Memories of past lives surfaced in Jiang Chen’s mind.
The eight cycles before this reincarnation. He encountered Nangong Jiuxi in each life after being expelled from his sect and after the destruction of the Jiang family.
In the first life, he had barely escaped from the Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss only to be surrounded and attacked by several cultivators.
At that time, Jiang Chen had few life-saving items left on him.
Most of them had been used on the day the Jiang family fell.
He was only at the Heavenly Origin level of cultivation, but those who ambushed him were several upper four realms cultivators.
Just when Jiang Chen was in dire straits, severely injured and nearly unconscious, Nangong Jiuxi descended from the sky.
She was dressed in a black gown, her smile filled with a chilling coldness that sent shivers down one’s spine.
While others had tales of heroes saving damsels, in Jiang Chen’s case, it was the beauty saving the hero.
At that time, Nangong Jiuxi was an upper four realms cultivator.She possessed the Profound Dark Demonic Body, not only advancing rapidly in her cultivation but also possessing immense combat strength.
Facing many upper four realms cultivators, she fought like a madwoman, aiming for the kill with each strike and showing no mercy.
Only after her black gown was stained with blood and all her enemies lay dead did she finally smile contentedly.
Throughout it all, all Jiang Chen could do was watch silently. Watching Nangong Jiuxi slay her enemies.
Watching her approach him and then, with her hands stained with blood, hold his cheeks.
Their eyes met, gazing directly at each other.
At that moment, her gaze seemed to touch his soul, filling the void in his heart and compelling an involuntary smile.
“Are you Jiang Chen?” Nangong Jiuxi blinked.
“Do you see the red thread between us?” she asked again.
Jiang Chen, familiar with the original story, naturally recognized who Nangong Jiuxi was.
He knew that she was a female villain, a villainess arranged for him by the heavens.
The thread of fate?
Jiang Chen indeed saw it.
As long as he looked into Nangong Jiuxi’s eyes, he could see that faint yet glaring red thread of fate.
But…
“No.”
In the first life, he lied.
Because he was defying the heavens.
Because accepting Nangong Jiuxi would mean following fate and following the will of the heavens.
Moreover, he was well aware that Nangong Jiuxi’s existence was merely the heavens’ way of reinforcing his infamy.
In the original story, Nangong Jiuxi’s ending was tragic.
She lived for Jiang Chen and died for him.
Her existence, although it reinforced Jiang Chen’s infamy, ultimately led to her death under a sky filled with sword rain, all to protect Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen thought that the events that followed would not occur as long as he rejected her completely and did not accept Nangong Jiuxi.
But the result… He was wrong.
When he lied, a flash of pain crossed Nangong Jiuxi’s eyes, but she only replied, “It’s okay, as long as I can see you.”
When he rejected her, Nangong Jiuxi was heartbroken, yet she still managed to say with tears in her eyes, “It’s okay, as long as I like you.”
After that, even if Jiang Chen pushed her thousands of li away, Nangong Jiuxi still followed him.
One day, the two of them arrived at a small city.
Not long after entering the city, Jiang Chen faced the sharp opposition of many righteous cultivators.
Whenever others merely looked at Jiang Chen with disdain, Nangong Jiuxi would slap them.
Some cultivators merely gossiped and slandered Jiang Chen a couple of times. Nangong Jiuxi would then brazenly kill them within the city.
Witnessing all this, Jiang Chen could only shake his head helplessly.
Indeed…everything was unfolding according to the will of the heavens.
Ever since he met Nangong Jiuxi, his infamy had indeed worsened.
Before, various coincidences and misunderstandings were needed to cover up the truth, but now nothing was needed.
Because Nangong Jiuxi’s actions directly confirmed all of his notorious reputation.
In the end, Jiang Chen was pursued by the city lord and numerous guards.
The two of them barely managed to escape.
While Jiang Chen pretended to rest, Nangong Jiuxi quietly slipped back.
Jiang Chen suddenly awoke. Guessing what Nangong Jiuxi intended to do, he immediately returned to the city as fast as he could.
However, what he saw was a sea of red.
The lord of the small city, who had just entered the upper four realms, was no match for Nangong Jiuxi and ultimately perished in self-destruction.
Hundreds of guards, all dead. Even the innocent cultivators in the city were killed by Nangong Jiuxi.
Within the vast city, corpses were strewn everywhere, and not a single breath of life was left.
And there stood Nangong Jiuxi in the midst of a bloodbath.
Her black gown was completely soaked in blood and her body was enveloped in demonic energy like a demoness incarnate, laughing with satisfaction.
She alone had slaughtered an entire city under the cover of night…
Seeing this scene, Jiang Chen was stunned.
He didn’t know what to feel.
He knew that Nangong Jiuxi’s massacre was for him, but… that was not what he wanted.
This was his first life.
In that life, he just wanted to be upright and respected.
He swore to defy the heavens and break free from his ‘character’.
He swore to be righteous, not to kill the innocent indiscriminately.
Despite being misunderstood, scorned, and criticized, he always remained true to his conscience.
Still… at that very moment.
Even if it’s indirectly, the people of that city, hundreds of lives, all perished because of him.
Among them were those who harbored malice towards him, but there were also timid and cowardly innocent cultivators.
Moreover, ordinary people who were powerless to even kill a chicken also…
“Jiang Chen, you’re here? These people deserved to die. They were all bullying you,” Nangong Jiuxi said as she turns around.
Hearing this, Jiang Chen clenched his fists.
He wanted to curse, but he held back.
He wanted to rage, but he held back.
After struggling for a long time, he finally managed to ask, “Jiuxi, can you be a good person?”
“…”
Her silence was the answer to him.
Perhaps she saw through Jiang Chen’s disappointment, or perhaps she realized that her actions had not made Jiang Chen happy.
She finally said, “If that is your wish, then I am willing to try…”
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