[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan":3,"chapter-turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-155":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Turns Out, I’m In A Villain Clan!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},60263,84,"Chapter 155: The Devil","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-155",155,"\u003Cp>\"Hahaha... Pitiful girl,\" he rasped, rising to his feet despite the chains still binding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think you can take this old man’s life? You must be quite delusional!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening snap echoed through the throne hall as the manacles shattered like glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers stepped forward to restrain him, but—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too late!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air grew heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A swirl of black fog burst from his body, laced with crimson threads that pulsed like living veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin began to warp, cracking like dried clay, revealing patches of charred, armored flesh beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes burned a hellish red, and two jagged horns erupted from his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fingers elongated into claws, and his grin split wider—far too wide for a human face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... he’s—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is he?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Devil!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gasps and screams echoed through the room. Even the traitorous people stumbled back in horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible!\" one shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had been together for so long, it didn’t make sense that they hadn’t known Minister Ren was actually a Devil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil was different from Evil Cultivators and Demonic Beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were kind of like Demonic Beasts but with human-like appearances and intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also seemed to possess the ability to control Demonic Beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan looked at the Devil, which didn’t exist in his world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It might have existed once, but not after humans managed to trample over and rule the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his first encounter, and he was curious to see just what kind of being the legendary Devil really was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You people were so busy stuffing your faces and counting gold,\" Ren snarled in a voice no longer his own, layered with unnatural echoes, \"you didn’t even notice a predator among you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flick of his clawed hand, a pulse of Demonic Qi exploded outward. Soldiers were flung like ragdolls, blood spraying against the stone walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobles screamed, crawling for cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, save me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll give you everything, protect me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t kill! Remember, I helped you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rambled in fear, but there was no way to save them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph! Useless worms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single swing of his massive clawed arm, black mist surged like a tidal wave, laced with blood-red lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHRAAAK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one grotesque arc, his arm cut through the air—and the traitors were reduced to pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No screams. No resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just gore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, shoot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Feilian raised her arm and ordered the soldiers to fire on the Devil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Feilian,\" Bai Zihan said, stepping forward, his expression finally serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get out of here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan could sense the Devil Qi, which seemed to have surpassed that of a Grade-4 Demonic Beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps he was the one who had commanded the Grade-3 Demonic Beasts and other Demonic Beasts to invade the Inner City previously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If so, it was another sign that Minister Ren—or the Devil before them—was someone much stronger than the Grade-3 Demonic Beast he had killed previously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against such an enemy, guns were useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(He must be the real enemy!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though if one asked whether he was confident in being able to kill it, he could only say that he was only 1% certain and that too, only to survive against the Devil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To kill the Grade-3 Demonic Beast had already taken almost all of his power, not to mention that the beast had been greatly weakened due to the explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he had to face an enemy far stronger than that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll handle this bastard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go. Now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hesitated for a second longer, but a second pulse of Ren’s aura cracked open a section of the ceiling, sending rubble crashing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made her choice easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned and shouted, \"Evacuate the palace! Get the civilians out of the Inner City! NOW!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guards scrambled to obey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Minister Ren’s transformation was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood ten feet tall now, cloaked in shadow, eyes glowing like molten rubies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kekeke... Do you think you can defeat me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil’s voice slithered through the air like a poison fog—mocking, amused, savoring the moment like a cat toying with a mouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan didn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just looked up at the towering creature in front of him—ten feet tall, cloaked in swirling demonic mist, eyes like molten blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the ground warped slightly beneath its feet, twisted by the foul energy leaking from its form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Bai Zihan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Defeat you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said, brushing dust off his robes with a lazy flick of his sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please! A coward like you who needs to hide like a rat just to destroy a small city like this? I don’t need to think whether I can defeat you or not. I can!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, why waste time pretending to be a minister of Ironmist? Just means you’re too weak to destroy it yourself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan provoked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know why the Devil was disguised, though he was curious—because with that kind of strength, Bai Zihan believed he could easily have turned Ironmist to dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph! You wouldn’t understand the mind of a genius like mine,\" the Devil replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An excuse for a coward. COWARD! Just say you’re a coward. COWARD!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A silence stretched in the throne hall for half a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demonic Qi surged like a storm exploding from the Devil’s body, cracking the walls and sending flames licking across the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palace trembled. Even the soldiers retreating in the distance stumbled from the shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"YOU!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil snarled, voice twisted with fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, a coward wants to say something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one—no one—has ever made me want to kill as much as you do, boy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan tilted his head, unbothered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, yeah. I’ve heard that before. From arrogant bastards, overgrown monsters, and a pig demon. And now, a coward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They all ended up the same way. Dead. Under my feet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arrogant WORM!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil lunged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His clawed hand tore through the air, and Bai Zihan vanished in a blur of motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword intercepted the strike mid-air, but even with all his strength, Bai Zihan was forced back—his boots skidding across the cracked marble floor, lines gouged from the sheer force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is that arrogance now?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He followed up with a brutal kick, and Bai Zihan barely managed to bring his sword up in time—the impact launching him through a broken pillar and into the far wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust exploded out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zihan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Feilian looked back once from afar, eyes wide, heart thudding. But her guards dragged her along as the city burned around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Princess, you can’t stay here! We must flee!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone understood the gravity of the situation. Even if everyone were to attack the Devil together, it would be of no use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever a Devil descends, there is no hope for that place unless powerful Cultivators intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even then, any kind of Devil is treated like a major disaster, and even Cultivators tend to be careful when dealing with them—as most of the time, they end up falling for their trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil’s voice boomed through the crumbling throne hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s wrong, little hero?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He mocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought you said I’d end up under your feet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the dust cloud, Bai Zihan gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pui—If I had my real body, you wouldn’t even have the courage to stand before me,\" Bai Zihan muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was having a hard time against the Devil, no doubt. It was only because of his experience and techniques that he’d managed to survive at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword hand trembled. His arm was numb from the impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This trial, Bai Zihan thought, was clearly impossible to pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t think even the other participants—without their actual cultivation—would be able to deal with something like a Devil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Was the trial impossible in the first place?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t think so. It was a trial to choose and grant inheritance—there had to be some kind of way to pass it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just needed to find it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil growled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that fear in your eyes, human?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan said with a smirk, even as blood trickled down his chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just disgust! Your breath stinks too much. I’d be grateful if you stopped talking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil’s face twisted into something monstrous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You dare—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Bai Zihan didn’t wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Flickering Shadow Step!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His figure blurred, vanishing like smoke in a gust of wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floor where he stood exploded into rubble as the Devil’s claw smashed down—but Bai Zihan was already behind him, darting across the battlefield with dizzying speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One step. Two steps. Ten steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flickered from place to place, shadows trailing behind him like ghosts, trying to gain distance, trying to spot something—anything—that might hint at how to survive this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind raced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(There has to be a way out!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes scanned the crumbling throne room—walls split, fire roaring, tapestries shredded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Statues of past rulers... shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Royal sigils... torn and half-burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palace itself... no secret formations, no hidden glyphs. Just a graveyard waiting for a corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Devil?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, he closed the distance and struck—a claw sweeping through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan twisted to dodge, but too late!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil’s claws grazed his ribs, slicing through his robes and flesh like paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood sprayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guh—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan was thrown like a broken doll, skipping across the ground before crashing into the base of the throne itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil stood tall above him, laughing as his demonic aura pulsed like a tide of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Run all you want,\" he growled, walking forward slowly. \"Struggle as much as you can. This is your reward for provoking me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan coughed violently, red staining his lips as he leaned against the cold stone, one hand still gripping his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision blurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain screamed through his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Flickering Shadow Step wasn’t enough to get him clear—not from this monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flicked up to the Devil, closing in, dragging that massive, shadow-wrapped form with each step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(There really is... nothing?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No. That couldn’t be right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t believe in \"no chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it’s less than 1%... it was still a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t dead yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet!\u003C\u002Fp>",1714,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.491Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","d59d5f7097f051e4454b5bda3e35c33eea491809b4474003932b35f24cf9ed34","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-156","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-154",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]