[{"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-56":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},2282423,4465,"Chapter 56: Fishing in Troubled Waters? I Profit from the Chaos!","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-56",56,"\u003Cp>\"Pfft!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark golden sword Qi was sharp and peerless, precisely sweeping across the neck of a Nether Sect disciple who was fully focused on maintaining the formation. The disciple's body stiffened, his eyes filled with confusion and terror, and his head rolled to the ground as blood sprayed, disrupting the stability of the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other disciples were struck with panic, and before they could react, several more cunning and ruthless sword Qi beams shot out from the shadows!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's an ambush!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch the flanks!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screams rang out one after another. In the blink of an eye, the Nether Sect disciples responsible for the formation were either dead or injured, and the weakening formation they had set up was instantly broken!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Youquan and the others, who were deadlocked with the heroic spirit battle formation in front, noticed the disturbance in the rear and were both shocked and furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of rats dare to ruin my Holy Sect's grand plan?!\" A Golden Core peak-stage Elder roared, splitting off a stream of ghost fire that swept toward where Lin Xuan was hiding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having succeeded in his strike, Lin Xuan did not linger. He employed \"Earth-Shrinking\" and his figure flickered continuously through the shadows of the corridor like a ghost, easily evading the attack. He did not clash head-on with the enemy, but instead relied on his movement technique and disguised metal-attribute sword Qi to constantly harass and ambush the lower-cultivation Nether Sect disciples, attacking their most vulnerable points to disrupt their offensive rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Form up! Kill this hiding coward first!\" Elder Youquan was so angry that smoke seemed to pour from his seven orifices, and he was forced to divert a portion of his manpower to deal with the sudden variable that was Lin Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lin Xuan was incredibly slippery and did not engage them in a direct confrontation at all. Although his harassment could not directly cripple the main force of the Nether Sect, it greatly relieved the pressure on the ancient heroic spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the pressure on the heroic spirit battle formation lightened, the leading heroic spirit general, who held a broken spear and possessed a cultivation base at the late Golden Core stage, saw his soul fire flare brightly. Seizing the opportunity, he let out a silent roar, and the battle formation suddenly contracted, turning into a sharp \"dagger\" that violently stabbed into the weak point of the Nether Sect's formation caused by their split forces!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The broken weapons erupted with their final glory, carrying an indomitable will to die, and instantly engulfed and shredded two Nether Sect mid-stage Golden Core cultivators who were unable to dodge in time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bastards!\" Elder Youquan’s eyes were splitting with rage, and he was forced to turn back to rescue them, causing the scene to become even more chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was exactly the effect Lin Xuan wanted! He was like a venomous snake slithering along the edge of the battlefield, constantly creating chaos and weakening the Nether Sect's strength. His gaze, however, remained locked on the massive runic metal gate and the Nether Soul-Suppressing Token in his arms, which was vibrating more and more violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of a gap during a cross-evasion, he silently approached the gate. He activated his \"Eye of Truth-Breaking\" to its full capacity, scanning the runes on the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These runes were incredibly complex and contained powerful sealing energy, but a portion of them—especially the key nodes near the center of the gate—had energy flow trajectories and fluctuation frequencies that faintly echoed the Nether Soul-Suppressing Token in his hand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As expected! This Soul-Suppressing Token is the key to controlling or reinforcing the seal here!\" Lin Xuan felt certain in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attempted to probe a faint trace of his spiritual sense, mixed with simulated metal-attribute spiritual power, cautiously toward a runic node on the gate that resonated with the Soul-Suppressing Token.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runic node lit up slightly, and the gate seemed to vibrate gently. Although the change was extremely subtle, Lin Xuan clearly felt that the palpitation coming from the Soul-Suppressing Token in his arms now contained a hint of \"affinity\" and \"longing\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's working!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he dared not make any large movements; the battlefield was chaotic, and any obvious disturbance to the gate could draw attacks from both sides simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was pondering how to proceed further, another unexpected change occurred!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side of the corridor, a violent explosion suddenly erupted. Amidst flying rubble, a wild thunder sword aura swept in like an angry dragon, instantly splitting two blocking Nether Sect disciples into charred remains!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nether Sect scum, you really are making trouble here! Die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by a clear, cold shout, a figure wreathed in purple lightning violently charged into the battlefield—it was Ye Chen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not alone; behind him followed two companions with powerful auras—one with surging blood energy and the other with an ethereal presence—the very two who had fought alongside him in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their appearance was like pouring a ladle of cold water into a boiling pot of oil, causing the already chaotic battle to spiral completely out of control!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ye Chen!\" Elder Youquan's expression changed drastically; he had not expected the prodigies from the Imperial Dynasty to find this place so quickly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen's gaze was like lightning, instantly sweeping across the entire scene. He saw the ancient heroic spirits fighting to the death without retreating, and he saw the Nether Sect members battling the heroic spirits. Finally, his gaze landed on the runic gate, and a hint of gravity flashed in his eyes. He clearly also knew the significance of this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guard the seal, slay the demons!\" Ye Chen did not hesitate. With a point of his long sword, brilliant thunder light roared toward Elder Youquan! The two companions he brought also attacked simultaneously, targeting the other Golden Core peak-stage Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their addition caused the scales of the battle to tilt instantly! The pressure on the ancient heroic spirits was greatly reduced, and they began to coordinate with Ye Chen and his two companions to counterattack the Nether Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan hid in the shadows, watching this sudden change with flickering eyes. Ye Chen's arrival, while disrupting his plan to fish in troubled waters, had also attracted the full firepower of the Nether Sect, giving him an even better opportunity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He no longer harassed the low-level disciples but focused all his attention on the gate. Taking advantage of the fact that Ye Chen and Elder Youquan were locked in a fierce battle, with energy colliding and roaring and spiritual light flashing everywhere, and everyone's attention was drawn to the highest-level battlefield—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan moved!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was like a shadow sliding along the ground, silently arriving beneath the runic gate. He took out the Nether Soul-Suppressing Token and pressed it firmly against the runic node that had previously resonated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he fully activated the \"Nine-Turn Chaos Scripture,\" no longer disguising his aura, and pure chaotic spiritual power flowed like a trickling stream, cautiously injected into the Soul-Suppressing Token!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the reaction was unprecedentedly intense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nether Soul-Suppressing Token suddenly erupted with a deep, nether light, and the complex rune on its surface seemed to come completely alive, spinning crazily! Correspondingly, the node rune on the gate also lit up with the same nether light, and this light spread rapidly to the surrounding runes like a spiderweb!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire massive runic gate began to emit a low rumble. The runes on its surface lit up one by one, and a sealing power far more vast, ancient, and majestic than before began to awaken and circulate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is happening?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The seal is strengthening?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's that brat! What is he holding in his hand?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sudden change instantly shocked everyone on the battlefield! Whether it was the Nether Sect, Ye Chen's side, or those ancient heroic spirits, all looked in shock at the green-robed figure beneath the gate, who held the token and whose aura had returned to a deep, chaotic state!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's him! That junior who caused trouble outside the basin!\" Elder Youquan recognized Lin Xuan at a glance (though Lin Xuan was not disguised, his aura and figure had been remembered), and he was both shocked and furious. \"What he is holding... is a fragment of the Holy Object?! How could it be in your hands?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen's gaze also sharpened as he looked at the token in Lin Xuan's hand, a flash of doubt and inquiry in his eyes. He felt that the aura emitted by the token was completely different from the Nether Sect magic treasures he knew; instead, it carried a sense of grand and righteous sealing power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop him! Take back the Holy Object!\" Elder Youquan went mad. Ignoring Ye Chen's attack, he forcibly broke away from the battle and transformed into a ghost shadow, pouncing toward Lin Xuan! The other Golden Core peak-stage Elder also risked injury to break away from his opponent and charged toward the gate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your opponent is me!\" How could Ye Chen let him have his way? Lightning surged, and he tightly entangled Youquan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for that ancient heroic spirit general, upon seeing the Nether Soul-Suppressing Token erupt with nether light and trigger the gate's sealing power, his burning soul fire actually revealed a hint of... excitement and relief? He swung his broken spear violently and led the remaining heroic spirits to desperately intercept the other Golden Core peak-stage Elder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guardian... messenger!\" The heroic spirit general emitted a vague, indistinct divine sense fluctuation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Messenger? Is he talking about me? Lin Xuan's heart stirred, but he had no time to spare. He felt the Soul-Suppressing Token in his hand was like a bottomless pit, crazily devouring his spiritual power. If not for his deep foundation, with his chaotic Golden Core and nascent infant working together, he would likely have been drained dry in an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runes on the gate grew brighter and brighter, and the sealing power grew stronger, even faintly suppressing the spiritual power within everyone present, making it feel sluggish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the charge of Elder Youquan and the other Golden Core peak-stage Elder was already upon him! The terrifying attacks looked as if they were about to engulf Lin Xuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this critical moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack... crack...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint yet heart-palpitating sound of shattering suddenly came from behind the runic gate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately following, an indescribable, terrifying aura filled with extreme evil, chaos, and tyranny—as if it could swallow all light—seeped out from the crack in the gate like a beast that had slept for eons waking up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This aura was so powerful and so despair-inducing that all the Golden Core cultivators present, including peak experts like Ye Chen and Youquan, felt their souls tremble and their spiritual power nearly freeze!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runic gate vibrated violently, and nether light flashed wildly at the crack, as if the existence inside was crazily slamming against this ever-strengthening seal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan bore the brunt of it, his face turning pale, and a mouthful of blood nearly sprayed out. He felt that the Nether Soul-Suppressing Token in his hand was no longer just \"calling out,\" but was now mixed with a violent \"rejection\" and \"anger\"! The demon behind the gate seemed to have sensed the existence of the Soul-Suppressing Token and was filled with hostility toward it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not good! The seal hasn't fully stabilized yet, and the demon is about to awaken prematurely!\" Ye Chen's expression changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Youquan, however, revealed a look of wild joy: \"Hahaha! Heaven helps me! The Demon Lord is about to be born! Brat, it's too late even if you reinforce the seal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation took a sharp turn for the worse, plunging into even greater crisis and chaos!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter 56)\u003C\u002Fp>",1975,"2026-06-20T01:44:26.720Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","de7e48eaafa896caee50bcae0cf5ddd4d9f5cb095fb7835732689c028c5f4d8a","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-57","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-55",182,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-villain-is-too-self-destructive-cover.jpg"]