[{"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-467":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},60225,84,"Chapter 467 Sky Pirate Leader's Power","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-467",467,"\u003Cp>\"Y-You are not crippled!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words tore from his throat before he could restrain them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shock and disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rumors had spread widely across the Desolate Heaven Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he had never witnessed it personally, the stories were abundant-of how Bai Zihan slew Great Ascension Realm demonic cultivators as if cutting weeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had dismissed them as exaggerations, though he didn't completely think they were lies, seeing how many people were talking about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even heard it from someone who personally witnessed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he assumed that Bai Zihan should have struggled and that he should have had help from others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the three Void Refinement subordinates-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breathing grew heavy for a fraction of a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought that it was going to be easy work because Bai Zihan, even if the rumors were true, was crippled now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forcibly composed himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three flying ships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He himself stood at the Great Ascension Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Bai Zihan wasn't a cripple-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those Great Ascension demonic cultivators he killed might have been weakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he believed that he too could have done the same to them if he had been the one there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice thundered across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky Pirates hesitated for the briefest instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they roared in unison, suppressing their unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Figures surged forward once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three pirate ships shifted positions simultaneously, their spiritual cannons recharging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Bai Zihan wished to fight-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they would crush him with numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan did not move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze was calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to see whether he could control these Sky Pirates like he did with Han Sha and the others back at Heaven Sword Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it looked like none of these Sky Pirates had yet practiced that technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Tsk! A pity!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could have instantly subdued them and gotten important information from them without much resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The charging pirates had barely advanced a dozen meters-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fate Severing Slash!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky itself seemed to split along its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The charging Sky Pirates froze mid-flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies passed through the line-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And separated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were cleaved so cleanly that even their consciousness did not have time\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to register what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It reached the first flying ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its defensive formation flared instinctively-multiple layers activating in rapid\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They shattered instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like mist before sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hull-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Split!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cleanly in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second ship attempted to defend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too weak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slash passed through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third flying ship also met the same fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three flying ships hung in the sky, motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then slid apart silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No thunderous explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No dramatic collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just severed existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fragments drifted downward, dissolving into the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky Pirates-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erased along with their vessels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only wind remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky pirate leader stood alone in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face had gone pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura wavered uncontrollably for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three fully armed flying ships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one slash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice caught in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much he wished to deny it-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no denying it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had witnessed it with his own eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rumors were not exaggerated at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura he now sensed clearly from Bai Zihan was not Spirit Severing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Void Refinement Realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pirate leader's pupils trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had gathered intelligence before this operation. Every report stated Bai\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zihan was crippled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At best, Spirit Severing prior to that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Void Refinement cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan tilted his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh ho?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had expected the Yun Mo Kou Sky Pirates leader to flee the instant his\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>strength was revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not seem to be enraged over his destroyed fleet or subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not appear paralyzed by fear either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps- He still possessed the pride of a Great Ascension Realm expert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps he still believed that he could win against Bai Zihan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps he simply refused to accept reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either way-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan did not particularly enjoy chasing prey across the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn't run away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lips curved faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I commend your courage, at least.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone carried unmistakable arrogance. The Sky pirate leader stared at him for a long moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Low at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha... So it's true. They said you were arrogant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And they were correct\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his chin slightly, pride reasserting itself in his posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not think you have already won.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura surged outward violently. The clouds within several kilometers trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual pressure descended like a collapsing mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Ascension Realm-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fully unleashed. \"You forced my hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice deepened. The air trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky pirate leader's aura-already at the Top of Great Ascension-did not\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>simply expand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It swelled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cultivation surged upward in abnormal waves, like a tide ignoring the laws\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>of heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clouds above darkened unnaturally, spiraling inward as if drawn toward\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracks began to form across the surrounding space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heat followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, it was merely warm wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These flames were crimson-black, tinged with faint strands of violet lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They coiled around his body like living serpents, devouring the spiritual energy\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His robes burned away instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin, however, did not char.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surge did not stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It climbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's brows lifted slightly. \"Oh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could clearly sense it now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was no ordinary Great Ascension pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had surpassed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not fully stepping into the Immortal Realm-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But extremely close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A forced imitation of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pirate leader's laughter echoed again, but now it sounded distorted,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>layered with something inhuman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you still think you can defeat me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space around him began to warp visibly, bending under the strain of his\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan watched calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression did not change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his mind moved. (Now, where have I seen this before?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was pretty similar to what he had seen before, though not the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, anyway, it was certain that the Sky Pirate Leader's confidence wasn't completely unfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still had such a trump card. No wonder he wasn't too scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pirate leader stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky beneath his foot shattered like glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each movement left streaks of fire in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised a hand, flames gathering into a blazing spear of condensed spiritual\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me show you-what true overwhelming power looks like!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura exploded outward again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief instant-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure felt almost indistinguishable from the Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not true transcendence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But close enough to blur the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan finally straightened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His robe fluttered gently in the rising inferno winds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lips curved faintly. \"Good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least you're worth one more slash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky pirate leader moved first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flaming spear in his hand expanded violently, compressing layers upon\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>layers of spiritual fire until even space began to distort around its tip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thrust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear descended like a falling sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, the flying ship trembled. Defensive formations flickered instinctively\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>under the pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within it, Bai Xueqing and the others felt the suffocating heat press down upon them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan did not move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eternal Spirit Sword appeared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eternal Flowing Water Sword!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade shimmered gently, its aura calm and endless-like a river that had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>flowed since the dawn of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flaming spear collided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire swallowed the sky and sea of clouds alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact shattered the surrounding space in concentric rings. Flames surged\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>outward violently-but were split in half by a thin veil of flowing sword intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear ground against the sword's surface, unable to advance even a single\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>inch further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's sleeves fluttered violently from the force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His feet sank half an inch into empty air-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not allow the spear to pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because behind him-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the flying ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he dodged, even slightly-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aftershock alone would tear through the vessel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xueqing and the others would suffer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky pirate leader's lips curved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? You don't dare move?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he twisted the spear violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames erupted outward-not toward Bai Zihan-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Angles calculated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trajectory precise. Every attack forced toward positions where-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Bai Zihan evaded-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ship would be struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky pirate leader was not stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with that unstable power surging through his veins, his mind remained\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He obviously wouldn't waste such a good chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan blocked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire rained down like meteors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eternal Flowing Water Sword transformed each impact into ripples,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>dispersing force into the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the strain was visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The void around them fractured repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky howled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky pirate leader laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that is your weakness!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1541,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.492Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","38676ec46f25d65c8093155a3477781394da3642b2114168b932b0008fbfd7f3","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-468","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-466",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]