[{"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-462":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},60220,84,"Chapter 462 Lin Xuan vs Yuan Jie!","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-462",462,"\u003Cp>The clash continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first glance, it was exactly as everyone had predicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the unexpected resistance from Lin Xuan, Yuan Jie dominated the tempo with his overwhelming power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Soul Formation qi surged endlessly, each strike heavier than the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword techniques were not refined or elegant, but they were brutally effective-battle-tested moves forged through countless life-and-death\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every swing carried killing intent; every step forced Lin Xuan closer to the edge of the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another downward strike smashed into the platform, cracking stone and sending fragments flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan slid backward, boots scraping against the ground. His sleeve was torn, a thin line of blood appearing along his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's more like it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nascent Soul can't compete with Soul Formation after all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuan Jie hasn't even used his full strength yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fei Ling's brows furrowed deeply. Her fingers clenched unconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Qingmei bit her lip, eyes glued to the platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Kong Zhanhong was worried as he watched Lin Xuan being pushed back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Bai Zihan remained unmoved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the arena, Yuan Jie laughed, the sound loud and confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's wrong?\" he taunted. \"Is this all you've got? You really thought you could cross realms and beat me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was worried at first because of Lin Xuan's unexpected speed but after using his full power and pushing Lin Xuan back, he got his confidence back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward, aura flaring even stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword erupted with dense qi, the blade glowing faintly as he unleashed a full-powered technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crushing Severance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword descended like a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure alone made weaker disciples in the audience feel their breathing grow heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Lin Xuan did not retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact rang out sharply, far louder than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan was forced down to one knee, the platform beneath him fracturing further, spiderweb cracks spreading outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A collective gasp rose from the stands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Jie's grin widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There it is,\" he sneered. \"Kneel!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan's sword trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A subtle shift occurred, one so small that most failed to notice it. Lin Xuan's qi\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>circulation changed-no longer defensive, no longer restrained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure around him sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Jie's expression flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan pushed upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly and steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain-like pressure broke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Jie was forced back half a step, eyes widening in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's impossible-!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan rose to his feet, dust settling around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite Yuan Jie giving his all, Lin Xuan remained unfazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Jie's confidence wavered, irritation flashing across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you were hiding your strength,\" he growled. \"Fine. I'll crush you anyway!\" He surged forward again, this time unleashing everything-his strongest techniques layered one after another, sword light filling the arena in violent\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>arcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His footwork shifted subtly, angles tightening, steps precise to the inch. Yuan Jie's overwhelming strikes began to miss-not by chance, but by calculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Redirect!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each exchange drained Yuan Jie slightly more, while Lin Xuan remained steady as he calm predicted every move of Yuan Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Something was wrong!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Jie thought as ever after using his all, he was once again not able to hit Lin\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Jie's breathing grew heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His attacks, once fluid, became impatient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why won't you fall!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Jie roared, pouring even more qi into his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That impatience was the opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan's eyes sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, Lin Xuan's sword intent erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp, invisible edge swept across the arena, and every cultivator present-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sword user or not-felt it brush against their skin like cold steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world seemed to narrow, as if everything except that single sword had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>been cut away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a heartbeat-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the arena exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"S-Sword Intent?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way-how is that possible?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's impossible! Only true sword cultivators who've trained for hundreds of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>years can form sword intent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gasps, shouts, disbelief-order collapsed instantly. Elders half-stood from their\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disciples stared with wide eyes, some even unconsciously clutching their own swords as if responding to an unseen call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fei Ling froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breath caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sword... intent?\" Yun Qingmei's eyes shone, shock and awe mixing uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the overseeing elder's composure cracked, his pupils shrinking as he\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stared at Lin Xuan as though looking at a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above them all, Bai Zihan's gaze sharpened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(What a monster!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan thought. He too had Sword Intent, but that was something gifted by\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the System-not something he had earned himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the platform, Yuan Jie staggered backward as if struck by an unseen force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword trembled violently in his grasp, emitting a strained hum, as though\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>resisting its master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible...\" Yuan Jie muttered hoarsely. \"This is impossible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was drained of color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword intent wasn't something that could be obtained through force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't something granted by the Cultivation realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was comprehension-an understanding of the sword so deep it transcended\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>technique itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the only other person in the Heaven Sword Sect known to possess such a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>thing-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was Bai Zihan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword was still plain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His stance unassuming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet with sword intent woven through it, even the simplest movement felt like a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>fatal strike waiting to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All of this,\" Lin Xuan muttered to himself, \"is thanks to Young Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't as if Bai Zihan had taught him the sword or anything like that. After watching Bai Zihan use sword intent time and time again-watching how he cut through enemies, how his sword did not merely swing but decided-Lin\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuan had begun to imitate him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, it was instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then habit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then obsession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imitation alone should never have been enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No amount of copying could grant something so profound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Xuan was Lin Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Heaven Chosen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cultivator with monstrous talent and terrifying comprehension ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What began as imitation became understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What began as observation became insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at some point, even Lin Xuan himself hadn't realized it-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had crossed the threshold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the arena, Yuan Jie screamed, his fear finally boiling over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No! Even with sword intent, you're still beneath me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lunged forward desperately, sword blazing with unstable qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No flourish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a sword, carrying intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword light cut through Yuan Jie's attack like paper, cleaving through qi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>blade, and confidence in a single line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Jie's sword shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the edge of the arena\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>before slumping to the ground, blood spraying from his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan stood where he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence swallowed the arena whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The realization struck everyone at once. This fight had never been close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the moment sword intent appeared-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had already ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Jie lay sprawled at the edge of the arena, his body half-embedded in\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cracked stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword lay several meters away, shattered into dull fragments, its spiritual\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>light completely extinguished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, but the pain in his body was\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>nothing compared to the shock flooding his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He... lost?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't just losing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been overwhelmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Jie's eyes trembled as he stared at Lin Xuan standing calmly at the center\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>of the platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same Lin Xuan he had provoked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same Lin Xuan he had believed he could trample at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slow footsteps echoed across the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan approached, sword lowered, no killing intent leaking from him. His\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>expression was calm-almost gentle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped a few steps away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you want to continue?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan asked quietly. The words were simple. But to Yuan Jie, they were heavier than any sword strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continue?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword was broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more importantly-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His confidence had been shattered beyond repair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Jie clenched his fists, nails digging into his palms. His lips trembled as he\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tried to speak, but no sound came out at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire arena held its breath, waiting for Yuan Jie's answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I give up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words were hoarse, barely louder than a whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment those words fell, something inside Yuan Jie collapsed completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan nodded once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I hope you keep your word.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned away without another glance, walking back toward his original\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>position as if the matter had already ended. For several heartbeats, no one moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the overseeing elder snapped back to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward, his voice carrying authority as spiritual qi amplified his\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The duel is concluded!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept across the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuan Jie has conceded. Lin Xuan is the victor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shockwave of sound erupted from the stands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheers, gasps, exclamations-some excited, some fearful, some disbelieving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nascent Soul defeating Soul Formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Intent appearing! Total suppression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt unreal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And only then did everyone truly realize-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not just Lin Xuan's victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a declaration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A reminder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a warning to the entire Heaven Sword Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter who the Sect Leader was, he was still the same Lin Xuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No! More Powerful Lin Xuan!\u003C\u002Fp>",1519,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.492Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","6b139b4293c1fe33910f60e3dce0643915c9bca253dab50a9f6dc618cf80b31a","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-463","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-461",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]