I Am the Fated Villain

Chapter 1781.  A baby named Ji Bo was born

“After a few months, a baby named Ji Bo was born. That child was precociously intelligent, extraordinarily clever, and from a young age displayed traits unlike ordinary infants…”

At this point, Gu Changge stopped speaking and did not continue.

Because everything that followed was already known to Ji Hanjing. Back then, when she followed Gu Changge back to the reconstructed past, she had personally witnessed many of the truths.

“I can actually guess it… all of that was the Fate Master’s scheme. How could my younger sister come up with such a vicious plot…” Ji Hanjing’s face was full of pain, her voice carrying regret, anguish, and overwhelming hatred.

Ling Yuling’s heart trembled violently at this moment.

If she hadn’t been listening to Gu Changge’s narration all along, she might not have been able to piece everything together so quickly.

The enemy of Zhongjun, the Fate Master, had orchestrated things so that one of his Five Aggregates incarnations would fall in love with Zhongjun’s youngest daughter. Then, that incarnation would reincarnate and parasitize within her womb, being reborn as Zhongjun’s own descendant.

Such a violation of ethics—if she hadn’t heard it with her own ears, she would never have believed it.

However, for such innate beings, as long as there were benefits to gain, the so-called moral codes and ethics of the world meant nothing—mere passing clouds.

They simply did not care.

“So the rumors were true… this must be the real princess of the Yaoguang Ancestral Court, and even the mysterious eldest princess with barely any records.” Ling Yuling looked at Ji Hanjing with a complicated expression, having guessed her identity.

She had no idea how Gu Changge had managed to find this princess and bring her under his command.

“There’s no need for me to recount the rest—you already know what happened afterward. The reason I didn’t want to tell you the truth before was because, with your current strength, even if you knew, it would be useless. Even if you found the Fate Master, you wouldn’t be able to take revenge. Instead, you’d only alert him.” Gu Changge glanced at Ji Hanjing and spoke casually.

“I understand. I won’t act recklessly.” Ji Hanjing nodded, the pain on her face easing somewhat.

She had never been an impulsive or hot-tempered person. It was just that she had long been sealed as a spirit within the Book of Scavenging, enduring endless loneliness and suffering. Her mind had been eroded by karmic fire and sin, often leaving her muddled and unable to remain clear-headed for long.

This also caused her, even after recovery, to become easily enraged, no longer as calm and composed as before.

Gu Changge had no sympathy for her past experiences. Nor did he intend for Ji Hanjing to deal with the Fate Master. A mere Fate Master wasn’t worth so much of his effort.

It was just that this grand play had become rather dull.

A Yaoguang Ancestral Court princess, who knew ancient truths and had revived in this era, would undoubtedly add much more interest to the play.

Ling Yuling cast Ji Hanjing with a slightly sympathetic glance. She could already roughly guess what Ji Hanjing had gone through in the years that followed.

But logically speaking, having disappeared in that era, shouldn’t she have been eradicated by the Fate Master? How had she reappeared in this world?

Was it truly through the ruins in the Yaoguang Ancient Domain?

Ji Hanjing took a deep breath, her emotions now steady.

“The Fate Master still doesn’t know you’ve returned to this world. I look forward to the day you give him a ‘surprise.’” Gu Changge lifted his teacup, took a sip, and smiled.

The Fate Master’s Five Aggregates incarnation was intricately connected to his true body—it could be considered both himself and a separate incarnation.

Through this method of reincarnation and parasitism, the Fate Master successfully bypassed Zhongjun’s bloodline restrictions. It also allowed him to more easily devour the remaining fortune of the Yaoguang Ancestral Court and take over the many treasures Zhongjun had accumulated.

Witnessing such a “violation of natural order” firsthand was an immense blow to Zhongjun, who was already exhausted from battling the Fate Master.

Afterward, through that Five Aggregates incarnation, the Fate Master corrupted Ji Hanshuang’s mind, making her suspicious and paranoid. He led her to believe that her husband’s accidental death might be connected to her sister Ji Hanjing.

He deliberately fabricated clues, guiding Ji Hanshuang step by step towards uncovering the “truth.”

In the end, instigated by her “son” Ji Bo, Ji Hanshuang came to hate her sister Ji Hanjing and began plotting in secret how to avenge her husband.

Ji Hanjing, devoted to cultivation and governance, had never imagined that her own sister would harbor such hatred towards her. Nor did she realize that an invisible, earth-shattering conspiracy was slowly closing in.

After she returned from bearing the burden of the era’s great calamity—gravely injured and barely alive—what awaited her was not gratitude or praise, but a terrifying killing formation that had long been prepared.

Ji Hanshuang, in collusion with many ministers, plotted against the weakened Ji Hanjing and successfully refined her into the spirit of the civilization treasure—the Book of Scavenging.

Witnessing his two daughters turn against each other—one losing her sanity under manipulation, the other perishing—Zhongjun, already locked in a desperate struggle with the Fate Master, completely lost all hope.

Seizing this opportunity, the Fate Master fully refined Zhongjun’s remaining soul and will, devouring the remnants of the Yaoguang Ancestral Court’s fortune.

The mysterious white-robed figure now appearing in the Zhengyi Alliance, opposing the Heaven-Slaying Alliance, was in fact Ji Hanshuang’s descendant—Ji Bo—and also one of the Fate Master’s Five Aggregates incarnations.

Countless epochs had passed since the fall of the Yaoguang Ancestral Court. With the innate foundation of the Fate Master’s Five Aggregates, combined with the lingering fortune and legacy of the ancestral court, Ji Bo’s cultivation had reached an unfathomable level.

Even against someone like Ling Yuling, who had once been a predecessor, he could stand his ground.

Having understood all of this, Ling Yuling finally realized why she had felt a sense of familiarity when facing that mysterious white-robed figure.

A descendant of an old acquaintance would naturally carry traces of that acquaintance.

After learning the full truth, Ji Hanjing did not stay long. After Ling Yuling took her leave, she also learned from Gu Changge what the “great gift” he mentioned referred to.

Soon after, she departed as well, returning to the Weiyang Immortal Dynasty, lest her prolonged absence attract attention.

Not long after Ji Hanjing and Ling Yuling left, a red-clad girl with exquisite beauty and snow-white skin came running through the peach grove, hurriedly pushing open the courtyard gate.

Yaoyao, who had gone out alone to gain experience, had finally returned.

Without even taking time to drink tea, she anxiously reported everything she had witnessed about the Black Lotus Sect, looking extremely urgent.

She recounted in detail how she had accidentally stumbled upon a Black Lotus Sect ritual and was subsequently hunted, afraid of leaving out anything important.

Previously, when she encountered the Star-Ming National Preceptor of the Weiyang Immortal Dynasty, Gu Changge had appeared briefly but left before she could finish speaking.

So she had no choice but to rush back to the Heaven-Slaying Alliance to report in person.

In her view, this must be some force attempting to frame the Heaven-Slaying Alliance and Gu Changge, which was why such a cult connected to dark beings had appeared nearby.

She had traveled without rest, passing through multiple large teleportation arrays before finally returning here.

Jiang Weiyang and her attendants had been left behind in the city.

Seeing the faint excitement on Yaoyao’s face, clearly waiting to be praised, Gu Changge couldn’t help but smile.

As for the Black Lotus Sect she mentioned, he wasn’t particularly concerned—he had already anticipated something like this.

“If such a cult appears near the Heaven-Slaying Alliance, we can simply send people to eliminate it. There’s no need to worry too much,” Gu Changge said lightly.

“But I really saw it—the Black Lotus Master looked very similar to you, Master…”

“Is it possible that someone in this world would dare impersonate you?” Yaoyao frowned slightly, still worried. She felt Gu Changge wasn’t taking the matter seriously enough.

After all, better safe than sorry.

Or could it be that the Black Lotus Sect really had something to do with him?

“No one in this world would dare impersonate me. But how can you be certain that what you saw was real?”

“These past days, your experiences outside may have given rise to inner demons. The more you fear something, the more likely you are to see it.”

“Yaoyao, are you suspecting that I have ties to dark beings?” Gu Changge said with a faint smile.

Yaoyao hurriedly shook her head. “How could I ever suspect you, Master? It’s just that this matter feels strange. The methods of the Black Lotus Sect are too bizarre. How can ordinary people recover after being corrupted by dark matter? Shouldn’t they be lost in darkness?”

“When you put it that way, it does sound quite strange. I’ll have Chu Heng send people to investigate and find out the origins of this Black Lotus Sect,” Gu Changge said after a moment of thought, his smile fading slightly.

Only then did Yaoyao nod in satisfaction.

“I even brought back one of their Holy Children. If you have time, Master, you can examine him…”

Gu Changge smiled and gently patted her head. “I understand. You’ve done well. You’ve traveled a long way—go and rest first. Once Chu Heng finds something, we’ll discuss it further.”

Yaoyao froze for a moment, then felt a bit disappointed. She could tell he was dismissing her.

She had only just returned, hadn’t even had time to sit down, and hadn’t shared her experiences or reminisced with him.

Was the Master too busy? Or did he simply not want to see her?

“Then I won’t disturb you, Master. I’ll go rest first,” she said softly, suppressing her disappointment.

Though she was strong and proud outside, before Gu Changge she was always obedient and would never go against him.

“Seems they can’t hold back anymore… trying to force me to reveal myself.”

“Calling it the Black Lotus Sect and appearing near the Heaven-Slaying Alliance—are they afraid I wouldn’t notice? Afraid I wouldn’t realize it’s connected to me?”

After Yaoyao left, a faint smile appeared on Gu Changge’s lips, but his eyes were deep and indifferent.