I Really Am A Villain

Primordial Flame smiled.

He replied, “Infernal Lord, in a way, we should be on the same side. The Heavenly Court is our common enemy.”

“That may be true, but even brothers settle accounts clearly, don’t they?” Xu Zimo answered. “If you ask me, back in your era, if you had just destroyed the Heavenly Court, none of this trouble would exist today.”

Primordial Flame responded with regret. “But despite having the strength back then, you still chose to let them live.”

“The previous Infernal Lord…” Xu Zimo muttered. “In his eyes, the only real enemy was the damned heavens. As for the Heavenly Court, they were just rats scurrying under his feet. Would you care about a rat?”

“No, but a rat can still spoil a whole pot of soup, can’t it?” Primordial Flame said with a laugh. “Name your price.”

Xu Zimo knew he meant the Myriad Streams.

“You know very well that to your Fire God Race, this thing is priceless,” Xu Zimo said.

“But to you, it’s worthless, isn’t it?” Primordial Flame countered.

Neither was willing to back down.

But Xu Zimo wasn’t in a hurry. Instead, he smiled. “Primordial Flame, your Fire God Race should still have Enlightenment Stones, right?”

“No problem, I can give you one,” Primordial Flame answered immediately.

“Don’t rush. I’m not done,” Xu Zimo said. “I want ten drops of your True God Blood.”

“You’re really asking the impossible. Three drops at most, no more,” Primordial Flame said bluntly.

Ten drops of True God Blood was equivalent to ten million years of his cultivation. He had to train for a million years to condense just one drop. True God Blood was not like ordinary true blood, its significance would become clear later.

“Five drops. We’ll each take a step back,” Xu Zimo said with a smile.

“I’m afraid that five drops was your goal from the beginning,” Primordial Flame snorted.

“Same to you,” Xu Zimo waved.

“Fine, I agree,” Primordial Flame said.

“There’s more,” Xu Zimo added.

“Don’t push it,” Primordial Flame stood up, seemingly angry.

“Come on, don’t act. If you were really someone who loses his temper that easily, I’d feel comfortable extorting you,” Xu Zimo said. He never believed Primordial Flame would get angry. The man was far too calculating and was only pretending to avoid further demands.

“I’ve already offered enough,” Primordial Flame said as he sat back down and calmed himself.

“But it’s still not enough,” Xu Zimo shook his head. “If you don’t want to trade, I’ll leave.”

“What else do you want?” Primordial Flame asked helplessly.

“Above this Inferno Crucible Heaven lies the Absolute God Heaven, right?” Xu Zimo asked as he gazed upward.

The Absolute God Heaven was one of the Nine Heavens, ruled by the Ten God-Clans. And concerning those families, Xu Zimo had significant ties. The Ten Primordial God-Scriptures he practiced originally belonged to them. It was said that besides the Ten God-Clans, almost no one else knew these divine arts, kept tightly guarded by their bloodlines.

Xu Zimo, however, had obtained them back in the Primordial Heartlands from the ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Court, supposedly left behind by the Holy Progenitor. Along with the divine arts, he had acquired a token from the Ancient Celestial Court. But since coming to the Nine Heavens, he had never heard anything about the Ancient Celestial Court, so he still had no use for the token.

“That’s right. Above us is the Absolute God Heaven,” Primordial Flame replied with a smile.

“One of the Ten God-Clans, the Nanguo God-Clan, owes your race a favor, right?” Xu Zimo suddenly asked. “I heard that long ago, your ancestor saved their ancestor’s life.”

“How do you know that?” Primordial Flame asked, his reaction confirming it was true.

Xu Zimo had learned it by chance, during a conversation with the Water God, Gongtu.

Gongtu came from the ancient era of the elder gods, the primordial founder of the Fire God Race, far older than Primordial Flame. He had mentioned a few old stories, and Xu Zimo had picked up bits from them.

“What are you planning?” Primordial Flame asked with a frown.

“Give me that favor,” Xu Zimo said with a smile.

“So you’re heading to the Absolute God Heaven,” Primordial Flame replied. “With your strength, that favor from the Nanguo God-Clan is probably useless to me anyway.”

“It’ll be useful to me,” Xu Zimo said.

“Fine, the favor is yours,” Primordial Flame agreed. Compared to True God Blood, a simple favor didn’t hurt him at all.

“I hear you’re collecting the inheritances of the ancient gods?” he added.

“So you’ve been investigating me,” Xu Zimo said.

“Infernal Lord reappears, so of course I’m curious,” Primordial Flame replied. “You’re planning to enter the Primordial Demon Cave, aren’t you?”

“That has nothing to do with you,” Xu Zimo said.

“Doesn’t it? Because I happen to have an ancient god’s inheritance,” Primordial Flame said with a smile. He was trying to reverse the leverage.

Xu Zimo’s gaze sharpened. He looked at Primordial Flame.

Primordial Flame continued, “I originally planned to trade this inheritance with you. Without one of them, you won’t be able to enter the Primordial Demon Cave.”

“Which inheritance do you have?” Xu Zimo asked.

“Metal God Rushou,” Primordial Flame said. “He wasn’t a Fire God Race god, but I stumbled upon his inheritance in my youth. Never thought it would become valuable today.”

“So? What do you want?” Xu Zimo asked.

“You know me. Other than the Myriad Streams, I’m not interested in anything else,” Primordial Flame said. “Let’s exchange it for your Myriad Streams.”

“No. Keep your inheritance. Once I’ve collected all the others, I’ll simply take it from you myself,” Xu Zimo said, rising to his feet. “In that case, there’s nothing left to discuss.”

“They say the Infernal Lord cannot be threatened,” Primordial Flame said with a laugh. “Enlightenment Stone, five drops of True God Blood, the Nanguo God-Clan favor, plus the inheritance of Metal God Rushou. Four items total, in exchange for your Myriad Streams and the Ancestral Flame you obtained in the Ancestral Lands.”

Xu Zimo thought for a moment, then nodded.

He knew this was Primordial Flame’s bottom line, and it was also exactly what he had planned to obtain.

…

Xu Zimo trusted Primordial Flame enough to hand over the items directly. They had originally been prepared by the Ancient Water God for the Fire God Race anyway, and he had no use for them.

Primordial Flame soon handed over the four items to Xu Zimo. The Enlightenment Stone was the most useful to Xu Zimo at this stage because it would help him break through to the fourth realm of the Saint Sovereign boundary, the Creation God.

From Supreme Giant, to Chaos Primordial, to Eternal Overlord, and now to Creation God.