Villain Master, my disciples all want to backstab me

"..."

Bai Yuan remained silent.

She didn't think her appearance had anything to do with Gui Yuan's "Journey to Cangwu." After all, as a time traveler, she was theoretically on the same level as the "Upper Narrator."

However, the fate of the "Blood Kite" was indeed changed.

According to the original plot, "Blood Kite" would have a narrow escape from death when Ye Shuang'er defected, and after lingering on for a while, it would be eliminated by the protagonist played by the player, or some other force.

But thanks to Bai Yuan's arrival, she, a villain who should have died with her bare hands, has escaped death after death and survived until now. She even managed to whitewash herself in front of Ye Shuang'er, Jiang Rao, and a group of people and forces related to them, successfully dispelling their murderous intentions.

but……

It is also possible that

That is, "Heaven's Will" only set the ending of Blood Yuan's "death," but did not determine the time and method of her death. Therefore, Bai Yuan was able to evade her own death time and time again, constantly pushing the time of her death back. However, to ensure that the ending would not change, "Heaven's Will" also set a final insurance policy -

That's right.

I'm talking about Qingluo.

On the one hand, the grudge between Qingluo and Xueyuan originated thirty years ago. Unless Bai Yuan could tamper with her memory, it would be impossible to erase the hatred of "cutting open her heart and digging out her bones".

Given the unique nature of the Divine Phoenix bloodline, especially the Phoenix Ancestor's, even if Bai Yuan had the means to tamper with memories, it would be impossible for him to do so without being discovered by Qingluo, the other Divine Phoenix clan members, or even the Divine Phoenix Ancestor. The probability of such an event was infinitely close to zero.

On the other hand, the nature of this feud can be said to be a fight to the death.

As for Ye Shuang'er and Jiang Rao, although his predecessor had indeed treated them harshly and had some plots and plans against them, most of these plans were still in progress and had not yet led to the worst consequences, so there was room for maneuver and whitewashing.

But Qingluo is completely different from both of them.

Although Bai Yuan had considered throwing Gui Yuan out and letting Qingluo kill him once, thus clearing the grudge, from Qingluo's perspective, this would at best turn the relationship between the two from enemies into strangers, but there was no way they could return to their former master-disciple relationship.

On the other hand, Qingluo does have the ability to kill the "Blood Kite".

If Qingluo couldn't do it, the Divine Phoenix Clan could still step in on her behalf. That would be a truly fatal situation.

Bai Yuan had no good solution to this problem and could only look at Gui Yuan.

But soon, she fell silent and brought up another topic: "Speaking of which...are you about to disappear?"

Bai Yuan had noticed a long time ago that something seemed wrong with the state of this "other me".

Because of the injuries sustained in the battle with Qingluo, Guiyuan's body was already riddled with holes as soon as he fell into the [Wheel of Life and Death].

And now, after sharing his conjecture about "Heaven's Way", Gui Yuan's body gradually began to fade away, and some parts of his body were quietly dissipating, turning into golden spots of light that scattered around.

However, even in this situation, Gui Yuan still had a blank expression on his face, as if he didn't care at all about what happened to him: "Maybe."

"Whether it was 'God's will' or my own will, I did 'kill' Qingluo once, and I did transplant her 'Chengxin Sword Bone' into my own body. Now it's only natural that I return it once."

"Furthermore... life and death are part of the cycle of reincarnation. The true meaning of the Way of Time is not to live in mediocrity, but to break free from stubbornness and escape the cycle of reincarnation."

Having said that, Gui Yuan paused and looked at Bai Yuan in surprise: "I thought you had already realized this, but it turns out you still don't know?"

"……Um?"

Bai Yuan raised his eyebrows.

Two identical faces looked at each other for a while.

Then, I heard Gui Yuan sigh softly: "Well, it seems that I misjudged you."

"But after all, this Wheel of Life and Death was created by you. Even I, who share the same origin, cannot seize control of it... So, I'll give you a break. Let me, a ghost from the past, lend you a hand."

As she spoke, Gui Yuan raised her hand slightly and made a motion similar to plucking the strings of a musical instrument.

As she moved, the water of the River Styx under the floating bridge began to vibrate, and then formed a huge vortex, separating to both sides.

As the waves rose, a massive, dragon-like shadow loomed in the depths of the Styx's bloody sea. Although it was difficult to discern its identity due to the distance and darkness, it was clear that it held a profoundly obscure yet powerful force, leaving one's heart pounding.

"This is……"

Bai Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Although she couldn't see it clearly visually, as the master of this space, she felt what it was the moment the "Wandering Dragon" appeared -

It was an incredibly thick chain, stretching from one end of the Wheel of Life and Death to the other. Beneath the chain lay the "riverbed" of the Styx. It wasn't a solid object, but rather a constellation of countless stars connected together. The most striking of these were the six stars of the Southern Dipper and the seven stars of the Northern Dipper.

——Nandou is for life, Beidou is for death.

Life and death, this is the [wheel of life and death]!

If, look more carefully.

You'll notice that, alongside the celestial constellations, circles of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches are clearly inscribed, representing the time scale. And those scales, through even finer, almost imperceptible threads, seem to echo the starry sky above the floating bridge, which holds memories of the past, forming a one-to-one relationship.

One of the silk threads was clearly connected to the scene of "cutting out the heart and digging out the bones" that Gui Yuan recalled just now!

wow-

The sound of water sounded.

But Gui Yuan snapped his fingers, and a bunch of water splashed up from the Styx, and bounced towards the direction where the silk thread was.

The silk thread trembled slightly under the impact of the water droplets.

The thick chain, the Zhou Tian Xing Dou diagram at the bottom of the river, and even the entire [Wheel of Life and Death] space were all trembling slightly. The water of the Styx beneath the floating bridge also began to tremble, stirring up waves of black and red, like the color of fresh blood.

then.

Bai Yuan felt someone pushing him from behind.

"?"

Wow, that really does lend a helping hand.

Before she could even think, Bai Yuan fell directly from the floating bridge into the Styx, which seemed to be boiling at that moment, and a wave directly swallowed Bai Yuan. She felt her vision become blurry, her consciousness began to haze, and she sank to the bottom of the river.

I don’t know how long it took.

Cold, shaking...

There was a whistling sound of wind and rain ringing in my ears, which was a little faint at first, but gradually became clearer -

Sudden.

Bai Yuan opened his eyes again, as if awakened from a dream.

What meets the eye is a lonely and desolate mountain, with misty mountain rain and biting cold wind.

"This is……"

After a brief moment of surprise.

Bai Yuan suddenly raised his hands and looked down at his body, and the first thing he saw was a pair of towering breasts... ahem, I said it wrong, it was a tall figure.

The body wrapped in a black and red robe was slender and graceful, with natural charm, like the most perfect masterpiece of heaven and earth. However, the thick smell of blood that kept rushing into her nostrils, and the bloodstained golden sword bone tightly grasped in her right hand, added a somewhat discordant and ferocious feeling to the picture.

Bai Yuan's pupils shrank slightly, and when he looked back carefully, he saw the barren mountain in his sight, which overlapped with a scene he had seen in the [Wheel of Life and Death] not long ago.

"I……"

Reborn?

Reborn thirty years ago, in the body of the young Xue Yuan who had just attacked Qingluo and dug out the [Chengxin Sword Bone] from his disciple's body?

This thought flashed in Bai Yuan's mind for a few seconds.

Then, she closed her eyes slightly again, catching the traces of spatial fluctuations in the air around her, and a sense of enlightenment gradually emerged in her heart:

Not rebirth.

At this moment, she was actually looking back into the past through the "Wheel of Time" painted with the pattern of the celestial constellations in the [Wheel of Life and Death], and establishing a connection with her "self" who was thirty years apart in the long river of time. Then, she sent the soul of the "future" across the boundary of thirty years to the former Blood Kite!

Chapter 201 Explodes with the Heavenly Dao

"I see……"

"This is truly 'outside the Three Realms and not within the Five Elements.'"

Bai Yuan took a deep breath, opened his eyes again, and felt the condition of this body again.

Judging from the scene she'd seen when she'd just opened her eyes, and the feel of her breasts, she was probably currently in the "Royal Sister" form, one of the several forms of [Path of Time]. Perhaps due to being earlier in the timeline, this body was slightly more immature than it would be thirty years later, but the difference wasn't significant and didn't affect its usability.

Regarding the level of cultivation...

Probably the first or second level of Nascent Soul.

A little low, but still okay.

After all, when Bai Yuan first crossed over, she wasn't even at the Golden Core stage. For a time, she could only rely on illusions, bluffing and acting like a madman in front of many Nascent Souls. This start was already quite a good start for her.

I just don't know if my two "stand-ins" are still there...

(Lao Yuan, are you there?)

(Little waste?)

Bai Yuan called out silently in his heart.

There was no movement from the ghost kite's side. She couldn't tell if it had dissipated or if it hadn't come with her.

After a moment of silence, the little waste responded cautiously:

[In, in]

[Host, there's no need to shout so loudly. Our presence here is against the law. If Heaven finds out, we'll be in trouble.]

(Oh… I’m glad you’re here.)

Bai Yuan didn't pay much attention to the little waste's reminder. He just nodded slightly, and then asked himself in his heart: "Those magic weapons I pulled out before can still be taken out now, right?"

This is a very important question.

Although the cultivation level of "Young Blood Kite" is not bad, it is only the initial stage of Nascent Soul after all. It is not low, nor high. In the vast world of cultivation, it is actually nothing.

But if Bai Yuan could use [Exquisite Dice], [Netherworld Bone Flute], [Galaxy Illusion Veil]... then things would be different. In that case, she would theoretically be halfway to the Spiritual Transformation Realm, and even if she encountered a Spiritual Transformation Realm expert like Blood God Son, she would have the confidence to fight.

Well, considering that the Blood God Son thirty years ago wasn't as powerful as his later generations, if she operated properly, she might even have a chance of killing the opponent's true form...

【No way! 】

The little waste seemed to be frightened by Bai Yuan's idea and instantly became excited:

[The timeline the host is currently in is the past timeline. If you make any overly ostentatious moves here, there is a high probability that the Heavenly Dao will notice and wipe you out in advance!]

"Ok?"

Bai Yuan hadn't really intended to kill the Blood God Son—after all, even the Blood God Son from thirty years ago wasn't so easy to kill. Fifty years ago, it might have been a bit of a challenge. However, the little loser's reminder piqued her interest, and she raised an eyebrow. "What else do you know? Tell me more."

【this……】

[Host, haven't you already heard what "Ghost Yuan" said? If we compare our existence in this world to a story, a game, then "Heaven's Way," which governs all the rules of heaven and earth, is the storyteller and development team that wrote this story.]

[The host's current identity is a non-player character who violated the original setting and attempted to invade the backend server and tamper with official data. To the Heavenly Dao, your current behavior is cheating...]

Even more dangerous than cheating.

Because Bai Yuan's current actions are effectively the equivalent of an "Omnic Crisis." Unless she truly transcends the Three Realms, the Heavenly Dao will inevitably eliminate her immediately—in game and story terms, this would be a "ban" or "plot revision."

Of course, as mentioned before, Heaven, as the supreme being in the world, could not personally destroy Bai Yuan's humanity. Therefore, if they wanted to eliminate Bai Yuan, the cheater, they had to use "Heaven's Will" to intertwine the fates of others with Bai Yuan, thus forcing her death.

For example, Bai Yuan "happened" to meet the Blood God Son as soon as he went out.

If Bai Yuan were to be erased now, then both the "past" Blood Yuan and her "future" would vanish together. Even traces of Blood Yuan's existence over the past sixty years would vanish, utterly annihilated. That would be a fate far more tragic than death.

"...makes sense."

Bai Yuan rubbed his chin: "That means that what I do cannot cause drastic changes to the original world line, right?"

It may be a little difficult for ordinary people to make drastic changes to the world, but Bai Yuan is different.

On the one hand, she knows the "future" and knows who are the "protagonists" of this world; on the other hand, she possesses the power to rival those in the Spirit Transformation Realm and even kill them directly without intention.

In this situation, if Bai Yuan really wanted to make a big news, there was a very simple way.

That is--

kill!

Killed Blood God Son, killed Qing Luo, killed Ling Xiuya, killed Qing Lingzi, killed Shen Tuhong...

The above people are either the "sons of destiny" who carry the destiny of heaven and earth, or people with respected status who can have a great influence on the world pattern.

If one or two of them were gone, it might not have much impact on the world as a whole. Even "Heaven's Way" might create a "Blood Demon", "Green Radish", "Black Spirit"... to replace the former and play a similar role to the original owner.

However, if all people died within a short period of time, even those who could replace them, such as Meng Yueshan and Yun Wuya of Tianyuan Mountain, and several hall masters of Xueyuan Sect... all died, then the cultivation world would inevitably fall into great turmoil, and then affect the entire world.