On one of Myriad Talisman Sect's mountain peaks, inside a small courtyard.
Three-and-a-half-year-old Jiang Wan, her hair styled into two buns, was being poked in the forehead.
"Jiang Wan, you little wretch. I raised you for over three years, didn't I? Now that you've come back and become the Sect Master's biological daughter, there'll be no shortage of cultivation resources for you. Hurry up and give me the Soul Nurturing Jade.
"Yaoyao cried sadly until midnight last night and didn't sleep well. This Soul Nurturing Jade is just right for her."
Madam Li was at Qi Cultivation Level 6, full-figured and dressed in a dark crimson gown. Her face was dark as she glared viciously at Jiang Wan.
This was the False Daughter's biological mother, Jiang Wan's foster mother.
Born into a lowly cultivation family, she was strong enough to yank the Soul Nurturing Jade from Jiang Wan's neck and turn to leave. The pain made the little girl shrink her neck, tears brimming in her eyes as she chased after her.
"Waaah, don't take my Soul Nurturing Jade. Daddy gave it to me. Foster Mother, can you give the jade pendant back to me?"
She was only a little over three, not even as tall as Madam Li's calf. When she ran up and tried to grab Madam Li, Madam Li kicked her to the ground.
The tiny child's head struck a rock. When she closed her eyes and opened them again, the soul inside had changed.
Her name was Jiang Wan too. She had been playing a game in her university dorm, but after losing ten matches in a row, she had gotten so furious that her vision went black—and then she was dead.
The memories of a three-year-old were brief, but they were enough for her to understand that this was the Myriad Talisman Sect. She was the True Daughter who had been brought back to the sect a month ago, three and a half years old, with a Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Root.
The False Daughter who had originally been switched at birth possessed a Water-Wood Dual Spiritual Root and excellent aptitude. She had also remained in the Myriad Talisman Sect, along with her biological mother—this body's foster mother.
Over the past month, foster mother Madam Li had often come here to snatch Jiang Wan's things for Jiang Yao.
Whenever anyone asked why those things were in Jiang Yao's hands, Madam Li would always say Jiang Wan had voluntarily given them to her, saying that the two were close in age and should be good sisters from now on.
She had raised Jiang Wan since childhood. Whenever she glared, little Jiang Wan would nod in fear. Once everyone learned that Jiang Wan had given them away voluntarily, they said nothing more and even praised her for being generous.
No one ever asked the little girl, "Were you willing to give them up?"
Her biological father, the Sect Master, was busy handling sect affairs and cultivating. Her biological mother had looked at her once after her return, then gone into secluded cultivation. The two servants in the courtyard often went off to cultivate and ignored her, or else went to chat with Jiang Yao.
The only one who came by, Madam Li, was there to strip her bare of everything. Jiang Wan rolled her eyes. What kind of people were these?
As she lay there on the ground, a ding suddenly sounded in her mind.
[Ding! The host's powerful will to survive has been detected. The Villain Whitewashing System has been activated!]
Jiang Wan did want to live, but villain?
Who?
[Jiang Wan, True Daughter of the Myriad Talisman Sect, Soul from Another World. After being brought back to the sect at three and a half years old, the False Daughter feared that you would steal her affection, resources, and senior brothers, so she targeted and framed you at every turn. [She pushed you into the Demon Den, allowing demonic qi to enter your body and forcing you to cultivate demonic arts. You slaughtered demons and massacred immortals, becoming the enemy of the entire world. You destroyed all realms and became the Supreme Heavenly Demon. [You are now five hundred years old. The Heavenly Dao of this world seeks to destroy you. At the brink of death, your unyielding will activated the system. I will help you evade the Heavenly Dao's extermination and accumulate merit to alter your fate.]
Jiang Wan climbed out of the mud pit with her tiny body and looked at her little hands.
"System, what do you mean, five hundred years old? I'm only three and a half now. Did you get something wrong?"
[The current cultivation calendar is Year 100886. The time is correct. Host Jiang Wan, True Daughter of the Myriad Talisman Sect, has bound the Villain Whitewashing System.]
There was nothing wrong with Jiang Wan's identity, but it was clearly Year 100386 right now.
[The first Whitewash Mission: [After becoming the Demon Sovereign, you slaughtered the Three Realms. Unable to obtain the male lead's love, you abducted him—your eldest senior brother, Immortal Venerable Liuhuo. You dug out his Immortal Bone, destroyed his dantian, and shattered his Immortal Body.]
Jiang Wan said, "...System Bro really was System Bro. You even know I transmigrated. But was I really that vicious?"
[Whitewash Mission: Revive Immortal Venerable Liuhuo from the river of time and space, then be accepted by him once more.] [Mission Difficulty: Infinitely High.] [Mission Reward: Chaos Lightning Spiritual Root.]
Jiang Wan: ...System, did you want to listen to what you were saying?
In the distance, a five-year-old boy came running over. He wore an ancient-style martial training outfit with bound sleeves, his hair tied in a bun hairstyle. The baby fat on his chubby little cheeks jiggled with every step, and he held a Candied Hawthorn skewer in his hand.
"Junior Sister, why are you lying on the ground?"
Little Liuhuo thought, Master told me to look after Junior Sister more, but Junior Sister is rolling around on the ground. She looks a little dirty!
But it's okay. Wash her, and she'll still do.
Jiang Wan sat up and looked at the senior brother holding the candied hawthorn. When she spoke, her voice was still soft and childish.
"Senior Brother, what's your name?"
Liuhuo blinked his big eyes.
"Junior Sister, I'm your Senior Brother Liuhuo!"
Jiang Wan said, "Oh, Senior Brother!"
Little Liuhuo handed her the candied hawthorn.
"Junior Sister, here, eat this!"
[Within the river of time, you endured countless dangers and hardships to gather Immortal Venerable Liuhuo's soul fragments, helping him reincarnate and rebuild his body. You must have gone through trials beyond measure.] [To make him accept you again despite your identity as a Heavenly Demon was truly difficult.] [Mission complete!] [Reward: Chaos Lightning Spiritual Root.]
A current of electricity raced through her entire body. Jiang Wan examined herself internally and found that she had truly gained an extra Mutated Lightning Spiritual Root!
Wait, let her sort this out. This system was pretty reliable—when it promised a reward, it really gave one!
But perhaps it had arrived five hundred years early without realizing it?
Since the reward had truly been deposited, didn't that mean she had basically gained a spoiler cheat?
Jiang Wan looked at her little eldest senior brother opposite her with crescent-shaped smiling eyes. She was absolutely delighted.
The little boy opposite her cast a Cleansing Spell, and Jiang Wan, who had been filthy moments ago, became spotless.
How magical. She wanted to cultivate too. She wanted to soar through the heavens and burrow into the earth, learning spells. Madam Li, just wait for me.
Excitedly, she accepted the candied hawthorn and took a bite.
"Senior Brother, you're amazing. Can you teach me spells?"
Seeing how happy his newly returned Junior Sister was, little Liuhuo's eyes curved into crescents as well. He nodded his chubby face vigorously.
"Don't worry, Junior Sister. I'll teach you!"
Wonderful! Jiang Wan grabbed her five-year-old little senior brother and wanted to head inside. She truly could not wait another moment.
At the courtyard gate, a little girl about the same age as this body walked over.
"Senior Brother, Junior Sister, what are you doing?
"Junior Sister, is that a candied hawthorn in your hand? We cultivators cannot eat too much of this mortal food."
Jiang Yao was as lovely as carved jade and piled snow, a little snowball herself, yet she ran over and snatched away Jiang Wan's candied hawthorn.
What a brat. Was that candied hawthorn hers? She was making decisions for others, and now she was making decisions over Jiang Wan's head.
Jiang Wan snatched the candied hawthorn back. So this was Jiang Yao, the one who had driven the original owner into becoming a great villain?
Then the little girl opposite her dropped onto the ground.
"Ow! Waaaah, you hit me! I was doing this for your own good. How could you push me? Waaaah!"
Little Liuhuo stood frozen in place. He looked at this one, then that one, before walking over to help Jiang Yao up.
"Junior Sister Yaoyao, are you all right? You shouldn't have snatched Junior Sister Wanwan's candied hawthorn just now. I gave that candied hawthorn to her. It's fine to eat it once in a while."
Jiang Wan nodded. Exactly. She was only three years old. If she did not eat, was she supposed to grow up by drinking the wind?
But what was with the way Jiang Yao was looking at her?
Jiang Yao glared hatefully at the candied hawthorn in her hand. It was precisely because Senior Brother Liuhuo had given it to her that she could not allow it.
Jiang Yao had been reborn. She had to find a way to eliminate this future Great Demon of the Cultivation World in advance, or sooner or later, she would still be killed by her.
And Senior Brother Liuhuo would also be brutally murdered by her. That absolutely could not happen.
"Senior Brother, I'm only doing this for Junior Sister's sake. She just returned, and her body still has many impurities. She especially cannot eat these things and add to her burden."
Jiang Wan did not care about her. She took another bite of the candied hawthorn. The sweet-and-sour flavor was delicious. It made her vividly realize that she had truly transmigrated; her sense of taste could not be faked.
It was so delicious. Forget it—she was only three and a half anyway. Just eat.
Seeing that she had actually eaten the candied hawthorn Senior Brother Liuhuo had given her, Jiang Yao angrily stepped forward to snatch it again.
It would have been fine if she had stayed away, but the moment she came closer, Jiang Wan saw the Soul Nurturing Jade around her neck and reached out to yank it. That was hers.
"My Soul Nurturing Jade."
If the system had truly returned from five hundred years in the future, then she would treat it as a past life for now. This Jiang Yao had forced the original owner into becoming a great villain, and she still wanted to take Jiang Wan's things? In her dreams.
Seeing his two Junior Sisters start fighting, little Liuhuo sighed like a tiny grown-up and rushed over to break them apart again.
"Stop fighting, you two!"
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