Turns Out, I’m In A Villain Clan!

Chapter 480 Golden Rebirth

The news of the Bai Clan attacking Azure Sun Holy Sect spread like wildfire across the Desolate Heaven Empire.

Such a commotion was impossible to conceal.

Every major power maintained spies within the others.

The moment Bai Zihan invaded the Sect, information had already begun flowing outward through various channels.

Within a single day-

All the great clans and sects received the same shocking report.

The Azure Sun Holy Sect had been crushed.

Subdued entirely by a few elites from the Bai Clan and Bai Ren.

But even more explosive than that-

Bai Zihan was not crippled.

Many people had already accepted the fact and thought that the Empire had lost a great genius, but it was false.

Moreover, he was in the Void Refinement Realm.

A realm that even those in their fifties struggle to advance to for many geniuses, and for many others, something that they could only dream about.

Each piece of information alone would have shaken the Empire. Together-

They were earth-shattering.

The political balance trembled.

Many felt fear. They knew that the Bai Clan was very powerful, but still, to be able to defeat a top Sect without utilizing even 50% of their force within a day

That was too bizarre.

Then what if they were to give their all? Would there be any force that could even resist in the Desolate Heaven Empire?

Many felt that even the Imperial Family or the Li-Zhao Alliance mightn't be able to withstand that.

Meanwhile-

At the Bai Clan estate.

Within Bai Zihan's residence.

The Sun Dao hovered at the center of a newly constructed grand formation of Grade-6.

Dozens of layered arrays overlapped beneath it, stabilizing space and isolating the heat from spreading outward.

The four Immortals stood at the edge of the formation, pale and exhausted.

Their immortal physiques had endured the journey, but not without cost. Sleeves were scorched. The skin was cracked. Pride was long gone.

Bai Zihan had them carry this for the entire journey from the Azure Sun Sect and the Bai Clan.

Since if the Sun Dao were to touch the flying ship, it would burn them. He had them personally fly and carry it as well.

With Bai Zihan's personality, he also didn't allow them to rest, and that was how they ended up in such a state.

"You can leave now!"

Bai Zihan commanded.

The four Immortals, despite dissatisfaction and full of complaints, still bowed and left the place.

Even if they want to complain, would they dare?

He also told Bai Ren and other Bai Clan members to leave, which they did despite their worries.

Bai Zihan stood before the suspended miniature sun.

His eyes reflected golden light.

The Sun Dao rotated slowly, emitting a steady hum that resonated with heaven

and earth.

Bai Zihan extended a strand of spiritual sense toward it.

The moment it touched-

Heat surged up the connection like a tidal wave.

Ordinary cultivators would have had their consciousness burned instantly.

He touched it without any Qi protection.

He could feel the heat and even felt like his hand would burn if this continued.

This was the first time since his body was refined.

His Primordial Chaos Body absorbed and dispersed some of the heat, stabilizing his meridians as if tempering them further.

Bai Zihan smiled.

A slow, satisfied smile.

He had been worried.

For a very long time, his body was able to withstand everything and no longer refined as he wished.

The Primordial Chaos Body had grown terrifyingly strong, yes.

But it had also become difficult to refine without stronger materials. And the

one thing he was lacking more than anything was a very powerful flame.

He thought he had already reached a bottleneck with resources from the Desolate Heaven Empire.

Without better materials, others would just become waste.

But he thought it was wasteful, since he felt that if he refined his body further,

he was almost at the threshold of reaching the first stage of the Primordial

Chaos Body Refinement Technique.

But now-

Standing before the Sun Dao-

Feeling his skin finally sting.

Feeling his flesh threaten to burn.

He could finally see a way for him to further improve his body.

Bai Zihan glanced at the golden sphere.

"Perhaps," he muttered softly, "I will be able to reach the first stage of the

Primordial Chaos Body refinement technique."

For a long time, he had believed that requirement to be almost impossible

within the Desolate Heaven Empire.

Now-

The opportunity floated before him.

When he achieved that, he felt that he would no longer worry about anyone in

the Desolate Heaven Empire.

Perhaps even those foreign forces hiding in the Empire, he might be able to

take care of them.

He withdrew his hand slowly.

The skin of his palm was red.

Faint cracks appeared like dried earth under drought.

They healed within breaths.

He did not activate Qi protection.

He wanted the pure effect.

Without hesitation, Bai Zihan waved his sleeve.

One by one-

Treasures appeared around him.

Ancient crimson dragon marrow from the Bai Clan treasury.

Void-refined Black Star Sand.

Heavenly Yang Stone cores seized from Azure Sun Holy Sect.

Dozens of top-tier fire-attributed spiritual herbs.

Sealed jade boxes containing Ninefold Sun Essence.

Even rare beast blood and bone fragments from Feilian's storage ring.

The courtyard trembled slightly under the sheer density of spiritual energy

released.

Every item here would cause sect wars if revealed outside.

Now they lay scattered like firewood around him.

The Sun Dao pulsed brighter.

Golden radiance intensified as if sensing provocation.

The temperature within the formation rose further.

The courtyard stones began cracking.

Air twisted visibly.

Bai Zihan stepped into the very center.

Directly beneath the miniature sun.

He removed his outer robe.

Not ceremoniously.

Simply because cloth would not survive.

His bare skin reflected golden light, faint chaotic patterns surfacing beneath

like ancient runes awakening.

He activated the formation. The materials ignited simultaneously.

Dragon marrow liquefied into molten crimson.

Star Sand dissolved into shimmering particles.

Yang Stone cores released concentrated solar essence.

All of it was drawn upward-

Toward him.

And toward the Sun Dao.

The miniature sun flared.

Heat multiplied.

The first wave struck him fully.

No barrier.

No Qi shield.

Only flesh.

Skin split instantly.

Thin lines of blood evaporated before they could fall.

Muscles trembled.

Bones emitted faint cracking sounds as internal moisture vaporized.

Pain-

Pure and overwhelming.

For the first time in years-

Bai Zihan felt agony.

His lips curved further. "Good!"

If there was no pain-

There would be no progress.

The Sun Dao pressed downward like a celestial furnace lid.

The materials beneath amplified the process, forcing every inch of his body to

be reforged under the Sun Dao.

Flesh burned.

Healed.

Burned again. His hair ignited and turned to ash.

Regrew slowly in chaotic strands. Internal meridians glowed red-hot.

Impurities that had survived countless previous refinements were finally forced

out, evaporating into nothing.

Time seemed distorted.

Space trembled. The Sun Dao rotated faster.

As though testing him.

As though asking-

Will you endure?

Bai Zihan did not retreat.

He stood upright within the furnace of a star fragment.

And let himself be destroyed.

Again. And again.

And again!