The improved female villains regained their memories.

A voice rang out.

Xu Anlu snapped back to reality, only to find herself in a cave, standing before an unmarked tombstone. A ghostly blue remnant spirit floated before her, sighing softly.

"Sure enough."

"What? You, who are you...?"

The pale blue remnant soul emitted a light, dispelling the mist that lingered around Xu Anlu.

In an instant, memories flooded back.

She knelt down, covered her face with her hands, stared wide-eyed at the ground in disbelief.

"Grand Tutor, Yang Pingsheng."

She remembered, she remembered everything.

The vow she made before reincarnation, the collapse of her love—she remembered everything.

"So that's how it is. I've been imprisoned by Xiao Yin again..."

She looked up, her calm eyes scrutinizing the pale blue remnant soul before her, and asked, "Why are you here?"

This is the illusionary prison that Xu Anyin constructed for her.

The remnant souls were annihilated by lightning in their previous lives, so there's no reason for them to reappear in their consciousness space.

Could it be that……

"Yes, in my previous life, before the tribulation of lightning destroyed me, I hid part of my consciousness in your souls."

The remnant soul said, "The soul is the deepest mystery of a person. I have studied the soul for many years and naturally have my own research. I just didn't expect you to go to such lengths. Reincarnation is something even I cannot do."

“But we did it,” Xu Anlu continued.

"Yes, you did it, but that doesn't mean it's a good thing." The remnant soul sighed softly. "The world and the Heavenly Dao are too deep for you to fathom."

Xu Anlu's heart skipped a beat, and she even changed her form of address: "Does Senior know something?"

"I know some, but not much."

The remnant soul asked, "Do you know the Heavenly Dao?"

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When Xu Anyin returned to the Shadow World, Xu Anlu was sitting on the emperor's throne, idly playing with her hair.

"sister?!"

At first, she was surprised, wondering how her older sister had managed to break free, but then she was overjoyed: "You're back to normal!?"

"Ah."

He gave a low hum, his pupils sweeping across the room with an overwhelming pressure, containing extreme coldness: "What have you been doing while I was away?"

"Forehead……"

Xu Anyin was speechless. His sister absolutely could not know about Abu Hantugu's affairs.

She had just met the servant who had returned from following her and learned from him that he was just an ordinary person with nothing special about him. After sensing the tremors in the shadow world, she told the servant to go about his business and rushed over. Unexpectedly, she found that her sister had recovered and had even broken free from control.

Seeing Xu Anlu questioning him, Xu Anyin simply pretended to be stupid and said with a grin, "I didn't do anything. Sister, you know I have no interest in Guan Huxiao Camp."

It was Xu Anlu who loved martial arts, not her.

Immortals have their own way of fighting. They are high above and hold the power of life and death over their opponents with every move. That is what immortals are like. Rushing in to fight like a warrior is not Xu Anyin's style.

For this reason, the body's outward behavior is mostly that of the older sister, Xu Anlu. If it were based on Xu Anyin's true nature, she would probably be a ruthless demon king.

“Sister, it’s good that you’ve woken up. The commander of the Tiger Roar Camp invited me to inspect the area. I don’t want to ride around in the scorching sun without using my spiritual energy. Now that you’re back to normal, I’ll leave the outside affairs to you.”

Most of the twelve zodiac animals live in the shadow world. Except for the dragon and snake, which have their own bodies, most of the others are just blurry figures. The shadow world has built a bridge with the outside world. As long as the entrance and exit are built, the zodiac animals can come and go on their own.

Because Xu Anyin usually controls the Shadow World, and most of the Zodiacs listen to her, she secretly carried out the task of supporting Abu Han Tugu without Xu Anlu's knowledge.

"Xiao Yin".

"What's wrong, sister?"

The figure on the throne rose and descended the steps. There was no smile on her face. She patted Xu Anyin's shoulder and said softly, "I remembered the past."

"Hey?"

“Before, before my reincarnation, you also imprisoned me.”

"Hey???"

"Don't you remember? That's understandable. After all, you've forgotten the Grand Tutor, so naturally you've forgotten what you did to me."

"???"

Xu Anyin took a few steps back and said, "Sister, what are you saying? Don't do this, I'm a little scared..."

"Why should you be afraid? I'm your sister. You're imprisoning me for my own good, aren't you?"

That's right.

"So……"

The palace trembled, and fiery red spiritual energy spread across Xu Anlu's body.

"sister!?"

"Xiao Yin, I did this for you."

"Wait, sis!!"

When Xu Anlu pushed open the palace gates, everything was already destined.

Xu Anyin has become a consciousness; his body and soul are now controlled by Xu Anlu.

The energy plundered from the remnant soul greatly helped Xu Anlu seize power.

Now that Xu Anlu has taken control of the Shadow World, she feels no joy whatsoever; her mind is still preoccupied with what the remnant soul had said earlier.

“It’s natural that you don’t remember your memories of your tutor. I’ve reviewed the memories of you two sisters, and what that person said is false. He didn’t come because of humanity; behind him is the Way of Heaven.”

“Every world has outstanding heroes. Such people are called the children of humanity, or the villains. Human emotions are embodied in them. Heaven hates them for this, but is powerless to change it and can only let others change it.”

"Your Grand Tutor Yang Pingsheng is the one who did this."

"Think about it, in the very end, when you were leaving, wasn't the will of the world trying to stop you? To put it bluntly, it was all a play, a play aimed at you, and you realized it yourself, didn't you?"

"Your love for Yang Pingsheng is a false love, just like the heroine in the storybook who suddenly becomes stupid. The label that Heaven put on you was torn off by Yang Pingsheng. In the end, he changed you and made you a little woman who only knows how to fall in love."

"This is the Way of Heaven."

Chapter 111 Hesitation

It's raining.

Recently, there has been an unusually heavy rain in Beijing.

Yesterday, a thunderstorm swept through the capital city, and even the suburbs were affected. There was an aura of true immortals in Immortal Valley, and Xu Anlu even sensed traces of the Great Dao hidden within.

The old monsters in the capital were alarmed, and dozens of veteran celestial beings were dispatched, including a true immortal. However, considering that the other party's target was not the capital, the old monsters dared not act rashly.

The hidden immortals of the Heavenly Guardian Sect were also operating in the shadows. The Drunken Immortal Pavilion hung up a sign announcing its closure, and the capital's guards were mobilized to block the city gates.

Xu Anlu's Tiger Roar Battalion is responsible for patrolling the city and maintaining order. With His Majesty issuing a series of instructions in recent days, coupled with pressure from the Chief of Staff, Xu Anlu has no choice but to take action.

Inside the main hall, Xu Anlu, with her flowing red hair, had entered immortal mode. She sat on a chair, without any makeup, her face was fair and elegant, her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and when she looked up, she seemed like a beauty from a dream.

With fiery red spiritual energy circulating, she successfully developed a new immortal killing move.

A blurry figure pushed open the door and entered, sunlight piercing the darkness in the hall, which annoyed her.

"Your Highness."

"It's too bright, close the door."

"Yes."

The sunlight was blocked, and the hall was once again shrouded in darkness. The blurry figure was the Rat of the Chinese zodiac, responsible for protecting the royal lineage of the Great Yan Dynasty in the previous world. He was not a man of firm principles; he didn't care whether Xu Anlu or Xu Anyin was in charge. Now that Xu Anlu controlled Xu Anyin, he naturally swore allegiance to her.

"How's it going outside?"

"Everything is ready, Your Highness."

"it is good."

Feeling a bit thirsty, Xu Anlu reached for the teacup on the table, but suddenly remembered something and withdrew her hand, saying, "Rat."

The blurry figure quickly replied, "Your subordinate is here."

Do you believe in the will of Heaven?

The royal treasure of the Great Yan Dynasty is a book called "The Record of Cultivation of the Heavenly Path".

Xu Anlu had read the book and heard the remnant soul's explanation; now, she wanted to hear the guardian's opinion.

After waiting for a while without any response, Xu Anlu knew that the other person was trying to figure out how to answer. This wasn't the kind of thinking she wanted, so she waved her hand and said, "Never mind, it's nothing."

On the table lay the paintings she had drawn during her madness. She picked them up in silence, her mind replaying the words her remnant spirit had spoken to her.

"Above the will of the world is the Way of Heaven."

"You know yourself that in the end, what will stop you is fate."

"Your current amnesia and madness are part of the Heavenly Dao's plan."

Those words still echo in my mind, but the drawing on the paper remains unclear.

"The way of heaven, the way of heaven..."

Xu Anlu murmured, then suddenly sneered, "To hell with the Heavenly Way."

I'm sorry, she simply doesn't believe what the remnant soul says.

Admittedly, her love for the Grand Tutor and her forgetfulness after reincarnation were indeed orchestrated, but the one who orchestrated her was not necessarily the will of Heaven.

The *Record of Cultivating the Way of Heaven* states: Heaven and Earth are ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs. The Way of Heaven has no concept of benevolence; in its eyes, all things are like straw dogs used for sacrifice. The so-called Way of Heaven is like an empty bellows, empty yet inexhaustible, the more it is pumped, the more wind it produces. The more one understands human nature, the further one drifts from the Way of Heaven. The way to approach the Way of Heaven is to remain steadfast in the center.

Both the Way of the King and the Way of the Hegemon originate from the Way of Humanity. Xu Anlu, who understands the Way of the King and the Way of the Hegemon, has long since become someone who has distanced himself from the Way of Heaven.

If what the remnant soul said is true, that Heaven labeled her, then Yang Pingsheng tore it off, and finally changed her into a little woman who only knows how to fall in love, then this approach is nothing like Heaven's will.