[{"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-448":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},60506,84,"Chapter 448 An Alliance Forged in Resentment","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-448",448,"\u003Cp>The Desolate Heaven Empire stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It boiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when they thought that the Bai Clan would be unstoppable and nobody\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>could replicate what they did, the Li-Zhao Alliance also made an\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>announcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A High Earth-Grade cultivation technique-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taught to those who joined their ranks, just like the Bai Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the Li-Zhao Alliance made their announcement, the already cracked ice shattered and nobody could maintain their calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did you say? The Li-Zhao Alliance too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're offering High Earth-Grade Cultivation Technique?\" \"So it's not just the Bai Clan anymore...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard the Li and Zhao Clans actually stole it from the Bai Clan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who cares, as long as we can get access to it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in decades, something unthinkable was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two great powers-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throwing out their greatest treasures to recruit allies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was desperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was war-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just not one fought with blades yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excitement swept through the Desolate Heaven Empire like a rising tide. For once-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid clashes of ambition, grudges, and rivalries between Great Power-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones who benefited the most were not the great clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The countless minor clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wandering cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The families that had always lingered at the edge of relevance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To obtain a High Earth-Grade cultivation technique simply by joining an alliance-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something that would have been unthinkable just days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the past, we would've had to bow for generations just to glimpse such a technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And now they're handing it out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughter echoed through taverns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eyes gleamed with undisguised greed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For many, it felt as though the heavens themselves were finally tilting in their favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some chose patience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They observed quietly, waiting to see whether the Bai Clan or the Li-Zhao Alliance would raise the stakes even further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If both sides were already willing to throw out High Earth-Grade techniques, who was to say they wouldn't offer more?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn't they be willing to add more benefits such as perhaps handing out Grade-6 pills?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others, however, couldn't wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opportunities like this did not come twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they hesitated and missed their chance, they might never recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So for a High Earth-Grade cultivation technique, they were willing to pledge\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their entire clan to another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Li-Zhao Alliance also offering the same cultivation technique, many expected the situation to tilt in their favor-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or at least stabilize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To balance out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But reality proved otherwise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, the Li-Zhao Alliance did attract new clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several, in fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough to make noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough to give the appearance of resurgence of their alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it was nothing compared to what the Bai Clan had gained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because a vast number of clans had already joined the Bai Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now that they possessed the High Earth-Grade cultivation technique-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What reason did they have to betray?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some felt gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some felt loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others simply saw no benefit in switching sides when they already held what\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>others were still chasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the Bai Clan demanded only one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No excessive tributes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No forced mobilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No binding clauses that drained a clan dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In stark contrast, the Li-Zhao Alliance's terms quickly became known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To join-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clan had to contribute twenty percent of its total resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And worse-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the event of war, they were required to commit half of their fighting force to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the alliance's command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not negotiable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No exceptions. \"Fifty percent... What if they drag us into a war we can't afford?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it! I only want the cultivation technique-better join the Bai Clan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though both alliances offered the same cultivation technique, their requirements were vastly different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, a wise man could say that loyalty is much worse than 50%. The Bai Clan demanded loyalty-but what that loyalty meant was ambiguous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could mean one hundred percent commitment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or far less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deeply loyal clan might give everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lukewarm one might give only the bare minimum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no specified numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So even if Bai Clan loyalty might one day require more than fifty percent of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their forces, no one knew until it actually happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to that-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Li-Zhao Alliance's explicit demand of fifty percent already felt oppressive\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>whether they would need to or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clans would be forced to comply even if their own circumstances were\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>disastrous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So while it was impossible to say with certainty which deal was better-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bai Clan's conditions seemed far more generous to most, at least to their\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, while the Li-Zhao Alliance grew-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bai Clan continued to swell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, many believed the situation spelled loss for the Bai Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the cultivation technique being spread by the Li-Zhao Alliance was-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>by every account-the same one the Bai Clan had unveiled first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their greatest weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now in enemy hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't the Bai Clan shoot itself in the foot?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They revealed too much!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li-Zhao neutralized their advantage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such voices were common in the empire's streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To outsiders, it looked obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bai Clan had lost exclusivity-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with it, leverage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many waited for the Bai Clan to erupt in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To denounce Li and Zhao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To retaliate openly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But strangely-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bai Clan remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was precisely that silence that made something else stand out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the ones who were truly furious-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were not the Bai Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the clans that had already joined it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment news spread that the Li-Zhao Alliance was distributing the same cultivation technique, outrage exploded within the Bai Clan's expanding\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>coalition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?!\" \"They stole it?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Which bastard leaked it?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clan after clan erupted in curses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who had joined the Bai Clan were furious-and convinced that the traitor\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>must be one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That technique was given to us in trust!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To think someone would betray us like this-steal it and hand it to Li and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I swear, if I find out which clan leaked it, I'll wipe them out to the last dog!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anger burned hot and wild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were furious at the Li and Zhao Clans, accusing them of shameless theft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others were furious at the unknown traitor-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clan that had \"betrayed\" the Bai Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And still others were angry for a simpler, far more selfish reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just days ago, they had believed they stood above everyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had joined first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had obtained a High Earth-Grade cultivation technique few others\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had imagined a future where their disciples surged ahead-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where rivals were left choking in the dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That advantage was slipping away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just when our juniors started breaking through!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just when we thought we could suppress everyone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To them, the Li-Zhao Alliance hadn't merely copied a technique-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had stolen their future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This isn't just against the Bai Clan anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is against all of us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resentment sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because whether they admitted it or not, one thing was clear-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had tied their fate to the Bai Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Li-Zhao's actions felt like a direct slap to their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ironically, that fury did something unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of weakening the Bai Clan's coalition-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made them have the same goal with the same hatred against the Li-Zhao\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earliest clans grew more tightly bound, united by shared outrage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there truly was a traitor among them-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then that traitor was no longer merely an enemy of the Bai Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were an enemy of everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Bai Clan's hall, the atmosphere was nothing like the chaos sweeping\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan stood by the window, hands clasped behind his back, gazing at drifting clouds beyond the mountain peaks. Reports lay scattered across the table behind him-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each detailing outrage, curses, and escalating hostility toward the Li-Zhao Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He read them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint curve of the lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this is how it turns out...\" he murmured. Truthfully, even Bai Zihan hadn't fully anticipated this outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had expected Regret. Even wavering loyalty after finding out that Li-Zhao\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clan was giving out the same Cultivation technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the hatred now being directed at the Li-Zhao Alliance-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It exceeded his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never expected much from the alliance he created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were instruments, Puppets used to spread the cultivation technique and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>increase his leverage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the Bai Clan or the Li-Zhao Alliance distributing it had never truly mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was better that Li and Zhao helped spread it for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, he reckoned most of the Li-Zhao Alliance members had already begun\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cultivating it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those clans' fate were already in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they dared bare their fangs at him, he could threaten-or kill-them without\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for those who join the Bai Clan's Alliance, it was similar. They were no longer\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a threat though he also has no use for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps they could be used better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could reshape this resentment-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Convert it into a shared purpose- Then he wouldn't even need to reveal his trick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could have those clans rally willingly against the Li-Zhao Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's smile widened, cold and satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That,\" he said quietly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would be the ideal situation for us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1537,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.491Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","48420b49795ad214ed03bb2e401d30eaa1f43e63a61739be6560eb875bb95110","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-449","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-447",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]