After Defying the Villain’s Fate for Nine Lifetimes, the Heroines Turn Mad!

The Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor truly opened her eyes.

The Ghost Controlling Sect had been a Demonic Sect for a thousand years, infamous in its own right.

In her youth, she had also done things that made the righteous path gnash their teeth in hatred.

But… an Old Ancestor also needs to save face.

She would never personally stoop to such bandit-like behavior!

At this moment, the sect was destroyed, the foundation looted, and the sect-defining Ghost Tower taken away.

To say as an exaggeration, the Ghost Controlling Sect was now almost as good as annihilated…

“Indeed, one must admit defeat,” the Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor lamented.

Compared to Jiuyan Old Ancestor, she, the Old Ancestor of the Ghost Controlling Sect, was simply too kind!

She regretted it! She wanted to bash her head in with regret!

If it hadn’t been for the idea of forming a marriage alliance with Jiang Chen and for keeping Jiang Chen as a guest in the Ghost Controlling Sect, it would not have fallen into such a state today!

At this moment, she finally confirmed that Jiang Chen must have been the vanguard for the Jiuyan Sect!

The Jiuyan Sect first sent Jiang Chen to the Ghost Controlling Sect, causing chaos, destroying the thousands of ghosts in the Ghost Tower, and then colluded with Su E, the ghost master, for a sudden betrayal!

In the end, while the Ghost Controlling Sect and the Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss were engaged in a great battle, Jiuyan Old Ancestor personally came to loot.

What a scheme!

The Jiuyan Sect not only tricked all of the Nine Abyss Soul Embryos from the ghost sect but also effortlessly obtained the entire foundation of the ghost sect!

Such a sect, indifferent to righteousness and evil, only seeking profit… even other Demonic Sects are ashamed in comparison!

Now that she understood all this, it was too late. What she needed to consider was a way to break the situation.

“Sigh—”

After sighing, the Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor used her blood essence to sense the location of the Ghost Tower.

Quickly, her eyes suddenly opened wide.

The Ghost Tower was indeed in the hands of Jiuyan Old Ancestor!

And not far from the Ghost Controlling Sect, a grand formation surpassing the eighth rank had been erected!

The situation inside the formation, she couldn’t probe.

But she guessed that the person who set up the formation must be from the Upper Domain.

The purpose must also be for Jiang Chen.

After all, only Jiang Chen could attract cultivators from the Upper Domain.

The dilemma she faced now was that she dared not snatch the Ghost Tower, and without the Ghost Tower, she couldn’t contend with Su E.

Capturing Jiang Chen to offer to Su E was a good idea, but the problem was now that cultivators from the Upper Domain were targeting Jiang Chen.

She couldn’t even break the formation surpassing the eighth rank, so how could she capture Jiang Chen?

Analyzing over and over, in the end, the Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor came to a conclusion.

This was completely done for!

Her consciousness once again turned towards the battlefield between Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss and the ghost sect, and the Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor’s face grew even more solemn.

At this moment, the Supreme Elders of the ghost sect were self-destructing one after another.

They hoped to resist Su E and to delay time in this way.

They were counting on her to come and rescue them!

The Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor did want to save them, but she lacked the ability.

She was very certain that if she returned now, she would surely die at the hands of Su E.

“Since the situation is beyond salvage, then there’s only one thing to do…”

The Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor’s eyes showed a ruthless glint, and a single thought emerged in her mind.

Run away! Abandon the sect without a care!

In fact, the Demonic Sects are also very united, otherwise, they would have been destroyed by the righteous path long ago.

After the thought of escaping emerged in her heart, the Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor also felt a strong sense of guilt.

But upon further thought, she let it go.

Jiuyan Old Ancestor had taught her a lesson.

She understood, as an Old Ancestor, one should be shameless enough.

Only then can one become the ultimate victor!

And she was the Old Ancestor of the Ghost Controlling Sect. As long as she didn’t die, the Ghost Controlling Sect wouldn’t perish, and even if it did, it could be rebuilt.

Once she had made up her mind, she glanced at the battlefield one last time, and the Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor turned into a streak of light and fled far away.

Her target was the Upper Domain.

The current Central Domain had been thrown into chaos by the Jiuyan Sect, so instead of staying here, it was better to go to the Upper Domain and take a chance to see if she could advance further.

But she hadn’t gotten far when suddenly, the sky changed color.

Golden light shone everywhere, and then a hundred-zhang-tall golden Buddha suddenly appeared, suspended between heaven and earth and blocking her path.

“Buddha Old Ancestor?!” The Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor was greatly shocked.

“Benefactor, you have committed heavy sins. Only transcendence can save you,” the Buddha Old Ancestor said with his hands together.

The Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor’s expression darkened even more.

She immediately understood now that the Jiuyan Sect had become a Demonic Sect, it was viewed as an enemy by the righteous sects.

It must have been the movements of Jiuyan Old Ancestor, as well as the great battle between Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss and the Ghost Controlling Sect, that brought the Buddha Old Ancestor here to investigate.

“Bald donkey, the Buddha Temple and the Ghost Controlling Sect have always kept to their own waters! Move aside and let me pass!” The Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor said sternly.

“Amitabha, the righteous and the demonic follow different paths, and when on the same path, we must battle,” the Buddha Old Ancestor chanted in a confident smile.

“Benefactor, only one of us can leave today.”

“…”

The Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor’s face turned dark.

Buddhist methods have a strong restraining effect on ghost methods.

Not to mention she was already injured, even at her peak, she had no confidence in defeating the Buddha Old Ancestor.

Helpless, the Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor had no choice but to try to flee in another direction.

“Thinking of running?”

Seeing this, the Buddha Old Ancestor used Buddhist techniques to draw out restrictions, and a golden hand reached out directly toward the Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor.

The Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor was forced to fight.

And just as she was fully mobilizing her cultivation, planning to carve out a bloody path, A shocking sword cry suddenly appeared.

“Clang—”

A seven-colored spirit sword came from the sky, seemingly capable of piercing through the void, aiming straight for the top of her head.

“The Seven Luminaries Ancient Sword?!” The Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor was once again greatly shocked.

This was the divine-grade spirit sword of the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion!

The appearance of this sword meant…

“Ancient Sword Slays Demons!”

Accompanied by a voice that seemed to be a whisper but echoed through the universe, an old man with white beard reaching his chest, straight in stature, with sword-like eyes and starry brows, also appeared in the sky.

“The Ancestor of the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavillion?!” Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor was even more astonished.

Indeed, the person who had arrived was the very Ancestor of the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion.

Old Ancestors of first-rate sects in the Central Domain mostly have cultivation at the late Nirvana stage, and the Sword Master of the Seven Luminaries was no exception.

However, the lethality of a sword cultivator is far beyond that of an ordinary cultivator.

Therefore, even though they are both at the late stage of Nirvana, the strength of the Seven Luminaries Sword Master is definitely far superior to other sect Old Ancestors, except for the Jiuyan Old Ancestor.

The appearance of the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion Ancestor proved that the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion, which had always been dedicated to secluded cultivation, was about to make a move!

As the Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor was surrounded by Buddhist restrictions and with an ancient sword descending upon her, a sense of despair emerged in her heart.

She resisted with all her might, but she could only watch helplessly as the ancient sword of the Seven Luminaries pierced through her defenses, and went straight through her.

In a flash of sword light, the life force of Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor was completely extinguished, and she fell from the sky.

After crashing to the ground, a black and cold aura emerged from her corpse and then visibly gathered into a human shape at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this, the Buddha Old Ancestor sneered, “Trying to turn into a ghost with ghostly methods? Today, I will make your soul scatter!”

With that, he flipped his right hand, and a golden bowl appeared in his palm.

He tossed the bowl into the air and from it, shot out a pillar of seven-colored Buddhist light.

At this moment, Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor already had the outline of a ghost.

Trapped in the Buddhist light, she screamed miserably, cursing non-stop, but ultimately she was unable to resist the Buddhist light and was completely annihilated.

“Benefactor, by exorcising a demon, you have accumulated boundless merit,” said the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavillion Ancestor with a slight smile towards the Buddha Old Ancestor.

“Your sword strike just now was truly earth-shattering,” the Buddha Old Ancestor praised in return.

…….

While the two were exchanging compliments, hundreds of li away, a middle-aged man in a black robe, accompanied by a stunningly beautiful woman, stood suspended in the air.

Both were dressed in the attire of the Myriad Dao Demon Sect.

“Ghost Controlling Old Ancestor has fallen,” the middle-aged man said.

“Why didn’t the sect master help just now?” the woman asked.

“The strength of the Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor is too strong, not something I can contend with. The other Old Ancestors must have noticed this and chose not to appear, which means they felt there was no way to save her,” the middle-aged man replied.

The woman nodded, saying no more.

“Jiu Xi, the situation in the Central Domain is in chaos, and the sect competition may be brought forward. You need to improve your cultivation further. Remember, you are our sect’s hope for advancing to the Upper Domain,” the middle-aged man added.

The woman nodded again.

“As for that Jiang Chen…”

After thinking for a moment, the middle-aged man frowned, “…the Ghost Controlling Sect has fallen to such a state, it seems to be all for the sake of an alliance through marriage with him…”

“What does the sect master mean?” the woman asked, frowning.

“I mean, let nature take its course.”

(TLN: There are two ‘Chapter 240’ somehow. idk why, probably a mistake so I’ll put it here.)

The next day, Jiuyan Old Ancestor ‘left’, and Lin Mubai, having gained something from the Ghost Tower, decided to return to the Jiuyan Sect to go into seclusion.

Jiang Chen, accompanied by Zhang Hu and followed not far behind by Xiao Hongyi, prepared to head to the Ancient Pill Tower.

On their way, they arrived at a town known as “Cold Realm City.”

Cold Realm City was geographically unique, covered in snow all year round and bitterly cold.

In the past, few cultivators would pass through here. But when Jiang Chen and the others arrived, they found thousands of cultivators, of various attire and gender, queuing to enter the city.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen was taken aback.

“Eldest Senior Brother, it seems the Mysterious Ice Secret Realm is about to open,” Zhang Hu remarked with emotion.

“Yes.”

Jiang Chen nodded, his expression wistful.

The Mysterious Ice Secret Realm opened once every hundred years, and Cold Realm City was the only entrance to the secret realm.

Although the secret realm was dangerous, it contained various ice attribute heavenly and earthly treasures, with the highest reaching the eighth grade.

Therefore, whenever the secret realm opened, countless cultivators would flood into Cold Realm City, the sole entrance.

Jiang Chen had been to the Mysterious Ice Secret Realm before.

More than once, in fact. Because within the secret realm, there was an item called “Blood Tempering Ice Ganoderma,” which was the perfect item to eradicate the cold poison that had entered Jiang Lianyue’s body.

Nine cycles of reincarnation, in every cycle, Jiang Chen would enter the secret realm and face countless dangers.

But no matter how hard he tried, he could never find the trace of the Blood Tempering Ice Ganoderma.

He knew that because he was a villain, he was fated not to encounter great opportunities.

Helplessly, he had to settle for second best, finding a Cold Jade Ice Bed in the secret realm, hoping to use it to help Jiang Lianyue suppress the cold poison.

But the result… In every cycle, when he presented the Cold Jade Ice Bed to Jiang Lianyue, she already had the Blood Tempering Ice Ganoderma in her hands.

And this Blood Tempering Ice Ganoderma was a gift from Lin Feng.

Jiang Chen later found out that every time he entered the secret realm, Lin Feng would follow him.

And the Blood Tempering Ice Ganoderma was right next to the Cold Jade Ice Bed.

When he arrived, the Ice Ganoderma would hide itself, leaving only the ice bed.

However, when Lin Feng arrived, the Ice Ganoderma would reveal itself.

This was the difference between the Son of Destiny and the great villain.

In front of Lin Feng, the protagonist, no matter how hard Jiang Chen tried or what he attempted, he would always come up short.

Not only would he come up short, but he would also attract much infamy.

Remembering all this, Jiang Chen shook his head.

Although this life’s Jiang Lianyue was not as detestable as in the previous nine cycles, he was no longer that upright Eldest Senior Brother, and naturally, he would not enter the secret realm again for her.

He had intended to bypass the city, but considering that Jiushuang was still condensing her ghost body and that they were still far from the Ancient Pill Tower, he decided to enter the city for a brief stay.

Also, it’s easier to earn system rewards where there are more people, right?

After all, these are all normal people!

Upon reaching the city gate, the queue of cultivators stretched for miles.

“Hehe.”

With a sly smile, Jiang Chen, accompanied by Zhang Hu, made his way straight to the front of the queue.

“You, you, you! Yes, I’m talking to you!” a Heavenly Origin realm cultivator scolded upon seeing this.

“Don’t you know the rules? Ever heard of queuing? Even cultivators from the upper four realms have to queue if they want to enter Cold Realm City!”

Jiang Chen didn’t reply but simply gave Zhang Hu a meaningful glance.

Zhang Hu caught on immediately and stepped forward, shouting loudly: “Bunch of trash dare to talk about rules? Let me tell you, my Eldest Senior Brother has the bearing of a great emperor! His word is the rule!”n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

“Below the upper four realms, my Senior Brother is invincible!” he added.

“Wow!!!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd was instantly in an uproar.

Seeing many cultivators glaring at him angrily, Jiang Chen smiled with satisfaction.

No doubt about it, he had successfully riled up a lot of hatred!

This was exactly why he liked bringing Zhang Hu along.

Compared to other lunatics, Zhang Hu was relatively normal, and there were many ways to provoke hostility, which he found very handy to use.

“Joke!”

The previously Heavenly Origin realm cultivator expressed his disdain and sneered: “A mere Earthly Origin realm dares to claim to be invincible? Announce your Senior Brother’s name. Let’s see which family’s prodigy he is?”

“Uttering my Senior Brother’s name would scare you out of your wits!”

Zhang Hu puffed out his chest and looked smug: “For your own good, I won’t say it, but you can call him ‘Daddy’ if you like.”

Upon hearing this, the cultivator’s face turned dark.

Jiang Chen then waved his hand, pretending to be dissatisfied: “Junior Brother Zhang, how can you spout nonsense? How could I have such an ugly son?”

“Right, right, right, Senior Brother is correct!”

Zhang Hu bowed and nodded, then turned to the cultivator and said: “Forget it, when you see my Senior Brother next time, you might as well bark like a dog.”

“!!!”

The Heavenly Origin realm cultivator was instantly enraged!

This was outright insult! And since they didn’t dare to reveal their names, they must not have any significant background!

“Bastard, come meet your death!!”

The cultivator suddenly burst out from the queue, throwing a punch at Zhang Hu, intending to test the strength of Jiang Chen’s junior.

Currently at the Earthly Origin level, Zhang Hu was naturally no match for him.

Without any hesitation, he turned and ran.

Just as the cultivator was about to give chase, Jiang Chen suddenly made his move.

His body channeled Buddhist techniques, and with a raise of his hand, he unleashed the “Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon”!

The Buddhist power overwhelmed the area, and a golden dragon appeared out of nowhere.

The attacking cultivator hadn’t even had time to react before he was blasted away, flying several meters before spitting blood and falling unconscious.

Seeing this, the other cultivators were all shocked.

Jiang Chen was merely at the Earthly Origin realm, yet he managed to defeat a Heavenly Origin cultivator with one move?

Wasn’t this too powerful?

“Amitabha, it turns out he is a fellow Buddhist.”

A wandering bald monk from the crowd stepped forward to make a connection: “May I ask if the high monk is a disciple of the Buddha Temple?”

“Guess?” Jiang Chen countered.

The monk’s face stiffened.

Was there really any need to guess?

He was certain that such Buddhist techniques could only belong to a high monk from the Buddha Temple.

But just as he was about to say something else, the Buddhist light vanished, and Jiang Chen switched to ghostly techniques, a chilling ghostly qi emerging from within him.

Under the shroud of ghostly qi, his features turned fierce, and his eyes slightly reddened, looking extremely terrifying.

Then the ghostly qi condensed into a claw, grabbed the bald monk’s head, and then threw him out.

Coincidentally, he landed right on top of the previous cultivator.

It was like stacking arhats.

“In my life, I hate bald monks the most.” Jiang Chen muttered.

“…”

Upon hearing this, everyone twitched at the corners of their mouths.

Those who challenged him got beaten, and those who tried to make connections got beaten too.

Was there any reason left?

What’s more important… Jiang Chen used Buddhist techniques one moment and ghostly techniques the next, making it impossible for anyone to see through his true capabilities.

Buddhist techniques should belong to the Buddha Temple, and ghostly techniques should belong to the Ghost Controlling Sect.

But these two, one righteous and one demonic, one Buddhist and one ghostly, were inherently opposed to each other… How could they possibly train the same disciple?

Moreover… the Ghost Controlling Sect had been destroyed!

‘This person has a significant background. He must have a special constitution that allows him to cultivate two types of techniques. Although his behavior is arrogant, he indeed has the makings of a great emperor!’ After some contemplation, a cultivator from the upper four realms concluded.

As for Jiang Chen… seeing that no more cultivators were stepping forward to trouble him, he walked with an extremely arrogant stride towards the very front of the queue.

“How dare you! This is Cold Realm City! Even if you are a prodigy from the Central Domain, you must follow the rules! Pay and queue up to enter the city!” someone suddenly burst in front of him, loudly reprimanding him.

“Slap!”

Before anyone could see clearly, Jiang Chen backhandedly slapped the man away.

After hitting the man, he realized that the person he had just slapped was wearing a standard armor, clearly one of the guards of Cold Realm City.

“Uhhh…”

Jiang Chen looked embarrassed.

Had he just crossed paths with the city lord of this city right from the start?

This was simply too thrilling! If you’re going to do it, go all out.

Rather than letting the city lord trouble him first, it might be better to strike first!

“This treatment is too much! I will break through Cold Realm City today!”

With that, he held the Flame Blood Dragon Sword and charged towards a group of guards at the forefront.

Seeing this, Zhang Hu was stunned.

“Kill!!” He also charged forward.

Xiao Hongyi was also taken aback.

The next second, the phoenix fire soared to the sky, causing the queuing cultivators to scatter in all directions.

In just a few moments, the guards stationed at the gates of Cold Realm City were collectively annihilated.

Even the towering several zhang high city gate was on the verge of collapsing under the onslaught of Sword Qi and phoenix fire.

Amidst the chaos, Jiang Chen shook his head and lamented: “Ah, why must you force me?”

At the same time, the system’s prompt appeared.

【Host’s actions conform to the villain’s character setting, host’s cultivation level has been raised to the early stage of Heavenly Origin】