[{"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-395":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},60553,84,"Chapter 395 An Earth Immortal for an Earth Immortal","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-395",395,"\u003Cp>CLANG! CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gou You went full defense mode then on. He wasn't attacking much and only focusing on defending himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grand Elder Bai Ren, can you support Zhao Wujin and Yu Xuande?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister Xiu asked through telepathy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren didn't reply instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gou You had likely realized that he couldn't defeat him, which was why he had gone into full defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To take care of him quickly and then support Zhao Wujin and Yu Xuande would be difficult-unless Bai Ren used their trump card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes! It would be difficult as long as he continued hiding their trump card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Saint-Grade Artifact!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he used it, Bai Ren didn't think dealing with Gou You would be too troublesome. He was already winning without using it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swept his gaze across the battlefield and found that almost all of their forces were looking down, their morale severely shaken by the death of their Earth Immortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Perhaps it's time.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he waited any longer, the situation would only worsen-especially since there was no one left to keep the half-Qilin in check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they lost Zhao Wujin or Yu Xuande, then it would almost be impossible to take care of Half-Qilin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tianheng, I'm going to use it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren informed Bai Tianheng through telepathy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"... I understand!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the circumstances, Bai Tianheng had no objections to Bai Ren using the Saint-Grade Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this revelation would undoubtedly bring complications later, if they didn't use it now, they might not even survive long enough to worry about those problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bai Ren, what happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gou You sneered as he noticed Bai Ren's attacks slowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you finally realize how futile your efforts are?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren replied coldly, his eyes locked onto Gou You.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gou You, I would've played with you a little longer-but the circumstances no longer allow it. Prepare to face death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gou You burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha! Face death?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spread his arms wide as demonic Qi surged around him, forming a thick, defensive shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bai Ren, don't tell me you're trying to scare me with empty words?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept briefly across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crumbling morale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhenhe's disappearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A twisted smile curled on his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look around you,\" Gou You mocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your side is already collapsing. Even an Earth Immortal couldn't survive. And\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you think a few harsh words will change anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned forward slightly, his tone dripping with disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop pretending. If you had anything else, you would've used it long ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite his words-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint unease stirred in Gou You's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren was too calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't look like someone who believed he had already lost. As long as his morale hadn't broken, it meant he still believed he could survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren didn't reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he slowly raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space itself seemed to hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sword appeared in his grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment it emerged, the world changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi across the battlefield shuddered violently, as if bowing before something far\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>beyond its station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Demonic Qi recoiled instinctively, retreating from Bai Ren's position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chill ran straight down Gou You's spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pupils contracted sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(What... is that?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure it exuded seemed to disorder the very laws of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was no ordinary artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That sword-!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gou You's breathing faltered for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single thought echoed uncontrollably in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Saint-Grade...)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish the thought, Bai Ren spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Goodbye!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word had barely left his lips-when Bai Ren moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no flourish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No grand technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No explosion of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised the sword-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And swung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single, clean arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the moment the blade descended, the heavens split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Qi surged forth like an ancient decree, crushing everything in its path. Gou You's demonic defenses shattered instantly-like paper before a raging\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>inferno.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes widened in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No-!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword passed through him. There was no pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No time to scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gou You's body froze mid-motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It separated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Demonic Qi collapsed in silence, his soul extinguished before it could even\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>attempt to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gou You-gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield fell deathly still once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demonic Qi that had once flooded Gou You's position collapsed\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>completely, dispersing like smoke before the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No lingering aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only an empty stretch of scorched air where an Earth Immortal demonic\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cultivator had stood moments ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gou You-dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the Demonic Cultivators-It was a catastrophe. Just like when Li Zhenhe\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That... that was Gou You?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An Earth Immortal Demonic Cultivator... erased in a single strike?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panic erupted instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had grinned when it happened to the righteous cultivators-but now that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it had happened to them, they couldn't comprehend it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gou You was no ordinary figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the top five strongest demonic cultivators in existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pillar of their invasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he had fallen-cleanly, decisively, without even the chance to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear spreads faster than fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some demonic cultivators instinctively retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others hesitated mid-attack, their resolve shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time since the invasion began-The Demonic Cultivators' morale\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thunderous roar erupted from the Desolate Heaven Empire's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"GOU YOU IS DEAD!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shout spread like lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was killed by Grand Elder Bai Ren!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's gone! An Earth Immortal demonic cultivator is gone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shock turned into elation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despair transformed into blazing hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators who had been on the verge of collapse straightened their backs,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>eyes burning with renewed fighting spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what if we lost an Earth Immortal?! They lost one too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their so-called top expert-slain in a single strike!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughter broke out-wild, cathartic laughter born from surviving the brink of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The morale that had been plummeting moments ago didn't merely recover-It\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Battle cries echoed across the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We still have a chance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as Grand Elder Bai Ren stands-this battle isn't over!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the skies, Minister Xiu Yucheng exhaled sharply, his tightly clenched fists\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>finally loosening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze locked onto Bai Ren's figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(An Earth Immortal for an Earth Immortal...)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The balance had shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as Bai Ren turned-his gaze moving toward the half-Qilin-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sides understood the same truth:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle had entered its most critical phase yet.\u003C\u002Fp>",1047,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.491Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","f72ad50460edb5acdea700de0d76edcf5db3dc480650e6770101e9ff0096606e","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-396","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-394",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]