The improved female villains regained their memories.

"It's useless!" she laughed loudly. "My true form has always been in the Netherworld. Even if you break through this layer of my physical form, what can you do about it?"

"Don't let anger cloud your judgment. If you really want to kill me, come to the Netherworld. Our paths converge there, and only there can we find out who is right and who is wrong."

"Xiaoyu and I are waiting for you there, hahahahahahahahahaha!"

The green figure disappeared.

One spatial fragment after another emerged, and the chaotic energy that sprang up was suppressed by the true traces of the Great Dao before it could even have a moment to run rampant.

Yang Pingsheng stood silently in the sky, watching the green figure disappear.

"Master..."

Hearing the noise, Yang Pingsheng lowered her head slightly and saw Li Chumo looking at her with a worried expression.

"It's alright," he said softly.

"I will handle all of this."

The gray world vanished, and Yang Pingsheng stood high in the sky, looking down at the remaining members of the Heroes Alliance.

Those who surrender will not be killed!

As he spoke, a world of shadows enveloped Tianren Mountain.

Gu Ziang, who was trying to escape, lost all his spiritual energy, and a knife was held to his neck.

Wen Shi coldly looked at him: "Can't you understand what I'm saying? Those who surrender will not be killed."

Chapter 715 Who is Yi Changcun?

A shadow loomed.

Golden flames rose on the other side, and countless threads of fate emerged, binding everyone in an instant.

Shi Guijia took control of the Echoes of Destiny in a very short time, and her actions at this moment reminded everyone who had participated in the grassland battle of her terrifying power.

"Who dares not surrender?" she roared, her imposing manner overshadowing Wen Shihan.

The villainous forces, having mobilized their forces, turned around and surrounded the remaining heroes. With Zhiyuan dead, the remaining people had lost the will to resist and had no choice but to surrender.

Tian Bulian was simultaneously bound by the threads of fate and stared at by Wen Shihan's yin energy. When he turned his head, he saw Luo Benmo with a frosty face and Xu Anyin, whose body was engulfed in flames, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

She looked up and transmitted her voice to Yang Pingsheng above her: "Is this how you treat your allies?"

Yang Pingsheng gave Wen Shihan a look, and Wen Shihan withdrew her Yin spiritual energy. Seeing this, the other villains also withdrew their supernatural powers.

“Heaven has no pity for you, fellow Daoist. This is not the place to talk. Let’s find another place to chat,” Yang Pingsheng said.

“Very well, I just located Li Chumo’s position for you, and his identity has already been exposed. It’s impossible for him to sneak back to Ye Buxin’s side now.” Tian Bulian sighed helplessly. “It’s a good thing for you. With the collapse of the Heroes Alliance, Ye Buxin is focusing all his efforts on the Netherworld, and this main world will be yours.”

"The world belongs to everyone; it has never been the private property of any one person," Yang Pingsheng said. "If you are not at ease, I can come to your place."

"I do have a place, but the question is, do you dare to come alone?"

Yang Pingsheng shook his head: "I would like to go alone, but you know, it's impossible for me to go alone now."

A shadow loomed behind him, and Wen Shihan, standing in the shadows, looked at her like a ghost.

"I'm watching you." In the trembling air, Tian Bulian seemed to hear Wen Shihan say this to him.

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With the collapse of the Heroes Alliance, Heaven had no time to attend to the main world, giving Yang Pingsheng and his group an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Led by Song Panning, the two sides split into two groups. The first group, including Luo Benmo, Su Murong, and others, used the Dao True Marks that Yang Pingsheng had separated to help their subordinates regain their memories and consolidate their power.

The second group, including Li Chumo and others, had suffered serious injuries in the battle and urgently needed to recover.

At the palace, with Xu Baxian and Xu Weibang both dead, Yang Pingsheng instructed Xu Anlu to bring Xu Anyin to reorganize the palace's power and regain control of the Qian Kingdom.

After making the arrangements, Yang Pingsheng brought Wen Shihan to keep their appointment with Tian Bulian.

That was a secret place.

The vermilion doorposts are adorned with reliefs of mythical creatures from mountains and seas, and the bronze bells on the eaves ring without wind. A guide boy wearing a veil holds a silver leaf lantern and can lead people to their seats without saying a word. Above the door hangs a wooden plaque that seems to come alive, its ink strokes changing with the sun and moon, upon which emerges the wild cursive script: "A pot of water from the River of Oblivion, half a cup of smoke from Penglai."

Yang Pingsheng looked at the boy and saw that the boy's body was radiant with light, unlike a real person, but rather composed of some kind of special energy.

Led by the boy, he and Wen Shihan walked deeper into the area. Nine layers of silk curtains separated spaces that were both real and illusory, where many similar figures could be seen. Some sat alone, drinking cold spring wine brewed with emerald flames, while others played chess, their pieces transforming into cranes that pecked at each other. On a jade table in the southeast corner, a glass cup held a dragon liver that could scream in agony. Behind an ebony screen in the northwest, the sound of a pipa condensed into translucent red carp that swam among the beams.

Pushing open the black iron door adorned with taotie patterns, eighteen bronze lamps with human faces simultaneously open their eyes. A rosewood cabinet in the corner displays rare wines such as Kunlun Snow Soul and South Sea Mermaid Tears. Embedded within the wall is a flowing water channel, with lotus leaf boats carrying wine jugs rotating according to a five-element formation. When a guest falls into a stupor, dark lotus flowers bloom on the ground, carrying them into a dreamlike realm to rest.

The stove was burning with a strange, eternal purple flame. Tian Bulian was already seated in the main seat, inviting the two of them to sit down.

Wen Shihan was extremely vigilant and transmitted his voice to Yang Pingsheng: "Brother, the spiritual energy in this place is extremely rich, and traces of the Great Dao are condensed everywhere. In the place I just observed, there are hundreds of traces of the Great Dao on a single step."

“This is not naturally formed, but a man-made secret realm,” Yang Pingsheng replied, having seen through its true nature.

All secret realms are naturally formed, but this secret realm, from objects to energy beings, bears serious traces of human carving. This method is extremely exquisite and cannot be created by ordinary true immortals.

Just considering the countless traces of the Great Dao that were forged into it, ordinary True Immortals would be reluctant to part with them.

"Fellow Daoist, you truly have remarkable skills," Yang Pingsheng said. "To be able to create such a secret realm, yet willing to hide your talents by Ye Buxin's side, is truly admirable."

Tian Bulian snorted coldly: "Don't try to absolve yourself of all responsibility. Don't you know why I am like this?"

Yang Pingsheng remained silent. Could it have something to do with his past self?

“My true form made a deal with your lover. Don’t tell me you didn’t know.” At this point, Tian Bulian paused, then continued, “Oh, you were already in Ye Buxin’s hands at that time, so you probably really didn’t know.”

But she changed the subject: "But if you say you didn't instigate it, I don't believe you."

Yang Pingsheng remained silent; how could he possibly answer that?

He returned following his previous arrangements and saw the tomb he had built in the past, from which he inherited the path of cultivation.

The problem is that his past self didn't retain any memories, but both Tian Bulian and Ye Buxin seemed certain that he would regain his memories.

Putting his doubts aside for the time being, Yang Pingsheng did not make a fuss, but tentatively said, "I know what you want, fellow Daoist. It is nothing more than the arrival of that timeline."

"You know perfectly well why I'm asking this." Tian Bulian snorted coldly. "But before that transaction begins, I'd like to ask you a question, on behalf of the original body."

"Go ahead and ask."

“Yang Pingsheng.” Tian Bulian stared intently into Yang Pingsheng’s eyes. “Aren’t you Yi Changcun?”

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Was Jiang Mochang truly the only one he chose?

In order to deal with Ye Buxin, did he already know about Guiguzi's plan and thus act accordingly?

Ye Buxin has an avatar, but Yang Pingsheng has one too. So, where did his avatars go, besides being stored with Jiang Mochang?

Or is it that Jiang Mochang's being is the incarnation, while the true form is...

As Tian Bulian gradually learned more about these things, he began to have doubts.

Having been undercover with Ye Buxin for so long, she already knew many of Ye Buxin's methods.

But Ye Buxin and Yang Pingsheng were inseparable from the very beginning; many things that Ye Buxin knew, Yang Pingsheng also knew.

If you disregard the tenth-grade magic artifact, the Fate Bureau, Ye Buxin, who had not yet become the Heavenly Dao at that time, was essentially a female version of Yang Pingsheng.

The two of them were so alike that they even knew the exact same things.

If Ye Buxin hadn't truly dealt a fatal blow to Yang Pingsheng, twisting his fate, Tian Bulian would have suspected that all of this was a tacit agreement between the two, a conspiracy to frame their teacher, Guiguzi.

Therefore, before cooperating with Yang Pingsheng to fight against Ye Buxin, Tian Bulian needed to confirm one thing first.

Now that Yang Pingsheng has regained his memory, whose side is he on?

Did he truly embark on his own path, or was he feigning one thing while secretly doing another, his real purpose being to help his confidante, the one known as the Madman Ye Buxin?

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Yang Pingsheng remained silent for a long time.

He stood there silently, his eyes gleaming with a dim light that even the heavens could not see through.

She had to ask again.

"Yang Pingsheng, our cooperation requires sincerity."

She said, "I just want to know this one thing: are you Yi Changcun or not?"

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Yi Changcun, the man who almost drove the original body insane.

If it weren't for him, Guiguzi alone wouldn't have been enough to lead the original body down this path.

Among the many tasks given to Tian Bulian by the main body, one of them was to investigate Yi Changcun's true identity.

In this battle that spans the river of time, the original body does not believe that Yi Changcun's appearance is just a coincidence.

She may have already fallen into the other party's hidden trap.

Only three people knew the secluded place: Guiguzi, Ye Buxin, and Yang Pingsheng.

Guiguzi had already used it before the initial choice, so there's no reason for him to create Yi Changcun to annoy her again.

Therefore, the most suspicious individuals are Ye Buxin and Yang Pingsheng.

Both of them are suspects.

Ye Buxin was one of the eight avatars stationed at Taixu at that time. His true body was not in Taixu. On the surface, he cooperated with Jiang Mochang to restrain his true body, but in secret, he could completely transform into Yi Changcun to cause trouble.

Yang Pingsheng's suspicion level was even higher. After carefully comparing the essence of Yi Changcun and Yang Pingsheng, Tian Bulian found that the two were very similar.

But a discovery is just a discovery; she needs Yang Pingsheng's personal confirmation before she can be at ease.

So she kept asking this question.

"Yang Pingsheng, are you really Yi Changcun?"

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Yang Pingsheng spoke.

"If I were, what would you do?" Yang Pingsheng asked. "If I weren't, what would you do then?"

This rhetorical question stumped Heaven's lack of compassion.

If Yang Pingsheng is Yi Changcun, then it means that Jiang Mochang's cooperation was fake, and that Yang Pingsheng's real intention was to lure the main body into the game to fight against him.