The improved female villains regained their memories.

During those dark days when he was in the shadows, he witnessed the heaviest evils in the world.

Nobody liked him, nobody cared about him.

The reason he was able to live was because he was the shadow of Lin Feng.

He actually had his own ideas, whether it was his disobedience when he killed for the first time or his later compromises.

However, he never thought about wanting someone's most sincere feelings.

That kind of thing is impossible.

Everyone has their own life; who can give their all for another person?

He knew clearly that, especially in this world, whether they were royalty or commoners, everyone had their own interests and demands. How could they possibly place all their emotions on one person?

That's absurd.

This is... insane.

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That voice saved him and allowed him to live his own life.

But now, the owner of the voice he was facing was saying in that voice that he was willing to sacrifice his own life in exchange for all of another person's feelings.

What else could this be but madness?

"Yang Pingsheng... How could you have such a thought? How dare you have such a thought?"

That inexplicable resentment was amplified to its maximum, and he was so angry that his hands were trembling.

"I've drunk with you so many times, and I've heard you talk about your inner thoughts and grand ambitions. At those times, I admired you so much."

"I admire your unwavering ambition even when you are in the mud."

"But now you're saying such things? Have you fallen?"

Yang Pingsheng calmly replied, "A confidante is the person who understands you best. Even if I die, she will fulfill my ideals and aspirations for me."

"So, did she achieve her own ambition, or yours?!"

He suddenly demanded, "Yang Pingsheng, what guarantee do you have that she has always been faithful to you and has never deceived you?"

"...I can't guarantee it, but she won't do that."

"What makes you think that way? She's human too, and she can change."

"No, she is... different..."

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Green rendering, deeply rooted in the earth.

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She is not human.

She is a monster named Ye Buxin.

She has revealed her true identity to Yang Pingsheng and stated that she would give him all her love.

That was the monster's only emotion.

Chapter 688 Yang Pingsheng, are you going to abandon someone else again?

Snowflakes drifted down, turning the world white.

The entire forest was dyed into a silvery-white world. Yang Pingsheng stood quietly in the forest, snowflakes constantly falling on his shoulders and hair, but he was completely unaware.

The snow that had fallen all day continued into the night. Yang Pingsheng stood in the forest until midnight before Wen Shihan finally arrived in a hurry.

"Brother, I'm sorry I'm late," the girl said apologetically, her spiritual energy surging as she rushed here, clearly having unleashed her spiritual power in a hurry.

She changed her clothes, finally no longer wearing the same unchanging martial arts attire, but a light blue academy robe. The robe fluttered in the breeze, and the delicate embroidery on it was faintly visible under the light, like flowing cloud patterns.

Yang Pingsheng stared at her attire for a long time before finally asking, "You've joined the academy?"

"Yes." Wen Shihan exhaled cold air, his chest heaving, the spiritual energy still surging from the turmoil. "There are many immortal techniques in the academy, and I have no choice but to do this in order to learn them."

Seeing the other party's spiritual energy surging, Yang Pingsheng reached out and gently calmed the other party's spiritual energy with the True Mark of the Great Dao: "Take it easy for now."

The restless yin energy calmed down, like deep water.

Wen Shihan looked up and saw the snow on Yang Pingsheng's body. He then used his Yin spiritual energy to sweep away the snow covering Yang Pingsheng's body.

"Brother, have I kept you waiting?"

"Yes, you've been gone for too long. I just happened to save a child who was coming to the academy. I came to see you and decided to take the child back to the academy on my way."

"What about the child?"

"We've already parted ways. After all, I come from the future and I'm carrying Luo Yi with me, so it's best not to get too involved."

"...Then, brother, what about the you of the past?"

"He's still in the same old place, Qi Feng is taking care of him."

The snow could not fall; the dark, yin energy enveloped the space between the two, concealing them in darkness and preventing even a trace of snow from falling from the sky.

Yang Pingsheng took a deep breath. That's the downside of the Great Dao True Trace. With it, he can easily access the essence of things.

"Xiao Han..." Yang Pingsheng said, "You should give up your idea."

"........"

“Have you ever thought that Guiguzi deliberately came to us and said those things to influence you, or that he wanted to see us like this?”

"But, brother, I can't ignore it!" She looked up abruptly, her voice trembling with emotion.

She couldn't understand or wanted to understand the concepts of "path," "choose one of two," or "merging the worlds of Taixu."

All she knew was that her brother might be in danger, and that there might be no brother in the future. That was enough for her.

She could no longer accept that all those words had been erased by the world, that all those memories had been ruthlessly destroyed. She had thought it was just a momentary separation, but she never expected that moment would become eternity.

Her thoughts were colder than the snow tonight. She breathed heavily, placed her hand on Yang Pingsheng's shoulder, and spoke in a trembling voice.

"You've already abandoned me once, brother..."

"I tried my best to escape that world and force my blank mind to remember. I worked hard to cultivate, hone my killing moves, and fight against the heavens, all for the sake of risking my life to come to you."

“In that world, if my brother left, I could still go after him. But if this time, my brother, you disappear completely, where will I find you?”

"The main world? The Great Ruins? Or should we gamble on meeting again in the next reincarnation?"

"No, brother, I don't want this..."

As she spoke, she slowly leaned her head forward, her voice trembling, and her grip tightened, making the yin energy thick and sticky, like the snow outside.

“Brother, you understand, I am different from them. I don’t have those grand ambitions, and I have no interest in the origin of the Heavenly Dao…” Wen Shihan revealed her true feelings. This ruthless person has never changed since she left the small world. Her goals, her direction, and all her logic have never changed.

“…Xiao Han.” Yang Pingsheng exhaled cold air. “You’re being too sensitive. Maybe things aren’t as bad as you think.”

"But it's not as good as you said, brother." Wen Shihan couldn't calm down no matter what. His body, which had been holding back but was trembling, finally couldn't hold back and tears streamed down his face. "Brother, I'm asking you, if it's really as I said, what will you do?"

“I will not abandon you,” Yang Pingsheng replied decisively.

"But what if you regain your memories? What if you choose that path and are destined to abandon me? Brother, what will you do then?"

"There will always be a solution, Xiaohan, we can always..."

“But it’s clearly safer to use my method. Ignore the world, ignore those female villains, and let everyone fend for themselves. Ye Bu thought, let her be the Heavenly Dao then. As long as we’re together, that’s more important than anything else!”

Wen Shihan suddenly looked up.

Tears streamed down her cheeks, but she showed no pleading or weakness; she remained resolute.

Even if she wasn't a villain, she would still be someone who would stop at nothing.

"During my time at the Jixia Academy, I've read some things, including prophecies from the sages and discussions among wise men," Wen Shihan said in a heavy tone. "Brother, do you know what they were saying?"

"......What?"

“They say: ‘Only the formless one, whose heart is filled with emptiness, can reign in the Great Ruins.’ Brother, do you know what that means?”

"......"

"Do you know what an empty heart is? Do you know what an invisible being is? Do you know what it means to be king in the Great Ruins?!"

Wen Shihan suddenly roared.

She said, trembling, "I've been watching and studying these past few days, and finally I understand. I understand what that old guy was saying, I understand why Ye Buxin did what he did, and I understand what it means to be an invisible being filled with an empty heart."

"I'm afraid they all want you to do that, and brother, you used to want to do that too!"

The air was completely silent.

“Brother, you can’t listen to them, you can’t even listen to the old you.” Wen Shihan’s hand fell limply to his side.

"Xiaohan......."

"I really hate those so-called ambitious people. Does saving the world mean sacrificing other people's happiness? I don't understand..."

"Xiaohan, I..."

“Brother, don’t worry about them, and don’t worry about the past either. For me, the one who will always save me is the brother who reached out to me in the alley, not the brother who can even scheme against himself.”

The snow fell silently.

“I…” She closed her eyes.

"The brother I want is right now, right in front of me."

The pitch-black flames burned slowly.

Yang Pingsheng reached out and placed his hand on Wen Shihan's head.

He failed to see the villain's obsession.

All he saw was a child named Wen Shihan offering him a sincere prayer.

He finally spoke, saying:

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"I have already chosen this path, and I will not change it."