Turns Out, I’m In A Villain Clan! Chapter 471 The Underground Experiment Chamber
Previously on Turns Out, I’m In A Villain Clan!...
"Yes, Elder!"
The underlings spun around at once, rushing off to fulfill the command.
His boots rang out harshly on the stone ground while he marched toward the enormous iron gates at the chamber's far end.
Those gates stood solid, etched deeply with patterns of fierce suns and strengthened by layers of safeguarding formations.
His fingers had barely stretched out toward the gate-
BOOM!!!
The whole chamber shook with fierce intensity.
The iron gates burst inward in a violent shatter.
A torrent of immense power ripped apart the protective formations like they were mere scraps.
Shards of tough black iron flew everywhere in the room, sharp as deadly splinters.
One underling got hurled back through the air, slamming into the wall and then slumping down in a stupor.
Clouds of dust and haze thickened the atmosphere.
The golden array wavered unstably.
The cages shook with wild force.
And amid the clearing rubble-
A silhouette advanced steadily.
Poised and deliberate.
Bai Zihan!
The Elder halted, first puzzled, then utterly shocked.
Next-
A spark of terror.
Qi surged around the Elder on pure reflex.
"Do you even realize what you're doing?"
His tone grew piercing, striving to reclaim his command.
"This is a strictly forbidden zone in the Azure Sun Holy Sect."
His stare intensified.
"Give yourself up, or face the wrath of the Azure Sun Holy Sect!"
The youngsters inside the cages quivered.
Some from terror, others from budding hope.
The underling fought to stand back up.
Bai Zihan scanned the area methodically.
His eyes swept over the scorched remains.
The formation slick with blood.
The metal enclosures.
The shaky fingers clutching the bars.
His face remained impassive.
"Seems we've found the right chamber."
Bai Zihan remarked while a second figure trailed after him.
It turned out to be Jin Yuanzhan, drenched in sweat from struggling to match Bai Zihan's pace.
They had long suspected the Sky Pirate Leader's ties to the Azure Sun Holy Sect.
Bai Zihan chose to strike directly, targeting the site of their twisted experiments above all.
Having Jin Yuanzhan along made navigating to the spot straightforward—as long as nothing had shifted.
Such a change seemed improbable, given the hassle of moving gear and rebuilding those defensive formations.
Thus, the location likely stayed put, and it had.
***
In any case, storming the Azure Sun Holy Sect solo would prove extremely tough. Thus, Bai Zihan had to persuade his father and secure the clan's backing.
Initially, Bai Tianheng planned to extract the Sky Pirate Leader's identity from the Azure Sun Holy Sect and kept Bai Zihan out of it entirely—particularly since his cultivation was gone.
Yet Bai Zihan disclosed his recovery, flowing Qi smoothly and even advancing to the Void Refinement Realm.
Bai Tianheng fixed his gaze on his son for long moments, speechless.
"You... you've healed?"
Disbelief laced his words.
Bai Zihan nodded steadily.
"Xi Yu handed me a Grade-8 Healing Pill."
He offered no more details.
A Grade-8 Healing Pill!
Not an item most folks ever glimpsed.
Bai Tianheng's eyes grew misty with emotion.
A wave of relief crashed over him, nearly shattering his steady demeanor.
For months, heavy guilt had burdened him silently, convinced he ought to have
prevented Bai Zihan's ordeal.
And now-
Healed.
Not just back to normal.
But elevated.
Void Refinement Realm!
Bai Tianheng burst into laughter then—bold and resonant, an uncommon echo in the
stately hall's gravity.
"Excellent! Excellent!"
The earlier doubt—his unwillingness to send Bai Zihan into the Azure Sun Holy Sect personally—faded away.
This was the Bai Zihan who once felled Great Ascension Realm
cultivators with ease.
Now mightier still.
Even so-
The Azure Sun Holy Sect wasn't some minor power.
It ranked as a Top Sect.
A mighty group harboring Immortal Realm masters in its core.
Though Bai Zihan could overpower Great Ascension Realm foes, Immortals posed a whole different threat.
Bai Tianheng took no risks.
He sent two Grand Elders to accompany him.
Bai Ren and Bai Ruhong.
Should the Azure Sun Holy Sect try to trap their Grand Elders-
The Bai Clan would strike back just as fiercely.
***
Regardless, the assault unfolded with great force.
Aboard a mighty flying vessel, the Bai Clan shattered the Azure Sun
Holy Sect's barriers and breached its domain.
Naturally, sentries rushed in, but dispatching them took little effort.
Bai Zihan didn't need to lift a finger, as fellow Bai Clan warriors handled them swiftly.
Guided by Jin Yuanzhan, they zeroed in on the experiment site.
Though just Bai Zihan and Jin Yuanzhan ventured into the buried chamber, the rest stood guard outside to halt any meddlers.
Returning to the buried chamber now.
The Elder's eyes darted from Bai Zihan to Jin Yuanzhan.
A glimmer of familiarity ignited upon spotting Jin Yuanzhan.
"You...!"
His words quavered.
Jin Yuanzhan's features hardened as he eyed the enclosures.
The lifeless forms.
The array he recognized intimately.
The etched patterns on the stone. The humming vibe of the Sun Dao fragments.
No question remained.
This was it.
His fists tightened.
"They left it untouched..."
Jin Yuanzhan murmured lowly, his throat rough.
The etched lines on the ground.
The subtle burn scars on the walls.
The metal anchors fixed in rock that once secured writhing forms with
chains.
Every element matched perfectly.
Even the atmosphere hung the same.
Stinking subtly of seared skin and alchemical mixes.
For an instant-
The now faded into memory.
He recalled the day they hauled him in.
Recalled the chains' drag. The nonstop agony to bind the Sun Dao Fragment to him.
The invasion of an alien force into his dantian-
A scorching star jammed into fragile flesh.
He had wailed.
He had pleaded.
He had sworn vengeance.
No ear turned his way.
Weeks on end.
Months perhaps.
Time lost all shape in the depths.
Just torment.
Just tests.
Just detached talks of "compatibility levels" as his meridians ripped asunder.
And looming over him-
Ever vigilant.
Ever scrutinizing.
That figure.
The Elder's eyes bulged as full awareness hit.
"Jin... Yuanzhan."
His face contorted.
"Traitor!" His cry sharpened with rage. "How dare you lead an intruder here?!"
His Qi erupted, shaky amid the chamber's crushing aura.
The Elder recalled Jin as a prime success—one of the top fusion rates with the Sun Dao Fragment he'd ever produced.
Jin Yuanzhan had risen to disciple status in the Azure Sun Holy
Sect thanks to it.
His words mixed blame with ownership.
"You turned against the Sect that nurtured you!"
Jin Yuanzhan lifted his gaze gradually.
His stare turned icy.
"You lot cast me aside first," he stated softly, "and that's the truth."
The Elder's face soured further.
Abruptly-
His Qi exploded outward.
Spirit Severing Realm!
Though it paled against Bai Zihan's Void Refinement might.
Golden fire leaped from his frame as he shoved both hands ahead.
He struck without precision.
Without pause. He lunged.
A sudden assault.
Should he wound even one—sow disorder—
Then flee—
Yet before closing even half the gap-
He stiffened.
The fire wavered-
Then snuffed out.
As though seized by some unseen grip.
Bai Zihan hadn't stirred an inch.
He merely lingered there.
A subtle wave of Qi pulsed from his being.
Nothing more.
The crushing weight bore down like an avalanche.
The Elder's form seized up.
His legs gave way.
He toppled to the floor with a resounding crash.
The fire encircling him vanished in a blink.
"What-?!"
His cry fractured.
He strained to stand.
No use.
He pushed to channel Qi.
It defied him.
The hold was total.
Bai Zihan eyed him from above, faintly disinterested.
"Did you really think a Spirit Severing Realm ambush could catch me off guard?"
A hint of mockery tinged his words.
How fitting—back in Spirit Severing Realm, he'd crushed Void
Refinement foes like pests.
The Elder's pupils quaked. Void Refinement!
The aura-
Utterly beyond his power to fight.
Not a chance.
Jin Yuanzhan watched intently.
Despite prior glimpses of Bai Zihan's power-
Watching a Spirit Severing Realm powerhouse humbled so casually still jolted him.
Bai Zihan shifted his attention.
"Handle him as you see fit."
His words stayed even.
"Just hold off on ending him for now."
He glanced at the pinned Elder.
"He's still useful to me."
Jin Yuanzhan's eyes shadowed. He moved without delay.
This chance—He wouldn't waste it.
He advanced. Each step boomed deliberately.
The Elder writhed feebly beneath the unseen bind.
"You—ungrateful—!"
His shout splintered.
Jin Yuanzhan knelt before him.
Their gazes locked.
"You recall," Jin Yuanzhan whispered, "the third test?"
The Elder went rigid.
"You claimed my frame could take it and ramped up the fragments for fusion. My meridians burst. My dantian almost crumbled."
His tone stayed level, unyielding.
"That time... you called my cries signs of successful bonding."
The Elder's breaths came harsh and fast.
Jin Yuanzhan extended his hand. Pressed his palm softly to the Elder's dantian.
Qi flowed inside.
The Elder's frame convulsed.
His meridians ignited from deep within.
A sensation he knew all too well.
Raging heat, just like during the Sun Dao
Fragment infusions.
"You sought to study endurance under duress."
Jin Yuanzhan cocked his head a bit. "Now let's examine yours!"
"ARGH! STOP! ARGHHHH!"
The Elder howled the moment it hit.
As piercing as the children's wails.
As frantic as the doomed subjects'.
Jin Yuanzhan observed unmoving. At last—He held the power.
And the Elder-
Endured the screams.