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

Jiang Chen didn’t believe Nangong Jiuxi’s words.

Because he couldn’t believe that someone capable of ruthlessly slaughtering a city would truly be willing to change for him and turn towards righteousness.

Therefore, he tried to drive Nangong Jiuxi away.

But no matter how hurtful his words were, Nangong Jiuxi showed no intention of leaving.

He had tried to leave quietly on his own.

But their first meeting meant that the red thread of fate had already been tied.

No matter where he was, Nangong Jiuxi could always find him.

Over time, Jiang Chen gave up.

Worried that Nangong Jiuxi might commit another massacre on a whim, he deliberately stayed away from cities and crowds.

Afterward, Nangong Jiuxi stopped killing.

Even when they encountered cultivators who spoke ill of Jiang Chen, although she would still get angry and take action, she would eventually spare their lives.

Jiang Chen was relieved but soon discovered that Nangong Jiuxi seemed to have a misunderstanding of the concept of ‘good person’.

Once on their journey, they encountered a severely injured cultivator.

Jiang Chen intended to help, but Nangong Jiuxi stepped forward first and ended his life with a palm strike.

“Why?!” Jiang Chen didn’t understand.

“I am helping him find relief. He has damaged his foundation, and even if he survived, he would lose all his cultivation. Compared to that, it’s better for him to be dead,” Nangong Jiuxi explained.

“…”

Jiang Chen was speechless.

The consequence of this incident was that passing cultivators witnessed it, and he was labeled a murderer and a robber.

Once on their journey, they happened to meet a Sword Maiden from the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion.

There was no conflict between them, just an exchange of glances.

Then, Nangong Jiuxi tied up the Sword Maiden that night, saying she wanted to give her to Jiang Chen as a concubine.

She had a very ‘reasonable’ explanation:

“Being your concubine is her good fortune. I want to be a good person, so I should help her achieve this.”

“…”

Jiang Chen was speechless again.

As a result of the incident, another power joined the forces pursuing him: the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion.

These matters had Jiang Chen at his wits’ end.

He finally realized that the root of all this trouble must be that there was something wrong with Nangong Jiuxi’s thinking…

The two continued on their way, aimlessly wandering around the Central Domain.

Jiang Chen led the way with Nangong Jiuxi following behind.

Compared to her laughter and cheerfulness, he was more often silent and helpless.

Jiang Chen never spoke of his own troubles.

Because he knew very well that with Nangong Jiuxi’s temperament, she would surely go on a rampage if she knew how much he had been misunderstood and looked down upon. řаℕОꞖÈ𝓢

Instead, it was Nangong Jiuxi who often talked about her own matters.

It was then that Jiang Chen learned that Nangong Jiuxi was an orphan who had lived in a secluded village.

There weren’t many people in the village.

There was only a big yellow dog besides her parents and about a dozen relatives.

None of these details were recorded in the original novel.

One evening, Jiang Chen built a campfire, and Nangong Jiuxi came to sit beside him.

Under the glow of the fire, her cheeks were rosy, as adorable as a ripe apple.

Seeing Jiang Chen’s silence, she habitually started talking about her past.

“I used to live in the Upper Domain.”

“My childhood days were dull but peaceful.”

“Every time my father returned from hunting, he would bring me some medicinal herbs to nourish my body.”

“My mother would tell me interesting stories every day and then laugh to herself.”

“My second uncle wasn’t good with words. Every time he saw me, he would just say, ‘Jiuxi has grown prettier again.’ ”

“My third uncle wasn’t quite right in the head, chopping wood all day and insisting that I should watch him.”

“And that big yellow dog, whenever I walked to the village entrance, it would bark at me…”

At this point, Nangong Jiuxi suddenly fell silent, her expression turning somber.

Perhaps it was because they had been companions for so long, or perhaps because he sensed Nangong Jiuxi’s mood had fallen.

After a long pause, Jiang Chen finally spoke: “No matter what happened later, at least you were happy at that time.”

“Happy?”

Nangong Jiuxi shook her head.

She picked up a stick and poked at the campfire.

Instantly, the fire crackled and sparks flew with the wind.

She gazed at the flames.

After a long while, she said, “The Profound Dark Demonic Body is born with an innate demonic aura. Under the influence of this aura, unless one is greatly stimulated to break the seal of the demonic aura, one cannot feel joy, anger, sorrow, or pleasure for a lifetime.”

“…”

Jiang Chen was silent.

“I only have the memories. Looking back, what should have been the happiest and most blissful times. I felt just like a puppet.”

It was sad… Similarly, these details were not recorded in the original novel.

Jiang Chen couldn’t help but feel emotional.

Unlike reading a novel, every person in this world is real.

They have their own pasts and their own thoughts.

And of course, it’s impossible for the original novel to record everything in detail.

“What happened afterward?” Jiang Chen asked.

“Afterward…” Nangong Jiuxi stood up and looked up at the sky:

“Later, two cultivators appeared in the sky above the village and fought a great battle.”@@novelbin@@

“The sky cracked open during that battle.”

“Just the residual effects of their fight destroyed the village.”

“My father was pierced through the chest by a sword qi while trying to protect me.”

“My mother kept kowtowing to the two cultivators, hoping they would stop, but the only response she got was a giant palm covering the sky and one word…”

“Ants.”

“My second and third uncles tried to take me away, but they were killed by the shockwaves of the battle just as we reached the village entrance.”

“And that big yellow dog…”

“It kept barking at the two cultivators until one of them just glanced at it, and it exploded and died.”

“And me…”

“If it weren’t for the demonic aura protecting me, I probably would have died too.”

Hearing this, Jiang Chen fell silent again.

When immortals fight, mortals suffer.

Such incidents are almost commonplace in this dog-eat-dog world.

“So, it was that shock that broke the seal of the demonic aura?” Jiang Chen inquired.

“Mmmh.”

Nangong Jiuxi nodded and asked back, “Guess what the identities of those two fighting cultivators were?”

“Demons from the demonic path?” Jiang Chen blurted out.

“No, they were two righteous sword cultivators.”

Nangong Jiuxi’s eyes turned cold, and demonic energy surged within her as she said, “Their fight wasn’t over a life-and-death feud. It was merely a casual sparring match!”

“…”

For a moment, Jiang Chen didn’t know what to say.

“Later, I met an elder from the Myriad Dao Demon Sect of the Upper Domain. Seeing that I had the Profound Dark Demonic Body, the elder sent me to the Central Domain to join the Myriad Dao Demon Sect there.”

After calming down, Nangong Jiuxi finally said.

“I see,” Jiang Chen nodded.

He was very clear that although the Imperial Dynasty decrees that forces from the Upper Domain must not strike against those from the Central Domain or interfere in the affairs of the Central Domain, this is only the case on the surface.

In the shadows, the mighty and influential figures of the Upper Domain have always been strategizing within the Central Domain.

For example, the Myriad Dao Demon Sect is merely a branch of a sect with the same name in the Upper Domain.

Similarly, the Ancient Pill Tower, the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion, and the Buddha Temple all have certain connections with the holy land of the Buddhist Sect in the Upper Domain.

Normally, these sects will not receive interference from the Upper Domain forces even if they encounter difficulties.

However, if they truly face the catastrophe of annihilation, the Upper Domain forces will provide assistance through certain means.

In comparison, the Jiuyan Sect was able to become a first-rate sect in the Central Domain thanks to the Jiuyan Old Ancestor alone.

This is also why, after the fall of the Jiuyan Old Ancestor, the Jiuyan Sect faced repeated disasters of potential annihilation, and after Lin Feng ascended, it was directly destroyed.

At that moment, Jiang Chen finally understood.

It was all these things that shaped Nangong Jiuxi’s ruthless and merciless character.

She had no sympathy because when her parents and relatives were killed in her youth, no one had sympathy for her!

She could even kill ordinary people because she understood that weakness was the original sin!

It was because of weakness that her parents and relatives were treated like ants and exterminated!

Her misunderstanding of the concept of ‘good people’ stemmed from her isolation from the world since childhood, when she became an orphan and then joined a Demonic Sect.

She never truly understood the meaning of ‘good people’.