[{"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-417":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},60475,84,"Chapter 417 Toward the Great Wilderness","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-417",417,"\u003Cp>At first, Bai Zihan thought he had heard wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Qing was kidnapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what his father had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words passed through his ears, yet failed to settle in his mind-like mist dispersing before it could take shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Qing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat there calmly, posture relaxed, expression unchanged. He thought that shouldn't be right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would Demonic Cultivators, after invading the strongest clan, take a simple mortal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it were meant as a threat, he didn't think Demonic Cultivators would be stupid enough to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You're sure?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The question left his mouth without weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, his thoughts were already moving elsewhere, dismissing it as something he had misheard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demonic Cultivators would never waste effort on something so meaningless. Then Bai Tianheng confirmed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luo Qing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not violently. Not suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It simply... halted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the briefest instant, Bai Zihan's mind went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Qing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just a maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn't right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been there when he was still a child with uncontrollable moods, when servants avoided him like a curse, when elders shook their heads and said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the one left behind with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because she was loyal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because no one else wanted the job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because he hadn't fired or killed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever his temper flared, others would retreat. Luo Qing stayed because she was his personal maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from Bai Zihan's parents, she was the one who had been with him the longest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One might even call her his childhood friend-though obviously, Bai Zihan never saw anyone as his equal, so he didn't have friends before, and even now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But perhaps she was the one who came closest to being one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...She was kidnapped.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words settled at last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And something inside him cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn't accurate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something broke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world around him dimmed, as if color itself recoiled. The tent, the people,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the battlefield beyond-it all became distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single thought rose, sharp and absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Those dirty bastards...)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers curled slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They dared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They dared lay hands on her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure erupted before he even realized he was standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura exploded outward, no longer restrained, no longer controlled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing intent-pure, murderous, ancient-flooded the tent like a collapsing sky. The ground groaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air screamed. Disciples outside fell to their knees as if struck by divine punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan didn't see them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't care about anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision burned crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words left his throat low and hoarse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"HOW DARE THEY?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The restraint he had cultivated for years shattered completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're courting death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While furious, his mind never stopped thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demonic Cultivators!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the culprits were Demonic Cultivators, then there was only one place\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that might hold the answer to what he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where is Luo Qing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan lifted his gaze toward the distant Great Wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant his gaze locked onto the Great Wilderness, his figure tore through\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the tent's entrance like a blade unsheathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground cracked where he had stood, Qi exploding outward in a violent\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The encampment erupted into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What was that?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enemy attack?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Battle formation-move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disciples poured out of tents, elders rose into the air, defensive arrays flared\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many thought a hidden Demonic Expert had infiltrated the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they saw him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lone figure streaking across the sky, killing intent rolling off him like an ocean\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...That's Young Master Bai.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn-who angered him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murmurs spread rapidly as cultivators stared upward, expressions shifting from\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>alarm to disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Bai Zihan, another figure surged forward-steady, powerful,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Tianheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Patriarch of the Bai Clan followed closely, his aura released to its fullest as\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he chased after his son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the two of them, some disciples exchanged strange looks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Is the Young Master trying to challenge his father for the position?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hah-don't joke. Who would dare provoke Bai Tianheng like that?\" \"Still... look at that killing intent. I've never seen Young Master Bai like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some laughed nervously. Some swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not a single person moved to intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one was foolish enough to place themselves between Bai Zihan and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>whatever had driven him into this state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sky, Bai Tianheng tried to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zihan-!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind swallowed his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He accelerated, appearing beside his son, reaching out-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zihan'er, calm yourself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's eyes were locked forward, pupils sharp and burning, his aura\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>roaring like an unchained beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He neither slowed nor acknowledged his father's presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Tianheng knew that look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't anger that could be reasoned with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Bai Zihan continued like this-charging straight into the Great Wilderness\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>alone-then the consequences would be catastrophic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demonic Cultivators were cruel by nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mó Zun was no ordinary enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in this state, Bai Zihan would not retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Tianheng gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grand Elder!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A third figure surged forward, his presence calm yet overwhelming, cutting\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>through the turbulent Qi with effortless authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Tianheng had already anticipated this scenario-one where Bai Zihan might\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>react like this and need to be stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately-or perhaps fortunately-he was self-aware enough to know that his own strength wouldn't be enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why Bai Ren had been called.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren had been following all along, silent until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Tianheng didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please stop him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No further explanation was needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren nodded once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, space seemed to compress. He vanished-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And reappeared directly in front of Bai Zihan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blocking his path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's killing intent crashed into him like a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren did not move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised one hand and placed it firmly on Bai Zihan's shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure shook the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bai Zihan,\" Bai Ren said, his voice low yet carrying absolute authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren's hand was like a wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment it landed on Bai Zihan's shoulder, the raging Qi around him was crushed downward, forcibly compressed by overwhelming strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immortal Ascension Realm pressure descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's body shuddered mid-flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time since his outburst, he was forcibly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes snapped sideways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word was cold and absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not a request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren didn't even blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, a faint grin tugged at the corner of his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh,\" he chuckled softly. \"Try me, you brat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's bones creaked. His muscles screamed under the sudden\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>suppression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To anyone else, this would have been the end-forced back to reason, crushed\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>by a realm they had no right to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Bai Zihan's eyes burned brighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Qi surged-not chaotically, but violently ordered, like a blade being reforged mid-strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice dropped to a whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heaven's Mandate Reversal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's aura exploded outward, no longer restrained by the Spirit Severing Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cultivation surged violently, breaking through invisible shackles in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peak Spirit Severing-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Void Refinement-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Ascension Realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What-?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>РАН!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan shook off Bai Ren's hand as if it were nothing more than a nuisance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He surged forward, putting several hundred meters between them in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Bai Zihan drew his sword from his storage ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single, decisive slash, he cut downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>RIIIP-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space itself split apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark rift tore open before him, its edges warping violently as chaotic spatial currents spilled outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a feat reserved for Void Refinement Realm experts and above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan stepped into the rift without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a single heartbeat, the heavens were silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Bai Ren burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha-!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no amusement in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished instantly, chasing after Bai Zihan, while simultaneously sending out\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a powerful transmission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grand Elders, please follow me! Bai Zihan is in danger\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind them, Bai Tianheng finally caught up, his expression dark and furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn't you stop him?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped, forgetting all decorum as he shouted at Bai Ren mid-flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren didn't slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because if I used any more power,\" he replied grimly, \"I might have seriously harmed him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Tianheng realized that Bai Ren was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren had already used Immortal Ascension Realm pressure against someone in the Spirit Severing Realm-which should normally have injured them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so, Bai Zihan still managed to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren exhaled sharply, eyes fixed on the figure tearing space apart ahead of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who would have thought even that wouldn't be enough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head, unsure whether to curse... or laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a monster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Tianheng followed in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't blame Bai Ren.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had taken care not to harm Bai Zihan-and that restraint was precisely why\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan had escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than that, Bai Tianheng didn't know what to feel about Bai Zihan's\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>outburst over Luo Qing's kidnapping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought his son cared for no one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet-here they were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead of them, Bai Zihan cut through space once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His destination was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And whoever stood between him and Luo Qing-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would die!\u003C\u002Fp>",1532,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.491Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","444d926d64d11dbd9bd4d8b64fd3c88866a1c4625fb42af3ca870e04f4703796","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-418","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-416",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]