I Truly Am The Villian

The triangular formation stood in opposition to the winds and clouds in the sky.

It seemed as if it was a reflection.

Within the formation, a powerful presence permeated.

Xu Zimei had no idea what it was, but just the might it exuded was enough to shock him.

It was clear that the three ancestors were under great pressure, their auras becoming more and more immense, more and more powerful.

The surrounding space was crumbling and destructing, unable to withstand this force.

"Open," bellowed the Heavenly Curtain War God.

The three of them spread their arms wide, forcibly prying apart the formation that had emerged.

The oppressiveness and power within it were unbelievable.

The changes in the firmament above seemed even more majestic now.

The winds and clouds stirred, the entire firmament changing color.

Fortunately, this was an independent small world, protected by a barrier, invisible to people outside.

After the formation was arduously opened by the three, the Heavenly Curtain War God shouted again, "Rise."

Streams of black and white Qi began to ascend continuously from the formation.

The energy structure of these gases was very unique, somewhat similar to what Xu Zimei had sensed before in the Life-and-Death Cave.

When the formation fully opened, accompanied by "boom" sounds and the torrents of black and white Qi,

a booklet slowly emerged from within.

This booklet felt extremely peculiar.

At a glance, Xu Zimei felt himself to be a rotting piece of wood, as if he were about to die.

He had never felt so close to death.

Yet upon looking again, he felt reborn with a body full of strength, as if his body had been cleansed, extremely healthy.

"What is this?" Xu Zimei asked in confusion.

The moment the booklet appeared, the three Heavenly Curtain War Gods finally let out a sigh of relief, gradually retracting their power.

They left the booklet to float by itself in mid-air.

The booklet had black and white sides, black on the left and white on the right.

The two pages were closed together, concealing the content within.

"Do you know why the True Martial Great Emperor established the sect here?" the Heavenly Curtain War God asked.

"Is there a reason for this?" Xu Zimei shook his head and asked.

Whether founding a sect or an establishment, one either chooses lands with excellent feng shui, or it is due to personal reasons.

As for the establishment of the True Martial Holy Sect in the Extreme West Region, it has been millions of years.

Both Xu Zimei and everyone else had never paid much attention to this question.

"Back then, when the True Martial Great Emperor came here, he discovered this Life-and-Death Cave, along with the Book of Life and Death," explained the Heavenly Curtain War God.

"At first, the book was emanating a dense Qi of Life and Death. The True Martial Great Emperor, out of curiosity, planned to explore it," the Heavenly Curtain War God continued slowly.

"Surprisingly enough, even a Being Emperor as the True Martial Great Emperor was unable to do anything with this Book of Life and Death," said the War God.

"There’s such a thing," Xu Zimei furrowed his brows slightly.

Although the True Martial Great Emperor was not considered the strongest among all the emperors during the Era of Emperors,

he was certainly one of the notable ones.

It was almost countable on one hand the things in the Yuan Central Continent that could stump an emperor, given that it was not a high-level world.

"So, in order to study this Book of Life and Death, the True Martial Great Emperor founded the True Martial Holy Sect here.

With his strength and status, he should have established the sect gate in the Central Continent long ago," said the War God.

"Did he find out anything?" Xu Zimei asked.

"Very little is known, it’s almost impossible to study anything with the booklet closed," replied the War God.

"Before his ascension, the True Martial Great Emperor left behind ancestral teachings."

"This Book of Life and Death is meant for the fated individual, whoever is destined may take it."

"If there is no destiny, even if a Great Emperor were to arrive, it would be of no avail."

"So, you all had me try?" Xu Zimei said.

"It’s not that we sought you out specifically, but every generation’s Saint Heir of our True Martial Holy Sect would come here to make an attempt," the Heavenly Curtain War God said.

"This includes the Great Emperor of the Three Blades, Empress Hongtian, and the Divine Travel Great Emperor, among others."

"They all failed?" Xu Zimei asked.

Seeing the Heavenly Curtain War God nod slightly, Xu Zimei laughed.

Putting aside the other emperors for a moment, the magnitude of Empress Hongtian’s elegance and genius is unparalleled.

To say she is the greatest Empress wouldn’t be an exaggeration, yet unexpectedly, she also failed.

"This thing is quite interesting," Xu Zimei laughed.

"Give it a try, to succeed or not is just how it is," Ancestor of the Heavenly Blade said on the side.

Xu Zimei nodded slightly.

He slowly stepped forward, spiritual energy surged in his hands as he reached for the Book of Life and Death.

The moment his hands touched the book, Xu Zimei only felt two streams of energy, one black and one white, surge into his palms.

They spread along his arms.

Death and rebirth permeated his body simultaneously, splitting it into two halves.

Xu Zimei found it hard to describe the sensation, as if he was in the midst of fire and ice, two extremities intertwining.

He spread his hands, trying to open the Book of Life and Death.

Unfortunately, the book was like a single solid entity, incredibly firm.

No matter how hard he tried, it wouldn’t budge.

Xu Zimei couldn’t conveniently use the power of the Demon Body here, but he had an epiphany that pure strength would not open this item.

"Still no success?" the Great Emperor of the Three Blades sighed slightly.

"It’s nothing, don’t be disheartened," the Heavenly Curtain War God said, comforting him.

"Before this, no one has ever succeeded either."

Xu Zimei took a deep breath, released his hands, and the Qi of Life and Death within him gradually dissipated.

"May I try again?" Xu Zimei looked at the Heavenly Curtain War God and asked.

"Yes," the Heavenly Curtain War God nodded, but in his heart, he had already lost hope.

Xu Zimei closed his eyes gently, while his consciousness entered the True Fate World.

This was imperceptible from the outside.

He summoned the Chaos Pearl from the deep void; nothing in this world could stand against it.

Even the Taiyang Zuzhao and Taiying Youying couldn’t do so back then.

Subsequently, Xu Zimei slowly opened his eyes, and a powerful aura began rising behind him.

The azure planet formed by True Fate gradually emerged.

With the perfection of the Divine Continent, this planet had become even more azure and majestic.

The moment the azure planet appeared, the entire space was destroyed by the aura it emitted.

"This is," the three figures of the Heavenly Curtain War God stared in shock at the True Fate before them.

Utilizing the planet as a cover, Xu Zimei slowly transferred the power of the Chaos Pearl into his body.

Originally, this world was concealed by formations, but when the azure planet appeared, the formations were directly suppressed, and the endless spiritual energy from the sky surged towards this place.

"This is remarkable," Ancestor of the Heavenly Blade exclaimed.

Xu Zimei once again took hold of the Book of Life and Death with both hands, but this time, before he could exert effort to open it, the book transformed into a streak of light and flew into his True Fate World to hide.