old","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-990",990,"\u003Cp>In his past life, after being defeated by Chu Yang, his mother sought revenge for him and met a tragic death, while his father’s hair turned white overnight and he eventually withdrew to live in the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood many things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, wasn’t he also secretly trying to accumulate strength to one day take revenge on Chu Yang?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Ke’er, Xiao Dingtian, they were all people he had met during that period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those who live for revenge are the most insane,” this point Xu Zimo knew deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When a person becomes fearless, there is nothing he won’t do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Baili Chengfeng, whose expression had slightly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smiling, he said: “Even though you are as weak as an ant, I still mind if that ant occasionally comes to bite me or my family. Whether it hurts or not, I won’t allow it.” As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand slightly, and a few members of the Dark Primordial Race immediately dragged him away, the outcome was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu Zimo, let me go! Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go. When you reach the Outer Heavens, Grand Emperor Chang Kong will deal with you himself!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Baili Chengfeng’s furious roars gradually fading, everything went silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hang his body at the gates of Baili City. Everyone disperse,” Xu Zimo said. “During this period while Heaven’s Will forms, I want some peace. When the time comes, you will act at my command.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As you command,” Qin Youwang and the others all nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they had come, Xu Zimo took Lin Ruhu and, riding the Darksky Tiger, slowly left Baili City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him was already nothing but ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind blew, yellow dust and sand filled the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All prosperity had already come to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up ahead, Miss Jing stood gracefully, wearing a dress of floral patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her long hair was braided into two plaits, making her look like a youthful girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cheeks were rosy, her big bright eyes gazing at Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floral dress fluttered in the sand-filled wind, strands of hair brushing against her ears, her face carrying a gentle smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Congratulations, Young Master Xu,” Miss Jing said with a smile. “So you had it planned all along. No wonder you didn’t need my help.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you claim to know everything?” Xu Zimo smiled. “Surprising you is rare.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In this world, you are the only one I cannot see through,” Miss Jing replied with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m actually very simple,” Xu Zimo lifted his head. The wind and sand scraped across his face like blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes and said softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I really am simple. At first, I just wanted to be a spoiled second-generation heir, a wastrel in others’ eyes, drinking, playing, occasionally bringing some lackeys to tease proper young ladies on the street. Later, a woman wanted to use my status to further her cultivation. Then someone told me I had offended the main protagonist. Then others said I was the great demon king that everyone should kill.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Xu Zimo slowly opened his eyes, his face carrying a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked: “The Lord of Destruction told me Miss Jing can see past and future. Now that I say these things, do you understand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand, and I don’t,” Miss Jing replied. “But I believe you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could feel that when Xu Zimo spoke, it sounded half like a joke, yet carried a deep sincerity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whether you understand or not no longer matters,” Xu Zimo smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“People always forget their original intention. All say their original intention has not been betrayed... all say their original intention has not been betrayed...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo stopped speaking to her, murmured these words, and the Darksky Tiger brushed past her, carrying him forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss Jing stood there in the blowing sand, watching Xu Zimo’s figure fade away, swallowed by the storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She whispered to herself: “I feel like he has realized something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all around was silent, no one to answer her, only the roaring sandstorm covering everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after leaving Baili City, Xu Zimo saw a large group of people ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them were his father Xu Qingshan, his mother Wenren Yun, his grandfather Wenren Jingshi, and even Little Gui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo slowly dismounted from the Darksky Tiger and, together with Lin Ruhu, walked forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father, Mother…” he greeted them with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenren Yun rushed forward and held him tightly, tears falling like rain. “If anything had happened to you, how could I go on living?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo only smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mother’s love was like this, gentle as spring breeze, flowing like autumn waters, delicate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He silently listened to her scolding, worrying, caring, without a single rebuttal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew his parents hadn’t stepped in earlier because he had already stabilized the situation, and no longer needed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, no matter the consequences, they would have rushed in immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the True Martial Sacred Ground didn’t want to get involved in this matter, his mother Wenren Yun had gone north to ask her father, Wenren Jingshi, for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why when he returned to the sect earlier, he hadn’t seen her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, our son has grown up, he has his own decisions,” Xu Qingshan said on the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go back,” Grandfather Wenren Jingshi laughed heartily, his voice booming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Gui had originally been training outside, but when he heard the news, he rushed back at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment in the True Martial Sacred Ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sacred Lord Xiao, wearing a white robe, sat by the small stream on a bridge, fishing with closed eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His disciple Meng Chenxue stood beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, Meng Chenxue whispered: “Master, you haven’t caught a single fish all day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When the heart is disturbed, the fish won’t bite,” the Sacred Lord opened his eyes, his voice hoarse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But it doesn’t seem disturbed. The water’s so calm,” Meng Chenxue said doubtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was talking about my heart,” the Sacred Lord shook his head lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the other end of the bridge, the Third Grand Elder descended, wearing a blue robe, walking slowly forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you reached a conclusion?” the Sacred Lord asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baili City has been destroyed,” the Third Grand Elder replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence lingered all around for a long while. This time, ripples finally spread across the water’s surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Third Grand Elder continued: “He revealed himself at the Demon-Slaying Assembly and suppressed everyone present. It’s said a Grand Emperor descended, perhaps the Empress. But from the Elden Lands’ Divine Gate, there was also a Grand Emperor, seemingly the God Emperor. It even seems members of the Dark Primordial Race were there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They all supported him?” the Sacred Lord asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. He killed some, spared some,” the Third Grand Elder said. “Now he is on his way back to the sacred ground. I believe it won’t be long before the news spreads across the five continents.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sacred Lord remained silent. The Third Grand Elder sighed, preparing to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Third Grand Elder,” the Sacred Lord suddenly called.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m old.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone grows old.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The fish ate my bait, but it didn’t get hooked.” The Sacred Lord lifted the fishing rod, the line bare. “Usually, I love fishing, it cultivates the mind. Even if I catch one, I always let it go. But this time, I realized, I am the bait.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1238,"2026-06-06T01:07:00.020Z",1,"novelbin.me","1cb39eb50674ea5abf0d84cd14a145c9eda81cee2b7d08be13fc665642f9bbf2","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-991","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-989",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]