The improved female villains regained their memories.

.........

"roll!"

Lin Wanjun stared wide-eyed with curiosity. She watched as Song Panning ruthlessly tore her suitor's love letter and gold leaf to shreds, then kicked him out with a mix of beatings and curses. She couldn't help but smile unconsciously.

Song Panning, who had just returned clapping her hands, saw Lin Wanjun smiling with her eyes narrowed and couldn't help but laugh as well. She walked over and pinched Lin Wanjun's cheek, saying, "You little rascal, what are you laughing at now?"

"It's nothing, I just feel that Sister Song, you are really demanding when it comes to love."

"Love? I don't need that kind of thing."

Song Panning smiled, sat down next to her, and started flipping through a book.

“I can understand that you don’t care about love because you want to run for Goddess, but even Goddesses abdicate.” Lin Wanjun leaned closer and asked curiously, “If you succeed in running for Goddess but then abdicate, won’t you find someone else to live with?”

"No," Song Panning replied calmly.

"Huh? Why is that?" Lin Wanjun was even more curious and hurriedly asked.

“I ran for Goddess only to fulfill my mother’s expectations. The position of Goddess is wonderful; it symbolizes supreme power and countless riches. However, it is not what I pursue,” Song Panning said, shaking her head. “If I were to step down, I would do what I want to do. Why should I care about love?”

"But eventually, you have to settle down and start a family. Do you really want to be alone forever, sister?"

"Is it not allowed?"

“But Mother said…”

Lin Wanjun wanted to say something, but when she noticed Song Panning's gaze shifting towards her, she subconsciously swallowed, but still continued, "My mother said that it would be better to find a husband in the end."

"That's for the general public, not for me, Song Panning."

Song Panning closed the book, stood up and said, "Come with me."

Song Panning led Lin Wanjun into their backyard, and after several twists and turns, they arrived at the secret base she had built herself.

"look."

Wow, so beautiful!

A pink array surrounded the small garden, with four flags erected at the four corners, forming the foundation of the array. Inside the array, flowers bloomed, butterflies fluttered, and the colorful flowers and grasses were all things Lin Wanjun had never seen before.

This almost miraculous scene deeply shocked Lin Wanjun. She looked at Song Panning with admiration and said, "Did you do all of this? Sister Song, you are so amazing!"

"Well, that's not all."

As she spoke, she snapped her fingers, and suddenly a blizzard raged inside the formation. The once-blooming flowers withered and fell heavily on the branches and the ground, turning them into a graveyard.

Immediately afterwards, Song Panning demonstrated her transformation abilities. The scene within the formation changed from spring to summer, then to autumn, then to winter. Whatever season she wanted, Song Panning could transform it into. Moreover, the ecological environment within also moved according to Song Panning's wishes. One moment a wild rabbit would emerge, the next a tiger would hunt it. The animals came and went, creating quite a lively scene.

Lin Wanjun stared, somewhat mesmerized, and murmured to herself, "Is this why Sister Song doesn't like love?"

"You're wrong. It's not that I don't like love, I'm just not interested."

Song Panning dispelled the formation and said:

“There are many paths in this world. Some are for you to walk, and some are for me to walk. No matter what kind of path it is, as long as you walk the right one, you can walk it. As for the correct, necessary, and only path, it does not exist. Pursuing love, finding a good husband, getting married and starting a family, being a good wife and mother, this is the path of most women in the world, but it is not my path, Song Panning.”

"So, what path will my sister take?"

"Me? I only want to study formations; I don't care about anything else."

“But, Sister Song, you can’t spend your whole life focusing on just one thing.”

"One thing is enough."

Song Panning smiled and patted Lin Wanjun's head.

"Being able to do one thing well is already quite an achievement."

Everyone has things to do.

For Song Panning, what she needed to do was to study formations. Therefore, after fulfilling her mother's wish, she would naturally step down and delve into the study of formations.

[Song Panning, how wise and philosophical you were back then! But look at you now, your mind is completely focused on men. How pathetic, how lamentable!]

Lin Wanjun watched as Song Panning grabbed Yang Pingsheng's ear, looking wary of her, and couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

Now I understand why the mysterious person insisted that I marry this Yang Pingsheng.

Chapter 222 Two Villains

Yang Pingsheng was practically dragged back by Song Panning.

He wanted to say something more to Lin Wanjun, or take her home, but Song Panning interrupted him without hesitation:

"As the daughter of the prestigious Lin family, she naturally has people protecting her in secret, so you don't need to worry about her."

Yang Pingsheng was speechless after being rebuked with just one sentence. Fortunately, the system told him not to resist and to just follow along obediently.

Back in Song Panning's familiar house, she sat silently in place, pointing to the open space in front of her, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Yang Pingsheng sighed helplessly. After twelve years of getting along, he knew what she meant, so he took a cushion from the side and obediently knelt in front of her.

Do you know what you did wrong?

"know."

"What's wrong?"

"I am not human."

"Wrong answer! I told you last time to stay away from the Lin family, why didn't you listen?"

Song Panning continued her nagging, while Yang Pingsheng listened with his head down. The two of them were completely at ease and didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

Ling Shuxin leaned against the door watching the fun, and picked up a wild fruit from somewhere. She ate it while watching. Song Panning was in the middle of a scolding when she looked up and saw Ling Shuxin making faces. She was furious and said, "Get out."

"Okay, then do as you please."

She slammed the door shut.

After scolding her for about ten minutes, Song Panning said she was tired and turned to get a teacup. Yang Pingsheng subconsciously got up to pour her tea, and their hands touched, their eyes meeting in mid-air.

After a while, the two of them simultaneously looked away.

"Do you...do you know you're wrong?"

"Ah."

"Then next time..."

"You'll do it again next time."

"???"

Song Panning looked up in surprise at Yang Pingsheng.

Yang Pingsheng braced himself and uttered the lines that the system had already programmed him with: "I like her."

boom.

Ling Shuxin, who had been eavesdropping outside the door, opened it in shock: "She's only ten years old!"

"Um……"

Yang Pingsheng was well aware of this.

But there was nothing he could do.

Just yesterday, the system provided him with additional background information on the world's lore, especially regarding future plot developments.

"Song Panning set up an array and massacred everyone in the mountain city. Within the array she set up, she was the absolute master. Even a temple controller with the level of a True Immortal could not be her enemy."

Female villains are all exceptionally talented; each one possesses a unique gift.

Wen Shihan, a cultivation genius, entered the True Immortal realm in less than a century in his original world without relying on any special means. Luo Benmo, born with an immortal body and dual spiritual roots, possessed extraordinary intuition. In his original world, he ruthlessly eliminated the side effects of his talent. Xu Anlu, not only was she able to merge with her sister's soul, but she also comprehended the traces of the Great Dao without any cultivation level and used them skillfully. In her original world, she defeated a group of immortals and forced them to flee in disarray despite being a mortal.

Even Su Murong, who is considered the least talented, has an understanding of popularity. Her understanding is a profound one, and every move she makes resonates with the Great Dao. She even created a killer move based on popularity, truly making her a mortal comparable to an immortal.

Now it's Song Panning's turn, and she has far more talent than Su Murong.

First of all, her spiritual sea is extremely vast. Others need to carefully calculate the consumption of spiritual energy when fighting to avoid over-exerting their own spiritual roots, but she doesn't need to. The spiritual sea under her spiritual roots is so vast that she can use immortal killing moves indiscriminately 24 hours a day (if she knows them). If people like Wen Shihan and Luo Benmo, who are short of mana, were to face Song Panning, Song Panning could wear them down to death.

Furthermore, she possesses a unique understanding of formations. Ordinary formation masters use general formations, such as warning formations, protective formations, body-protecting formations, and healing formations. Some genius formation masters and cultivators might use special formations, such as the [Myriad Transformations of Asura] (used by Xu Anyin in Chapter 86 of Volume 3; she only knows this one). If a special formation is used well, it is enough to fight enemies across realms; reaching this level is already considered the pinnacle. As for Song Panning, her formations are strange and unpredictable, impossible to defend against. Not to mention those of higher realms, even True Immortals could perish within them. Even if Lin Wanjun were reborn, she wouldn't be confident of surpassing her in formations.

Finally, and most importantly for the system, lies her scheming and deception. According to the system, this woman is a born actress, a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, adept at manipulation and intrigue. In the original world, she silently deceived her parents, continuously developing forbidden formations while simultaneously bewitching the female protagonist, using her to achieve her own numerous goals. Ultimately, through repentance and atonement, she approached the temple's controller and seized control of the temple.

"Ping Sheng, do you remember what I said before?" the system said. "Although there is no term for immortals and mortals in this world, there is still a difference in reality. The people of the temple and those ruled by the temple are not the same kind of people in essence. The people of the temple are mostly cultivators, while those ruled by the temple are mostly mortals. This is not a paradise. This is the place where the origin of the world's consciousness resides. At the foot of this mountain, an unparalleled demon is imprisoned."

That happened in the last round.

Before Yang Pingsheng was chosen, before Wen Shihan and Luo Benmo appeared, and before the protagonists of Ling Tiandu's generation were born, there was once a world-destroying demon, which was the villain at that time.

The villain was the king of snakes in human form, born with two systems within him. What do these two systems mean? As we mentioned before, humans cultivate using spiritual energy, while demons cultivate using demonic energy. The circulation systems of spiritual and demonic energy are not the same as their cultivation systems. For humans, one must first achieve an immortal body, then gather spiritual energy to nurture their spiritual roots, temper their body to remove impurities, and cultivate immortal killing techniques. Starting from learning immortal killing techniques, the minimum cultivation level is Earth Immortal, then Celestial Immortal, then True Immortal, and finally God Immortal. Behind this cultivation system is actually the circulation system of spiritual roots.

For demons, it's not so complicated, because demons don't need spiritual roots. Their breakthroughs only require a continuous flow of demonic energy, solidifying it and forming unique markings on their skin. Compared to the spiritual energy system used by humans, it's essentially:

Forming linear patterns – Earth Immortal.

The pattern formed is called "Celestial Immortal".

Forming a portrait pattern – True Immortal.

Demons that can rival immortals are all ancient great demons. Just as immortals are only recorded in ancient books, ancient great demons are only recorded in myths and legends.

This shows that the cultivation systems of humans and demons are different. Due to their biological structure, humans cannot accept demonic energy, and similarly, demons cannot absorb spiritual energy. But that demon is different; it is born with spiritual roots, so from the beginning, it can absorb both spiritual energy and demonic energy simultaneously.

Beasts that absorb spiritual energy are called spirit beasts, beasts that absorb demonic energy are called demonic beasts, and beasts that can absorb both types of energy at the same time are called monsters. This monster relied on these two systems to act arrogantly and domineeringly, turning this world into a chaotic mess, almost destroying it.

"Humanity was suppressed and nearly wiped out. Later, with the help of the male and female protagonists and their companions, as well as the world's will willingly sacrificing itself, this demon was sealed here. At that time, because the outside world was destroyed, the remaining humans were fortunate enough to take root here."

Listening to the system's description, Yang Pingsheng suddenly realized something and said, "In other words, the so-called temple forces..."

"That's right, the current temple forces are all descendants of the heroes who worked hard to suppress the snake demon back then."

The system sighed and said, "The so-called goddess dancing is actually a means of reinforcing the seal. The entire mountain city is actually a large-scale formation."

The system imprinted the three-dimensional image of the mountain city into Yang Pingsheng's mind and said, "There is a reason why the mountain city is laid out this way. Mortals live halfway up the mountain and use their human energy to continuously weaken the demonic energy of the great demon sealed inside. The ancestral memorials placed in the temple are actually magical artifacts used to suppress the great demon. However, over the years, these artifacts have gradually become ineffective, so they are no longer anything special."

The system gave a brief introduction, without going into too much detail, and then said, "So, do you understand what the Heavenly Dao is worried about? The villains from the last round were not killed, but were suppressed here by the World Will according to the plan. And this round's female villain, Song Panning, is not only good at conspiracies and tricks, but also proficient in formations. In the deduction, she saw through the mountain city's layout, which is why such a huge tragedy occurred later."

"what do you mean……"

"That's right. In the simulation, the reason for such a huge bloodbath was not because she set up the formation, but on the contrary, because she broke the formation."

The messenger of intrigue and treachery released the cold-blooded king trapped in the abyss, bringing even greater disaster to the world.