[{"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-446":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},60504,84,"Chapter 446 Heavenly Mandate Assimilation Art!","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-446",446,"\u003Cp>Bai Zihan continued searching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One Heaven-Grade technique after another passed before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were others with effects similar to what he wanted, but all of them had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>limitations he disliked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some required direct contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some demanded long preparation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others were limited in the number of people that could be controlled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, none of them were truly feasible for the plan he had in mind. Bai Zihan's expression grew increasingly calm as the list dwindled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Heaven-Grade was insufficient, then the next option was simple. \"There's only one place left...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze lifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saint-Grade!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The techniques listed there were few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his last resort. If there wasn't one suitable here, then he could only\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>give up on the plan and think of something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan scanned them one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul-Descent Scripture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Oath of Ten Thousand Spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minutes passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saint-Grade Cultivation Technique:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Mandate Assimilation Art!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's pupils contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He read the description slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The technique allowed cultivation through layered assimilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three layers were divided into three different cultivation techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lowest layer was comparable to an Earth-Grade cultivation technique, the second was Heaven-Grade, and the complete technique reached Mid Saint-Grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lowest layer formed a Mandate Seed, which the cultivator believed to be their own foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inner practitioners refined it further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the true master cultivated the Origin Mandate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the terrifying part-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mandate Seeds were not independent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Branches that unconsciously resonated with the Origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the Origin Mandate existed, all derived Mandates remained connected-regardless of cultivation level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No realm restriction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No upper limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No requirement for consent once cultivation began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The higher one cultivated using the derived technique, the deeper the connection grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The master of the Origin Mandate could-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disrupt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Collapse cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Death was not guaranteed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the destruction of the foundation was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, they would become crippled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan did not move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So it does exist...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he could move forward with the plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the price was a bit high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>75,000 Points!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was almost half of what he had saved from the Beast Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But considering the effect-and the fact that it was essentially a Saint-Grade, Heaven-Grade, and Earth-Grade cultivation technique combined-it was understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, Bai Zihan didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He purchased the technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, it's time for the plan to begin!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Convincing his father wasn't very difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Bai Tianheng had his doubts, but Bai Zihan expertly answered every\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't explicitly mention that it was a Saint-Grade cultivation technique, instead presenting it as a Heaven-Grade technique and explaining only some of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>its properties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing that those who cultivated it would be unable to betray the Bai Clan, Bai Tianheng had no objections-though he still didn't understand why Bai Zihan was so eager to expand the Bai Clan's influence when it was already\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>growing at a rapid pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Bai Tianheng agreed, the plan was executed swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news that the Bai Clan was offering an Earth-Grade cultivation technique\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to those who joined them spread faster than anyone expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, it was only whispers and rumors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But within a single day-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It became impossible to ignore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you heard?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heard what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Bai Clan is recruiting allies... and they're offering a High Earth-Grade\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cultivation technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment those words were spoken, disbelief followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A High Earth-Grade technique? That's impossible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's what I thought too. But the rumor isn't coming from just one place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people have already confirmed it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a teahouse near the imperial roads, several cultivators sat in tense\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>discussion, voices deliberately kept low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"High Earth-Grade isn't the same as ordinary Earth-Grade. That's the level just\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>below Heaven-Grade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A single technique like that could raise an entire clan by several tiers. I didn't\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>think such a thing existed in the Desolate Heaven Empire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why would the Bai Clan give something like that away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why not? With their influence and such benefits, they can rope in countless\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>clans and even surpass the Imperial Family. The Bai Clan is clearly going all in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, if they seized this momentum and completely outclassed their rivals,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Bai Clan could become absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then this would no longer be the Desolate Heaven Empire ruled by the Yu Clan\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-but by the Bai Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then someone spoke again, voice hesitant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you hear about the Yun River Lu Clan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The table stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean the one that's been loyal to the Zhao Clan for generations?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That one. They switched sides.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words landed heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No hesitation,\" the speaker continued. \"They publicly withdrew from the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li-Zhao Alliance this morning and declared allegiance to the Bai Clan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That fast?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understandable,\" another muttered. \"If the offer is real, not switching would\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>be foolish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A High Earth-Grade cultivation technique...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone clenched their fist unconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it's true, the benefits are unimaginable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clan stuck for centuries could finally break through. Talents previously limited by mediocre cultivation manuals would bloom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even elders nearing the end of their lifespan might glimpse a higher realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all of that-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For choosing a side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm going. I'll join the Bai Clan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But what if it's false?\" someone asked cautiously. \"What if it's just a rumor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then so what?\" came the immediate reply. \"We lose nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speaker leaned back, eyes sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At worst, we make contact and test the waters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it's false, we withdraw.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it's true...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't need to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others already understood. Even sending a delegation earned goodwill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hesitation cost nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the possible reward, the risk was laughably small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence, with the same line of reasoning spreading like wildfire, many more clans, sects, and lone cultivators made their way toward the Bai Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some came cautiously, sending only scouts or juniors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone shared the same thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>See it with our own eyes. After all, rumors were cheap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Heaven-altering opportunities were not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What none of them expected was that the truth would exceed even the most\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>exaggerated whispers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bai Clan was truly offering a High Earth-Grade cultivation technique simply for joining their alliance-a benefit most could only dream of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shock and disbelief were quickly replaced by uncontrollable excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who obtained the technique wasted no time. Sound transmission talismans flared to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clan leaders personally contacted trusted allies, sworn brothers, and blood\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>relatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come immediately and join the Bai Clan's alliance. Do not ask questions!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within days, the flow toward the Bai Clan transformed from a trickle into a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>flood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what astonished everyone even more-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bai Clan did not discriminate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They accepted powerful clans and minor families alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They accepted declining sects on the brink of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even accepted independent cultivators with no backing, no lineage, and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as one swore loyalty, the doors were open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no additional tributes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No demands for land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No demand for resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only two conditions existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First-absolute secrecy regarding the cultivation technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second-when the Bai Clan called, they would answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such generosity should have raised suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it didn't deter those who wished to join the alliance. After all, for a High Earth-Grade cultivation technique, even surrendering all their resources would have been worth it-yet the Bai Clan demanded none of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So while the Bai Clan appeared almost saintly, it was better to seize the opportunity than hesitate like a fool and lose it forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as time passed, as they cultivated using the Heavenly Mandate Assimilation\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Art, their conviction only deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effects were immediate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost frighteningly so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clans once listed as declining-spoken of with pity or disdain-began to stir like\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>dormant beasts awakening from a long slumber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one such clan, a young genius who had been hailed as a prodigy a century\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ago finally broke through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For decades, he had been trapped in the same realm, his talent wasted by an incomplete foundation and inferior techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after only days of cultivating the High Earth-Grade technique-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His bottleneck shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi surged like a roaring tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura climbed relentlessly, breaking through two minor realms in a single\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>closed-door session.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he emerged, the elders stared as though witnessing a miracle. Elsewhere, an elder who had already resigned himself to old age felt the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>invisible wall before him tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears streamed down his weathered face as he stepped into a realm he had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>once believed forever beyond reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stories like these spread faster than rumors ever could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not exaggerations. Not hearsay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But undeniable results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One clan reported three core disciples advancing simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another spoke of their declining bloodline showing signs of revival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sect on the brink of dissolution stabilized overnight, morale restored as hope\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>returned to its disciples' eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everywhere, the same conclusion was reached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bai Clan had not exaggerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything-they had understated the value of what they gave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gratitude turned into reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reverence into loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When representatives returned to the Bai Clan, they bowed deeply-some even\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>kneeling without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This opportunity... we will never forget.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our lives belong to the Bai Clan.\" \"Should the Bai Clan command it, we would walk through fire without\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>complaint.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when neighboring clans witnessed these transformations-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could no longer remain calm. Caution crumbled before temptation. After all, when one's neighbor was obtaining gold without loss, who could\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>remain unmoved?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suspicion mattered little in the face of visible prosperity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, clans that had hesitated sent envoys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then sects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then entire families uprooted themselves, rushing toward Bai Clan territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alliance expanded like a living organism-growing, adapting, strengthening with every passing day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And from within the Bai Clan-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan watched everything unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plan was proceeding exactly as he had expected.\u003C\u002Fp>",1626,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.491Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","59afbf224c1aa574eb6589442551ae4ba81068ebc138080d64f951041d4fcfd6","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-447","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-445",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]