[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-villain-is-too-self-destructive":3,"chapter-this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-150":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Villain Is Too Self-Destructive",{"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},2282517,4465,"Chapter 150: The Devouring of the Contract, the Silent Shadow Questions the Heart","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-150",150,"\u003Cp>\"Sacrifice... witness...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That dry, hoarse voice scraped against everyone's soul like countless rusted blades. The starlight flowing on the stone tablet grew increasingly fierce, and the three star totems and the Ouroboros spun faster and faster, as if they were about to break free from the stone tablet's constraints and transform into some kind of living creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan’s sword strike had been in vain, and a sense of alarm rose sharply in his heart. Although the intent of the Silent Sword was strong, the will and power contained within this stone tablet seemed to share the same essence as \"silence\"—both were states heading toward an end, returning to nothingness. However, the \"end\" of this stone tablet carried intense resentment, the constraints of a contract, and a distorted sense of worship, which differed from the pure, transcendent \"silence\" of the Silent Shadow Sword, making it difficult to sever easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fall back! Form a defensive formation!\" True Person Xinghui shouted, a star-studded array disk already in his hand, quickly laying down a \"Star Brilliance Protective Wall.\" Chen Yue coordinated by scattering several star-light talismans to reinforce the defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hanying formed seals with both hands, the Ice Soul Heart-Protecting Mirror hovering above her head, shedding layers of icy blue cold mist to shroud everyone, attempting to freeze the pervasive erosion of that will. Shi Meng and Tie Shan roared, their blood and Qi burning like a furnace as they blocked the very front. Ying Qi and Ying Eleven flickered, disappearing from their spots like two ghosts, quietly sneaking toward both sides of the stone tablet, attempting to find a flaw or sever the energy nodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the will within the stone tablet seemed to perceive everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Useless... descendants of the Star-Fallen people? No... intruders with mixed auras... your flesh, your souls, your memories and fears... will all become nourishment to feed the 'contract' and awaken 'my God'...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following these words, the eye sockets of the reliefs of kneeling creatures on the surface of the stone tablet lit up simultaneously with dark red light points, as if they had come to life, all \"looking\" at the group in unison. An invisible, tyrannical suction force suddenly emerged, acting not on the body, but directly on everyone's vitality, spiritual power, and even... the origin of their souls!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is absorbing our vitality and spiritual power!\" Chen Yue exclaimed, her face turning pale instantly. The spiritual power she used to maintain the talismans poured out like a sluice gate opening, being sucked away by the stone tablet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star Brilliance Protective Wall laid down by True Person Xinghui also fluctuated violently, the starlight rapidly dimming. Hanying’s Ice Soul cold mist was pulled into twisted trajectories by the suction. Although Shi Meng and Tie Shan were vigorous in blood and Qi, they also felt their physical strength draining rapidly, with waves of weakness coming from their muscles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most terrifying aspect was the erosion at the level of the soul. That voice carried endless malice and temptation, whispering constantly in their minds:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Offer it up... surrender everything... and decay with the stars...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fate of those who betray the contract... is eternal sinking...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Join us... become a part of the contract... witness the return of my God...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes of the two Giant Spirit Sect body cultivators began to turn red, their breathing heavy, showing signs of losing control. Chen Yue’s gaze became unfocused, and the talisman in her hand nearly dropped. Even Nascent Soul cultivators like True Person Xinghui and Hanying had their brows locked tight, sweat on their foreheads, clearly struggling with all their might to resist the temptation directed at their Dao hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan gripped \"Silent Shadow\" tightly, the cold touch from the sword body keeping him a sliver of clarity. He could feel that the suction and temptation had minimal impact on \"Silent Shadow\"; the Silent Sword intent was like a reef in a torrent, standing unmoved. But if this continued, the others would not be able to hold on for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The traction of this stone tablet must be broken!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept over the three mummified corpses of the Rebirth Sect priests in front of the stone tablet, and his heart stirred suddenly. These priests had maintained a posture of worship before they died, and the \"Blood-Eye Star\" pattern on the backs of their black robes looked particularly glaring under the starlight of the stone tablet. They had clearly performed some kind of ritual here, only to be drained of all vitality and turned into mummies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that they were not the providers of the sacrifice, but rather... victims of a backlash from attempting to tamper with or seize control of the contract?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Ying Qi, who had sneaked to the left side of the stone tablet, suddenly transmitted his voice, sounding urgent: \"Crack in the left base! There is a strong reaction of demonic energy, and also... traces of living movement!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost simultaneously, Ying Eleven on the right also sent a message: \"Energy node discovered on the right, suspected to be the energy transmission channel between the stone tablet and the building below, but it is blocked and polluted by a filthy blood light!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The will within the stone tablet seemed to have noticed the Shadow Guards' investigation and let out an angry shriek: \"Filthy insects! How dare you pry into the sacred contract!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the words faded, dozens of dark red thin lines shot out from the eyes of the reliefs on the surface of the stone tablet that had lit up with red light! These thin lines were as fast as lightning, ignoring the obstruction of the Star Brilliance Protective Wall and the Ice Soul cold mist, shooting straight toward the hiding places of Ying Qi and Ying Eleven!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Careful!\" Zhao Yuan shouted sharply, his figure already in motion. The sword light of \"Silent Shadow\" flared, and a gray-white Silent Sword Qi arrived first, precisely slashing at the several thin lines shooting toward Ying Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Sshhh—!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword Qi made a corrosive sound upon contact with the thin lines. The lines were severed, but the broken parts did not dissipate; instead, they twisted like living creatures and continued to pounce on Ying Qi! And Zhao Yuan’s Silent Sword Qi was also rapidly eroded and neutralized by the resentment and contract power contained within those thin lines!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As elites of the Shadow Guards, Ying Qi and Ying Eleven reacted extremely quickly, their figures flickering like ghosts to narrowly avoid most of the thin lines. However, a few still grazed them; their protective shadow spiritual power was instantly eroded, leaving gaps, and the clothing and flesh at the contact points immediately turned gray and lost their vitality, as if they had experienced thousands of years of decay in an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These thin lines can devour vitality and time!\" Ying Qi grunted, retreating rapidly, already having pulled out a \"Purifying Evil Talisman\" specially made by the Imperial Dynasty to slap onto his wound, the talisman light fiercely resisting the erosive power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone tablet’s will let out a triumphant cackle: \"Struggle... fear... every fluctuation of your emotions, every use of your spiritual power, is adding strength to the contract!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suction force increased abruptly! The Star Brilliance Protective Wall let out a groan of being unable to bear the burden and shattered with a boom! Chen Yue groaned, blood spilling from the corner of her mouth as she collapsed to the ground. Hanying’s Ice Soul cold mist was also compressed to only being able to protect a three-foot radius around her. Shi Meng and Tie Shan roared repeatedly, but they could not stop the frantic loss of their blood, Qi, and physical strength, and fine wrinkles began to appear on their skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this critical moment, a fierce look flashed in Zhao Yuan’s eyes. He could not wait any longer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held \"Silent Shadow\" vertically in front of him, his left hand forming a finger seal, and slowly wiped it across the sword body. The dark gold patterns on the sword body lit up one by one as his fingertips moved, like a lit string of lights, finally converging at the tip of the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Silent Shadow... does not only have 'silence'.\" Zhao Yuan whispered, as if speaking to the sword, and also as if questioning his own Dao heart. \"Stars fall and return to silence. But before silence, there was brilliant light; after silence, new life can also be nurtured... My sword path does not only seek the end, but even more so... seeks to carve out a path within the end!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered purifying the demonic thoughts with the Silent Sword intent under Heishuicheng; he remembered watching Lin Xuan trigger the Return to Ruins Tribulation on Star-Fragment Isle. Silence was not pure destruction and demise; it could also be a form of \"purification,\" a form of \"severing,\" a form of... \"opening\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his mind clear, his sword intent transformed accordingly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The point of light at the tip of \"Silent Shadow\" suddenly retracted, and then, a deeper, more internal sword intent that seemed to encompass the birth and death of stars and the reincarnation of all things slowly rose. This sword intent still had silence as its core, but it gained an extra edge of \"cleansing\" and \"opening\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan took a step forward, ignoring the terrifying suction and the dark red thin lines flying all over the sky. His figure seemed to merge into a gray-white stream of light; man and sword became one, piercing straight toward the core of the \"Contract of the Sinking Star\" stone tablet—the center of the three rotating star totems!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Silent Shadow: Heart-Questioning Slash!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no earth-shattering momentum, only a gray-white cold star at the tip of the sword, condensed to the extreme, as if it could pierce through time, space, and illusion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone tablet’s will seemed to sense the difference in this sword strike and let out a roar of mixed shock and anger: \"Impossible! How could your sword... touch the 'node' of the contract?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It frantically urged the starlight, and countless dark red thin lines wove into a net to block the sword. Furthermore, shockwaves mixed with blood-evil resentment and star curses erupted from the stone tablet, blasting toward Zhao Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Zhao Yuan’s sword had already locked onto the core \"node\" of the stone tablet’s power operation—that was the most fragile and critical point where the laws of the contract, the resentment of the star people, the pollution of the Rebirth Sect, and the erosion of demonic energy were intertwined! It was only because of the resonance between \"Silent Shadow\" and the stone tablet fragments, combined with Zhao Yuan’s current realization of his sword heart, that he could vaguely perceive this flaw!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Pfft!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gray-white sword light, like a hot knife cutting through lard, actually pierced through the layers of thin lines and shockwave obstructions, precisely piercing into the tiny gap in the center of the three star totems where the Ouroboros coiled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time seemed to stand still at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The violently spinning starlight on the stone tablet suddenly stagnated. The dry, hoarse roaring stopped abruptly. The dark red thin lines flying all over the sky snapped inch by inch, turning into ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suction disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone felt their bodies lighten, almost to the point of collapse. Shi Meng and Tie Shan sat down on the ground, gasping for air. Chen Yue struggled to sit up and hurriedly took an elixir. True Person Xinghui and Hanying also breathed a sigh of relief, but their eyes remained nervously fixed on the stone tablet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where the tip of \"Silent Shadow\" pierced, there were no sparks flying, nor was there any energy explosion. There were only circles of gray ripples spreading across the surface of the stone tablet, centered on the sword tip. Wherever the ripples passed, the flowing starlight rapidly dimmed and dissipated, revealing the original ancient and mottled metallic texture of the stone tablet. The relief eyes that had been glowing red also extinguished one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From deep within the stone tablet came a series of subtle sounds like glass shattering, as well as a wail full of unwillingness and resentment that gradually faded away: \"The contract... is not... finished... my God... will eventually... return...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the stone tablet fell completely silent, with no further anomalies, as if it were just an ordinary, ancient metal tablet covered in runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan slowly sheathed his sword, his face pale, sweat beads rolling down his temples. That \"Heart-Questioning Slash\" just now not only consumed most of his spiritual power and sword intent, but it was also a direct \"slash-question\" against that ancient, twisted will at the level of the mind and spirit, placing a heavy burden on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had succeeded. This sword strike had temporarily \"severed\" or \"sealed\" the awakened, malicious contract will within the stone tablet, or rather, suppressed it back into a state of slumber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Friend Zhao Yuan, are you alright?\" True Person Xinghui stepped forward and asked with concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan shook his head, but his gaze turned toward the back of the stone tablet, to the dark red light still pulsing in the cracks of the pyramid base. The anomaly of the stone tablet had been suppressed, but the movement below had not stopped; instead... it seemed to have become even more chaotic and intense because it had lost part of the stone tablet’s suppression or guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The stone tablet is only a facade, or perhaps one of the control hubs,\" Zhao Yuan said in a deep voice. \"The real trouble is likely below. And...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked toward the direction Ying Qi and Ying Eleven had just investigated: \"The demonic energy reaction and traces of living things are still there. The Rebirth Sect priests died here, but there may be other 'things' that got here before us, and are even still active below.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had he finished speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dull, loud noise came from deep within the pyramid base, and the entire ruin space shook with it! Countless suspended architectural remains trembled, dropping more dust and fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cracks of the base, that dark red pulsing light surged violently, like the intense throbbing of a heart after cardiac arrest! A more tyrannical, more primitive, and terrifying aura filled with a violent desire to devour was slowly raising its head deep within the cracks, like a fierce beast that had slept for eons!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, from the direction of the crack in the left base, came a teeth-grinding rustling sound, as if countless carapaces were rubbing against each other, along with low, inhuman roars! Thick, intense Abyss demonic energy mixed with a fishy, briny smell surged over like a tide!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On guard! Something is coming up!\" Ying Qi warned sharply, his figure retreating rapidly back to the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heartstrings that everyone had just relaxed tightened once more, and they quickly assembled into a formation, facing the two directions of the left crack and the base crack below, waiting in full battle array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan took a deep breath, suppressing his churning blood and Qi, and gripped \"Silent Shadow\" again. A slight tremor came from the sword body, not out of fear, but... excitement in the face of a strong enemy, and a deeper throb that seemed to touch some kind of distant resonance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secret of these Sinking Star ruins was far deeper and more dangerous than imagined. And their exploration had only just entered the core.\u003C\u002Fp>",2593,"2026-06-20T01:44:26.720Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","318fa4b2fc17c45b432dd24987dd9a451d928badc9effd1dd2a8a60b651c3985","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-151","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-149",182,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-villain-is-too-self-destructive-cover.jpg"]