Hardy1j

A boy loved reading and hearing fables of 'Heroes' to the point of idealizing them meets the harsh reality of the unfair world.
The same boy was bestowed the title of 'Villain' for taking vengeance for his loved ones and protecting those others deemed beyond saving...
Out of his ventures, he got blessed by the Heavens with a second chance at life, but not without its cost...
In his second life, he faced the moral dilemma of whether to defy fate and become a hero, fall deeper into the abyss and become a true villain, or just ignore everything and isolate himself from the world.
This is the story of a boy who was born in a cultivation world where might is right, strength reigns supreme, and he was deigned weak.
Yet the world had no place for the weak, be it his family, his fellow cultivators, commoners, powerful elites...
Against all odds, the boy reigned supreme, only to fall at the ploy of fate...
He returns to the past, with the item he was being hunted for in the first place.
Now, what shall his destiny be?
This story is anything but a cliché, where a kid fights the world's strongest and saves the world from doom. No, he might as well be the one bringing the world to its doom.
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Reader disclaimer:
Please read the *Important: Read Before the Novel* in the Auxiliary Volume.
Warning: Read at your own risk!!
R18: gore, violence, deaths, tortures, indirect or direct references to explicit scenes.
The MC is a villain, not some anti-hero or anti-villain, so it might be a bit brutal for some of the readers.
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The Villain Returns!

Unaware of what transpired in the room to make it so messy and full of cracks, Jian blinked his eyes again and again to regain a trace of clarity from his blurry vision and consciousness.

"Ugh," Jian grunted as he blurted "I... am alive?" out in a daze before his eyes fixed on the tableau of ruination, which was the condition of the room with cracked walls and spread-out paper bundles.

'Just what happened in the short time I had fainted?' Jian wondered in a confused state, but the only one who could answer him was busy drawing the most effective plans to teach Jian enough that he would be able to hold on his own against others.

The sudden voice brought Jian to the present as he turned to look at Rio, and everything became clear to him as he couldn't help but think. 'What did I get myself into?'

Ch-171: Arcane Guards