Live towards death.

Born extraordinary, a young Genius, accomplished at a young age, shaking the universe…

Every title was one in a million, and all these one-in-a-million titles were placed on Xiao Fan's head; he was the most dazzling sun of his time.

Especially when he became a Great Luo at eight hundred years old and slew Hunyuan with his sword, his prestige directly reached its peak.

With such talent and strength, anyone seemed insignificant in his presence.

Even Xiao Fan felt that he was the fabled Chosen One!

However, when Xiao Fan was comprehending the Saintly Way, a nightmare made him break out in a cold sweat.

“I'm going to die?”

He was filled with disbelief, but the dream was fleeting, leaving no trace.

His intuition told him that everything in the dream was incredibly real; that was his future.

In the dream, he would be defeated by a Child of Destiny who started from humble beginnings.

Along with his parents, Uncle Dragon, Revered Master Qing Yu, and the entire Xiao Family, all would be destroyed.

He was restless, so he sought someone to deduce the Heavenly Dao, to find the person from his dream and kill him.

Just as he thought the danger was eliminated, the strange dream replayed.

Only this time, the Child of Destiny inside had a different Face.

But the outcome remained unchanged.

Xiao Fan didn't believe in evil and kept killing.

Killing one Child of Destiny would only bring forth a new one, a cycle that was endless.

Xiao Fan chose to go into seclusion, comprehending the Heavenly Dao himself, hoping to deconstruct the causes and effects within it.

He immersed himself in the river of time, going back and forth, enduring countless long years of erosion, trying to find a trace of clues in the vast river of time.

He didn't know how many hundreds of millions of years he had been immersed in the river of time; he only knew that he was constantly thinking about a way to break free.

One day, the System descended.

It should be said, the System's Awakening.

Upon first seeing the System, Xiao Fan cautiously said, “Who are you?”

“This System is called the Villain Self-Salvation System; you can understand it as an Opportunity.”

“An Opportunity?” Xiao Fan said.

“Why did you invade my Sea of Consciousness?”

“This System did not invade; this System is merely a product of the host's will projected into the river of time, appearing due to the host's strong desire for self-salvation. It is the host's glimmer of hope in the unknown.”

“This System is a product of the host's self-awareness combined with Opportunity. The host can understand this System as a supplementary means.”

“You say I am a villain, and you are my glimmer of hope?”

“Indeed.”

“You might as well explain it more clearly.”

“The host is naturally extraordinary, with both parents being kings, an absolute Prodigy, and a winner in life.”

“But you do not possess a Protagonist Halo; you are merely a powerful supporting villain, destined to die at the hands of a Child of Destiny.”

“The host knows to take precautions in advance, killing the Child of Destiny in his infancy, but it's a temporary solution, not a permanent cure, because as long as Luck continues, the Child of Destiny will never be completely eliminated.”

“The world has always glorified the underdog's comeback and the powerful's downfall.

Schadenfreude is inherent in human nature.

The aspirations of all the myriad worlds point to the destination of Luck: the commoner's rise, crushing the family Prodigy, and marrying the rich young lady.”

“The host is the greatest Prodigy; the more extraordinary your talent, the more outstanding you are, and the higher your achievements, the greater the prestige and renown the Child of Destiny gains when he reverses his fate against you, who started from humble beginnings.”

Xiao Fan didn't understand. He said, “Why me?”

“Because the host is too prominent, too dazzling. The nail that sticks out gets hammered, most suitable to be a stepping stone.”

“This is a battle of Luck. If Heaven does not favor us with Luck, then we will seize it ourselves. Sitting idly by is not our style.”

Xiao Fan pondered for a long time, then said, “Do you have a solution?”

“Yes, to be born from Death.”

“Die once, seal memories, virtualize fate. Then, in turn, devour the Child of Destiny's Luck, make the Child of Destiny's woman your own, and forcibly plunder Luck. This way, it can be resolved.”

“Devouring Luck, how easy it is to say.”

“Therefore, from now on, the host should start planning.”

“Our enemy is not anyone; our enemy is Luck. Devour it, annex it, and make it a Sharp Weapon in our hands.”

“We villains never wait for Heaven's arrangements; we only believe in holding our destiny in our own hands.”

Born from Death?

Xiao Fan had an idea in his heart. Rather than waiting for the nightmare to descend, it was better to take the initiative.

He didn't tell anyone, because the fewer people who knew about this, the better.

Xiao Fan cultivated in silence, and his Realm also rose steadily.

He spent nine epochs, starting from a Saint, successively advancing to Heavenly Dao Saint, Great Dao Saint, and Transcendent Saint.

And he was only one step away from reaching the end of the Saintly Way Realm: Chaos Supreme Immortal True Saint!

However, he always concealed his Realm, only displaying the Hunyuan Realm to the outside world, and began to restrain his sharpness.

No one knew his true Realm, including his parents.

During this period, Xiao Fan was not just cultivating diligently; he also didn't forget to prepare various artifacts for himself.

For example, he collected various divine materials to forge the Looting Luck Sword, specifically for killing Luck.

He went through great difficulties to refine a dark mask, learning to conceal himself.

And he also experienced nine lives of 虛無命數 (virtual fate), condensing a virtual fate.

All of this was to allow himself to fade from the sight of Luck.

“Finally, I still need to find a reasonable reason to die.”

Xiao Fan set his sights on the Saint Hall.

The Saint Hall prided itself as the origin of the Immortal Realm's Dao lineage, where all living beings could join, holding a considerable reputation.

At the same time, the Saint Hall was also the largest gathering place for Qi Luck Children in the Immortal Realm.

Dying at the hands of the Saint Hall would allow his being born from Death to form a truly perfect closed loop.

Because dying at the hands of the Saint Hall meant he died at the hands of a Child of Destiny.

Only then would the scheme of deceiving Heaven be considered successful.

Moreover, the Saint Hall had always resented Xiao Fan.

The Saint Hall had publicly invited Xiao Fan, hoping that he, the most astonishing Genius in history, would join the Saint Hall.

Xiao Fan had already taken Qing Yu as his Revered Master, so it was naturally impossible for him to join the Saint Hall, and he refused the Saint Hall.

This made the Saint Hall feel like it had lost Face; it had never happened that their public recruitment of a Disciple was rejected!

For this, the Saint Hall had even privately warned Xiao Fan.

However, this matter was known by Xiao Fan's father, who immediately slaughtered several Elders of the Saint Hall.

“My son can do whatever he wants; it's not up to you to dictate his decisions. If you make another fuss, every single one of you from the Saint Hall, I'll kill one by one as I see them.”

The two families thus formed an enmity.

However, though the Saint Hall was strong, the Xiao Family was not weak either.

Both sides remained silent.

Xiao Fan knew this was an Opportunity.

He wove a Saintly Way Secret Realm to facilitate hunting down Saint Hall Disciples within it.

This could both clear hidden dangers and anger the Saint Hall.

As expected, the Saint Hall fell for it.

A large number of Saint Hall Elders and Disciples perished. After discovering the truth, the Saint Hall prepared to take revenge and encircle Xiao Fan.

This is also why the Saint Hall called Xiao Fan the Calamity of World Annihilation.

Because he was truly hunting the Disciples of the Saint Hall.

Xiao Fan went along with the Saint Hall's intentions, entering the situation himself, to be born from Death.

With Xiao Fan's strength as a Transcendent Saint at that time, even the Saint Hall was not his opponent.

But the Saint Hall was a place where Luck gathered, converging the beliefs of all living beings.

Even a powerful Transcendent could not contend with it.

He chose to seal his memories and walk towards Death.

Later, he was revived by his parents.

In fact, even if his parents couldn't save him, Xiao Fan had a backup plan; he wouldn't joke with his own life.

It was just that there was some deception involved, which made his mother Ling Yueqian shed tears, but there was no other way; to deceive others, one must first deceive oneself.

Moreover, what he wanted to deceive was the Luck of all heavens, so it had to be flawless.

The various arrangements within it consumed nearly ten epochs of his time, and today, they could finally be revealed.

“Because I was the most dazzling, I was used as a stepping stone. Luck truly is unreasonable.”

Xiao Fan had an epiphany.

“However, I don't have the habit of being a stepping stone.”