The improved female villains regained their memories.

The mysterious man's expression changed drastically: "This is bad, run!"

Boom!

The terrifying lightning shattered the stone wall above and struck Song Qihao heavily. He didn't even have a chance to defend himself before he was reduced to ashes.

The world's will was clearly targeting Song Qihao, the biggest outlier, and all its power was locked onto him, ready to kill him with a single move. As for Song Panning and the mysterious man, there were concerns about killing one, and the other was an outsider from another world who was undocumented and needed to be investigated first.

That's why the shockwaves were only aftershocks for the two of them, but even aftershocks were enough to give them a hard time. The mysterious man cast a series of talismans and managed to withstand the shockwaves.

"go!"

He grabbed Song Panning. Although he knew that the world's will was unlikely to kill her, in the current situation, it might modify its judgment and redefine the threat level, which would put Song Panning in danger.

Rumble!

Countless fragments and stones fell, and in the chaos, the monster egg fell to the ground and was smashed by the stones. Song Panning was startled and was about to save it when she turned around and saw Leng Yan being crushed by the stones underneath.

"Miss!"

"Cold words!"

Song Panning's pupils shrank, and just as she was about to run over, another bolt of lightning struck down, smashing the monster egg and Leng Yan into oblivion.

"Don't look back, run!"

The mysterious man gritted his teeth, held Song Panning tightly, and used a teleportation talisman to forcefully send the two of them away.

Boom!

The thunder continued to rumble, and the two were teleported to a dense forest in the far suburbs. The mysterious man was panting, his body emitting black smoke, and he was resting against a large tree.

He looked at his left arm, where the clothes were torn, revealing fair skin with a black scorch mark.

[Even an eighth-grade magic weapon couldn't withstand it?]

The mysterious man muttered to himself, then looked at Song Panning, who was also resting silently to the side, and took the initiative to speak: "Now that things have come to this, what do you plan to do?"

Song Panning sat on a rock, staring blankly into the distance. The mysterious man walked up to her and continued to persuade her:

"Song Qihao is dead. Whether his arrangements were useful or not, you will not be able to obtain the most important one, the Immortal Slaughtering Formation. Without it, you cannot defeat the will of the world. But if you were to do it all over again, you might still have a chance."

The mysterious man spoke, his face serious as he looked at the lightning gathering in the sky: "The reason the world's will hasn't attacked us yet is because it's still reassessing our threat levels. Once it's determined, I will be expelled, and you will be killed. So, don't hesitate any longer."

"...You'll help me, right?"

"That's natural."

Song Panning looked up, and her calm eyes startled the mysterious man.

What kind of eyes were those? Deep, mysterious, like a vast starry sky. They lacked Song Qihao's sharpness, but carried an unknown and unfathomable depth.

"Don't send me back," Song Panning said coldly. "Send Lin Wanjun back."

"what???"

Song Panning instantly activated the formation. Within the formation, she explained her plan in detail. Upon hearing this, the mysterious man immediately shook his head: "Absolutely not!"

He had a headache and advised, "Your method is too risky. It's like gambling that your past self is on a guaranteed path to victory. But how is that possible? Admittedly, you're right. If Lin Wanjun is blinded by hatred, many things are indeed easier to manipulate, but that also requires someone..."

The mysterious man paused, as if realizing something: "You mean you want me to..."

"Forget about the 'either/or' question. You have a way to go back in time with your memories intact, right?"

"...Indeed, there is, but this method only suits me. I just gave you two choices without any problem," the mysterious man said. "I possess the Immortal Killing Technique, the Soul Splitting Technique. The Reversal of Time is an Immortal Killing Technique that reverses the entire timeline; even the caster will return to the past and forget their memories of the present timeline. But the Soul Splitting Technique splits the soul and places it in a certain location. If combined with the Soul-Seizing Array, indeed..."

"Then can you guide Lin Wanjun, or at least persuade her not to compete with me for the position of goddess?" Song Panning asked.

“It is possible.” The mysterious man’s words still revealed hesitation, “but your method is too risky, it’s simply insane… no, even more insane than insane.”

The mysterious man asked, "What if we encounter a human chess piece?"

Actually, he hadn't had a chance to say it yet.

Song Panning hasn't met the Human Chess yet, not because the Human Chess Project has ended, but because there's a problem with the succession of the protagonist in the main world.

When Qing Tian caused trouble, it coincided with the time when Gu Lao was the protagonist of the main world. Qing Tian was the last female villain of that era. After Qing Tian was sealed away, Gu Lao naturally stepped down. However, the newly succeeded protagonist ran into trouble, namely the Ling family twins. Qing Tian was given the Water of Oblivion, and her mind returned to that of a child. Naturally, she was unaware of this. The manipulation behind this was, of course, the work of a mysterious person.

[I told Song Qihao about all this through Qingtian's voice, but I don't know where that guy placed it. If I tell Song Panning about the main world now, she'll definitely plot against me. It's better to let her discover it herself, as predicted. But isn't that too risky? Without her memories, how will she resist the human chess pieces? Looks like I'll have to try to persuade her.]

With this in mind, the mysterious person advised, "Although I don't know why you didn't encounter the human chess piece in this life, if you are reborn, those with memories will definitely bring about a butterfly effect. You are very likely to encounter the human chess piece after your rebirth. The human chess piece values ​​emotions. You have no memories, so how can you resist the human chess piece?"

Song Panning glanced at the mysterious man: "Do you know why the human chess piece didn't appear?"

"I don't know, but we should be just in case." The mysterious man earnestly advised, "The plan is too risky. Think about it, it would be better if you went back yourself."

He had already tried his best to persuade her. Even a born emperor couldn't stop the emotional influence of a human being. How could someone like you, who manipulates schemes, resist it? However, Song Panning shook her head, having already made up her mind: "My mind is made up. You don't need to persuade me anymore. Unless you don't want to help me, please go outside the mountain as planned. I will spare Lin Wanjun's life as planned."

"Why is this happening?!" The mysterious man jumped up and down in anger. "There's a much safer way, why take the risk? Song Panning, are you out of your mind?"

Song Panning ignored him, a miniature mountain city appeared in her palm, and she started walking towards the mountain city. The mysterious man quickly stopped her: "Wait, are you really going to kill everyone in the city? What's wrong with you?"

“I’m not having a mental breakdown.” Song Panning glanced at her coldly. “Du Wanli is from the main world. He must die here. But if I kill him, the world’s will will, as you said, increase my threat level and make me a target for elimination. One of the things my ancestor passed down to me was that he mixed the demonic energy and spiritual energy of the Azure Sky to create a spirit array. By controlling the spirit array, I can kill Du Wanli. And if I kill everyone in the city, I can absorb their death energy and thus gain the opportunity to fight the world’s will.”

The mysterious man paused for a moment, then subconsciously said, "But you don't have the perfected version of the Heaven-Slaying Formation, so you can't defeat the will of the world."

“I will try my best to delay for you. The array spirit nurtured by the lives of everyone in the city can at least buy you some time, even if it can’t defeat the will of the world,” Song Panning said calmly. “This time is enough for you to brainwash Lin Wanjun and trick her into going back to the past.”

"You're crazy, you're crazy! Aren't you afraid I'll lie to you?!"

"Don't worry. If you're lying to me, I'll just sacrifice all the lives within the mountain city formation and expand it to cover the entire world, absorbing the essence of life from the world to strengthen the formation spirit. By doing this, victory will come sooner or later."

"What the hell?!" the mysterious figure cursed inwardly. "That will only make the world's will even more desperate. Then it might just abandon this world altogether, right? Without the world's will's energy as a conduit, how are you going to get to the main world?!"

He figured it out: Song Panning probably knew that he was helping the grandfather and grandson for a reason. This arrangement was simply to make the pace follow her, so that even if she was reborn, she could still firmly grasp the initiative.

[Fine, fine, you want the initiative? I'll give it to you, but you'll definitely encounter someone else playing the game, and when that happens, I won't save you.]

The mysterious man held his breath for a long time before finally managing to say "good." Song Panning nodded in satisfaction and gave him many more details. The two of them went over them one by one, and after confirming that everything was correct, the mysterious man took his leave.

He was really eager to see what Song Panning would be like to meet Renqi after her rebirth.

Watching the mysterious man leave, something flickered in Song Panning's cold eyes. She remained silent and slowly turned the mountain city model in her hand.

A red serpent spirit coiled around her, like a flowing ribbon.

She strode off, hurrying towards her home.

When Song Xingtian returned to the mansion, he opened the door to the study, turned around and closed it, and the study light automatically turned on.

He turned around abruptly and found Song Panning standing there with an indifferent expression.

"Ning'er?"

He asked incredulously, "Weren't you in jail? How did you escape? Did you break out of prison?"

Song Xingtian was indeed accomplished in the study of formations, but his skill was still somewhat inferior to Song Panning's. He failed to recognize that the one being criticized was merely a fake body of Song Panning. Therefore, upon seeing Song Panning now, his subconscious thought was that she had sneaked out.

"Father……"

Song Panning bowed, looked at Song Xingtian, and asked, "Father, I still remember when I was little, you told me that true resilience is not shaken by anything, including kindness, right?"

That was a long time ago.

The little girl followed behind her father as they traversed the steep mountain forest. The father held a longbow, aiming at a doe not far away.

Sunlight fell on the father's bowstring. He exerted force with his wrist and flexed his fingers. In an instant, the bow was full.

The girl stared wide-eyed, anticipating her father's thunderous arrow.

But her father put down the bow, and with a puzzled look in her eyes, pointed to a spot not far away and said to her, "Look."

She looked over and then noticed that there was a fawn following behind the mother deer.

"Ning'er," her father said, his broad hand brushing her hair, "Do you still want to shoot that doe?"

The girl nodded, then shook her head, appearing hesitant.

The father smiled slightly. Of course, he knew what his daughter meant. She was unwilling to leave empty-handed and could not bear to see the fawn lose its mother, so she hesitated.

Without further ado, he drew his bow, nocked an arrow, and shot it.

At the girl's startled cry, the mother deer fell to the ground, and the fawn, frightened, cried out and ran away.

The father stepped forward, pulled out the arrow, and dragged the doe back.

"True perseverance is being unshaken by anything, including kindness."

If you're determined to hunt, why care about the feelings of your prey?

How can one be considered steadfast if one hesitates, is trapped in one's own mind, and stops moving forward because of fear, anxiety, guilt, and remorse?

The snake spirit lunged out and bit Song Xingtian's neck. A surge of blood and qi flowed into the snake spirit's body, and within a few breaths, it grew larger.

Song Xingtian seemed to understand something. He didn't struggle, but smiled and said, "Ning'er."

"Father."

"Think more, do more, and if you can do one thing well, you're already amazing."

"Yes."

Song Panning cupped her hands in greeting: "I will obey my father's orders."

puff.

Song Xingtian's body fell to the ground.

Song Panning stepped out into the courtyard and whispered to the snake spirit, "Go, absorb the entire Song family to strengthen yourself, and then we'll go kill the protagonist."

The snake spirit hissed and rushed out, and soon screams echoed throughout the Song family compound.

Boom!

Lightning flashed across the sky, and the entire world trembled even more violently.

Heaven is enraged.

Chapter 268 The Female Lead Has Turned Evil

Bloodshed descended.

Lin Wanjun will always remember that day.

As soon as she stepped out of the Goddess Hall, she saw Du Wanli rushing over, shouting, "Goddess, be careful! Song Panning is rebelling!"

Before she could even process the meaning behind the other person's words, everything was turned upside down the next moment.