The improved female villains regained their memories.

Even with his magical artifact protecting him, Gan Jiang was struggling to withstand the Heavenly Immortal's killing moves. Mu Xiaobai had no choice but to step forward and block for him.

"Hey, calm down!"

"Get out! Mo Xie, Mo Xie is crying!!"

Gan Jiang seemed to have gone mad, and attacked recklessly, even hitting Mu Xiaobai along with him.

What are you doing?!

Mu Xiaobai was stunned. Caught between two attacks, she could only use defensive moves to desperately defend herself.

From the heavens to the earth, from calamities to deadly attacks, spiritual energy overflowed and power spread. Not to mention immortals, all mortals here perished. This place was a living hell.

Chapter 398: Offensive and defensive changes

In such a place, even true immortals can only play supporting roles; there are only two true protagonists: Shi Guijia and the Heavenly Dao.

It's a fight to the death; there's absolutely no third possibility!

The Maneki-neko's selfless divine power permeated Shi Guijia's entire body. The colorful rays of light quickly exploded, and the light and shadow trembled painfully, gradually shrinking.

Under the combined attack of Heaven's Way and the Lucky Cat, Shi Guijia's light and shadow began to wane.

The remaining light surged and dredged up all the memories.

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Fengyun Mountain Range, headquarters of Wanjin Chamber of Commerce.

Li Tianfei sat in the first seat, and the [Outer Heaven] magic artifact unfolded, presenting the scene of Ling Tiandu's protagonist gathering (Volume 4, Chapter 209).

He watched coldly, muttering to himself, "Tianren Mountain... are both sides going to fight over the Sword Soul Heart? Good, this will buy us more time."

"With our increasing actions, coupled with the influence of the Dragon Vein and the cooperation of that lord, the Heavenly Dao is becoming increasingly weak. Hehehe, that's good. Let Song Panning and the others draw our fire. Once the Ascension Plan is complete, these people will be no threat."

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On the grassland, everything was in place.

Yang Luoyi stood atop the castle, gazing silently at the vast grassland.

Shi Guiyan returned and stood beside Yang Luoyi, asking, "Luoyi, everyone's almost done preparing, haven't you made a decision yet?"

Yang Luo pursed her lips, a look of hesitation on her face: "Auntie, I..."

Their relationship was different from others. When everyone was around, Yang Luo would sometimes call Shi Guiyan "Number Two," but only when the two of them were alone would she be influenced by Yang Luo's original soul and call Shi Guiyan "Auntie."

“Everyone has already done so much for my sister,” Shi Guiyan said softly. “Do you want everyone to give up now?”

"But, Mother's wish..."

“All living beings desire happiness, but the more they desire it, the more they fear death,” Shi Guiyan said helplessly. “Didn’t you tell me when you returned from the Fifth World, ‘The prerequisite for happiness is immortality’?”

Yang Luoyi fell silent.

Shi Guiyan continued to persuade, "Your father has already become the villain, and with the will of Heaven upon him, the plan to ascend to heaven is more likely to succeed. Anyway, after your sister becomes the Heavenly Dao, she will control life and death, and resurrection will not be difficult."

She said, almost definitively, "When your father's past is washed away, he will become clean, wouldn't that be better?"

"This... Auntie, let me think about it some more. At least, I want to see him first." Yang Luoyi finally spoke, still hesitant.

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It's the Fengyun Mountains again, the headquarters of the Wan Jin Chamber of Commerce.

Unlike before, the current headquarters is now magnificent and luxurious.

"The fact that the 'Outer Heaven' cannot be observed suggests only two possibilities: either Ling Tiandu has deduced something and is using the power of Wuhe Township or a True Immortal level to conceal it, or the 'Heavenly Dao' has personally intervened."

After Li Tianfei said this, everyone fell silent.

"Why would the Heavenly Dao suddenly intervene?" Lin Xueyao couldn't help but ask. "Isn't it afraid of being counterattacked by Heaven's Will by acting rashly?"

"For so many years, the arrangements on the grasslands have been carried out under the protection of the [Heaven-Covering] artifact. How could the [Heavenly Dao] possibly have noticed?" Chen Ziyun couldn't help but complain. "Just because we spied on Ling Tiandu? Damn it, that woman doesn't even change her clothes. We just peeked, and the [Heavenly Dao] couldn't help but lash out?"

"Could there be a problem at Taixu?" Zhang Yijian, who had been silent all along, spoke up. He suggested a possibility: "After all, the Guardian Sect has also made arrangements at Taixu. Number One has also used Taixu soil to travel back and forth in Taixu many times. Could it be that Number One has done something in Taixu recently that has attracted the attention of the Guardian Sect?"

“No.” Li Tianfei shook his head. “Obtaining the Taixu Soil and using the emotions of the human chess pieces to lure the top five female villains to the main world to disrupt the Guardian Heaven Sect’s plans was a plan that Mother and that person had discussed long ago. It was an open scheme. Even if the former guardians in Taixu noticed something, they couldn’t stop it.”

"So it wasn't Taixu's group who informed on us."

Chen Ziyun snorted coldly and said, "That's right. Those guys are only left with consciousness. What can they do? Let alone reminding Ling Tiandu, they can't even leave Taixu. So, the Heavenly Dao has really made its move?"

"With the outcome of [Heavenly Dao], the plan must be changed. Number Four, go contact Number Seven and ask him to urge Number One to make a decision as soon as possible."

Lin Xueyao nodded, got up and left.

After seeing this, Li Tianfei continued, "We can no longer let Number One continue to act recklessly, given the fate of [Heavenly Dao]. No matter what, Mother's plan must be realized, and we must help Mother ascend to the highest position."

After the meeting, Li Tianfei entered the weapon-refining room and began planning the next changes to the plan.

"We can't proceed according to the original plan anymore. We must find another way. While we still have time, we need to modify a certain magical artifact to make it play a key role."

After much deliberation, Li Tianfei focused his attention on his own [Beyond the Heavens].

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"Rise!" he murmured, and the materials shrank, surrounding the waist knife and gradually enveloping it.

The spiritual energy became scalding hot, and one of the functions of this ninth-grade magic artifact was slowly changing.

An hour later, Li Tianfei walked out of the secret room with the knife, his face pale. The ice crystal on his forehead had almost dimmed, and his fighting strength was less than 30%.

And that waist knife, once the center of attention, became utterly inconspicuous.

"Mother, I'm sorry, I've insulted your work."

He took a deep breath, and although he said this, his eyes shone with a thousand rays of light.

He murmured to himself, "A spirit that soars through the sky, this is the true spirit that soars through the sky!"

After modifying the sword to its full potential, he took it back to his weapon-forging room.

Just then, the brand-new [Outer Heaven] was also completed and was floating above the refining furnace.

Despite his physical weakness, Li Tianfei summoned Tianwaitian and nodded with difficulty.

"Indeed, the new [Outer Heaven] can be considered successfully forged."

"Hehehe, the Heavenly Dao would never have imagined that its personal intervention to cover up the Heavenly Sect would allow me to analyze its energy composition. If it uses this energy transformation calamity to deal with Mother later, then Mother can use my magic weapon to analyze the calamity's weakness."

"Hmph, all other methods are heretical to me. Only weapon crafting can lead to heaven. Now that Mother has me, this new being beyond heaven, I'll see how the Heavenly Dao responds."

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"Ling Tiandu will be arriving with his men tomorrow. I have placed a part of my soul in the [Outer Heaven]. Take it to Number One. Once I die, you can proceed with the Ascension Ceremony as planned."

At the headquarters of the Wan Jin Chamber of Commerce, Li Tianfei sat in a chair, pushed two modified magical artifacts to Zhang Yijian, and spoke calmly.

"Give the Qi Guan Chang Hong sword to Number One as well. This sword can cut through will and will have a miraculous effect at critical moments. As for Tian Wai Tian and my soul, have Number One find a way to merge them with Mother. With my memories and this magic weapon, Mother will know the weakness of the Calamity, which will be more beneficial for her ascension to Heaven."

Zhang Yijian took it, nodded, and then asked, "Number Three, if you do this, Mother won't be able to integrate all of your energy, and the Ascension Project will inevitably lose an energy point. Is it worth it?"

Why isn't it worth it?

Li Tianfei chuckled and said:

"Sacrificing one of my energy points in exchange for a special ninth-grade magic weapon and the ability for my mother to see through the weaknesses of the calamity is a worthwhile trade no matter how you look at it. As for tomorrow's meeting with the Guardian Sect and others, to be honest, I don't have much hope. Ling Tiandu is proficient in divination and will naturally know the outcome of this trip. But my death is inevitable. No matter who comes tomorrow, I will risk my life to seal him away."

"Don't pity me, Number Five. Your mission is to make Number One make up her mind that no matter what, Mother must ascend to heaven!"

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Memories surged back, and the final scene shocked the members of the Guardian Heaven Sect.

Does Shi Guijia actually have the ability to see through the weaknesses of the calamity? If so, does her decisive destruction of her own sanity mean that this is the best way to deal with the Heavenly Calamity's Residual Thought Gu?

"Seniors, something's wrong! Look!"

Dionysus spoke up to remind them, and Bifang and Huangrui, not having time to think about Ling Tiandu any longer, looked at the light and shadow. They saw that the colors that had been soaked in the light and shadow suddenly trembled violently, and within it, the figure of a lucky cat slowly formed. It was living inside the light and shadow, howling in pain.

"Not good!" Bi Fang saw through it at a glance and said, "The Residual Thought Gu only works on people's emotions, but the villain destroyed his own rationality and guided all his emotions to anger. Even those warm and regretful memories are only seen as anger in the eyes of a madman. And the other emotions were directed onto Lao Mao by the villain."

"But if we do that, the villains won't be able to hold on either," Huang Rui said, puzzled.

"It's not that simple. Although Lao Mao controlled the Taixu Illusionary Realm, the essence of Taixu Soil still belongs to the villains. Have you forgotten the characteristics of Taixu Soil?" Bi Fang said, "It is endless and continuous. The villains use the characteristics of Taixu Soil and take advantage of the Heavenly Calamity to forge their own bodies!"

"It's like fire forging metal. As long as the metal isn't completely burned, it will be transformed into a sharp blade once it survives the forging process!"

"Then, is there no other way?" Dionysus asked.

“Yes!” Bi Fang said, “Old Mao’s life-sacrifice ability is to control the secret illusion of the realm without limit, while my life-sacrifice ability is to analyze the essence of energy. If we use my life-sacrifice ability, we can analyze the essence of the calamity transmitted by light and shadow, and maybe there will be a chance to break the deadlock.”

"But if that's the case, won't you also sacrifice yourself, senior?"

“My sacrifice is nothing,” Bi Fang said with a wry smile. “The key is that to transmit the true nature of the calamity, someone needs to risk their life to break through it.”

Upon hearing Bi Fang's words, both the God of Wine and Huang Rui fell silent.

After a long pause, Huang Rui spoke up: "In that case, I'll go."

"No, senior, let me go!" Dionysus exclaimed in surprise.

Huang Rui smiled helplessly and said, "You are a protector of the Dao, an important fighting force brought in by the Heavenly Dao to deal with the villains. If you die here, what will happen when the villains attack later? I am the divine beast of the Heavenly Guardian Sect. Now is the time to use me!"

"Can……"

"No need for further words, it's decided then." Huang Rui said, then spread his wings and soared into the sky, shouting, "Bifang, let's go!"

Bifang nodded, transformed into a stream of light, and rushed towards the light and shadow.

The light and shadow finally moved.

The divine beasts' counterattack was clearly beyond Shi Guijia's expectations. Although she was blinded by anger, she knew exactly what the other party wanted to do, so she quickly commanded Liuguang to attack.

However, even though she expended a great deal of her soul energy, Bi Fang had no intention of dodging. She endured multiple attacks, her soul was damaged, and she charged forward.

The "sacrifice one's life" supernatural power means that the divine beast has completely given up its own life.

Shi Guijia never expected that these divine beasts would be so reckless and so desperate in upholding the Dao.

A streak of light rushes forward, piercing straight into the light and shadow.

Shi Guijia could no longer ignore it and angrily reached out to grab Bi Fang.