I Am the Fated Villain

Chapter 1810. Causal Coordinates — Was the Invincible Ancestor Captured?

“Ah… the falsified heavenly era…”

The Eternal Primordial God fell silent for a moment. In his eyes, a terrifying aura surged, but soon it calmed again. He said somewhat weakly, “You tell me… what exactly are the origins of those three beings? Why is it that even the true Heavenly Dao can do nothing against them?”

Beings beyond the Heavenly Dao’s scope?

Or anomalies born from attaching themselves to and occupying the Heavenly Dao?

In any case, they could not possibly be like those innate beings of their era—creatures born from chaos itself, the very first generation of life in this universe.

The existence of the Three Ancestors could not be probed, could not be spoken of, and could not be traced or deduced.

The Lord of Luo’s expression changed immediately. He looked up at this world, and only after confirming that no abnormal phenomena had appeared did he lower his voice, “Be careful. The heavens have eyes, and the heavens have ears. Across the boundless worlds and countless realms, nothing can escape its observation. You should seal your five senses and keep these words within your mind.”

“You are still as cautious as ever.”

The Eternal Primordial God smiled faintly.

“Now that the Alliance Against Heaven has already appeared in the outer boundless realms, why still worry that these words will be detected? The world today is no longer what it once was. I suspect they have long stopped observing the current boundless realms, only occasionally awakening to cast a glance. The more cautious you are, the more timid you become. The Luo I once knew was not like this.”

The Lord of Luo shook his head.

“You do not understand. You simply do not know how terrifying they are…”

“If a bug bites you, you may not even feel pain. In their eyes, the entire boundless expanse is nothing more than insects. No matter how strong an insect becomes, it is still an insect—they can crush it with a single step…”

“You are still so pessimistic. If that is truly the case, why did so many survivors still escape during that era of Opening-Heaven calamity?” The Eternal Primordial God said. He felt that Luo had been hiding in seclusion for too long, eroding all his sharpness and will, which was why he had become so negative.

“Luck,” Luo replied calmly. “When you kill a swarm of ants with one strike, do you care if a few slip through your fingers?”

“You are still treating them like ants. But ants can sometimes kill elephants,” the Eternal Primordial God said disdainfully.

Hearing this, Luo did not continue arguing. Their philosophies were different—that was precisely why they had parted ways in the past.

After a moment of silence, the Eternal Primordial God asked something he had long wanted to know, “You once followed the Lord of Acting on Behalf of Heaven. What exactly was his origin? Is your true form in the Land of Reality, entangled with those three beings?”

This was the main reason he had come to find Luo today.

Given the current situation in the boundless expanse, although it seemed that only the Alliance Against Heaven, the Orthodox Alliance, and the Black Dark Race had entered the stage, there were likely many hidden gazes watching from the shadows.

He faintly felt as if a net was being woven and cast down, and the mastermind behind it might close it the moment they stepped in.

This unease made him restless, which was why he came to seek this old acquaintance.

The Lord of Luo glanced at him and still shook his head.

“The Lord of Acting on Behalf of Heaven is indeed far stronger than most imagine, but his strength still cannot touch that so-called Land of Reality. The Land of Reality cannot be influenced by any power within the boundless expanse—that is an absolute impossibility.”

“I also do not know his origin. Perhaps he is an anomaly, or perhaps he is a being like us who once lived in chaos.”

“Or perhaps he is a figure from the pre-Heaven era, even a mere avatar…”

“But he was indeed powerful—so powerful that since the birth of the post-Heaven era, it is almost impossible to find anyone who can match him. When I chose to follow him, it was because I wanted to see whether he could accomplish what none of us could.”

Before the opening of heaven, there was chaos. No one knew how many beings and clans were born within it.

Many figures who left deep marks in past eras were, in one way or another, connected to the Opening-Heaven era—some were incarnations of certain existences, others merely fleeting avatars.

Only after the opening of heaven—when the boundless expanse was born, the so-called post-Heaven era, the “falsified heavenly era”—did things change.

Those once-legendary figures who opened new eras or reached the limits of cultivation were, to varying degrees, arrangements of those pre-Heaven existences.

For example, the Dream Lord who once created the Dream Ash Era and plunged countless worlds into endless nightmare illusions; the Tathagata Buddha Lord who established the Buddhist system, suppressing all dharmas and elevating Buddhism alone; the Three Pure Dao Lords who rode a green ox, spreading purple qi across the heavens and establishing the ten great Daoist true realms; the Great Luo Dao Lord who created the Wuji Immortal Realm and spread the Great Luo law across all domains; and the pioneers of divine civilization… there were simply too many.

When examining the eras since the birth of the boundless expanse, one would always find that in certain periods, remarkable figures emerged, stirring the entire epoch into chaos and grandeur.

Some were truly born of destiny, carrying the accumulated fortune of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of cycles, rising rapidly to the peak the moment they appeared.

Yet due to various unforeseen events, many of them ultimately perished midway, and only a very few achieved a peaceful end. Some even vanished without a trace…

Among them, some were indeed the handiwork or layout of hidden pre-Heaven existences. Even the Lord of Luo himself had once tried to guide later generations, leaving behind inheritances and opportunities. But he later discovered that such efforts were merely a drop in the ocean, and eventually he gave up.

The boundless expanse had existed for far too long—so long that no one could truly measure its age anymore.

Countless universes, endless time-spaces, countless small worlds, void spaces, unknown dimensions, and mysterious voids existed within it. Beings hidden among them were not few in number.

Compared to those eras, the Era of Black Calamity was merely more dark and desperate—but its influence still lingered today. Unlike some ancient eras that had already been buried in the river of time and forgotten.

“Wielding the authority of acting on behalf of Heaven is not something later beings would normally do…”

The Eternal Primordial God sighed.

“Then what do you think? Was the destruction of the Black Calamity Era, and the sealing of the Lord of Acting on Behalf of Heaven, the will of heaven, human action, or some kind of conspiracy?”

The Lord of Luo fell into thought. Even now, he still did not know whether that great war was the will of heaven or a man-made scheme.

The appearance of the Primordial Civilization Treasure had indeed been beyond everyone’s expectations.

If it truly was the interference of heaven’s will, then the Lord of Acting on Behalf of Heaven should not have been sealed so simply.

Thus, he was more willing to believe it was a man-made scheme.

Just as the Heavenly Race has always believed—that the Lord of Acting on Behalf of Heaven would one day break free from his seal and return.

“You came here… actually to ask me whether the Lord of Acting on Behalf of Heaven and the current leader of the Alliance Against Heaven are the same person, isn’t that right?” Luo looked at the Eternal Primordial God.

“The waters of the boundless expanse have been stirred into complete chaos by him. He is forcing many people to enter the game,” the Eternal Primordial God nodded.

Beings like Luo and the Eternal Primordial God—those who chose feigned death to conceal all causal traces—were certainly not alone.

There were even others secretly planning great schemes, accumulating strength in hiding, waiting for the day to “rise in rebellion.”

But now, with the appearance of the Alliance Against Heaven, it was as if the table of the boundless expanse was being overturned, forcing everyone to enter the game.

The Eternal Primordial God naturally did not care. His goal was different from others—he sought only himself. The more chaotic the waters, the better it was for him.

“I was uncertain before, but after seeing her, I think I understand.”

Luo suddenly looked at Luo Xiangjun behind the Eternal Primordial God, his silver eyes flashing with a trace of obvious gloom.

Although Luo Xiangjun had not intended to eavesdrop, the two of them spoke without any restraint or avoidance, and she inevitably heard some of it.

At that moment, she felt utterly helpless, her face filled with confusion and shock. Meeting the gaze of the ancestor, she felt as if her blood had frozen solid, a surge of blood rising in her throat, and her complexion turned pale.

“Luo, what do you mean?” The Eternal Primordial God was also stunned.

Luo Xiangjun was Luo’s descendant, and it was precisely because of her that he was able to find this place.

“On her body… there is a coordinate.”

Luo’s expression turned somewhat grim. Only now did he detect the anomaly. He had previously only treated her as his bloodline descendant and thought nothing more of it. Reunion with an old friend had relaxed his vigilance—but unexpectedly, he had still been calculated against.

“What do you mean?”

“A coordinate? I have never heard of this.”

The Eternal Primordial God’s expression also changed slightly, turning unsightly.

He looked at Luo Xiangjun, and a cold indifference emerged in his golden eyes, killing intent surging.

“Puh…”

Under the terrifying pressure of these two beings, Luo Xiangjun—despite having passed six Heavenly Decay Tribulations—felt as though her body was about to explode. She coughed up blood.

And at the moment she spat blood out, confused and dazed, a jade pendant hidden in her sleeve suddenly trembled slightly and shattered, releasing a stream of clear light that enveloped her.

“This is…”

Luo Xiangjun herself was shocked. Although the light seemed weak, it was enough to resist the overwhelming pressure and even protect her for a time.

She quickly took out the jade pendant, then froze completely. Her mind replayed the moment when, in the Immortal Spirit Civilization, she agreed to go retrieve the Eternal Secret Treasury for Gu Changge.

Later, when she could not break the restrictions, she returned to seek Gu Changge again. He did not doubt her and casually gave her some artifacts, telling her she could use them if she could not open it.

At the time, she only felt his expression carried some hidden meaning and did not think much of it.

Who could have imagined it would be used here today…

“What kind of causal power is this… when was it placed on me?”

The Eternal Primordial God’s expression also changed drastically. He was deeply shaken. He had never considered that Luo Xiangjun might have a causal coordinate on her.

When was it planted?

Since he had been staying by her side and guiding her to find the Eternal Divine Clan, there should have been no chance for anyone to interfere—he would have noticed.

Unless it was done before she went to that secret treasury…

A chill suddenly swept through his entire body.

He already knew who had left it.

And just moments ago, he had been discussing that very person with Luo.

“This place is not suitable for prolonged stay. We must leave immediately.”

Luo’s expression darkened. Without hesitation, he prepared to retreat. The entire world dimmed as if it were about to be stripped away; this realm itself was his true body, and he intended to take it with him.

“After finally getting a fish on the hook, how could I allow you to escape?”

Within the drifting sacred domain, atop a warship pressing through the void, Gu Changge sat cross-legged in a courtyard. His eyes were calm and indifferent.

At the moment the causal coordinate manifested, he extended a hand, instantly piercing through endless time and space, breaking free from all constraints of rules, and grabbed toward the Luo Clan’s ancestral domain.

“What is this?!”

In the Luo Clan ancestral land, stars trembled and the earth cracked. A terrifying force descended like the heavens collapsing. All clansmen were horrified.

They saw a giant hand emerge from the endless void, suppressing everything. Mountains and land exploded. Those who tried to rush forward in anger were turned into dust before even making contact.

Even several ancient clan members who had passed six Heavenly Decay Tribulations were crushed instantly into blood mist, leaving only strands of primordial essence.

“This…”

The Great Elder of the Luo Clan showed an expression of shock and disbelief. As an existence who had passed the Eighth Ancestor Dao Realm, he felt as if a mortal facing a god, frozen in terror.

The entire outer realm was collapsing under that hand.

As the hand withdrew, the terrifying aura slowly dissipated.

All members of the Luo Clan stared blankly at the collapsed ancestral mountain. The ancestral tomb in the rear mountain had already shattered—the coffin inside was gone.

“Has the ancestor not died?!”

“But… how could the invincible ancestor be taken away like this?!”

“What exactly was that just now?”

The Luo Clan descended into chaos. Everyone was shaken to their core, unable to calm their emotions for a long time.