Their true spirits were sent into reincarnation, reborn in the "Earth" universe isolated from the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, becoming ordinary brothers and undergoing the trials of the mortal world.
Then, at a certain moment, they "returned" simultaneously.
He, Lu Xiao, returned to the Primordial World.
He bound himself to the "Villain System."
He took control of the Yin Primordial World, balanced yin and yang, acted from the shadows, and faced the calamities of the future in the guise of a "villain."
His elder brother, Lu Chen, meanwhile, was sent to the cruelest place on the All Heavens Battlefield—the "Destiny Battlefield"—where he bound himself to the "Reversal System."
He trained in the open, rose to prominence, seized the Primordial Supreme Treasure, and ultimately used his own breakthrough as the catalyst to activate the Primordial World's ascension.
The two brothers, one yin and one yang, one in the open and one in the shadows, were originally the two most crucial Chess Pieces in Pan's layout—intended to face the great calamity and lead the Primordial World to ascension!
The so-called System Missions and the so-called path of the villain had always been part of their mission!
"So... 'become the Supreme Villain and attain the Supreme Position'..."
Lu Xiao recalled the first mission issued by the system, and the corner of his mouth pulled into an exceedingly complicated arc.
"So this damn thing really is my 'duty'? The Yin Primordial World is the dark side of the Primordial World, the place where inner demons and obsessions converge. It needs a 'villain emperor' to rule and suppress it. Otherwise, the Primordial World would have collapsed long ago from internal imbalance..."
"And my brother is walking the grand, righteous path, gathering momentum on the All Heavens Battlefield before ultimately accomplishing everything in one stroke..."