[{"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-179":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},2282546,4465,"Chapter 179: Giant Egg Ahead, Chains Reaching the Heavens","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-179",179,"\u003Cp>Passing through that invisible \"boundary\" that seemed to separate two worlds, the sight before him caused even Lin Xuan’s pupils to constrict slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absolute Blind Zone,\" it lived up to its name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was not pure darkness, but a \"scene\" that had been thoroughly twisted and polluted. Space itself seemed to be slowly writhing and moaning, presenting a morbid hue interwoven with dark red and deep purple. At the \"end\" of the field of vision floated the Star Remains Giant Egg—the one glimpsed during Zhao Yuan’s probing, whose grandeur and terror were only truly understood upon seeing it in person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viewed from up close, its vastness exceeded imagination. A diameter of a thousand zhang was merely a conservative estimate; it lay quietly (or rather, was held aloft by countless shadows) at the core of this twisted space, like a heart gestating ultimate evil. The eggshell was not smooth, but covered in constantly pulsing, twisting dark red crystalline protrusions and deep purple energy veins; those twisted \"filthy contract runes\" slithered and flickered on the surface of the eggshell like living things. Every slow, heavy pulse caused the entire \"Blind Zone\" space to tremble, emitting a low, soul-shattering resonance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most shocking of all were the Filthy Contract Chains that descended from the endless dark void above, tightly binding and piercing into the top of the giant egg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number was not the \"countless\" that Zhao Yuan had previously perceived, but exactly eighty-one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each chain was as thick as a mountain peak, its entire body a dull gold, yet soaked in filthy purple-black and blood-rust. The surface of the chains was densely inscribed with \"filthy contract runes\" that were even more ancient, complex, and evil than those on the giant egg’s shell. These runes were currently flickering with ominous light, pulsing like a heartbeat, continuously \"transporting\" energy—a mixture of the resentment of dying stars, the backlash of contract curses, and... some more primitive, insane will—into the interior of the giant egg. In other words, they were both shackles of imprisonment and umbilical cords of nourishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eighty-one heaven-reaching chains were like eighty-one giant pillars propping up this evil world, or eighty-one poison needles piercing the heart of the world, forming a scene that was spectacular to the extreme and evil to the extreme. Where the chains connected to the giant egg, viscous \"pus\" flickering with dark gold and dark purple light continuously seeped and dripped, stirring silent ripples in the \"Sea of Shadows\" below, emitting an even more intense aura of filth and despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the giant egg, the massive shadow outline writhed even more visibly. Zhao Yuan could even \"feel\" that within that shadow, there was more than one cold, greedy, and tyrannical \"gaze\" that seemed to pierce through the eggshell and layers of space, landing on them, the intruders. The grand will belonging to the \"Star Remains Evil God Embryo,\" which had been startled by the previous probing, was not erupting immediately, but it pressed down on everyone’s heart like a volcano about to erupt, bringing a fear and suffocation that felt almost tangible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had arrived at the demon’s lair, standing beneath the placenta gestating the thing that would destroy the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The chains...\" True Person Beichen looked up at the eighty-one heaven-reaching objects, his voice dry, \"are... more... terrifying than expected. The contract backlash power and depth of pollution they contain... I fear our formation can barely even interfere with their surface.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Ling Shuang’s face was pale; the cold energy around her seemed suppressed here, becoming sluggish: \"I can feel that my Profound Ice True Intent is rapidly polluted and dissolved the moment it nears those chains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancestor Hun You’s expression was even worse; his soul-path techniques suffered the greatest fundamental suppression here, and the will and resentment emitted by the giant egg and chains were like lethal poison to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s gaze turned, without exception, toward Zhao Yuan, toward the hidden, gray-blue sharpness within his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan looked up at the eighty-one chains that seemed to connect heaven and earth, life and death, order and madness, his heart beating heavily. Facing this object directly was completely different from the feeling of probing from afar. It was a sense of absolute crushing from the level of life and the essence of power, a despair and insignificance like an ant looking up at the firmament, knowing the firmament was about to collapse and crush it. Yet, amidst this despair, the \"Star-Silent Chaos Qi\" within his body seemed stimulated, spontaneously accelerating its circulation and emitting a low, excited hum. A will and desire to sever everything and return all things to the void erupted from the depths of his soul, forcefully resisting that terrifying pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you sever them?\" Lin Xuan’s voice sounded from his side, calm as ever, yet carrying a hint of inquiry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath (though there was no true air here), fully driving the \"Star-Silent Chaos Qi\" to sense carefully. A moment later, he opened his eyes, gray-blue light flashing in his pupils: \"Yes. But... it is difficult. The essence of the chains is extremely high, their structure is exceptionally stable, and they have deep connections with the giant egg, this space, and even the 'Ancient Contract' in the netherworld. My power may be able to sever the 'form' composed of matter and energy, but for the 'spirit' contained within—the root connections of those contract runes and backlash curses—I fear I am not strong enough. After severing, the chains might regenerate or trigger unpredictable backlash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused and looked at Lin Xuan: \"Moreover, this junior feels that to truly inflict heavy damage, it may be necessary to... sever a considerable number of chains, at least the key, supporting ones. One or two would likely be a drop in the bucket and might instead alert the enemy, drawing a full-force counterattack from that thing inside the giant egg.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan nodded, acknowledging Zhao Yuan’s judgment: \"Your assessment is correct. These eighty-one chains, while appearing independent, actually form a complete and evil 'Imprisonment-Nourishment' system. Their energy flow has core nodes and veins. We need to find the key chains that are relatively weak or have the greatest impact on the entire system and concentrate our power to destroy them.\" He looked at True Person Beichen, \"Fellow Daoist Beichen, can you use the formation plate to perform deduction and analysis, combined with Zhao Yuan’s sensing of the chains’ energy characteristics?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, True Person Beichen immediately took out the \"Glimmer Guiding Formation\" plate and looked at Zhao Yuan. Zhao Yuan understood and separated a thread of extremely fine \"Star-Silent Chaos Qi,\" carefully extending it toward the formation plate, and more importantly, toward the nearest chain, attempting a deeper level of \"contact\" and \"analysis.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Zhao Yuan’s aura touched the layer of filthy energy field on the outer perimeter of the chain—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire space of the \"Absolute Blind Zone\" shook violently!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not come from the giant egg, but from another direction!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned in horror to see that on the side of the giant egg, deep within that viscous \"Sea of Shadows,\" a massive, twisted black shadow—forcibly pieced together from countless writhing tentacles, shattered star remains, and solidified blood resentment—was parting the \"seawater\" and lunging toward them at an astonishing speed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the core of the black shadow was a dark red point of light that pulsed violently, emitting thoughts of madness and greed—the Aberration Core!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had indeed been lurking nearby, guarding the giant egg! As soon as Zhao Yuan and the others entered the Blind Zone and performed a brief investigation, they were immediately detected by it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So fast?!\" Ancestor Hun You exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is more familiar with the environment here than we are, and... I fear it has been waiting for us all along!\" Elder Ling Shuang said coldly, her ice sword already drawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Aberration Core carried monstrous filth and malice; before it even fully approached, its cold, insane will had already surged over like a tide! At the same time, the countless tentacles around its body exploded, firing thousands of dark red energy spikes wrapped in filthy star baleful energy and blood resentment, shrouding Lin Xuan’s group like a rainstorm! Even more terrifyingly, its massive body stirred the \"Sea of Shadows,\" triggering several terrifying energy turbulence currents and spatial folds that flanked them, intending to swallow them whole and crush them in this deep-sea death trap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Follow the plan!\" Lin Xuan shouted in a low voice. The light of his Chaos Tribulation Pupils flared, and the gray, hazy barrier that had been shrouding the group suddenly expanded and solidified, turning into an indestructible barrier of chaos!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang bang bang bang—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless dark red spikes struck the chaos barrier, erupting in dense explosions; the filthy energy eroded frantically but could not advance an inch. However, the triggered energy turbulence and spatial folds acted like invisible giant hands, fiercely squeezing and tearing at the chaos barrier, causing violent ripples to appear on its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will hold it off! Beichen, Ling Shuang, Hun You, you assist Zhao Yuan in finding the chain nodes! Be quick!\" Before Lin Xuan’s voice had faded, his figure vanished from the spot, and the next instant, he appeared directly in front of the lunging \"Aberration Core\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gripped the air with one hand, and a gray, hazy longsword condensed entirely from chaotic airflow appeared in his hand. He slashed at the massive, twisted black shadow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no earth-shattering momentum, only a gray, hazy sword mark that seemed capable of swallowing everything, expanding silently. Wherever the sword mark passed, filthy star baleful energy was annihilated, blood resentment dissipated, and even spatial folds were forcibly smoothed out! The Aberration Core emitted a silent shriek (the manic fluctuation of its will), and several of the thickest tentacles, shimmering with metallic luster, met the gray, hazy sword mark head-on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it was a terrifying, solid collision! Chaos and filth frantically countered and annihilated each other, and the resulting shockwave blasted a huge void in the surrounding \"Sea of Shadows\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan, with his own strength, forcefully blocked the \"Aberration Core’s\" lunge and dragged it firmly to the periphery of the battlefield!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go!\" True Person Beichen roared, driving the formation plate. A faint silver light path struggled to appear amidst the chaotic energy turbulence, pointing toward a certain direction in the chain forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Ling Shuang swung her longsword, ice-blue sword qi crisscrossing to freeze and shatter the filthy energy spikes or small tentacles that had slipped through. Ancestor Hun You fully drove the \"Ten Thousand Soul Banner,\" releasing a wide-range but weakened soul-shriek barrier to interfere with the \"Aberration Core’s\" potential will-locking on Zhao Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan knew time was precious. Without hesitation, he transformed into a gray-blue stream of light, following the direction pointed out by True Person Beichen, and shot toward the root area of the eighty-one heaven-reaching chains!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The closer he got to the chains, the stronger the heavy pressure from the ancient contract backlash and the erosive power of the filthy curses became. The air (energy flow) was as viscous as glue, and every step forward required immense strength. Guardians shaped like star-remains ghosts or flesh-and-blood monsters, eroded and mutated by the power of the chains and the giant egg, kept lunging out, but they were all fought off and cleared by Elder Ling Shuang and Ancestor Hun You, who were following close behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Zhao Yuan rushed beneath the nearest chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up from close range, the chain appeared even more towering and terrifying. The dark gold and filthy light flowing on its surface made Zhao Yuan’s expression flicker. He could clearly \"see\" the energy circulation network inside the chain, which was complex enough to make one dizzy, and at the core of the network, those \"filthy contract runes\" that pulsed like hearts. These runes were the source of the chain’s power and the points most tightly connected to the giant egg, this space, and that contract in the netherworld!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attempted to condense a thread of \"Star-Silent Chaos Qi\" into an extremely fine \"probe\" and gently pierced it toward the surface of the chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sss—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment of contact was like a red-hot iron rod inserted into ice water! The filthy energy on the surface of the chain was rapidly annihilated, creating a tiny hole, but immediately after, the core runes inside the chain flared, and a more powerful, ancient energy filled with malicious backlash surged out. It not only instantly repaired the hole but also counter-eroded along the \"probe\"! At the same time, a sense of \"heart palpitations\" and \"warning\" from the depths of his soul, as if he had violated some ancient oath, fiercely gripped Zhao Yuan’s heart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph!\" Zhao Yuan grunted, decisively severing that thread of the \"probe.\" But from that single contact, he had already obtained valuable information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The chains have extremely strong self-repair and counter-attack capabilities! The core lies in those 'filthy contract runes'! Simply severing the chain body is useless if the runes are not destroyed and the energy source is not dried up; it will regenerate quickly! Must... attack the runes themselves, or at least severely interfere with their operation!\" Zhao Yuan quickly shared his findings with True Person Beichen via spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True Person Beichen, while fending off attacks from the side, frantically drove the formation plate to perform deductions: \"Analyzing the energy veins of the chain cluster... Found it! Southeast direction, counting from bottom to top, the 7th, 19th, 34th, 51st, and 73rd chains! These five chains have the highest energy circulation intensity and the tightest connections to other chains; they are likely the 'energy hubs' or 'main load-bearing cables' of the entire system! Destroying them might have the greatest effect! But... it will also certainly invite the most violent backlash and the attention of that thing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan’s gaze instantly locked onto the five chains mentioned by True Person Beichen. They were distributed in different directions; some were close to the giant egg, while others were relatively remote.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no time to hesitate. In the distance, the battle between Lin Xuan and the \"Aberration Core\" was becoming increasingly intense; terrifying fluctuations kept coming, and the chaos barrier was trembling. Elder Ling Shuang and Ancestor Hun You were also feeling the pressure, as more and more monsters emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Start with the relatively remote 73rd chain!\" Zhao Yuan made a prompt decision. His figure flashed again, lunging toward that dark golden giant chain located at the edge of the chain array!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he did not probe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Approaching the chain, he gripped the air with his right hand, and the \"Silent Shadow\" sword emitted a clear, long hum, unsheathing itself and falling into his palm. On the sword body, the originally simple patterns were now dyed and lit up by the gray-blue \"Star-Silent Chaos Qi.\" The entire sword seemed to come alive, emitting a terrifying sword intent that could sever destiny and return reincarnation to the void!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan gripped the sword with both hands, injecting nearly thirty percent of the \"Star-Silent Chaos Qi\" in his body into the sword body without reservation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sever—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low roar drowned out the moaning of space and the rumbling in the distance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gray-blue sword light was not vast, but condensed to the extreme. Like a gray-blue thin line cutting through chaos, it silently swept across a \"node\" on the surface of the chain where the energy flow was relatively sluggish and the rune light appeared slightly dim!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time seemed to stand still for an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crisp sound of breaking, yet one that resounded throughout the entire \"Absolute Blind Zone,\" rang out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where the gray-blue thin line had swept across the mountain-sized dark golden chain, it suddenly buckled inward, and then, a smooth-as-a-mirror fracture suddenly appeared! At the fracture, there were no sparks, no debris, only a sense of thorough \"extinction\" and \"void\"! The filthy energy and rune light frantically circulating inside the chain stopped abruptly at the fracture, as if their source had been severed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The upper half of the broken chain, having lost its energy support, saw the dark gold on its surface rapidly dim, and the filthy purple-black spread, beginning to silently disintegrate and dissipate. As for the lower half of the chain, although it was still connected to the \"Sea of Shadows\" below and the void source above, at its fracture, the gray-blue aura of \"extinction\" acted like bone-attached gangrene, stubbornly preventing the chain from self-repairing and slowly eroding toward both ends along the energy veins inside the chain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Success! One strike to sever a hub chain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before Zhao Yuan, True Person Beichen, and the others could show joy—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ROAR—!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying roar, which could not be heard with ears but exploded directly in the depths of every living soul, mixed with the collapse of stars, the moaning of all things, and the purest evil fury, erupted from the depths of the Star Remains Giant Egg!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire giant egg shook violently! All the runes on the surface of the eggshell flickered frantically! The eighty-one chains (including the remaining part of the severed 73rd chain) emitted a harsh, trembling hum simultaneously!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold, grand will, ten times, a hundred times stronger than the \"Aberration Core,\" filled with endless hunger, tyranny, and desire for destruction, swept out from the giant egg like an awakened world-destroying storm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The severing of the chain was like pulling out a beast’s fang, finally thoroughly awakening the thing that had been sleeping (or half-sleeping) in the depths of the giant egg—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star Remains Evil God Embryo!\u003C\u002Fp>",2955,"2026-06-20T01:44:26.720Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","a3ccd80aefb1fa465be9b396ec28337006c411bcb20e5530ea95670f1e9f9db7","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-180","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-178",182,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-villain-is-too-self-destructive-cover.jpg"]