The male supporting character was actually myself.

Jiang Chen didn't have time for pleasantries. With a solemn expression, he raised the bronze mirror and began to "return to the past" to rewind time.

Amidst the interplay of dazzling lights, classic scenes unfold as beautiful, wealthy women fall in love with poor, handsome men.

Even with the interference of the Qin Jian Manor Master, they couldn't withstand the power of the protagonist's halo. Lan Yourong, born with immortal roots and a limitless future, fell deeply in love with Lin Xucheng. The two secretly met under the flowers and moon, making vows of eternal love and embarking on their journey together.

When the time was right, Lin Xucheng, who was only sixteen years old, carefully chose the critical moment when Lan Yourong was undergoing her tribulation to drug his beloved and forcibly removed her immortal root to replace it with his own.

As the opponent lay dying, he was struck by lightning and his soul was instantly annihilated.

Lan Yourong, who was already at the peak of the Golden Core Realm, successfully refined the top-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root into Lin Xucheng's body, directly causing Lin Xucheng to condense his Golden Core.

"Without attracting a heavenly tribulation, you cannot completely annihilate your soul. If you truly enter reincarnation in the future, with your talent, you will probably still remember the outcome of this life, and at that time you will become the biggest hidden danger on my path of cultivation!"

He looked at the mutilated female corpse, who had been whispering sweet nothings to me just moments before, under the heavy lightning tribulation, and sneered: "To cultivate the Great Dao of Ruthlessness is to freely express emotions and enter into feelings, until the emotions reach their deepest point and all emotional ties are severed."

"To become my first beloved, offering your immortal roots is an honor in itself. As for the Qin Jian Manor, those who once tried so hard to obstruct my path to cultivating the Heartless True Scripture, then let them be destroyed."

After he finished speaking, an overwhelming aura emanated from him.

An old man's figure materialized in mid-air. He stood with his hands behind his back and said with a smug look, "Not bad, not bad. You obtained the Immortal Root Golden Core in no time. Your decisiveness in killing and your saintly heart without any excesses are indeed very satisfying."

"My disciple has already entered the Golden Core Realm. With your help, I can now unleash the power of the Tribulation Transcending Realm. Today, I will destroy this Qin Jian Manor!"

A once sacred place for cultivating immortality collapsed with a roar, and the fortune of the entire manor was absorbed by Lin Xucheng.

He greedily absorbed the power, opened his eyes, and grinned crookedly, "Next, it's time to prepare for advancing to the Nascent Soul stage!"

After recording the information in the mirror, Jiang Chen waved his hand, signaling the immortal boat to set sail.

He felt extremely heavy-hearted. The script team's values ​​were so warped that he couldn't bear to watch. How could someone like Lin Xucheng, who destroyed a clan, seduced a young girl to steal her spiritual root, and then beat her to a pulp, be called a cultivator?

Even heretical sects and evil cults wouldn't be without this!

At the age of seventeen, after passing numerous selections, he was admitted to the Heavenly Dao Academy. At the age of eighteen, Lin Xucheng celebrated his coming of age by using the Taotie method to plunder the Holy Master's cultivation, remove his immortal bones, and achieve the Nascent Soul stage.

At the age of twenty, he lured the enemy into the sect and joined forces with evil forces to attack the Heavenly Dao Academy. He devoured the cultivation of his senior brothers and sisters and absorbed the sect's powerful fortune to advance further and achieve the Tribulation Transcendence.

At the age of twenty-three, he made a deal with the evil demon lord using the fortune of the Great Rock Dynasty. After the two of them joined forces to drain and devour the fortune of the dynasty, Lin Xucheng turned around and devoured and refined the evil demon lord, thus achieving the Dao Integration.

At the age of twenty-six, he seized his master Wu Chen's cultivation and devoured his soul. He then used the Taotie technique to extract the fortune of the Yonghe Continent and consume it, cultivating to the peak and transcending the tribulation to ascend to immortality.

"Heh, so this is the so-called Nine-Sound Divine Child." Jiang Chen chuckled coldly and put the bronze mirror away. His trip to the lower realm had truly broadened his horizons.

The chosen one of destiny swept through the land, taking all the benefits and even seizing the fortune of the lower realms in order to ascend. Once in the upper realm, he only cared about reaping the benefits, leaving no opportunities for the lower realms.

One after another, until all spiritual energy in the lower realms was exhausted, leading to the Dharma-ending Age and completely severing the path of cultivation.

These ungrateful bastards, they actually want to cultivate themselves into immortals?

And they even said that being decisive and ruthless doesn't mean they have a saintly heart?

Tui!

It's no wonder that Wu Chen was devoured alive by the disciple he personally taught.

Lin Xucheng could kill his own parents without batting an eye, so why would he leave this incorporeal old man alive after using him? I really don't know what got into his head, raising such a scourge.

However, the protagonist's halo as the chosen one was too strong, and Jiang Chen felt that it would be difficult to defeat him with just Zhou Zhixue.

After bestowing all the rewards due and settling the karmic debts of this journey, he summoned the old woman who had first provided the clue to his room.

The other party was only at the peak of the Golden Core Realm. In fact, she was not that old. It was just that the lower realm lacked pills. Unless one cultivated a special technique to preserve youth, most cultivators had to gradually age over time.

The old woman is only seventy years old, which is still young in the cultivation world where lifespans can easily be hundreds or thousands of years.

"Zhuang Wanhua greets the High God." She bowed respectfully after entering the room.

Jiang Chen looked at herself again with the bronze mirror, and sure enough, a faint halo of cause and effect flashed across her body.

The change that could trigger "repentance" in a mere cultivator from the lower realm is most likely to be in the male protagonist, since, in the eyes of the old woman Zhuang Wanhua, Lin Xucheng is an unforgivable sinner who caused the death of her master.

Does this foreshadow that she too can become part of the team that brings down the main characters?

Or perhaps some opportunity is meant to befall us?

"Do you want to go to the Upper Realm?" After a moment of silence, Jiang Chen asked.

Upon hearing this, the other party became excited, her face flushed slightly, and her whole body trembled. She hurriedly knelt down with a thud, "Your Majesty, I was fortunate enough to be born in this world and cultivate. Naturally, I also had the ambition to ascend to the upper realm."

But... but..."

She knew that her talent was not enough to cultivate to the peak, and that she needed to draw upon the fortune of a region of heaven and earth to ascend like Lin Xucheng.

But the young man sitting opposite me is from the upper realm!

If he wanted to take me to another world, it would be an easy task!

Along the way, Daoist Ruishi and various sects were all trying to stuff young and beautiful juniors around him, hoping that the young master would take a liking to them and bring them along when he left.

The thought that she was neither young nor beautiful nor had any outstanding talent brought her ecstatic joy back down to earth, replaced by the cold water of reason.

Zhuang Wanhua was confused as to why the High God had kept her here and brought up this matter again. She prostrated herself on the ground, trembling, and replied, "This old woman has not yet been able to cultivate her body to be pure and spotless. I'm afraid... I have no hope of ascending to immortality in this life."

"Hmm, physical constitution isn't a problem." Jiang Chen played with the bronze mirror, secretly pondering whether or not to take her to the cultivation world. What exactly did the causal aura on her body mean?

He thought for a moment and then asked, "After ascending from here, you'll have to start all over again once you reach the cultivation world. If I could take you there, you'd miss out on many opportunities and the danger of being captured and forced to mine, without going through the ascension platform."

But your strength is too weak; you'll likely find it difficult to advance in the cultivation world. You might even be attacked and killed by villains. Given such danger, do you still want to go?

The old woman bowed again, filled with resentment, and said, "To tell you the truth, I was just a child in a village that was almost wiped out by bandits. I was lucky enough to be rescued and raised by my master, who taught me the way."

My master is the closest person to me in this world. She was framed and killed by Lin Xucheng. I vowed to make the villain pay for his crimes in blood! I have no hope of ascending to immortality in this life. Even if I am reborn, I will never forget this great hatred.

If the gods could take this old woman to the upper realm, I would repay their immense kindness with my life!

"But the Upper Realm is too dangerous for you. You might die before you even have a chance to take revenge."

"My Lord, I am already over seventy years old. My advancement is hopeless, and I only have a few more years to live. If I have the chance to fight, I would be willing to die!"

For cultivators of the Eternal Continent, the journey to the Upper Realm is the greatest temptation.

Even if I could just catch a glimpse of what the upper realm looks like, it would be worth dying for!

“In that case, I can take you to see the cultivation world.” Jiang Chen flicked his finger, and three small jade bottles landed steadily in Zhuang Wanhua’s hand.

The system space contains too many pills that were accumulated in other mission worlds and are commonly used in the cultivation world. It would only take one pill to help her successfully cleanse her marrow and become pure and immaculate.

“From this day forward, you will need to change some of your habits.” He said, reclining on the couch, “After you take the blue pill, your body will be pure and immaculate, making you qualified to ascend with me to the upper realm without being hindered by the world barrier.”

The yellow pill is called the Rejuvenating Pill, which allows you to change your appearance at will.

Another one is a youth-preserving pill that can keep you young forever; after taking it, you will regain your youthful beauty.

Now that you've regained your youth, stop calling yourself an old woman. After arriving in the Upper Realm, I'll have many things to attend to and may not be able to take good care of you. How far you go in the Upper Realm depends on yourself.

Zhuang Wanhua was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes, and she didn't know what to say.

She even wondered if she was dreaming.

Why did the young adult who descended from the upper realm not choose those delicate and beautiful young girls, but instead want to take away this old woman who has lost all her looks?

He even thoughtfully prepared three pills to keep himself young forever!

"Thank you, God!" After a long pause, Zhuang Wanhua kowtowed repeatedly, holding the pills. "I will never forget your great kindness and virtue, God. Whenever and wherever you need me, I will go through fire and water, even if it means my own destruction!"

Jiang Chen waved his hand, indicating that she didn't need to say anything more.

Sending her a few pills to build a good relationship is better than her remaining unknown in the lower realm until her lifespan ends and she dies.

Perhaps that fleeting aura of cause and effect is her destiny, allowing her to ascend to immortality.

After careful consideration, Zhuang Wanhua swallowed the pill, and soon she had a youthful face that was not so stunning but dignified and elegant, neither coquettish nor alluring, making people feel very comfortable at first glance.

After giving her some instructions, Jiang Chen helped her by the shoulder and crushed the teleportation ball in her hand.

"Whoosh!"

The two figures disappeared from the Eternal Continent and appeared on the main peak of the Free and Unfettered Sect the next second.

"Is this the Upper Realm?" Zhuang Wanhua breathed in the extremely rich spiritual energy, her body trembling slightly with excitement. She never dared to dream that one day she would be able to reach the Upper Realm.

Jiang Chen nodded and explained, "This place is one of the oldest sects in the cultivation world—the Free and Unfettered Sect."

I am just an ordinary disciple in the sect; Lin Xucheng also studied under the Xiaoyao Sect, but he has committed a serious crime and is currently being imprisoned and tortured.

"Since you are not a member of the sect, it is inconvenient for you to stay any longer. I need to report to the sect leader and inform him of your background. If you are lucky enough to stay as an ordinary disciple, your future safety will be basically guaranteed."

She quickly bowed again, saying, "Thank you for your care, God!"

"Did you gain anything from your trip to the lower realm?" Yan Xuzi immediately sensed Liu Jiangchen's return, accompanied by a dignified and elegant young woman who appeared to be in her early twenties.

He flicked his sleeve and opened the door to the quiet room, saying lazily, "Come in and talk. Let that young lady rest in the side hall for a while first."

Jiang Chen led Zhuang Wanhua to the side hall to wait, and then took the bronze mirror and returned to the quiet room.

"All of Lin Xucheng's past is stored in the bronze mirror 'Zhi Fan'. Please take a look, Sect Master."

The magical artifact was presented, and Jiang Chen stood to the side with his hands at his sides.

The fluffy ball sensed its host's presence, and nearly lost its balance, crashing into a roof beam. It then slammed to a stop and buried its head in its host's arms, rubbing against him vigorously. "Meow~ Host, I missed you so much!"

Is the Netherworld fun, meow?

Are there any delicious or pretty cats?

Let me tell you, we managed to stop Lin Xucheng very smoothly! Host, you don't know, at that critical moment, when Lin Xucheng was about to escape, how could the soft and cute little Bai let everyone down?

I immediately unleashed a cat bomb, knocking Lin Xucheng unconscious..."

It chattered away excitedly; but Yan Xuzi's expression grew increasingly solemn as he watched.

"That heartless scoundrel has indeed cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness!" He put away his magic weapon, his brows furrowed, and said in a low voice, "Since ancient times, there have been many cultivators in the cultivation world who, by chance, cultivated the True Scripture of Ruthlessness."

But... Lin Xucheng is the first heartless person I've ever met!

Others might at most be sharpening their knives against outsiders, cutting off all ties and severing all emotional ties. Unable to bring themselves to harm their parents, they can only sever family ties themselves, waiting for their parents to die so that the relationship will naturally end.

Lin Xucheng, however, personally slaughtered his entire clan!

Upon ascension, he even drew upon the fortune of heaven and earth for his own use. From this, it becomes clear why he chose to join the Free and Unfettered Sect; he was drawn to the powerful fortune of this ancient sect, which he could refine for his own purposes.

Jiang Chen hurriedly asked, "Sect Master, do you have any good ideas to prevent future troubles?"

He desperately wanted this powerful figure, unaffected by the aura of fame, to slap Lin Xucheng to death, but the other party shook his head and sighed, "Fate is unreasonable. Acting too hastily might only lead to failure. We can only proceed slowly."

The little white cat meowed, "Host, I think even the sect leader is reluctant to kill the male lead now. He wants to use that kid as a treasure-hunting rat, stealing his opportunities to strengthen the Free and Unfettered Sect!"

Jiang Chen frowned slightly, fearing that if the protagonist's halo suddenly erupted, trying to use him would only backfire and cause trouble.