[{"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-181":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},2282548,4465,"Chapter 181: Star Fall","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-181",181,"\u003Cp>Lin Xuan fought two enemies at once, his sword light crisscrossing as the power of the Chaos Tribulation transformed into an invisible cage, tightly locking the \"Aberration Core's\" frantic counterattacks and the filthy tentacles and psychic shocks constantly probing from the Star-Remnant giant egg within a fixed range. His figure was elusive, appearing both real and illusory, and every strike precisely annihilated the most dangerous attacks, yet his aura inevitably continued to decline. Although the True Form of Chaos did not manifest again, the omnipresent \"Return to Void\" sword intent had already become the only light and pillar in this filthy world, forcibly propping up the crumbling battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Zhao Yuan and the others were trading their lives for time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The nineteenth... broken!\" Zhao Yuan roared, his gray-blue sword light sweeping across a dark gold hub chain once more. This time, the angle of his strike was even more cunning, the chosen node even more critical, and the \"Nirvana\" true intent contained within the sword light even more condensed. The chain snapped at the sound, and the rate of gray-blue erosion at the break point accelerated significantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the cost was equally immense. Zhao Yuan spat out a mouthful of blood, which was already mixed with fine, gray-blue specks of light—a sign that his Nascent Soul origin was damaged. Having continuously pushed the \"Nirvana Star Chaos Qi\" to its limit to sever two core chains, his consumption far exceeded his estimates; his newly formed Nascent Soul was already covered in fine cracks, like glass about to shatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young Friend Zhao!\" True Person Beichen’s eyes were splitting with rage. The formation disk in his hands had completely shattered, and he himself was bleeding from his seven orifices due to continuous calculations and resisting the backlash, yet he still desperately pushed his remaining star power to guide Zhao Yuan to the next target—the location of the thirty-fourth chain. At the same time, he waved his hand to scatter several dim formation flags, attempting to lay down a fragile layer of protection around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't even think about interfering!\" Elder Ling Shuang’s face was as cold as frost, blood staining the corner of her mouth, and her ice sword had already developed cracks. Like the sturdiest shield, she stood before Zhao Yuan and True Person Beichen, her sword Qi like a waterfall, freezing and shattering the Star-Remnant ghost shadows and flesh-and-blood monsters made of filthy energy that surged from all directions. On her left shoulder, a wound grazed by the evil god’s will was constantly oozing ice-blue blood, where cold air and filth were fiercely clashing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul-Ghost Ancestor was in the worst condition; his face had long since lost all color, and his figure was so illusory it seemed he might dissipate at any moment. The \"Ten Thousand Soul Banner\" was already tattered, its main souls almost entirely lost, but he still laughed hoarsely, continuously detonating the remaining yin souls within the banner, turning them into clusters of gray-black soul explosions that burst among the monster horde. Though their power was greatly reduced, it was enough to slightly delay their offensive. \"Old man... can hold on... kid... strike quickly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thirty-fourth chain was located deeper within the chain array, closer to the giant egg. The filthy runes flowing on its surface were denser, and the power of the backlash curse it emitted grew increasingly intense. Zhao Yuan forcibly summoned his final strength, his figure struggling to weave through countless interceptions. The Shadow-Nirvana Sword emitted a mournful, trembling sound, and the gray-blue light on the blade was no longer as pure and bright as it had been at the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sever!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another strike!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the thunderous sound of the chain breaking was mixed with the sound of Zhao Yuan’s own bones cracking under the unbearable strain! The skin on his entire right arm burst open inch by inch, and pale gold blood mixed with gray-blue currents surged out! As the thirty-fourth hub chain snapped, a violent, filthy backlash energy far exceeding the previous ones surged along the connection between the sword and his Qi, slamming into his body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft—!\" Zhao Yuan flew backward like a kite with a broken string, smashing through several floating small Star-Remnants before being barely caught by Elder Ling Shuang. His face was like gold paper, his breath as thin as a thread, and the \"Nirvana Star Chaos Qi\" inside him was almost out of control, rampaging wildly. The cracks on his Nascent Soul widened further, looking as if they were about to shatter completely. The Shadow-Nirvana Sword flew from his hand, embedding itself diagonally into the distant rock wall, its blade light dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhao Yuan!\" Elder Ling Shuang hurriedly channeled a wisp of pure ice true essence into his body, attempting to stabilize his rampaging power and injuries, but with little effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two more... left...\" Zhao Yuan struggled to stand, only to find that he could barely move his fingers, and his vision began to blur. He could feel that with the three hub chains broken, the energy flow of the entire chain array had already shown obvious disorder and lag. The throbbing of the Star-Remnant giant egg had become more violent and irregular, and in the will it emitted, the anger remained, but there was a hint of... an imperceptible weakness and urgency? The chain’s self-repair speed also seemed to have slowed by a fraction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was not enough! It was still far from completely destroying this \"Imprisonment-Nurturing\" system! Moreover, the aura of that thing inside the giant egg, after the initial rage and frustration, seemed to be undergoing some even more dangerous change...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a sudden change occurred on the battlefield far away where Lin Xuan was fighting the two great enemies!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps sensing that the hub chains were being broken one after another and its own power cycle was being obstructed, the Star-Remnant giant egg finally went completely berserk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Awoo—!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no longer a roar, but a shrill shriek that seemed to come from the dawn of the cosmic primordial era, from the moment stars collapsed! The space of the entire \"Absolute Blind Zone\" shook violently like a mirror, appearing with countless cracks! The fissures on the surface of the giant egg suddenly expanded to an unimaginable degree, almost tearing the entire eggshell in two! Endless, viscous, tangible dark-red filthy star power mixed with solidified blood resentment and shattered star laws surged out from the cracks like a burst galaxy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the center of that filthy star galaxy, an indescribable shadow, so vast it occupied nearly half the field of vision, was slowly \"standing up\"! It was a body outline forcibly pieced together from countless broken star spines, rotting tentacles, twisted giant maws, and dark-red crystals flowing with evil runes. One could barely make out an upper body similar to a \"humanoid,\" while the lower body was connected to the interior of the giant egg and the entire \"Sea of Shadows.\" Its \"head\" consisted of hundreds of large and small, flickering shattered star eyes, each reflecting different scenes of destruction and madness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star-Remnant Evil God embryo was desperately accelerating its \"birth,\" attempting to break free from the remaining chain restraints ahead of time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the \"Aberration Core\" also let out a final, desperate shriek. Its massive, twisted body suddenly collapsed and condensed inward, transforming into a pure, highly concentrated dark-red filthy light shuttle. Burning its own origin, it broke free from the restraints of part of Lin Xuan’s sword intent and, at a speed beyond imagination, did not attack Lin Xuan, but instead... shot straight toward the heart of the Evil God body that was struggling to be \"born\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wanted to return! It wanted to completely merge with the main body and complete the final part, even if it meant doing so in this near-self-destructive way, to let the Evil God obtain complete power ahead of time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This change happened too suddenly, the light shuttle was too fast, and its target was clear; Lin Xuan’s sword intent failed to intercept it completely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not good!\" Lin Xuan’s eyes narrowed, and for the first time, gravity appeared in his Chaos Tribulation pupils. He flashed, attempting to pursue the light shuttle, but the forming Evil God body in the giant egg suddenly swung hundreds of giant arms condensed from filthy star power, smashing toward him like a landslide, temporarily blocking him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the burning dark-red light shuttle was about to sink into the chest of the Evil God body—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the critical moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint, yet incomparably resolute gray-blue light, like a candle in the wind, struggled to ignite, just happening to block the path between the light shuttle and the Evil God body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Zhao Yuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew when he had broken free from Elder Ling Shuang’s support. At the cost of burning his life and soul, he forcibly squeezed out the last wisp of \"Nirvana Star Chaos Qi\" in his body, condensed it at his fingertip, and pointed a finger toward that dark-red light shuttle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This finger had no grand momentum; it was even pitifully weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this finger contained his lifelong insights into the Dao of the sword, the nascent \"Nirvana Star\" true intent, and... the determination to sacrifice himself for the Dao, with no regrets even in death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gray-blue finger light collided silently with the dark-red light shuttle that had concentrated the entire origin of the \"Aberration Core\" in front of the Evil God body’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no explosion, no loud noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only two diametrically opposed forces, both heading toward \"termination,\" in the most extreme annihilation and counter-collision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gray-blue light quickly dimmed and dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark-red light shuttle also seemed to hit an invisible wall; its speed plummeted, its light faded rapidly, and it finally disintegrated completely just a few yards from the Evil God body, turning into specks of filthy light across the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arm Zhao Yuan used to point, along with half his shoulder, turned into fly ash silently under the backlash of the collision. The last light in his eyes extinguished rapidly, and his broken body fell backward softly as if all his bones had been removed, his vitality flowing away like a receding tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhao Yuan!!!\" Elder Ling Shuang cried out in grief, rushing forward, but she only caught a shell that was rapidly turning cold, its aura nearly non-existent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young Friend!\" True Person Beichen and Soul-Ghost Ancestor were also filled with grief and indignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan had paid the price of his own body and soul being destroyed to block the final return of the \"Aberration Core,\" interrupting the process of the Evil God obtaining complete power ahead of time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the crisis was not resolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar——!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star-Remnant Evil God (though not fully born, it had initially manifested a form, so perhaps it could be called that) let out a heaven-shaking roar mixed with rage, pain, and an even deeper malice! Zhao Yuan’s obstruction, though successful, had completely enraged it! Its hundreds of shattered star pupils locked onto the weak-vitality Zhao Yuan and Elder Ling Shuang and the others beside him! A terrifying Evil God power capable of freezing time and space and annihilating all things was crazily gathering in its chest (where the light shuttle should have entered), and it looked as if it were about to transform into an eruption that would destroy everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lin Xuan, though he had broken through layers of obstacles and approached again, could he protect Zhao Yuan’s remains and Elder Ling Shuang and the others in the face of this angry strike from the completely berserk, initially formed Evil God?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this desperate moment when the final destruction was about to descend—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A change occurred again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chain array, which had been in energy disorder and sluggish operation due to the breaking of the three hub chains, saw all the remaining chains, including those hub chains that had not yet been severed, undergo a strange change in the \"filthy contract runes\" on their surfaces!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light of the runes rapidly transformed from dark-red filth into a pure and violent... silver-white!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A completely different, more ancient, more vast star will, filled with majesty and sorrow, suddenly awakened from the depths of every chain! This will was completely different from the Evil God’s mad resentment; it carried the determination of a martyr and the compassion of a guardian!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is... the final trump card left by the ancient Star-Fall people?! The true... power of the contract guardian?!\" True Person Beichen’s eyes widened in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to see those eighty-one chains (including the broken ones) simultaneously erupt with brilliant silver-white starlight! The starlight did not attack the Evil God, but instead, as if it had a life of its own, transformed into countless streams of silver light, violently wrapping around the Evil God body that was gathering destructive power! At the same time, several incomparably thick silver chain phantoms emerged from the void, lashing fiercely at the Evil God body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar——!!!\" The Evil God let out a painful roar of shock and anger. The destructive energy gathering in its chest was interrupted and dispersed, and its massive body was tightly bound and pulled by the sudden silver starlight and chain phantoms! The silver-white starlight clashed fiercely with the filthy energy on its surface, emitting a sizzling sound of melting, actually rapidly purifying and weakening its power! And every lash of the chain phantoms made its body tremble, causing dark-red crystals to shatter and rotting tentacles to break!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the other side of the ancient star contract backlash, the power belonging to \"protection\" and \"purification\"! It had been sealed in the deepest part of this chain array by the Star-Fall people at a certain cost as a final insurance, to be triggered once the Evil God attempted to break free or obtain complete power ahead of time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil God’s premature \"birth\" and berserk state had just happened to completely activate this final trump card!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take this opportunity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant light exploded in Lin Xuan’s eyes! He no longer paid attention to the Evil God, his figure flashing to appear beside Zhao Yuan’s remains. Without hesitation, he pressed a palm onto Zhao Yuan’s chest, which had almost no vitality left, and a vast and pure power of the Chaos origin, mixed with a wisp of the profound and unfathomable \"Return to Void\" Dao seed, was forcibly channeled into Zhao Yuan’s body to protect his last wisp of origin, which was as weak as a candle in the wind, from being extinguished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, his left hand grasped into the void, summoning back the Shadow-Nirvana Sword that had fallen far away. On the blade, the remaining gray-blue \"Nirvana Star Chaos Qi\" was forcibly stimulated and guided by his own Chaos power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beichen! The locations of the last two hub chains!\" Lin Xuan shouted, his voice carrying an unquestionable urgency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True Person Beichen immediately pointed to the locations of the remaining two (the fifty-first and seventy-third) hub chains. They were also wrapped in silver-white starlight at this moment, but their connection to the Evil God body had not yet been completely severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan glanced at the Evil God, which was temporarily imprisoned by the silver power and struggling frantically, and then at the power imprint belonging to Zhao Yuan on the Shadow-Nirvana Sword in his hand, which was about to dissipate completely. A complex and unreadable look flashed in his eyes, appearing to be a sigh, and a decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, he held the Shadow-Nirvana Sword, his body and sword becoming one, transforming into a gray, misty sword light that seemed capable of piercing through the past and future, and shot toward those two final hub chains!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he did not use his own pure Chaos sword intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, using himself as a bridge and the Shadow-Nirvana Sword as a carrier, he forcibly fused Zhao Yuan’s remaining \"Nirvana Star Chaos Qi\" true intent, a wisp of his own \"Return to Void\" Dao rhyme, and the final guardian star power of the ancient Star-Fall people that had been stimulated in the chain array at this moment... the three together!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange light condensed at the tip of the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not gray, not blue, not silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it seemed to contain the birth and death of stars, the opening of chaos, and the final elegy of a civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sever——!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan’s cold voice resounded through the universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where the sword light passed, space annihilated silently, and time seemed to freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifty-first and seventy-third hub chains, along with their final connections to the Evil God body, to the chain array, to this space, and to that twisted contract in the dark...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under this strike,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Severed!\u003C\u002Fp>",2803,"2026-06-20T01:44:26.720Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","eb478a8746d8702e4c509e2fe52f88115ab35f97edd62b1d7bf1b4a1741805b9","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-182","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-180",182,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-villain-is-too-self-destructive-cover.jpg"]