I Am the Fated Villain

Chapter 1799. One of the Other Two True Ancestors Is Actually on the Tenth Layer

From the account given by the Uncentral Emperor, ever since he established the Uncentral Immortal Dynasty hundreds of epochs ago, he had already become the puppet of the master of Yinxu Cave.

Many matters had been beyond his control.

To ensure that the Uncentral Emperor would never dare harbor rebellious intentions, the master of Yinxu Cave deliberately planted a terrifying restriction inside his wife.

The restriction would flare up periodically.

The agony it caused was enough to drive even Dao Realm existences into mental collapse. Even shattering one’s own origin and reducing the soul into countless ashes could not free one from it.

The Uncentral Emperor loved his wife deeply. How could he bear to watch her suffer like that? Naturally, he did not dare harbor even the slightest disloyalty toward the master of Yinxu Cave.

Occasionally, the master of Yinxu Cave would show a trace of “kindness,” allowing the husband and wife to meet once every so often to ease the pain of longing.

At the time Jiang Weiyang had just been born, and the master of Yinxu Cave had already determined that the Uncentral Emperor would never dare betray him, so he did not make a move against Jiang Weiyang.

The Uncentral Emperor was mentally and physically exhausted, utterly helpless. Fearing that his daughter would suffer the same fate as her mother, he personally sealed her away.

Only in the current age, after vaguely sensing a sliver of hope in the darkness, did he release Jiang Weiyang from the Dao Source and allow her to walk the world.

Originally, he had not intended to completely fall out with the master of Yinxu Cave.

But after learning from Senior Brother Xing Sha that the master of Yinxu Cave had already begun planning to move against Jiang Weiyang, he could no longer remain patient.

Following the many plans and arrangements he had prepared long ago, he arranged for Jiang Weiyang to flee the Uncentral Immortal Dynasty and escape the Orthodox Unity Alliance.

The appearance of the Heaven-Felling Alliance also allowed the Uncentral Emperor to see hope.

He knew that the master of Yinxu Cave feared Gu Changge’s strength and did not dare casually spy on the Heaven-Felling Alliance.

Thus, this place became the only destination Jiang Weiyang could go to, and also the only safe place.

Because his wife was still in the hands of the master of Yinxu Cave, he did not dare reveal any trace of betrayal on the surface, nor dare harbor any thoughts of rebellion.

Only after Jiang Weiyang successfully arrived at the Heaven-Felling Alliance and the restriction within the jade slip decree he had left behind was broken, did he finally confirm that Jiang Weiyang was safe and unharmed.

Only then did he dare appear in the form of a strand of true soul and explain the entire sequence of events.

As for Jiang Weiyang’s blindness, the problem had actually already existed in her mother. It simply had not been as severe.

As long as one was a descendant of the Yaoguang Ancestral Court, the person with the purest bloodline in every future generation would become a cursed individual.

Some died young.

Some were born physically incomplete.

Some suffered shattered facial features…

Compared to those, Jiang Weiyang’s condition of merely being blind was already considered fortunate.

This curse, inherited from some unknowably ancient era, was something the Uncentral Emperor had exhausted every possible method trying to solve, yet he could find no solution.

For this reason, he had even sought help from the master of Yinxu Cave.

But even the master of Yinxu Cave admitted that he could not resolve it.

Jiang Weiyang was a true descendant of the Yaoguang Ancestral Court, and her curse originated from the former royal family of the Yaoguang Ancestral Court.

This was the only thing the Uncentral Emperor could determine with certainty now.

At present, he could only place his final hope upon Gu Changge.

After hearing everything the Uncentral Emperor had explained, Jiang Weiyang was already crying uncontrollably, sobbing without end.

She had never imagined that her father had carried such deep hatred and pain all these years.

Her father had never allowed her to come into contact with any of this. Even though she had grown up without a mother, he had never let a single day of her childhood become unhappy.

Nor had she imagined that her mother had never died at all, but had instead been imprisoned by the master of Yinxu Cave and used as leverage to threaten her father.

Previously, she had even felt curiosity and longing toward Yinxu Cave, believing it to be a true land beyond the mortal world, untouched by worldly karma and detached from all secular affairs.

But now, with the bloody truth laid bare before her eyes, she finally saw the true face of Yinxu Cave.

All she felt was an icy chill spreading through her entire body.

Gu Changge was unsurprised by such underhanded methods.

Long ago, he had already known that the Uncentral Emperor was under the control of the Fate Master.

He also knew that the Uncentral Emperor had secretly intended to free himself from that control. Otherwise, he would not have allowed the Star Ming State Preceptor to deliberately “force” him to reveal himself, thereby making the Fate Master wary enough to not personally capture Jiang Weiyang.

Back then, Gu Changge had simply played along and casually struck the Star Ming State Preceptor with a palm, severely injuring him and making his acting appear more convincing.

Even if the Fate Master wanted to notice these matters, it would have to wait until later.

As for how the Uncentral Emperor planned to counter the Fate Master and resist him afterward, that was no longer something Gu Changge cared to consider.

Nor was he interested in concerning himself with it.

After finishing his explanation, the Uncentral Emperor did not remain long. He transformed into a wisp of clear qi and returned to the jade slip decree.

Once Jiang Weiyang activated that jade slip decree, it would also mean that the disguise the Uncentral Emperor maintained before the master of Yinxu Cave would completely collapse.

At that point, whether he lived or died would be uncertain.

Jiang Weiyang could naturally guess this outcome, so her emotions were heavy. After giving a graceful bow, she quietly took her leave.

She had originally thought that after meeting Gu Changge and having all her doubts answered, she would feel relieved and enlightened.

Instead, the truth behind everything only weighed even more heavily upon her heart, making her feel as though infinite responsibility had settled upon her shoulders.

After Jiang Weiyang left, Gu Changge glanced at her with slight interest.

Because at that moment, he saw a dazzling golden radiance erupting from her body.

That golden brilliance reflected upon the River of Fate, stirring endless ripples.

Faintly, he saw a peerless empress of the future walking toward him from the distant River of Fate.

“So a transformation of mentality can cause a change in one’s destiny rank?”

“In peaceful times, you would have been a rare heaven-defying genius of an era. Unfortunately, the current Boundless Expanse has not been given any opportunity for you to grow…”

Gu Changge withdrew his gaze and lightly shook his head.

Within the Uncentral Immortal Dynasty, Ji Hanjing still remained one of his chess pieces.

Even without everything the Uncentral Emperor had revealed today, Gu Changge still had ways to place the Uncentral Immortal Dynasty under his control.

The backup plans left behind by the Fate Master could at most make the Uncentral Emperor fearful and hesitant.

And now, the only thing about the Fate Master that still interested Gu Changge was the Disk of Deliverance, one of the six primordial civilization treasures that the Fate Master had stolen from Zhongjun.

The reason Gu Changge created such enormous commotion and caused the Source Land of the Black Calamity to descend—

on one hand, was to give all races, True Worlds, and Dao orthodoxies within the Boundless Expanse a stronger sense of urgency.

On the other hand, it was also to lure out surviving fish from the Innate Era, people like the Fate Master.

Judging from the current situation, there was likely more than one “big fish” behind the Immortal Dao Alliance.

As for whether it truly was the Western Saint as the Uncentral Emperor speculated, that actually was not important.

As long as the whereabouts of the Xi Yuan Saintess remained within Gu Changge’s control, he was not worried that the Western Saint would fail to reveal himself.

It was merely a matter of time.

At first, Gu Changge had not cared much about the six primordial civilization treasures.

Because with his current strength, he truly had no need for external assistance.

He had not even hurried to reclaim the power left behind within the Sixfold Heavenly Abyss, the Source Land of the Black Calamity, or the World-Burying Coffin.

But ever since the aura of “Heaven Imprisonment” appeared, he began suspecting whether another True Ancestor had also participated in the schemes surrounding the Boundless Expanse.

So now, he wanted to first determine the origins of the blueprints for those six primordial civilization treasures.

As for the identity of the True Ancestor participating in the schemes surrounding the Boundless Expanse, it was still unknown.

The other party certainly could not confirm Gu Changge’s existence either.

One could only say that, just like him, the other party could vaguely sense the other’s existence, but neither could determine whether it was one of the remaining two True Ancestors—

unless they truly intended to overturn the table and tear away the veil between them.

The many schemes of both sides collided across multiple timelines.

Because at least two True Ancestors were involved, the world lines that once operated according to a fixed trajectory had become confusing and indistinct.

Unless one did not fear exposing one’s own plans, many deductions and acts of divination would be obscured by the other’s aura, turning vague and unclear.

For example, when Gu Changge investigated the origin of the Transcendence General Outline, he sensed a faint fog.

If he forcibly continued the deduction, his own aura would likely alert the True Ancestor who had left behind that method.

At the time, he believed it might have been bait intentionally left behind by a certain True Ancestor in order to fish within the Boundless Expanse.

But later, when he encountered Ye Suyi, who possessed a fate capable of defying destiny itself, and peered into her past karma and future destiny, he encountered the same obscuring fog.

Layer upon layer of boundless mist drifted from unknown places, covering the entire River of Time and the marks of reincarnation.

That scene had been astonishingly similar.

It was practically identical to what he had witnessed in the Biyou Heavenly Realm of the Immortal Spirit Civilization, when deducing the Transcendence General Outline that appeared within the notes left behind by the Eternal Origin God.

It possessed the same ability to block his窥探 and deductions.

Ye Suyi’s destiny of ascending from mortal to immortal through defying fate, as well as her status as an anomaly, were extremely similar.

Though most such existences were naturally born, there could also be artificially created cases.

And in Gu Changge’s view, he actually suspected that Ye Suyi’s existence was related to deliberate human intervention—

somewhat similar to how he himself had created the anomalous identity of a transmigrator for his own use.

“During this period of time, every trajectory of Ye Suyi’s life has remained perfectly normal, just as I glimpsed back then…”

Gu Changge clasped his hands behind his back and slowly paced through the courtyard.

Following his gaze, a vast universe evolved before him.

Scenes emerged from the void.

Within a cave residence woven from rosy霞光, a beautiful and graceful figure was cultivating in seclusion, completely unaware of his observation.

“Ever since Ye Suyi appeared back then, I already had my suspicions… especially since, along the future timeline, she became entangled with me in so many ways.”

“If she had never encountered me, then in the future timeline she should never have crossed paths with me.”

“The future I currently see is already a future after I made my choices. It is the future I intentionally allowed a True Ancestor-level existence to glimpse.”

“Regardless of whether I allowed her to follow me or not, those future entanglements would not change.”

“Combined with the many current events, Ye Suyi’s future had already long been chosen.”

“To be precise, even the future involving my current identity had already been perceived and determined.”

Gu Changge had suspected and believed this for a very long time.

And in truth, this was not a bad thing.

At the very least, it proved that the identity he currently crafted was extremely successful.

Using the identity of an anomaly, he had successfully gained the acceptance and recognition of another True Ancestor without arousing suspicion.

The other party had seen part of the future of his current identity, and thus deliberately arranged Ye Suyi as a backup move to approach him.

The Heavenly Will had severed itself with a single strike, cutting away many beings’ understanding of the concept of “Felling Heaven” across numerous True Worlds and civilizations.

Because the concept of “Felling Heaven” had been removed, the birth and appearance of the Heaven-Felling Alliance encountered far less resistance and difficulty.

The other party had already foreseen some of Gu Changge’s plans and intentions, and thus paved the road for him in advance.

Strictly speaking, this could even be called a “meeting gift.”

Along the timeline the other party had witnessed, he would rise once again just as before.

In the name of acting on behalf of Heaven, he would once more uphold Heaven’s Dao.

And it had also been calculated that he would reappear under the identity of the “Demon Lord.”

The other party saw that in the future, he might become a threat to the True Ancestors.

Thus, in secret, they chose to “assist” him in this way, harboring calculations not too different from Gu Changge’s own.

“What they calculated was precisely this identity of mine walking within the Boundless Expanse.”

“Unfortunately, the portion of the future I chose is also only what I wanted you to see…”

Thinking this, Gu Changge suddenly could not help but laugh.

After countless calculations, the other party had missed the most crucial point.

Whether it was the former organization Acting on Heaven’s Behalf, the current Heaven-Felling Alliance, or even the “Demon Lord” persona—

all of them were merely one part of his grand calculations and schemes.

The other party thought they had calculated to the third layer.

But in reality, Gu Changge stood on the tenth layer.

“What remains now is determining whether it is Xuan… or Shen.”

“In the future, will you choose to meet me using Ye Suyi’s identity?”

“I rather look forward to that day.”