[{"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-277":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},60135,84,"Chapter 277 Unbound Frost, Unseen Terror","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-277",277,"\u003Cp>The black-crimson arc of Absolute Severance tore across the stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strike was so powerful it seemed to slice not just through stone, but through the very world itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The protective barrier around the arena wailed like a beast in agony, threads of light trembling, spiderweb cracks spreading outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience collectively forgot to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stage had been split apart, a jagged scar running its length. Dust and debris clouded the air, swallowing Bai Xueqing's figure entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence stretched on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-What? Did Bai Xueqing lose?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She seemed to have been swallowed by the attack. It would be almost impossible to dodge such an attack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within the storm of shattered stone and dissolving qi, a figure emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her robes were unruffled, her silver sword steady in her hand. Not a scratch touched her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xueqing walked forward, each step as serene as a moonlit tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience erupted in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against such a powerful attack, how did Bai Xueqing come out unscathed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she have something they had yet to see?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Fengzhuo's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His grip tightened on the sword, the veins along his arm bulging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(No... I know she didn't dodge it. That attack... it definitely hit her.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absolute Severance enhanced by his Heaven-Rending Breakthrough was something that could even defeat those in the Spirit Severing Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way that it could be easily blocked, and he was certain that Bai Xueqing lacked the power to do so as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just how...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he felt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't her aura swelling. It wasn't her qi surging outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something sharper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The experienced cultivator also recognized it at a first glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Th-this... this is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible... at her age...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She's grasped... Sword Intent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the stage, faint arcs of silver light shimmered in the air, thin as threads, yet carrying the sharpness to cut apart the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, Bai Xueqing had grasped Sword Intent-an incredible achievement for someone of her age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it was an achievement that one could brag about if one obtained it at any age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had used Second Form: Phantom Light Strike! enhanced by her sword intent to cancel out the Absolute Severance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sword Intent! I can't believe she was hiding something like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Fengzhuo muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, it was something that might just be stronger than the technique she used against Zhao Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, with this, any strike from the sword was enhanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Du Changsheng, his master, was surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Sword Intent! Even Nie Fengzhuo has a long way before he can grasp it.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had seen many geniuses in his life-indeed, he had once been called one\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon witnessing Bai Xueqing, he had to admit she was a genius above all others he had encountered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Sword Intent especially was astonishing, a feat said to be attainable only by those who had trained for hundreds of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for her conflict with his disciple, he would have gladly taken her as his dsciple. Her potential was simply too vast to ignore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dust had barely settled when silver light burst forth once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xueqing raised her sword, its edge humming softly-no longer just steel, but\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a vessel for her will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nine Shadows Flowing Light Sword!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Sword Intent flowing through it, every casual swing carried a weight that could easily end Nie Fengzhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Fengzhuo gritted his teeth. His aura surged violently, black-crimson flames\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>licking at his body like a tyrant's crown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sword Intent or not, you will lose today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nine Desolations Tyrant Sword!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strikes came crashing down once more, the sword cutting in arcs so heavy that the entire stage groaned with each impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xueqing met him head-on. Her silver blade moved like light across water,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>graceful and precise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each clash rang with a clarity that sent shivers down the spines of every\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>spectator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint threads of Sword Intent shimmered at each collision, dispersing his overwhelming force, neutralizing power that should have been impossible for her to withstand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet-Nie Fengzhuo's strength remained terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time she deflected, her arms trembled slightly from the sheer weight behind his blows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time she countered, his relentless pressure forced her back a step. To the audience, the battle once again looked evenly matched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the experienced ones knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This balance won't last.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her Sword Intent... she can wield it endlessly, so long as her will holds steady.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But his Heaven-Rending Breakthrough-its power consumes too much qi. He has to end it before it burns him out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Fengzhuo himself knew it better than anyone. His breathing grew heavier,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sweat glistening on his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes burned with cold determination, his strikes faster, sharper, more\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>desperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(If I drag this on, I'll lose. No... I must end it now!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roared, his sword glowing with terrifying intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His qi raged higher, the black-crimson light condensing into a monstrous blade\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>projection that seemed to swallow the entire sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xueqing's silver sword flickered desperately, her afterimages scattering across the stage, weaving a dance of moonlit shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet each time, Nie Fengzhuo's tyrannical blade shattered through them, tearing\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>away her defenses piece by piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body jolted back, her arms numb, her lips pressed into a thin line. Blood\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>welled at the corner of her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Fengzhuo's sword fell once more, black-crimson arcs splitting apart even\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her Sword Intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her blade quivered under the weight. Her breathing turned sharp. Sweat beaded across her temple as she was driven down to one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her teeth clenched, eyes flashing with icy determination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... not yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her qi surged-cold, sharp, unyielding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air itself froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A suffocating chill spread across the arena, frost crawling from the cracked\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>jade tiles, sealing them in crystalline ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each breath of the spectators misted white. Even Nie Fengzhuo's black-crimson flames hissed as thin ice webs crept toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice rang clear, steady, and resolute:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Glacial Heaven Seal-Absolute Frost Domain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK-SHHHH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stage transformed into a frozen world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A domain of silver-blue light descended, the temperature plummeting until cultivators in the stands shivered despite their protective qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every swing of her sword now carried the weight of winter itself, freezing Nie Fengzhuo's arcs midair, shattering their momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, he staggered back, frost creeping up his legs, his tyrant flames dimming under the overwhelming cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes widened, caught completely off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only watch as his body began to freeze-its power far greater than he\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had ever imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a fleeting moment, it seemed victory was Bai Xueqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK! BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thunderous roar erupted. Black-crimson qi burst outward, flames so violent\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they shattered the frost binding his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Fengzhuo's veins bulged, his aura skyrocketing to a level even higher than before. His sword shook violently, then roared alive like a beast unleashed. The audience gasped in horror as the frost shattered around him, snow and ice\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>scattering like dust before a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? How is this possible?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasn't his qi already depleted? How can it be even greater than before?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't tell me... was he acting this whole time?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone had thought that with Bai Xueqing powerful technique, the fight would have ended but Nie Fengzhuo comes out with even more power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His qi was darker, heavier, more oppressive than before-like a tyrant breaking\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>through his shackles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xueqing's eyes widened as her Absolute Frost Domain cracked under the weight of his power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(He... broke through even this...?!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Fengzhuo's blade rose once more, its edge drenched in world-splitting\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hope of her victory-shattered in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrible sound echoed from within Bai Xueqing's body. Not bone, not steel-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>something deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body jolted violently, and a surge of silver-blue qi burst outward in jagged\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>spikes of frost. \"Wha-what's happening?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gasps filled the arena as the Absolute Frost Domain, once a controlled mantle\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>of power, warped and twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of flowing in harmony, the ice qi now spiraled chaotically, lashing out\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like wild beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her veins glowed faintly beneath her skin, streaks of pale light crawling upward like frostbite spreading through glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xueqing's hand trembled. Her grip on her sword faltered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face went pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horror flickered in her eyes as the frost began to claw free from her core, as\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>though her own body had become a prison it refused to remain inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... no...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice cracked, low and desperate, as her knees buckled under the violent\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>surging qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again she was reminded of the mirage-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her power shallowing her loved one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... can't...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She muttered through clenched teeth, her voice quivering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The panic tightened her chest, and the more she tried to resist, the more\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>viciously the ice qi raged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Absolute Frost Domain collapsed inward, imploding toward her dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her meridians screamed in protest, frost erupting in sharp cracks across her\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>skin, blood mixing with icy mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold deepened, sharper and sharper, threatening to consume not just Bai Xueqing but everything around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clutched her chest, her sword arm trembling, her voice cracking like\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>shattering ice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... no, not this... I won't... I can't...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the more she struggled-the more the frost devoured her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a familiar voiced appeared in her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calm down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1551,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.492Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","ae365363e6c7ddf07f00adf5b0e7e53fe5e7a3d257f44a28c5331ae2ad689732","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-278","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-276",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]