The improved female villains regained their memories.

My brother is gone.

My wife is gone.

The clear sky is gone too.

But he still has himself.

[Fate is on the side of the villains, and one of my descendants is one of them. Since that's the case, I'll make my own plans. It doesn't matter if I lose, but I want to leave my descendants with hope of a comeback.]

Song Qihao is a loser.

He fantasized about saving the world, but in the end he faced even greater ruin. However, he was not disappointed, and his heroic spirit remained as strong as ever.

So what if I am just a human pawn? If the world is a game of chess, then I will use myself as a piece and fight to the death. Even if I fail, it is better than dying a pathetic death.

His gaze swept into the distance, his eyes seemingly piercing through the heavens and reaching even the Dao of the main world.

The next moment, he suddenly let out a long cry.

"His earth-shattering brilliance surpasses even the heavens' clamor, making the heroes of old pale in comparison."

"If there truly is a path to immortality, I dare to let the heavens traverse it."

Chapter 271 Deterioration

Lin Wanjun, the second young lady of the Lin family and former candidate for Goddess, was imprisoned in the central prison of the mountain city, 【Abyss】, for multiple crimes including treason, murder of the temple's controller, and assault on the Goddess.

Lin Wanjun was very satisfied with the verdict.

Song Panning had no other choice. After Yang Ping's death, this guy completely gave up struggling. His eyes seemed to have lost their luster, and he looked like a dead man.

Everything is fine, except that the three big characters "Lin Wanjun" on the verdict are a bit eye-catching.

But whatever, Lin Wanjun thought, it's just a name anyway, so she'll give it to that guy. From now on, she, Lin Wanjun, will take over all of Song Panning's relatives, friends, and family.

Yang Pingsheng? That guy is dead, so who would actually believe they like him? Lin Wanjun has no intention of repeating Song Panning's love-struck mistake.

"I never expected it to develop like this."

In the abyss of hell, in a vast, empty place, the prison doors were sealed around by array formations. In the dark center, there was a chair, and Song Panning was sitting on it.

She was completely wrapped in a black straitjacket, her arms crossed and locked in front of her chest, and black cloth wrapped around her face, layer upon layer, so that not even her eyes were visible.

"Seventh-grade magic artifact, [Soul-Suppressing Robe]. Seventh-grade magic artifact, [Soul-Binding Cloth]. Seventh-grade magic artifact, [Spirit-Extinguishing Chair]. Seventh-grade magic artifact, [Death Soul Lock]. Four seventh-grade magic artifacts, plus this abyss array that isolates you from the surrounding spiritual energy, I'm afraid you'll have to spend the rest of your life here."

Looking at Song Panning, who was imprisoned in the very center, Lin Wanjun's desire for revenge was finally released at this moment.

"In the end, I won."

Song Panning has lost everything, and for the rest of her life, she can only live and die here.

She, Lin Wanjun, overcame her past fears and transcended life and death to complete her revenge.

"I am the victor!"

"That's how revenge is; it goes hand in hand with growth. Whether you complete it or let it go, growth will follow you like a shadow."

"I have achieved my revenge, transcended my fear, and transformed like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon."

"From now on, no one in the world will be my match."

A night of blood.

Lin Wanjun shattered the image of that person looking down from the top of the stairs.

The temple's controller is dead, Song Panning is imprisoned, and many of the clan leaders have been dealt with by her under the guise of "Lin Wanjun." Even those who survived must obey her name, "Song Panning," and no one dares to question her legitimacy anymore.

Following the suppression of the rebellion, she had established her legitimacy.

"I want to thank you, my friend."

"Without you, I am still the same cowardly person I was before, afraid to look at my own heart. Even though I want it, I endure everything to maintain my image as a kind person."

"You made me realize that whether it's scheming or despicable, if you want something, you should just take it openly."

"That's why I saw my own heart clearly. What I wanted was not the position of goddess, but the power to be the center of attention."

"Then, farewell, my friend. I will use your body to get everything I want."

Without ever looking at Song Panning in the center of the dark cell again, Lin Wanjun turned and left.

Thus, she had completed her revenge, consolidated the power of the Mountain City Temple, and obtained a position of authority. Apart from the fact that her body was not her own, she had nothing else to complain about.

She stood at the entrance of the Goddess Temple, gazing at the buildings one after another, feeling exceptionally cheerful.

“I will protect the Lin family, and my sister will be exonerated. This is power. As long as I have it, I can exonerate whomever I want. Even if the Lin family has committed countless sins, I can still protect them. On the contrary, if I am unhappy, then the Lin family will be traitors for eternity.”

"Power... Fortunately, all those people are dead, and in the end, I am the one who gets it."

Lin Wanjun muttered to herself as she took out a scroll.

"The power of the remnant soul has vanished; this thing is useless now."

Looking at the dense instructions above, Lin Wanjun felt a little emotional. When she was reborn, it was because she followed the instructions above that she was able to successfully take revenge and become the most powerful person.

However, there are some things she can't do perfectly. For example, even though she was married to Yang Pingsheng, she always felt a bit disgusted for some reason. So, although she repeatedly tried to create a good image for the outside world, they didn't actually have a marital relationship. In the end, when she told Song Panning that she wanted to get married, it was just a simple act of revenge.

"Yang Pingsheng is dead, and Song Panning is imprisoned, so it doesn't really matter that I didn't do this. Although I don't know why you're helping me, thank you anyway."

The spirit fire danced in Lin Wanjun's hand, burning the scroll to ashes. A gust of wind blew, scattering the ashes in all directions.

"From now on, no one can give me instructions anymore, and I no longer need to follow any bullshit instructions."

Lin Wanjun released her grip, and the remaining ashes vanished completely.

"I……"

"That's the real winner."

The ashes drifted in the wind, eventually gathering outside the city, vaguely resembling the shape of a remnant soul.

"It's a disaster. Song Panning's plan has failed."

The remnant soul gazed in the direction of the mountain city and sighed softly.

He had actually anticipated Song Panning's failure.

So what if he makes plans in advance? Putting aside whether he will fully cooperate with Song Panning, even if he does, this kind of preemptive planning and belief that he will eventually break through is, in his opinion, a method used by fools.

The power of human chess is terrifying. As I said before, didn't you see that even the two-faced emperor fell because of it?

The mysterious man certainly had his own schemes. He definitely didn't follow Song Panning's plan completely. The world's will is always in operation, and he absolutely couldn't let the world's will detect him, lest the main world learn of his existence.

The World Will is ultimately an inanimate object. As long as it openly helps the female protagonist and the World Will approves the decision, it will naturally turn a blind eye.

"As expected, this method wouldn't be considered an outsider. However, I didn't expect Song Panning to backfire. Based on the definition, I thought she must be skilled in scheming and trickery, but I never imagined..."

The remnant soul sighed softly, "I overestimated her."

Human chess is truly terrifying.

As a tool that the Heavenly Guardian Sect has always used to restrain villains, this thing is naturally extremely useful.

No matter how much divine favor the villains have, or how gifted they are, in the end, they cannot escape the realm of humanity. As long as they do not escape it, they will be limited by emotions.

Even animals have the instinct to love their young, let alone humans? Heaven chose the human race as a pawn to liberate the Heavenly Way, but instead, it has restricted them with their emotions.

"Now that Song Panning has been defeated, what should I do? Should I, like the other female villains, lend a helping hand?"

The mysterious man thought about it for a long time, but decided against it.

Song Panning's performance was absolutely terrible.

Wen Shihan's obsession helped her overcome countless difficulties, Luo Benmo's intuition surpassed countless strategies, Xu Anlu's benevolent approach paved the way for her, and Su Murong's popularity could devour the world. Looking at the first four, each one has its own highlight.

Yes, they did lose because of the human element, but they also used this emotion to help themselves break free from their constraints.

And Song Panning...

"I thought she was a brilliant strategist, but it turned out to be so bad. I overestimated her."

"Very well, since that's the case, I might as well conserve my strength and wait for two years. After two years, when Song Panning's will has weakened considerably, I will take her place..."

If the female villains are weak, then he'll take their place and do it himself. In the end, he'll be able to gather nine female villains in the main world anyway.

“Song Panning is currently inside Lin Wanjun’s body. Since that’s the case, let my remnant soul merge with her and devour her will. In that case, she will be me, and I will be her.”

The remnant soul looked at the mountain city not far away and seemed to sense Lin Wanjun's excitement.

She must be very happy now, after all, she has achieved her revenge and obtained what she had been pursuing.

Hehehe, how naive!

In the end, power and wealth are nothing but dust.

"Power and wealth are, in the end, defined by human society. But how long has humanity existed? Even if one can possess wealth and power for a time, a hundred years later, it will all be nothing but dust."

"To be remembered for generations? To be immortal? Heh, the only thing that is truly immortal in this world is the Great Dao. Even the Heavenly Dao will one day perish. Humanity started by using the Heavenly Dao, then seized it, and finally merged with it. But even so, how long can it last? Spiritual energy or killing techniques, now that the path of cultivation has emerged, how can we not make good use of it?"

"The so-called cultivators are those who constantly merge with the Dao of Heaven, embrace the Dao of Heaven, occupy the Dao of Heaven, become the Dao of Heaven, and finally come into contact with the Great Dao."

"If you don't understand this, no matter how powerful a true immortal is, no matter how invincible a real person is, in the end, all that's left is a name. The struggle between the Way of Heaven and the Way of Man seems so grand and so unattainable to us, but in the eyes of the eternal and unchanging Dao, how ridiculous it is?"

"The ephemeral mushroom knows not the dawn and dusk, the cicada knows not the spring and autumn; how can such a short life cycle comprehend such a long life cycle? The existence of humankind, in all its history, is but a few thousand or ten thousand years. How laughable it is to think that one can comprehend the great Dao based on such a mere sliver of life."

"Cultivating immortality, in the end, everyone is chasing their own desires. In the end, with all the scheming and plotting, how many people can still remember their original intention of cultivating immortality?"

What is the Way of Heaven? What is the Way of Humanity?

Continuously expanding one's lifespan and constantly coming into contact with the Great Dao—this is the essence of cultivating immortality!

Lin Wanjun was smug and seemed to have everything under control, but in the eyes of the mysterious man, she was nothing more than a pawn bouncing on a chessboard.

"Ordinary people take pride in a peaceful and enjoyable life and find pleasure in exploiting others. As long as they can enjoy wealth and honor, they are content and satisfied. This is the ambition of ordinary people, not my ambition."

"Only by stepping out of the chessboard, becoming a chess player, viewing all living beings as chess pieces, and using the Way of Heaven as the chessboard, can life cycle endlessly. This is my ambition."

The mysterious man harbored great ambitions.

In his eyes, what did Song Qihao's ambition amount to? At most, it was just the discontent of a pawn in a game of chess. He never understood that if the main world treated him as a pawn, wasn't fate also treating him as a pawn?

Humans are controlled by their personality and emotions, and personality originates from the Qi of the five internal organs, which in turn originates from the innate primordial Qi, which is received from heaven and earth. If there were no path to immortality, how could humans escape the control of heaven and earth?

"First, find a place to accumulate remnant soul energy. When the time is right, assimilate Song Panning's soul, kill the female protagonist's world will, and go to the main world!"

The remnant soul made up its mind, found a place, and began to silently accumulate energy in preparation for assimilating the female villain.