The improved female villains regained their memories.

"What? What divine intervention? I don't understand what you're talking about..."

“It seems you are indeed very unclear,” the remnant soul said. “Time is limited, and this part of my soul cannot linger for too long. So, I will tell you the truth about this world.”

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The sun is coming out.

As the dark clouds dispersed and the sun shone brightly, the array around the Goddess Palace dissipated and the gates opened as the first rays of sunlight fell. Song Panning led everyone from the Goddess Palace out.

Lin Wanjun had been waiting for a long time. She stood at the door with everyone in the Lin family. When Song Panning walked towards her, Lin Wanjun couldn't help but feel excited.

"Patriarch Lin."

Song Panning walked over, bowed slightly, and said in a low voice after the greeting, "I have done as you said and removed all the formations in the Goddess Palace. I hope you will not go back on your word."

The Goddess is the supreme symbol of the mountain city. Since ancient times, apart from the temple's controller, only others have paid homage to the Goddess. How could the Goddess ever pay homage to others?

As a goddess, Song Panning bowed to a young new family head, which inevitably caused many of her followers to feel a sense of shared sorrow.

“Since I said it, I will do it. Everyone in the Song family is staying here safely. Your father and mother have also sent people to protect you well, and there hasn’t been the slightest problem,” Lin Wanjun said. “Ling Shuxin’s wound has been bandaged up, and there won’t be any other accidents.”

"it is good."

Song Panning asked, "Where is Yang Pingsheng?"

"Yang Pingsheng?" Lin Wanjun laughed and retorted, "He's my fiancé, what does that have to do with you?"

"you!!"

Hehehehe.

Lin Wanjun stopped looking at the stunned and angry Song Panning. She waved her hand and led her people into the Goddess Hall.

At the highest point of the main hall, she stood alone, looking at the interior of the Goddess Hall, and couldn't help but exclaim, "It is truly magnificent and grand, worthy of being the residence of a goddess."

"After all, the Goddess is the representative of the Heavenly Dao, so her residence naturally cannot be inferior." The scroll flew out automatically, and the remnant soul attached itself to it, saying calmly, "Just as I said yesterday, this Goddess Palace is the core of the mountain city formation. Together with the mountain city, it forms the Ten Directions Sealing Formation, sealing the previous villain here."

"Is the villain really as powerful as you say?" Lin Wanjun asked curiously, "So much for such a design to barely seal him away."

"Don't ask about that. Just know that these are people you can't afford to offend. Song Panning is the villain. Think back to your past life, have you forgotten how you died at her hands?"

Lin Wanjun remained silent.

Knowing that the remnant soul's energy was limited and that each appearance was one less opportunity it could have, she quickly asked, "In my initial instructions, you told me to marry Yang Pingsheng and then use the Soul-Seizing Array to take everything from Song Panning so that I could successfully avenge myself (see Chapter 220). Now that I have such an advantage, Song Panning's life and death are in my hands. I can kill her whenever I want. We've already come this far, so do you still want me to follow your plan?"

The remnant soul remained silent for a moment, then asked Lin Wanjun a question: "Tell me, what is revenge?"

"That goes without saying, of course we should kill them."

"That's the lowest level of revenge. True revenge is to take away everything she cares about, making her wish she were dead, and forcing her to watch as everything she once owned is taken away by someone else. It's like a wealthy man switching identities with a beggar. His luxury cars, villas, and beautiful women are all taken by the beggar, while he lives the life of a beggar. That's revenge. That's the true essence of the Soul-Seizing Array."

"You mean..." Lin Wanjun's eyes gradually brightened.

"When planning, you can't just look at the immediate benefits. You have to calculate the trajectory of everything and make everything around you follow your arrangements," the remnant soul said. "You're quite smart to know to follow my instructions. If you were to be too clever for your own good and ruin the plan for the sake of immediate benefits, you would be destined to fail in your revenge."

"I understand, you want me to..."

“Not bad.” The remnant soul nodded. “Switch bodies with Song Panning, become the savior, and take everything from her.”

Chapter 256 Never Apart

To take everything from her?

Are you sure you didn't sacrifice everything you had?

The Soul-Seizing Array can strip away part of another person's will. Of course, it can also exchange all of one's will with the other person. In her previous life, Lin Wanjun used the Soul-Seizing Array in combination with a spacetime killing move to exchange her will with her past self, thus being reborn.

Now that she has taken control of the family heads of various factions within the temple and has moved into the Goddess Hall, with such an advantage, if she were to go and swap bodies with Song Panning, wouldn't that be doing all the work for someone else?

Seeing Lin Wanjun's puzzled look, Canhun shook his head with amusement: "Lin Wanjun, Lin Wanjun, when it comes to planning, you really don't have the foresight of Song Panning."

"I really don't understand, please enlighten me, senior."

"You think you've got the situation under control? Just one Spirit-Seizing Array and a few family heads, and you think the world is yours? You're dreaming. The Temple's power structure is complex, and each family has its own talented individuals. Although Shen Qingqing listens to you, she's an ambitious person. Given the chance, she'll definitely betray you. Not to mention the elders of other families; they would never let a mere child be the head of the household. The only family you can truly control is the Lin family."

The remnant soul said, "I'm about to dissipate, and our fate is almost over. In my final moments, let me help you plan one last time. Follow my advice, and you'll surely succeed in your revenge. Most importantly, you will replace Song Panning and gain everything she has: power, wealth, family, friendship, love, and so on..."

"you……"

"No need to say anything more. Just follow this plan for the final stage."

The remnant soul dissipated, and the scroll displayed its final instructions.

Lin Wanjun quickly took the watch and began to look at it. As she watched, her face showed great surprise.

"This……"

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Song Panning went home for a visit.

The entire Song family was on the verge of collapse. The mother was still alright, but the father, Song Xingtian, was paralyzed in bed and had been unconscious for many days. Song Panning examined him and found that his soul had been injured and he would not recover in a short time.

Other elders of the Song family were also eager to make their move, but fortunately, Song Panning had already received the appointment letter for the new patriarch—thankfully, the things that Leng Yan risked his life to bring for her had not been wasted, and now Song Panning was the new patriarch of the Song family.

As night fell, Song Panning comforted her mother, left the house, and headed straight for the Ling family.

At the Ling family home, she met her good friend, Ling Shuxin.

"Pan Ning..."

My former friend was no longer the lively and cheerful person she once was. Her upper body and arms were bandaged tightly, her hair was dry and brittle, and she had lost her former beauty. She lay on the bed, lifeless.

"Pan Ning..."

She looked at Song Panning, her pale lips opening and closing, making sounds intentionally or unintentionally.

"That guy is... a demon..."

"I know, I know everything..."

Song Panning knelt by the bed, trembling, and leaned over.

She said in a gentle tone, "You should rest well. It's okay, everything will be alright."

"Du Wanli betrayed me, that bastard..."

As Ling Shuxin was speaking, she suddenly felt a rush of blood to her head and coughed up blood. Then, she started to sob.

"I...I was so good to him, why...why..."

She became increasingly heartbroken and her emotions gradually collapsed.

"My hand is gone, Panning. Am I not pretty anymore? Am I ugly?"

"I want my hand!"

The girl who had once stood up for her was now crying like a child. Song Panning remained silent for a long time before hugging Ling Shuxin and patting her back.

"It's okay, it's okay, it will be alright."

"You shouldn't have come back, you shouldn't have given up the Goddess Palace, sob sob sob..."

"I will avenge you, believe me."

Lin Wanjun won't be able to keep this up for long.

She caught everyone off guard with a formation, but that doesn't mean she can control everything.

The Soul-Stealing Array can control the clan leader, but it cannot control everyone in the temple clan.

After Song Panning returned from the Ling family, messengers kept coming to communicate with her.

The seeds of resistance have been sown, and as a goddess, Song Panning is undoubtedly the best leader for the rebels.

Unexpectedly, Song Panning did not rush to agree to everything. She returned to the familiar Song family mansion and entered the secret room she had prepared.

There, she entered the simulation again.

After completing the deduction, she walked out and headed straight for the Lin family mansion.

It was probably Lin Wanjun who led everyone into the Goddess Palace. At this time, the Lin family mansion had few guards, so Song Panning easily slipped in.

Following the instructions of the deduction, she went straight to the Lin family dungeon, where she met Yang Pingsheng.

Tick.

Blood was flowing on the ground.

That voice made her heart tremble slightly.

"Pan Ning—"

As time and light overlap, in my memory, that boy is calling my name.

"My life."

"I'm here." Song Panning answered softly and stepped into the cell. She ignored the tightly closed door and the operating magic array, and waved her hand to disarm it.

She walked over gently and cradled Yang Pingsheng's head as if it were a precious treasure. The chains rattled incessantly. She closed her eyes and slowly leaned closer.

Legend has it that goddesses are those who communicate with the heavens, and each goddess has a follower who is determined to follow her to the death.

In the Goddess Election, the goddess and her followers will overcome all obstacles until they attract the attention of Heaven and receive blessings. They will share both glory and misfortune, as they are bound together by a bond of life and death.

The followers died for the goddess, and the goddess died for the followers; they walked hand in hand until death.

"I remember when I asked you why you liked Lin Wanjun, you didn't answer me at the time."

"Actually, I know you don't like her, but if you don't want to answer, I don't want to force you."

But I still care a lot.

I care why you said those things, I care why you distanced yourself from me, and I care why you suddenly became close to this woman who appeared out of nowhere.

Because it's you, I care.

At that time, Yang Pingsheng resolutely chose to stay away. She didn't want to pressure him, so she could only watch him silently. As she watched, it became a kind of illness.

She wanted to watch it during the day and at night, even after he moved into the small house he shared with Lin Wanjun.

She stared at him for a very long time, as long as Yang Pingsheng had distanced himself from her.

"You have no idea how happy I was that day when you became my follower. When I was little, my mother told me that gold leaves were the most precious things, and only the one you truly love could receive their gold leaves. You never gave me a gold leaf, but in my heart, the words you said to me are the gold leaf."

The goddess and her followers were now bound together as one; to Song Panning, it was no different from being husband and wife.