[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-mother-is-the-villain":3,"chapter-my-mother-is-the-villain-my-mother-is-the-villain-chapter-17":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Mother is the Villain",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1163341,1508,"Chapter 17: Chaotic","my-mother-is-the-villain-chapter-17",17,"\u003Cp>\"What, you dare?\" Bella asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Victor’s aura was perfectly concealed thanks to the Diamond Skeleton. As long as he didn’t release it, no one could tell that he had already stepped into the Xiantian Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To others, he still appeared to be in the Mortal Realm, merely accumulating Spiritual Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that context, it was only natural for him to avoid fighting Bella—and she clearly intended to use that to intimidate him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you putting on the line?\" Victor asked in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean?\" Bella frowned, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s the point of a fight without stakes? I’m willing to bet my life. I won’t ask the same of you, but at least offer something of equal value,\" Victor said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one expected such a demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he actually confident?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...?\" Bella pointed at him, her hand trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-if you win, I won’t reject you...\" she said, her voice tinged with embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the only thing she could offer to match someone wagering his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren’t you already mine?\" Victor replied with a strange smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? Who are you calling yours? Do you think I accept this nonsense?\" Bella snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body began to crackle with lightning—pale blue, the same color as her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Victor didn’t recognize it. It was neither an innate lightning nor a Heavenly Lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the pressure it emitted was no weaker—if anything, it carried a certain noble majesty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Victor remained unfazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One Will Power alone was enough to guarantee his victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if, by some chance, she also possessed one, his physical strength would still suppress her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply didn’t believe he could lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems you have nothing else to offer,\" Victor said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just fight if you dare!\" Bella shot back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine... Don’t cry when you get hurt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Victor’s aura finally erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden lightning and black lightning intertwined around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden lightning didn’t shock anyone—he had already used the sect’s Heavenly Lightning Spirit, a once-in-an-era treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the black lightning...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Sect Master’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s... Heavenly Destruction Lightning...\" someone muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, where did he get it? Don’t tell me it belonged to Senior Lukas? That thing is extremely rare—there shouldn’t be two on the same continent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn’t Senior Lukas just leave with him earlier?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Victor shot forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t bother with techniques—he simply reinforced his already powerful body with lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His speed skyrocketed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bella could barely track him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swung her spear wildly, releasing a vast sea of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It chased its target automatically—but to Victor, it was easy to evade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, he appeared behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had power—but lacked the skill to use it properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, Victor struck her small back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was sent flying, crashing into the stage and shattering it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one expected such brutality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, striking a beautiful girl—especially one so young—was not something most could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this boy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He showed no mercy at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bella lay amid the ruins, disheveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes welled with tears—not from pain, but humiliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rage burned within her—not only toward Victor, but also toward the Sect Master and the elders who dared treat her this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for their arrangement, none of this would have happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will punish all of you,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>RUMBLE—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, every island released the lightning stored within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gathered in the sky, forming a furious lightning dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-what is that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even senior disciples were terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer amount of lightning—and its violent rumble—made their hearts feel like they would shatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that... the sect’s power?\" a young elder whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes... the sect’s core power. Only the Grand Ancestor should be able to control it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why is it responding to her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All eyes turned to Bella.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon closer observation, a special aura surrounded her—one that seemed connected to the entire sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That aura was controlling everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She... she can control the sect’s power?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s impossible! Her father’s era ended long ago! The sect has changed completely since then—two World Monarchs even reconstructed it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss, please calm down!\" the Sect Master shouted in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. All of you must be punished!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young Master, we must leave—or we’ll die!\" Emma grabbed Victor’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, something pulled them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teleportation...\" an elder muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bella didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fury was now fully directed at the Sect Master and the elders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before anyone could react—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ROAR!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning dragon descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the final moment, a white-haired old man appeared, his aura unmatched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand, stopping the dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Victor reappeared on a beach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shores of the Ancient Blood Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From here, the islands of the Heavenly Lightning Sect were barely visible—but now, he could clearly see the massive lightning dragon plunging downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gigantic lightning palm rose to meet it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two forces clashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They exploded into blinding light, swallowing everything—including the very beach Victor stood on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ears rang violently, as if they were about to burst from the overwhelming sound.\u003C\u002Fp>",847,"2026-06-03T12:49:08.808Z","2026-06-03T12:49:16.024Z",1,"novelbin.me","ba4d3b981bd83a1f8f22a4938ae001507b43f22c5bc70532bef4f3de82cd6094","my-mother-is-the-villain-chapter-18","my-mother-is-the-villain-chapter-16",74,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-mother-is-the-villain-cover.jpg"]