The improved female villains regained their memories.

Does this mean that one day in the future, the world will collapse and all life will be annihilated, including villains like them and innocent ordinary people?

Her gaze once again focused on Yang Pingsheng's fate. That chaotic and unclear state was neither as dazzling as her golden phoenix nor as sharp as Luo Benmo's sword light. It simply remained there quietly, seemingly eternal and unchanging, without any fluctuations.

“Like… immortality?” Shi Guijia murmured to herself, her brows furrowing even more.

This is truly abnormal. Normally, all destinies are dynamic and constantly changing; even the most fortunate can fall to the bottom if their luck turns bad. It is precisely this dynamic change that creates the distinction between high and low, noble and base, in people's fates. However, Yang Pingsheng's fate was like a stagnant pool, still and unchanging; time had lost its meaning for him.

"What exactly is that darkness? Could it be the Great Ruins? Did the successful merger of the Great Ruins cause all of us to disappear?" Shi Guijia fell into deep thought.

If that's the case, then why is Yang Pingsheng's fate so unique? Why is his destiny stagnant and out of step with the rest of the world?

“I can deduce the development of things from the trajectory of the fate of all things in the world, but the disappearance of this unity is enough to indicate the destruction of the world.” She analyzed in a low voice, a cold glint in her eyes.

From her observation, Song Panning's plan had clearly failed. The disastrous consequences of the merger of Taixu seemed unavoidable. However, Yang Pingsheng was unharmed, which was likely a contingency plan left by Wen Shihan at great cost. She may have used some means to save Yang Pingsheng's life.

Shi Guijia could clearly see that Yang Pingsheng was now shrouded in a thick shadow, indicating that his fate was strongly linked to Wen Shihan's. Perhaps the two had reached some kind of agreement, causing their destinies to intertwine and become closely intertwined.

"Strangely, if that darkness really is a harbinger of the world's destruction, why did I sense a glimmer of life within it?" Shi Guijia murmured to herself, her eyes filled with increasing confusion.

She turned her gaze back to Yang Pingsheng and Yang Luoyi. The father and daughter's interaction was warm and natural, seemingly unaffected by the outside world's conflicts.

Shi Guijia remained silent for a moment, then decided not to disturb them for the time being. Right now, she had more important things to do.

"Whatever that darkness is, I have to find a way to transform the spirit of a tenth-grade magic weapon before that happens," she said softly to herself.

She turned and sped off towards the palace. Song Panning was already in seclusion, and Yang Luoyi was with Yang Pingsheng, so she didn't need to worry about him for the time being. Right now, she had to seize the time to find a way to break through to the tenth-grade magic weapon level.

"I have to go into seclusion no matter what."

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Netherworld.

The Heavenly Gate has completely materialized.

The four great formations merged into one, cooperating with the Heavenly Gate, and ultimately sublimated into the Heavenly Dao Great Formation.

Ye Buxin emerged from the small world within the Heavenly Gate, where she had been spending a lot of time recently.

Shan Kanmou had been waiting for her for a long time. When she finally came out, he said, "The evil spirit has arrived."

Bixie, one of the five special divine beasts, is a divine beast of unknown origin. Its origin and cause of birth are unknown. All that is known is that when it first appeared, all spiritual energy was exhausted, and it was immune to all poisons. It is very likely that it was born before the appearance of humankind.

"Good, we've finally arrived." Ye Buxin laughed and gestured for Shan Kanmou to lead the way.

With a rumble, the Netherworld Mountains trembled, and in the valley in the middle of the mountains, Ye Buxin finally met the divine beast.

Bixie is tall and agile, like a majestic mountain rising from the depths of darkness. In the middle of the mountain range, it is like a new Netherworld Mountain.

Its entire body is covered with a layer of scales that emit a ghostly blue light. Each scale is like a carefully carved gemstone, reflecting a mysterious and cold light in this dark and gloomy atmosphere. At the edges of the scales, there seem to be faint wisps of shadow, as if darkness is an extension of the scales.

Its head resembled that of a lion, yet possessed a unique majesty. Its eyes were like deep, dark pools, at the bottom of which seemed to burn with purplish-red flames, igniting the surrounding darkness wherever its gaze fell. Long mane extended from its neck to its back, and the mane was not of ordinary fur, but rather like flowing black smoke, swaying gently in the dense aura of the underworld, yet never dissipating.

Its limbs were thick and powerful, and its claws were like those forged from black steel. Each claw was extremely sharp and could tear apart the dark space with a light scratch. Its tail was like a thick python, which slithered behind it. The scales made a slight "rustling" sound as they rubbed against the ground, as if the underworld was whispering.

No one expected that Bixie was not within the Hutian Sect, but had long been lurking deep within the Netherworld.

Ye Buxin floated in mid-air, looking like a grain of millet in front of Bixie.

“Bixie, you’ve finally come to see me,” Ye Buxin said with a smile. “I thought you wouldn’t make an appearance until the very end.”

Bixie spoke, his voice causing heaven and earth to tremble: "If I hadn't come, this Netherworld would probably have become yours."

Ye Buxin laughed heartily: "Look at what you're saying. Yang Pingsheng has the support of villains, and Ling Tiandu has the support of human ancestors. Although I am the Heavenly Dao, I cannot be alone."

"The divine beasts have always stood by the side of Heaven, haven't they?"

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That's a very, very old story.

Even for the most experienced, and even when it comes to warding off evil spirits, their memories of this are somewhat hazy.

The pact between humans and demons, the demons' initial prophecy of destruction, and the story of the Way of Heaven and the Way of Man—these are things that Bixie has forgotten to some extent.

It is born with the ability to suppress spiritual and demonic energy around it, and its uncontrolled dark energy can isolate everything in the world, including life.

Therefore, it is the best gatekeeper in the underworld.

"Legend has it that long, long ago, the demon race was the first to sense the merging of the Great Ruins and made a prophecy of world destruction." Ye Bu thought to himself, "In order to protect the Heavenly Dao, the demon race made the following arrangements."

"Bai Ze knows everything under heaven and understands the spirit of all things, so it is allowed to seize the place of rules."

"Yinglong controls time and holds the solar terms, helping the human race to establish itself in the world and collecting energy for the Heavenly Dao."

"Xiang Liu sacrificed his life, polluting the world with his body as a last resort to resist the Great Ruins."

"And you, Bixie, have occupied this land of death, polluting it day and night with your nether energy, finally turning this land of death into the Netherworld."

Bixie moved slightly, causing the Netherworld Mountains to tremble continuously.

It was surprised that Ye Buxin even knew such a secret matter, after all, it had been so long that it didn't even remember some of it.

But regardless, it still knew what it should do, so it pretended to be stupid and asked, "What do you intend to do?"

"The demon race has done so much, isn't it all to protect the Heavenly Dao and the entire demon race?!" Ye Buxin shouted. "You don't care who the Heavenly Dao is, whether the Heavenly Dao has self-awareness, or its rule over the world. You just want to protect the Heavenly Dao and overcome the crisis of the merger of Taixu. So tell me, what should I do?!"

Bixie blinked and looked at Ye Buxin in front of him.

“You are not human,” Bixie said. “Back then, the sages of the human race made a deal with Yinglong, saying that they would allow human will to enter the Heavenly Dao and cooperate with our actions, but I never expected that he would not be human.”

Ye Bu thought to himself, "Oh, is that so?"

"Hmph... Judging from your tone just now, I thought you knew everything."

Bixie said, "Back then, the human race and the demon race established an agreement. In order to deal with Taixu, we need to select three types of people to make preparations."

"A person who can occupy the Heavenly Way with human consciousness, a person fully supported by the sages of the human race, and a person who represents human emotions and will."

"So on the one hand, we use the protagonist of the Guardian Heaven Sect to strengthen the power of the Heavenly Dao, and on the other hand, we let the villain born of the Heavenly Will unite the will of all living beings. We demons have always followed the Heavenly Dao, so no matter what, we will only support the first one."

"But regardless of which one, these specific tasks are all assigned to one person for training."

“That person also came to the Netherworld. I remember his name: Guiguzi.”

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Guiguzi, he really is everywhere.

Even though Ye Buxin had destroyed and annihilated Guiguzi, forcing him to reincarnate, she still couldn't erase his past trajectory.

Ye Buxin rubbed his head helplessly: "He really is my master. He's like a ghost that won't go away. His shadow is everywhere."

“He was in charge of all these things, so we always thought that the new Heavenly Dao should be human.” Bixie looked Ye Buxin up and down. “I didn’t expect it to be a monster like you.”

How ironic that monsters, unborn and unborn by heaven and earth, are abolished and become the way of heaven.

Ye Buxin smiled and said, "So, do you want to change people now?"

“Of course not, we don’t care who the Heavenly Dao is.” Bixie said, “The demon race’s grand plan for thousands of years revolves around only one thing, and that is the Heavenly Dao.”

"But Bai Ze isn't entirely on my side."

"Bai Ze is our demon race's backup plan. Only if you prove that you are indeed qualified to become the Heavenly Dao and resolve the Taixu merger incident will our entire demon race stand on your side."

Ye Buxin agreed with the words about warding off evil: "That's right. Even if I were one of you, I couldn't completely rely on the will of a human being. At the very least, I should leave a way to protect the Heavenly Dao."

“If you can understand us, then our conversation can continue,” said Bixie. “Back then, the demon race and the human race made a pact, and the three forces jointly sent a representative. Whoever won, whoever could resolve the Taixu merger incident, would be able to completely control the new world.”

Ye Buxin had already guessed what Bixie was going to say, so she replied, "Even so, two of these forces are human forces."

“Hehe, that’s right.” Bixie actually laughed, its laughter stirring up even more Netherworld energy, and said, “But they are still different. One is the power of the ancient sages of the human race, and the other is the power of the villains. The former are all ancient people, while the latter are modern people. They are the embodiment of the extreme emotions of humanity today.”

"Even so, the human race still benefits."

"That's why the demon race sent Yinglong to sign a treaty with the human race. The human race will occupy two spots, but the dead land and the land of rules are both the territory of the demon race."

"Bai Ze, as our demon race's last resort, cannot help you, but the other demon races..."

As Bixie spoke, his eyes suddenly flashed with terrifying purple light.

"We will help you solve the other two problems. As long as you can solve the Taixu merger issue, we will all bow down and make you the true Heavenly Dao of the new world!"

The canyon trembled.

The mountains split open automatically, the earth rippled, and what appeared there was the graveyard of countless monsters.

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The demon race has all the advantages of timing and location, but the human race has two representatives.

Humans have a tradition of fighting among themselves, so they certainly won't cooperate wholeheartedly, but that doesn't mean the demon race has an advantage.

What exactly was signed in that treaty? How did the human and demon races scheme against each other? Ye Buxin had no idea, since all of this was recorded by Bai Ze in the Land of Rules, and even Bixie was unaware of it.

But she also understands the current situation.

The merger of Taixu is indeed a crisis, but what exactly is it?

There is both danger and giving.

Whoever can resolve the issue of the merger of Taixu will be able to take advantage of the collapse of Taixu and seize control of the new world.

So the loss of the main world and the disappearance of the Fate Bureau have no impact on Ye Buxin, after all, she is the Heavenly Dao and now has the strong support of the demon race.

She had already seen the path she was on and its future outcome.

There can only be one winner.

Ye Buxin smiled and said to Bixie:

“Your choice is absolutely correct.”

Greenery descended from the sky, and Bixie instinctively widened its eyes. Having been in the Netherworld for so long, it actually felt pressure.

'What kind of tactic is this...' It was starting to feel weak and instinctively had the thought of surrendering.

"Don't panic, this is to ward off evil."

Ye Buxin smiled and reached out to pat its head.

"No need to pledge loyalty, nor to expend too much effort."

"Even if you demons scheme against me or deceive me, it doesn't matter to me."

Their incarnations descend, surrounding and warding off evil.

Green chains bound the evil spirit, effectively sealing away its malevolent energy.