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

When Jiang Chen left the Mysterious Ice Realm, the people from the Imperial Pavilion had already departed.

He had just arrived at Azure Cloud City through the teleportation array and was taken aback.

Before his eyes were a host of powerhouses.

Upon seeing the three individuals: Sword Ancestor of the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion, Old Ancestor of the Buddha Temple, and Ghost Master Su E, Jiang Chen felt a bit panicked.

He didn’t need to think twice to know that none of them bore good intentions towards him!

But in the next instant, he calmed down because he also saw the smiling Jiuyan Old Ancestor, as well as Xiao Hongyi and Chen Sheng who seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Jiang Chen was very clear that with Jiuyan Old Ancestor’s strength, he could definitely protect him and ensure his safe departure.

Seeing the Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor and Buddha Old Ancestor glaring at him angrily, Jiang Chen blurted out without thinking,

“What are you looking at?!”

The corners of the two Old Ancestors’ mouths twitched, and they felt an urge to punch someone!

Jiang Chen glanced at the Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor and asked, “Old man, why is your face swollen?”

“I hit him!” Jiuyan Old Ancestor interjected.

The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor’s mouth twitched again.

“Old Ancestor is awesome!” Jiang Chen gave a thumbs-up in admiration.

“Haha, of course!” Jiuyan Old Ancestor laughed heartily while stroking his beard.

“He’s just too weak. I barely exerted any strength, and he was already crying bitterly, kneeling and begging for mercy!”

Crying bitterly? Kneeling and begging for mercy?

These words nearly sent the Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor into a rage!

Can’t you have some shame? When did he ever cry bitterly or kneel and beg for mercy?!

Wasn’t this blatant lying?

The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor felt aggrieved and wanted to retort, but before he could speak…

“What? Do you have an objection? Do you disagree?” Jiuyan Old Ancestor said with narrowed eyes.

The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor instantly cowered.

Now, surrounded by cultivators who had just emerged from the secret realm, he would truly lose all face if he were to be beaten up by Jiuyan Old Ancestor again.

Although the current Empress had issued an imperial decree stating that no sects were to provoke trouble from now until the start of the Grand Sect Competition, Jiuyan Old Ancestor was a madman, and the Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor dared not reason with a madman.

Jiuyan Old Ancestor was very pleased with his understanding.

After a few light chuckles, Jiuyan Old Ancestor deliberately asked Jiang Chen, “Did you really kill all the righteous prodigies in the secret realm?”

“Old Ancestor, you can’t just say anything carelessly!” Jiang Chen replied earnestly with a straight face.

“I only killed a group of Buddha’s sons from the Buddha Temple, five sword disciples from the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion, and several geniuses from other sects! I didn’t kill them all!”

Is there any difference from killing them all?!

Upon hearing this, both the Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor and Buddha Old Ancestor roared inwardly in their hearts.

The reason they had come here was to see if, as City Lord Meng Lang had said, there was any exaggeration in the claim that Jiang Chen had slain a lot of righteous prodigies.

But the truth was as it was!

If not for Jiuyan Old Ancestor’s presence, with such a great enmity, they would have torn Jiang Chen to pieces!

“Hmph!” Buddha Old Ancestor left with a flick of his sleeve.

Now that all the Buddha’s sons of the Buddha Temple had fallen, there was no point in him staying here other than to seek further humiliation.

The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor, however, stayed behind.

After all, there was one surviving sword disciple whom he must personally take back to prevent Jiang Chen from making another move.

Jiang Chen and Jiuyan Old Ancestor didn’t bother with him and chatted among themselves.

Jiuyan Old Ancestor informed Jiang Chen in detail about the arrival of the Imperial Pavilion and the content of the Empress’s decree through voice transmission.

After listening, Jiang Chen frowned slightly.

He had anticipated that the Grand Sect Competition would be brought forward, but he had not expected the Empress herself to intervene, intending to suppress him with the order that ‘Cultivators of the Divine Passage realm and above must not appear in the world’.

He was even more surprised to learn that the Empress had allowed the forces of the Upper Domain to blatantly interfere in this Grand Sect Competition of the Central Domain.

Such an event had never occurred in either the original story or in his nine cycles of reincarnation.

“The help from the Upper Domain is not without restrictions. Not only is there a limited number of spots, but the forces from the Upper Domain can only send one genius to participate in the Central Domain’s Grand Sect Competition, and you are considered the Jiang family’s genius,” Jiuyan Old Ancestor transmitted again.

These details were not recorded in the Empress’s decree but were verbally conveyed by the eight imperial envoys.

Jiang Chen frowned again.

He was well aware that the first-rate sects of the Central Domain had connections with the Upper Domain, with the exception of the Jiuyan Sect.

He had just been considering whether to involve the Jiang family in the Central Domain’s Grand Sect Competition, but now the Empress had blocked that path!

For a moment, Jiang Chen was unsure what the Empress was plotting.

Logically, the Imperial Dynasty should hope for the Jiuyan Sect to advance to the Upper Domain sects.

After all, the Upper Domain was the power center of the Imperial Dynasty.

If the Jiuyan Sect moved to the Upper Domain, Jiang Chen would naturally have to follow, making it difficult for the Jiang family to protect him.

‘Could it be that in this life, my rapid growth and the rumors of me being the Human Sacred Body have caused concern within the Imperial Dynasty?’ Jiang Chen pondered in secret.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was true.

The cultivation resources of the Upper Domain were far superior to those of the Central Domain.

Since the Imperial Dynasty and the Jiang family had not completely fallen out yet, from the perspective of the Imperial Dynasty, they indeed would hope that he would remain forever trapped in the Central Domain, where spiritual energy and resources were scarce!

If that was the case, then he must return to the Upper Domain.

He would do everything in his power to go against the Imperial Dynasty!

However, all of this was predicated on having sufficient strength to lead the Jiuyan Sect to stand out in the Grand Sect Competition and return to the Upper Domain.

In plain terms, it meant more frequent system rewards!

With this in mind, Jiang Chen looked at the Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor with a sly smile.

Approaching the Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor, Jiang Chen asked, “Old man, what’s your esteemed surname?”

The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor glared at him and ignored him.

“As the Old Ancestor of the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion, you must have an extremely strong talent for the Way of the Sword, right?” Jiang Chen asked again.

The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor narrowed his old eyes.

What was his status?

How could he possibly converse with a junior known for his ugly face and notorious reputation?

“Scram!” he rebuked directly.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen didn’t get angry but instead turned to Jiuyan Old Ancestor and said, “Old Ancestor, he’s telling you to scram.”

“???”

The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor was dumbfounded.

Jiuyan Old Ancestor, however, cooperated very well.

He stepped forward and swung the jade coffin in his hand towards the Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor while shouting fiercely, “Take my coffin!”

As the jade coffin came hurtling towards him, the Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor felt like he was facing a great enemy.

He mobilized his cultivation to dodge, but suddenly his vision blurred, as if he was once again on a solemn battlefield, with the sound of drums and war cries ringing in his ears.

The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor instantly realized that Jiuyan Old Ancestor was using his “domain” to affect him and quickly steadied his mind.

The effect was quite good. In just an instant, his vision cleared.

“Bang!”

But suddenly, a jade coffin hit him directly in the face.

If he hadn’t used all his spiritual energy to resist, the blow could have sent him flying several zhang away.

Even so, his cheek swelled visibly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“The Empress’s decree is in place, and yet you dare to provoke trouble? Do you want to be annihilated?” The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor lost his composure and glared at Jiuyan Old Ancestor.

“The imperial decree states that sects must not provoke trouble with each other, but my grudge with you is personal and not included,” Jiuyan Old Ancestor retorted.

The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor was left speechless.

At that moment, Jiang Chen approached him again and asked, “I heard that not only is your Way of the Sword very strong, but your cultivation talent is also one in ten thousand?”

“…So what if it is?”

After a moment of contemplation, the Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor replied.”Do you know the ancient Way of the Sword?” Jiang Chen asked again.

“…”

The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor was at a loss for words.

The ancient Way of the Sword?

If he knew it, how could he have been oppressed by the Jiuyan Old Ancestor to this extent?

“No…? No way!!!” Jiang Chen feigned surprise.

“You’re the Old Ancestor of the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion, yet you don’t know the ancient Way of the Sword? You’re trash!”

Trash?!

The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor was furious!

He had practiced the sword for hundreds of years and had become a Way of the Sword Grandmaster in his early thirties!, and now someone was calling him trash?

It’s simply unbearable!

“I know the ancient Way of the Sword,” Jiang Chen said again.

“…”

The Seven Luminaries Sword Ancestor had no response.

“Even two forms of it.”

“…”

“One of them is the First Form, which I created myself.”

“…”

【The Host’s actions conform to the villain’s character setting; the host’s cultivation level has been raised to the first realm of the upper four realms, Initial Insight!】