The improved female villains regained their memories.

Where the dust settled, only her elusive sword remained, lying on the ground.

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One winter, not long after their father passed away, the older sister suddenly fell ill.

She was a bit flustered, boiling medicine, cooking porridge, and taking care of her day and night, hoping that her older sister could get better soon.

At night, she fell asleep by the bedside. When she felt some movement, she quickly got up and saw that the bed was empty. Thinking that her older sister had run away, she hurriedly went out to look for her, only to find her older sister sitting on the doorstep in a daze.

"Ah, sis, you're here..."

She was about to burst into tears: "I thought you ran away."

Her older sister looked up at her, impatiently saying, "How could you have such a thought?"

"Because you always call me an idiot."

"Then I won't leave. If I leave, who will care about you, you idiot?"

"Are you really not going to leave?"

"will not."

"Then, shall we make a deal?"

Seeing the outstretched fist, the older sister scoffed, "Childish."

She said that, but we still bumped fists.

"We made a promise that no one can leave, and if anyone has to leave, we'll leave together."

"I know, you idiot."

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Shi Guiyan made a promise to three people throughout her life.

One is her father, another is Yang Pingsheng, and the third is her older sister Shi Guijia.

Yes, she had made a promise with Shi Guijia.

But now, the promise is gone.

All that remains is [ethereal].

Chapter 356 Discomfort

The flames of the imperial city spread into the sky.

Shi Guijia stared at the [Ethereal] sword, then collapsed to the ground like a soulless person.

The wind blew through her long golden hair, and suddenly, her tears floated in mid-air. Even the floating flames and golden hair froze, and the whole world seemed to stand still.

Above, in the sky, several large, golden characters were written: Countdown: Eighteen days.

Beside the numbers stood two illusory figures. One of them tilted its head slightly, looked at the man beside it, and asked, "Father, what are your thoughts on seeing this scene?"

It was Yang Pingsheng and Yang Luoyi.

The ability Yang Luoyi is showing now is very similar to the ability she showed Wen Shihan before. Both of them put the other party in a certain world and let them watch from God's perspective. However, the difference is that she let Wen Shihan briefly come to Yang Pingsheng's world, while now she let Yang Pingsheng come to the past world.

She showed a lot, not only the fortune teller and the girl beside him, but also the two worlds that switched back and forth, including Zhi Zixun, Jiu Wu, and the power struggle of Ling Tianxin in the main world, all of which were shown in chronological order.

Most importantly, she linked Shi Guijia and Shi Guiyan's relationship with Yang Pingsheng, so much so that when the world's development reached the present and Shi Guiyan committed suicide, a flood of emotions overwhelmed Yang Pingsheng, almost causing his sword spirit to break down.

"...What's your purpose in showing me all this?"

Yang Pingsheng looked at his so-called daughter: "Are you trying to tell me that Ling Tianxin is a mastermind, and that there is another force behind the scenes that has been planning this all along, and Xiaoyu is their pawn?"

The woman accompanying the fortune teller was a girl Yang Ping had known during his lifetime.

That was before he signed a contract with the system. At that time, the girl's name was Xiaoyu.

She was his student, and also his greatest regret.

Yang Luo smiled slightly: "Father, I'm sorry, you are not qualified to know the answer. I showed you these things just to ask you if you regret abandoning Mother after seeing all this."

"..."

Yang Pingsheng remained silent for a while before speaking: "You and that child are very different."

Although Yang Luoyi, who was raised by the drunkard Shi Guijia, also has blue hair, she is quiet, obedient, and pitiful. Most importantly, she does not look like Yang Pingsheng.

It was only when he saw her that Yang Pingsheng remembered that this child was an orphan from that catastrophe. If that was the case, then where did Yang Luoyi, who looked like him, come from?

"Hehe, don't be in such a hurry. I'm showing you these things just so you can see how much pain your mother and aunt went through after you left."

"You abandoned them, you coward!" Yang Luoyi cursed angrily.

Yang Pingsheng remained silent. Ever since the broadcast began, she had cursed him many times.

But... how to put it, although the sense of immersion was very real, Yang Pingsheng always felt a sense of incongruity.

Ironically, he found nothing amiss in observing Ling Tianxin's conspiracy and her methods, but when he looked at the actions of the people in the Sixth World, the sense of incongruity became overwhelming.

The protagonist's apocalyptic prophecy, the catastrophe, the genius boy who is called the next villain, the previous human chess player, the famous weapon refiners in the weapon refining town, and the decadent Shi Guijia.

Furthermore, the Walking Dead's killing move was also outrageous; it was a forbidden killing move that actually caused so many experts in the imperial city to fall victim to it.

I have a feeling that something is wrong.

Furthermore, he never expected that Shi Guijia would choose to drink and become depressed after he left. In his memory, Shi Guijia was not that kind of person.

The system once said, "No matter how much you damage a madwoman like Shi Guijia's mind, it's useless. The only way is to cripple her abilities." Therefore, Yang Pingsheng, who had regained his memories, clearly remembered that the plan against Shi Guijia was ultimately aimed at destroying the foundation of her weapon-refining skills.

She's different from the previous villains; simply breaking her mind isn't enough, because she's a madwoman to begin with.

She is an uncontrollable dictatorial tyrant.

So where exactly did things go wrong?

Once doubts arise, they linger.

"My father, are you going to watch or not?" Yang Luoyi suddenly stepped forward and pressed him for an answer.

Yang Pingsheng remained silent for a long time before finally speaking:

"Let's keep watching."

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The alley at the westernmost part of the town, near the bamboo forest.

Today, the fog in the town is so thick that visibility is completely reduced.

The four renowned weapon-refining masters have gathered together again, a rare occurrence.

Today wasn't a meeting day, but somehow everyone arrived on time, even Zhang Yijian stopped fiddling with his millstone.

Li Tianfei went home for a while. When he returned in a hurry, everyone's eyes were on him. Chen Ziyun asked hurriedly, "How did it go?"

"What Liu Shaoheng said is true," Li Tianfei cursed. "The catastrophe is really coming."

Zhang Yijian remained as still as a mountain, not uttering a sound, but everyone's expressions turned grim. Li Tianfei was most skilled at refining immortal artifacts, some of which involved predicting calamities. If he said so, then it was probably true.

Lin Xueyao sighed, "I didn't expect that what that kid said was actually true."

Li Tianfei's face contorted with rage, and he suddenly roared, "What the hell does this matter? The imperial city is gone!!"

Everyone's expression changed drastically, and Chen Ziyun hurriedly asked, "Old man, are you telling the truth?"

"Nonsense, would I joke about something this big?"

Li Tianfei unfurled his magical artifact, revealing the current scene of the imperial city. The apocalyptic spectacle caused everyone to gasp in horror.

"How did the imperial city change like this?"

"I don't know. The most crucial thing is, if the imperial city falls, what about the sacrificial artifacts..."

The situation was so serious that it nearly caused their brains to shut down.

No one spoke; everyone was lost in thought, and their expressions were generally grim.

Li Tianfei put away his magical artifact, stood up, sat down to one side, and muttered to himself, "Damn it, this is terrible. Even if we can survive the calamity, there's no one left in the imperial city. So many weapon-refining geniuses are gone. When the world collapses, we're finished..."

He tremblingly stretched out his hand, and the images that the magical artifacts manifested seemed to foreshadow their future predicament.

Chen Ziyun silently walked to the side and asked, "Where is Shi Guiyan?"

Li Tianfei trembled and lowered his head: "He's most likely dead. If he wasn't, she would have sent word here."

"Damn it, damn it!" Chen Ziyun's face suddenly twisted in rage. "What the hell is going on? If this is the case, then listening to that brat's resistance against the catastrophe is pointless!"

Before anyone could respond, Chen Ziyun calmed down and muttered to herself, "But if we don't do this, what else can we do? Wait to die?"

Lin Xueyao spoke up from the other side: "Perhaps we still have a chance. The imperial city has fallen for some reason, but the will of the world..."

"Don't even think about it, none of us know how to preside over the sacrificial ceremony."

Chen Ziyun interrupted her:

"I don't know how long the imperial city has been like this. If it weren't for the old man, we wouldn't know anything. This is enough to prove that everyone in the imperial city is dead. Ha, that's amazing. So many celestial immortals, so many powerful experts, and famous weapon refiners, all of them were just like cats, crushed to death!"

"So what if we can preside over the sacrificial ceremony? Can we even enter the forbidden area? Do we control the secret treasures of the sacrificial ceremony? Do we even know how to repair the important restoration process of the sacrificial ceremony? Well, we know nothing, because we're just a bunch of lousy blacksmiths!"

Chen Ziyun danced wildly, as if she had gone mad: "Ha, beautiful! We're all going to die! No matter if we're noble or lowly, this damn world is going to kill us all! Haha!"

Seeing Chen Ziyun's manic state, Lin Xueyao frowned, stepped forward, and slapped him: "Calm down."

Li Tianfei looked on and sighed helplessly.

At their level, they know a fair share of the inside story.

The world's will resists the invasion of the extraterrestrial calamity, and the sacrificial ritual is to repair the world's will. Now that the imperial city has fallen, the most crucial thing is that no one knows that the imperial city is gone. It is impossible that no one has gone to the imperial city for so long, but news from there has not come out.

Within the imperial city lurks a great terror.

This means that no one will repair the world's will anymore. Catastrophe has already descended upon the imperial city and will continue to descend. The central anchor point has been breached, and the destruction of the world is only a matter of time.

Chen Ziyun, who had been slapped, seemed to have calmed down a bit, but with blood at the corner of her mouth, she said in a muffled voice, "Damn God, there's no way you'll make me submit like this."

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"Pause."

Yang Luo tilted her head to look at Yang Pingsheng, frowning: "What?"