209 – Did I Just Become the Villain?

【After arriving at the Central Immortal Continent, you immediately headed towards the Taiyi Emperor Palace, intending to join.】

【Upon your arrival at the Taiyi Emperor Palace, the Dao Palace Master of the Taiyi Imperial Palace discovered that you had cultivated to Great Perfection of the Saint King Realm during this cultivation dark age, and possessed the incomplete version of the Spacetime Dao Body. He was greatly shocked, believing that you had boundless potential and would certainly reach the Supreme realm in the future.】

【In the end, you successfully joined the Taiyi Emperor Palace. This time, you did not choose to self-seal immediately but decided to challenge the Taiyi Heavenly Path. To your surprise, you advanced one more step than before, reaching the eleventh level.】

【This made you ponder; it seems that multiple simulations have other benefits as well, otherwise you would not have been able to take this extra step.】

【Next, the news of you stepping onto the eleventh level of the Taiyi Heavenly Path spread, shocking many within the Taiyi Emperor Palace. As you wished, you became the tenth emperor’s disciple of the Taiyi Emperor Palace.】

【Afterward, following the advice of the Dao Palace Master of the Taiyi Imperial Palace, you chose to self-seal. Nearly a hundred thousand years passed in the blink of an eye, and the golden era arrived. You emerged once again.】

【After emerging, you did not choose to cultivate directly within the Taiyi Emperor Palace but instead opted to challenge the fourth emperor’s disciple. Ultimately, you defeated the fourth emperor’s disciple, which shocked everyone in the Taiyi Emperor Palace, and you successfully took the position of the fourth emperor’s disciple.】

【However, you were not satisfied with the position of the fourth emperor’s disciple and set your sights on the third emperor’s disciple. Finally, you chose to challenge the third emperor’s disciple. This battle attracted significant attention, with many old monsters of the Taiyi Emperor Palace secretly watching.】

【In the end, you and the third emperor’s disciple engaged in a great battle, unleashing the Great Perfection of the Saint King Realm. However, the third emperor’s disciple was equally formidable, having achieved the Great Perfection of the Saint King Realm even before self-sealing, making him very powerful.】

【Most importantly, he not only possessed a powerful bloodline but also a special physique, which put you at a disadvantage for the first time.】

【Of course, you were fearless and fought fiercely with the third emperor’s disciple. In the end, you got serious and triggered the effects of the purple talent: Infinite Blade and the golden talent: Multiple Symphony, successfully reversing the situation and defeating the third emperor’s disciple.】

【These two great talents amazed the spectators. They didn’t see the mystery behind it and didn’t know what secret techniques you employed to achieve such astounding results.】

【You knew you had exposed many things. However, you didn’t mind. After all, you are now an emperor’s disciple of the Taiyi Emperor Palace, and the old monsters in the Taiyi Emperor Palace wouldn’t harm you. If they persecuted juniors over a few secrets, it would be impossible for them to have lasted this long.】

【For a faction to endure, internal stability and harmony are essential. Competition and conflict are permissible, but certain bottom lines and rules must never be violated. Otherwise, even a quasi-emperor would meet their end.】

【Besides, now that you have exposed the purple talent: Infinite Blade and the golden talent: Multiple Symphony, it doesn’t matter much. As long as the purple talent: Divine Ability Nullification, the golden talent: Teleportation, and the golden talent: Damage Nullification remain hidden, you still have many trump cards to rely on when venturing out, without fearing most dangers.】

【After being defeated, the third emperor’s disciple wasn’t entirely convinced. He stated that he would challenge you in the future to reclaim his position.】

【In response, you smiled and welcomed his challenge at any time.】

【Thus, the duel between the two emperor’s disciples concluded, and you successfully advanced to the position of the third emperor’s disciple, gaining numerous benefits.】

【Next, you directly entered the Taiyi Emperor Tower to cultivate, intending to use the enlightenment effects within the tower to comprehend seventy percent of the Space Laws. That way, you would become even stronger.】

【Then, you just needed to find a way to recruit some powerful disciples, and you could successfully advance to the half-step Great Saint or even the Great Saint level. These two critical stages could block even emperor’s disciples for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, even in the golden era.】

【After all, emperor’s disciples are future Supreme contenders, likely to become Supremes. A Great Saint is the last realm below Supreme, and it is not simple to achieve.】

【In the blink of an eye, two years passed. During these two years, you successfully comprehended seventy percent of the Space Laws within the Taiyi Emperor Tower, greatly increasing your strength. However, you also squandered all the rewards you received from defeating the third emperor’s disciple.】

Next, you decided to leave seclusion, planning to take on a high-difficulty task while also looking to recruit a disciple. If you can take in a disciple with astonishing potential, you could directly advance to the level of a half-step Great Saint…

At that time, you would return to the Taiyi Emperor Palace to challenge the second and even the first Imperial Son, gain a large amount of contribution points again, and thus, cultivate in the Taiyi Emperor Tower, forming a positive cycle…

Soon, you took on a high-difficulty task to kill an ordinary Great Saint and headed to a country called the Golden Origin Sacred Dynasty. This country is a subordinate force of the Taiyi Emperor Palace, and its strongest existence is the old ancestor at the Great Saint level…

However, this old ancestor doesn’t have much lifespan left. Even if he barely survives the golden age, he doesn’t dare to easily appear in the world. Therefore, the strength of the Golden Origin Sacred Dynasty is not very strong; in the entire Central Immortal Continent, it can only be considered a fourth or fifth-rate little force…

Although, the Golden Origin Sacred Dynasty could dominate an ancient star like the Great Origin Ancient Star. After all, despite the fact that some ancient stars have Supremes or even Quasi-Emperors, such ancient stars are in the minority. Most ancient stars’ strongest are actually Great Saints or half-step Great Saints…

On many ancient stars in the Small Universe, the strongest ones are only Saint Kings or even Saints…

But, this is the Central Immortal Continent, a place that gathers many strong practitioners from the Ten Great Universes. In this place, if there are no Saints, one isn’t qualified to establish a force. Even those with Great Saints can only be considered fourth or fifth-rate small forces, surviving only by relying on imperial or quasi-imperial forces…

And your task this time is because a heretic cultivator causing trouble has appeared in the Golden Origin Sacred Dynasty. This heretic cultivator’s cultivation has reached the level of a Great Saint, which is a big headache for the Golden Origin Sacred Dynasty. Facing a Great Saint heretic cultivator, unless their old ancestor comes out, they absolutely won’t be his match…

Because of this, they paid a price and reported to the Taiyi Emperor Palace, hoping that the Taiyi Emperor Palace would send a strong practitioner to suppress the Great Saint heretic cultivator and restore peace to the Golden Origin Sacred Dynasty…

Upon arriving at the Golden Origin Sacred Dynasty, you received a warm welcome, treated with utmost respect without the slightest neglect. They didn’t expect that you, the newly famed third Imperial Son of the Taiyi Emperor Palace, would come to their Golden Origin Sacred Dynasty to kill a Great Saint heretic cultivator…

Next, through the Golden Origin Sacred Dynasty, you found some clues about the Great Saint heretic cultivator. However, this heretic was quite cunning. Even you had to expend considerable effort to catch him. Then, you had an earth-shattering battle with him…

This time, you didn’t rely on a Supreme Artifact. However, now your cultivation has reached the Great Perfection of the Saint King Realm, and you also have your own Great Sacred Artifact. Additionally, you have comprehended seventy percent of the Space Laws. With all these advantages, you strongly killed this Great Saint heretic cultivator…

This battle was earth-shaking and made your reputation even greater, spreading throughout the entire Central Immortal Continent. For a while, the special neutral force Baixiaosheng listed you as thirty-fifth on the Saint King List…

The Saint King List is a list arranged by Baixiaosheng, and only the strongest one hundred Saint Kings can enter it. Through this battle, you directly squeezed into the thirty-fifth place on the Saint King List, which can be described as terrifying…

After all, there are many imperial-level forces and quasi-imperial-level forces with many Imperial Sons, numerous disciples of hidden mighty beings, plus some who, for special reasons, stopped at the Saint King Realm but have extraordinary combat strength. It is not easy to enter this Saint King List. But once on the list, one is truly in the limelight…

You must know that before your battle with the heretic Great Saint, Baixiaosheng hadn’t even listed you on the Saint King List, which shows its high value…

Because of this, countless cultivators aim to enter the Saint List, Saint King List, and Great Saint List. And you, by directly squeezing into the thirty-fifth position, naturally were in the limelight, your name spreading throughout the entire Upper Realm…

Though you were somewhat surprised to enter the Saint King List, you didn’t care too much, just feeling that there are indeed many prodigies in the world. With your Great Perfection of the Saint King Realm cultivation, you killed a heretic Great Saint, yet you could only squeeze into thirty-fifth on the Saint King List. Those guys in front must be absolute monsters…

Next, you calmed your mind, thinking you should start wandering around to look for prodigies. Just as you were about to leave, you incidentally witnessed a dramatic scene in the Golden Origin Sacred Dynasty…

The tenth princess of the Golden Origin Sacred Dynasty was originally betrothed to the youngest son of the patriarch of the Zhu family, a powerful family in the Golden Origin Sacred Dynasty, Zhu Huowang. But the tenth princess thinks that Zhu Huowang, who has had no cultivation aptitude since childhood, is a waste and unfit to be her husband…

This scene made your eyes gleam subtly. You originally thought Ye Chen was following the Flame Emperor’s template, but it seems this Zhu Huowang might be… After all, Ye Chen was a prodigy in the Lower Realm, never a waste, only constantly encountering various elders…

Now, this Zhu Huowang has had the name of a waste since childhood and has been rejected in a marriage, the sense of déjà vu is just too strong…

For a moment, you were moved, thinking if you accept this Zhu Huowang as a disciple, your cultivation might significantly improve, perhaps even breakthrough to half-step Great Saint is not impossible…

【Thinking of this, you plan to find the right moment to appear, accept Zhu Huowang as your disciple, and then teach this arrogant Tenth Princess of the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty a lesson.】

【At this moment, under your attention, facing the arrogant Tenth Princess of the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty, Zhu Huowang furiously chooses to annul the marriage.】

【This angers the Tenth Princess of the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty, who scornfully taunts Zhu Huowang, questioning what right he has to annul the marriage. She threatens that if he angers her, she could destroy the Zhu family with a single thought. Then, the Tenth Princess of the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty orders Zhu Huowang to pick up the annulment letter and tear it up himself, so as not to bring calamity upon the Zhu family because of him.】

【This infuriates the entire Zhu family to the extreme. The head of the Zhu family is also immensely angry, believing that the Tenth Princess of the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty has been spoiled rotten, having no respect for seniority at all, completely ignoring the favor their ancestor did by saving one of the elders of the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty.】

【Zhu Huowang is equally furious but more aggrieved. With no choice, he picks up the annulment letter and tears it up, not wanting to bring disaster to the Zhu family because of him. At this moment, he deeply desires power.】

“Goodness, this is really an unexpected turn of events… However, the Tenth Princess of the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty is truly heartless, practically insulting the entire Zhu family. Once Zhu Huowang grows, he might very well destroy the entire Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty.”

Wang Ping looked at the simulated text and thought to himself.

“Wait a minute, thinking along these lines, if I hadn’t known about this, and things developed normally, wouldn’t I be in trouble too? After all, when you strike the young, the old always comes for you. Since the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty is an affiliate of the Taiyi Emperor Palace, if Zhu Huowang destroys the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty, the Taiyi Emperor Palace will definitely cause trouble for him. By then, won’t I become a villain?”

Wang Ping’s expression turned quite odd.

“No, wait. There might be another path. For instance, if Zhu Huowang joins the Taiyi Emperor Palace and returns in glory, causing a regime change in the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty.”

Wang Ping thought of this possibility and stroked his chin, feeling that this route was more likely.

After all, the Taiyi Emperor Palace is not so easily destroyed. One child of destiny is really not enough.

Even if Zhu Huowang becomes an emperor, it would still be very difficult to accomplish this.

Just as Wang Ping was contemplating, the simulation continued, and the ensuing developments caught Wang Ping off guard.

【Next, the Tenth Princess of the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty continues her taunts, telling Zhu Huowang to stay as a mere mortal and give up hope… A future husband of hers could never be someone like Zhu Huowang, who is nothing.】

【These words once again sting Zhu Huowang deeply, making his hatred surge to the sky, and even causing him to harbor some resentment towards you. He believes that the Tenth Princess of the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty is an arrogant, heartless woman, but your appearance in the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty might have also entranced her, turning her brain-dead, which is why she eagerly did such things to desperately climb up to someone like you with a clean background.】

【In fact, Zhu Huowang’s guess is indeed correct. The Tenth Princess of the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty, in her deep admiration for you, even went behind her father’s back to forcefully annul the engagement. Displeased with the engagement, she sought every possible way to extricate herself so she could devote herself entirely to pursuing you and becoming your Dao companion.】

【She believes that with her beauty, talent, and political skill, making you fall for her is very possible. The only obstacle is this engagement.】

“???”

Wang Ping looked at the unexpected simulated content, utterly dumbfounded.

Goodness, how did I end up on the villain’s path…

And this Tenth Princess of the Golden Yuan Sacred Dynasty is even more narcissistic than I thought.

What a strange scenario, how could such a person exist in the world of fantasy.