[{"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-81":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},2282448,4465,"Chapter 81: Star-Nether Breaks Delusion","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-81",81,"\u003Cp>The Yin-evil corpse hands were as endless as the tide, causing the team's forward progress to become extremely slow and their spiritual power consumption to be immense. Many Golden Core cultivators were already deathly pale, forced to rely on elixirs to barely hold on. Even the Nascent Soul cultivators needed to maintain their protective spiritual light at all times, their minds stretched to the breaking point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This cannot go on! We must find the source!\" In the imperial team, the handsome young master frowned. He summoned a golden treasure mirror; wherever the mirror's light shone, the corpse hands melted away like snow, but its range was limited, making it difficult to cover the entire area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The death energy here has combined with the miasma to form a special field; these Yin-evil corpse hands are merely manifestations of the field's power. Unless we break the field or find the core supporting it, it will be difficult to eradicate,\" the refined scholar from the Heavenly Mystery Academy said in a deep voice. The book in his hands turned without wind, emitting a clear radiance as he attempted to deduce the field's nodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Feng’s expression was cold and rigid. He did not use any magic treasures, instead clearing the path with thick, blood-evil fist energy. Each punch cleared a large area, but new corpse hands would quickly coalesce again. \"The field core must be in the depths! Everyone, close in on me, form the 'Small Five Elements Demon-Suppressing Array,' and push forward by force!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the order was given, the various factions, despite their own hidden agendas, knew this was not the time for infighting and quickly closed ranks. The Demon-Suppressing Division cultivators were well-trained; they occupied the five elemental positions and guided their spiritual power, instantly forming a five-colored light barrier that enveloped the entire team. The barrier flowed, repelling and crushing the corpse hands that kept clawing at them, and their speed of advance immediately increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan was inside the array, feeling the power of this formation. The Small Five Elements Demon-Suppressing Array was quite ingenious, capable of gathering everyone's power to form a defense, but it placed extremely high demands on the person presiding over the array eye and consumed a significant amount of spiritual power. He was happy to take it easy and remained low-profile, but his \"Eye of Breaking Delusion\" remained locked onto that cold, evil aura hidden deep within the miasma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the team delved into the center of the basin, the surrounding scenery became increasingly bizarre. Faint blood-red colors began to emerge within the gray miasma, and a faint, lingering smell of blood permeated the air. There were more and more skeletal remains on the ground, and some even appeared to be the incomplete remains of cultivators wearing ancient attire, their bones displaying an ominous, pitch-black color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The resentment here is extremely heavy; they must have experienced immense pain and fear before death,\" the Heavenly Mystery scholar said with a grave tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Lin Xuan’s gaze sharpened. In his field of vision, several hundred zhang ahead, where the miasma was thickest, the space showed a trace of extremely subtle distortion. There, three broken black stone pillars covered in bizarre runes stood vaguely! The stone pillars were distributed in a triangle, and in the center, there seemed to be an altar-like stone platform. That cold, evil aura was emanating from the center of the stone pillars!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is something strange ahead! It’s three stone pillars!\" Lin Xuan immediately sent a warning via the Heart-Link Talisman. He could not appear too prominent, so he only said he vaguely saw them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Feng, the Heavenly Mystery scholar, and others heard this and immediately strengthened their spiritual sense probes, and sure enough, they also vaguely sensed the abnormal energy fluctuations in that location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it an ancient altar? Or some kind of seal?\" the young imperial master asked in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be careful, that aura... it seems to be man-made!\" Ye Chen suddenly spoke. The long sword he held in his arms emitted a faint humming sound, showing strong repulsion toward that evil aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team approached cautiously. As the distance closed, everyone saw the three stone pillars clearly. The pillars were about three zhang tall and pitch-black, carved with twisted runes that looked like living creatures. Those runes were absorbing the surrounding death energy and miasma, flickering with a faint, ghostly light. On the altar in the center of the pillars lay several fresh, disemboweled beast carcasses; their blood flowed, outlining a complex array pattern that emitted a rich blood-red light, intertwining with that cold, evil aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And standing beside the altar were three figures!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leader wore a pitch-black robe embroidered with a ferocious ghost head. His face was gaunt like a skeleton, and two clusters of emerald ghost fire danced in his eye sockets. His entire body radiated the powerful spiritual pressure of a peak late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, even a notch stronger than that sinister old man from the Zhao family! In his hand, he held a bone staff, with a constantly wailing skull embedded at the top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two people behind him were also dressed in Netherworld Sect attire, with cultivation bases at the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Netherworld Sect Elder, 'True Person Ghost Bone'!\" Leng Feng’s pupils constricted as he recognized the man, his voice filled with intense killing intent. \"So it really is you rats who can't see the light causing trouble!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Netherworld Sect elder known as True Person Ghost Bone let out a laugh as harsh as a night owl: \"Hehehe... Leng Feng, how have you been? I didn't expect the dynasty to send a mad dog like you this time. Perfect, using the essence blood and souls of you so-called geniuses to blood-sacrifice the 'Netherworld Blood Curse' remaining here will surely allow us to lock onto the Demon Venerable's location even faster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Netherworld Blood Curse! The crowd changed color upon hearing this. This was an extremely vicious tracking curse technique that required the essence blood and souls of a large number of living beings as a guide, capable of locking onto a target's aura across vast distances. The fact that the Netherworld Sect had set up this array here clearly meant they were searching for that escaped Ruin Abyss demonic consciousness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In your dreams!\" Leng Feng roared. Without further ado, his figure surged, and the Demon-Suppressing Blade at his waist unsheathed with a clang, transforming into a blood-red blade light that tore through the gloom, slashing straight at True Person Ghost Bone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Form the array, execute the Netherworld Sect remnants!\" the Demon-Suppressing Division cultivators roared in unison. The Small Five Elements Demon-Suppressing Array shone brilliantly, transforming into five light chains of different colors that coiled toward the other two mid-stage Nascent Soul Netherworld Sect cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle erupted instantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young imperial master and his servant elder also attacked simultaneously, golden light and thick earthy-yellow light shining as they struck at the altar, attempting to destroy the blood-sacrifice array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Mystery Academy scholar had his book pages fluttering, with golden characters flying out to form a magnificent essay, suppressing the restless death energy and miasma in the surroundings to stabilize the battlefield environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen transformed into a thunderous sword light, directly targeting one of the mid-stage Nascent Soul Netherworld Sect cultivators. His sword light was swift and violent, entangling the opponent tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rogue cultivators and those from other small factions also joined the fray, with various spells and magic treasures raining down on the Netherworld Sect cultivators and the increasingly violent Yin-evil corpse hands that kept surging forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene instantly descended into a chaotic melee!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan mingled among the rogue cultivators, appearing to be struggling against the corpse hands, but in reality, he was calmly observing the entire field. His primary focus was on True Person Ghost Bone and the Netherworld Blood Curse altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True Person Ghost Bone was extremely powerful. As he waved his bone staff, countless vengeful spirits shrieked as they emerged, forming barriers of ghostly energy that fought Leng Feng’s blood-red blade light to a standstill. He was even able to spare the focus to manipulate the altar; the blood light on the altar grew increasingly intense, vaguely establishing a connection with some existence deep in the void, and a heart-palpitating demonic might began to permeate the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He cannot be allowed to complete the blood curse!\" Lin Xuan’s thoughts raced. Once the blood curse was completed, regardless of whether the demon was found, everyone here might be marked, leading to endless trouble. Moreover, he absolutely would not allow the Netherworld Sect to find the demon so easily, as that would disrupt his own plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He noticed that the three black stone pillars were the key to maintaining the altar and the field. As long as the pillars were destroyed, the array would break on its own!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the stone pillars were heavily protected by the altar’s blood light and True Person Ghost Bone’s ghost energy, making ordinary attacks ineffective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the mid-stage Nascent Soul Netherworld Sect cultivator fighting Ye Chen, seeing his companion in danger under the siege of the Demon-Suppressing Division’s array, suddenly bit his tongue and sprayed a mouthful of essence blood onto his bone magic treasure. The treasure’s ghostly light flared, temporarily forcing Ye Chen back. He then flickered, employing a bizarre movement technique as he charged toward the rogue cultivator team, intending to grab a few \"blood sacrifices\" to replenish the altar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His target was none other than Lin Xuan, who appeared to have the lowest cultivation and was \"struggling to hold on\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kid, consider yourself unlucky!\" A ferocious grin appeared on the Netherworld Sect cultivator’s face as a ghostly, sharp claw reached straight for Lin Xuan’s crown! In his eyes, crushing a late-stage Golden Core bug took no effort at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several rogue cultivators nearby exclaimed, but it was too late to rescue him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sinister Zhao family elder, who had been watching Lin Xuan, had a flash of malice and anticipation in his eyes, seemingly happy to see this happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, facing this fatal blow from a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, Lin Xuan’s originally \"panicked\" eyes instantly became as calm as water, even carrying a trace of cold mockery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He no longer hid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very moment the ghost claw was about to strike his head, Lin Xuan brought his fingers together like a sword. A point of chaotic radiance condensed at his fingertips, appearing slow but actually striking as fast as lightning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingertips collided with the ghost claw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no earth-shattering roar, only a teeth-grinding \"hiss\" as if the most basic structure of matter was being disintegrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ferocious grin on the Netherworld Sect cultivator’s face instantly froze, replaced by boundless fear and disbelief. He felt that his sharp claw, which had condensed massive amounts of ghost energy, was, at the moment of contact with the faint light at the opponent’s fingertips, having its energy, matter, and even the contained law fragments disintegrate, annihilate, and return to nothingness in a way he could not understand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, that power of annihilation was rapidly spreading along his arm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!! What is this power?!\" he screamed in terror, wanting to sever his arm to survive, only to find that the space around him seemed to be imprisoned by that power, making it impossible to break free!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the horrified gazes of everyone, this mid-stage Nascent Soul Netherworld Sect cultivator, along with his ghost claw, was like a pencil drawing being erased by an eraser; starting from his fingertips, it rapidly spread to his arm, torso, and head... until he finally completely turned into void dust, dissipating into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't even let out a full scream!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deathly silence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Leng Feng, True Person Ghost Bone, and the others who were in the heat of battle couldn't help but slow their movements, looking over here in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, killed in one second... by a \"late-stage Golden Core\" rogue cultivator with a single finger? Body and soul destroyed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This exceeded their cognition!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... who exactly are you?!\" the sinister Zhao family elder cried out, his face filled with terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan did not answer, nor did he even look at them. The moment he killed the Netherworld Sect cultivator, his figure had already moved!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Employing \"Shrinking the Earth into an Inch\" to its limit, he appeared like a teleportation before one of the three black stone pillars. The Chaotic Dao Seed spun crazily, and massive chaotic spiritual power gathered in his right fist. His fist was shrouded in a thin layer of gray airflow that seemed capable of devouring everything, with a trace of imperceptible Star-Nether light coiling around it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Break!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave a low shout and smashed his fist heavily into the black stone pillar engraved with countless runes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True Person Ghost Bone reacted, letting out an angry roar: \"How dare you, junior!\" He wanted to stop him but was held tightly by Leng Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the shocked gaze of everyone, Lin Xuan’s seemingly plain and unadorned punch slammed heavily into the stone pillar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"BOOM——!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it was an earth-shattering roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twisted runes on the stone pillar instantly erupted with blinding ghostly light, attempting to resist, but the moment they touched the chaotic fist energy and the Star-Nether light, they were like meeting their nemesis; the ghostly light rapidly dimmed and shattered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the entire stone pillar began to sprout countless spiderweb-like cracks from the point of the punch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crack... BOOM!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first stone pillar collapsed and shattered with a roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The altar’s blood light dimmed abruptly, and the connection to that vague demonic might became extremely unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bastard!\" True Person Ghost Bone’s eyes were about to split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan did not stop, his figure flashing again, arriving before the second stone pillar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another punch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"BOOM!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second stone pillar followed in its footsteps!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lin Xuan rushed toward the third stone pillar, True Person Ghost Bone finally ignored Leng Feng’s attack. Risking a direct hit from a blade, he spat out a mouthful of blood, pointed his bone staff at Lin Xuan, and shrieked: \"Netherworld Blood Curse, Ten Thousand Souls Devour the Heart!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining blood light on the altar erupted, transforming into a blood-red arrow condensed to the extreme, containing countless grievances and the power of a curse. It tore through space, carrying a shrill ghostly wail as it shot toward Lin Xuan’s back!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This strike contained True Person Ghost Bone’s essence blood and a portion of his origin ghost energy, with power comparable to a desperate strike from a peak late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be careful!\" Ye Chen couldn't help but call out a warning, his sword light surging as he tried to intercept, but he was a fraction of a second too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Feng’s expression also changed, his blade momentum becoming more urgent as he tried to stop True Person Ghost Bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone thought that Lin Xuan would either give up on destroying the stone pillar to turn back and defend, or be severely injured or even killed by this terrifying blood curse arrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lin Xuan seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. Ignoring the strike that was enough to threaten his life, his fist continued to smash into the third stone pillar without hesitation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just before the blood arrow hit his body, a layer of extremely faint, yet seemingly containing an endless starry sky and the Nine Nether abyss, appeared around him—this was the manifestation of him pushing the protective power of the Star-Nether light to its limit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thud!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third stone pillar collapsed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost at the same time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-red arrow slammed heavily into the halo formed by the Star-Nether light!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no expected penetration or explosion. The blood curse arrow, which had condensed the grievances of ten thousand souls, was like hitting a domain of absolute \"extinction\" and \"sealing.\" The blood light, resentment, and curse runes on it rapidly dimmed, decomposed, and finally dissipated completely, as if wiped away by an invisible hand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan’s figure trembled slightly, and a trace of imperceptible paleness appeared on his face, but he recovered instantly. The Star-Nether light had successfully blocked this fatal blow! Although the consumption was not small, he was not injured!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three pillars were destroyed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood light on the altar extinguished completely, and the array was broken!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yin-evil corpse hands that had been surging endlessly around them lost their source of power, collapsing into black energy and merging into the miasma, no longer coalescing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bizarre field that had enveloped the basin also dissipated along with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire scene fell into a deathly silence once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked like they were seeing a monster at the green-robed figure who was slowly withdrawing his fist, his expression still calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Late-stage Golden Core? Bullshit late-stage Golden Core!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in one second with a finger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shattering ancient forbidden stone pillars with one punch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resisting a desperate curse from a peak late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator head-on without damage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where the hell did this monster pop out from?! \"Jin Shisan\"... could it be him?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Feng’s gaze was as sharp as a blade, staring fixedly at Lin Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fighting spirit and curiosity never seen before erupted in Ye Chen’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperial Prince and the scholar of Heavenly Secrets revealed looks of shock, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sinister old man of the Zhao family and the others, however, turned deathly pale, cold sweat dripping, filled with lingering fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True Person Ghost Bone looked at the destroyed altar and the unscathed Lin Xuan, trembling with rage, both shocked and furious: \"Chaos... it is the aura of Chaos! You... you are that variable?! You have ruined the great undertaking of my Sacred Sect; my Nether Sect will never rest until you are dead!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing his plan had failed and that staying any longer would be perilous, he violently crushed a pitch-black jade talisman, his figure turning into a streak of ghostly light that merged into the dense miasma and vanished in an instant. The other surviving Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivator of the Nether Sect also tried to flee, but was slashed in two by Leng Feng, who had reacted in time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle ended abruptly in a way no one had expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone's gaze was focused on that \"Golden Core rogue cultivator\" who had shocked the world with a single battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the nearly thirty percent consumption of chaotic spiritual energy and Star Nether Light within his body, Lin Xuan felt no great joy, only a profound calmness. He knew that from this moment on, he could no longer remain completely hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He met the complex gazes of the crowd and spoke indifferently, his voice clearly reaching everyone's ears:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name is Lin Xuan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",3157,"2026-06-20T01:44:26.720Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","cc3b4320a67e21044348d4aeb651841c24bd323b0c5c9efc9de75ad032448416","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-82","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-80",182,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-villain-is-too-self-destructive-cover.jpg"]