After Ninety-Eight Lifetimes as the Villain, the Female Leads Suddenly Regret It All - Chapter 1:

Chapter 1: Ninety-Nine Reincarnations

“Qin Yuan! You have truly disappointed us! That Nether Spirit Grass was clearly discovered by Junior Brother first! Yet you struck him so viciously just to seize the treasure. You are worse than a beast!”

“Qin Yuan, you don’t deserve to be our Senior Brother!”

On the plaza of Supreme Profound Sect in the Profound Spirit Continent, a figure stood with his hands clasped behind his back. His white robes were purer than snow, his bearing ethereal like an immortal who had descended to the mortal world. Merely standing there, he was the most dazzling presence among the crowd.

Yet at this moment, the countless gazes fixed upon him were filled with anger and disgust.

Facing the accusations, Qin Yuan replied calmly, “I have already said it. I was the one who found that Nether Spirit Grass first. Su Fan tried to take it for himself. I only injured him because of that. Believe it or not, that is your choice.”

“You’re lying! Junior Brother is kind and simple. How could he possibly steal your things? And you are at the Golden Core Realm, while he is only at the 1st stage Foundation Establishment Realm. Even if he wanted to take it, would he have the strength? Do you take us for fools?”

“The facts are right in front of us, and you still refuse to admit it. Are you trying to stand against all of us?”

“Senior Brother, you weren’t like this before. Ever since Junior Brother arrived, why have you become like this…”

Qin Yuan looked at their furious expressions and sighed inwardly.

As expected, everything was destined.

No matter how he explained, they would never listen. Su Fan only needed a few words, and they would believe him without hesitation.

This was the fate of a tragic villain.

In their eyes, the protagonist was always right. The villain was always wrong.

Forget it. I have already endured ninety-eight lifetimes like this. This is the final one. Why struggle anymore? Once I finish this life and complete the system’s mission, I will become an Immortal Emperor. Everything now is nothing more than passing clouds.

Many years ago, Qin Yuan had transmigrated and bound himself to a [Villain Support System].

The system required him to reincarnate ninety-nine times across different worlds. In each life, he had to play a different villain and follow the script, helping the Chosen One of that world complete their path and ascend.

As long as he completed all ninety-nine villain missions, he would receive the system’s reward and become the Immortal Emperor of the myriad worlds.

At first, Qin Yuan had been quite willing. 

Role-playing? 

What was so difficult about that? 

He treated it as acting in a drama. 

As long as there were no strange “master” missions involved, he was fine. He did not play those kinds of games.

In the beginning, the missions were indeed not difficult.

In his first life, he played the lackey of a spoiled rich young master and was killed for teasing the protagonist’s younger sister.

In his second life, he became the spoiled young master himself and was killed for teasing the protagonist’s aunt.

In his third life, he became the father of that spoiled young master and was killed while standing up for his son.

In his fourth life, he became the older brother of that spoiled young master and was killed for teasing the protagonist’s mother.

…

During the first dozen reincarnations, although the endings were tragic, the process had been rather comfortable. 

Born into wealthy families, free from worries about food and clothing, indulging in extravagance and vice, committing every wrongdoing, and finally losing his life.

But as the reincarnations continued, Qin Yuan gradually lost the ability to laugh.

In his sixty-first life, he played the protagonist’s younger brother. Jealous of his elder brother’s talent, he cultivated desperately, enduring daily torment, until he was killed by the protagonist in the final battle.

In his sixty-sixth life, he played a peerless genius. After his fiancée was taken by the protagonist, he cultivated in fury for one hundred years, swearing revenge, only to be killed in a single move.

In his seventy-third life, his younger sister fell in love with the protagonist and ultimately destroyed their entire clan for his sake.

In his eighty-eighth life, both his fiancée and his younger sister were taken by the protagonist, and he was reduced to a eunuch.

In his ninety-first life, he was defeated by the protagonist and later possessed by a Demon God, suffering endless torment every day until the eve of the protagonist’s ascension, when he was finally killed.

In his ninetieth life… his ninety-third life… his ninety-seventh life…

The later the reincarnation, the more miserable his life became. Either his entire clan was slaughtered, or he was subjected to endless torture, or he was misunderstood, betrayed, and even humiliated.

At first, Qin Yuan had been unwilling to accept it. He had tried to use his foreknowledge of the plotline to avoid those unbearable events. But in the end, he discovered it was useless. The painful events would still happen, and his attempts to interfere would only result in suffering multiplied several times over.

Eventually, Qin Yuan gave up.

Let everything follow its natural course. Treat it as acting.

Thus, licking his wounds, he continued walking through the painful plotline.

This life was the ninety-ninth and final reincarnation.

This time, he was playing a tragic villain.

His name was Qin Yuan. He was the eldest disciple of Lan Yun, the Fifth Elder of Supreme Profound Sect, and also a prince of the Eastern Royal Empire.

In the script, he was described as exceptionally talented and unmatched in bearing. After arriving at the Supreme Profound Sect, he had helped countless fellow disciples improve their cultivation and had led the sect’s disciples to obtain great treasures in secret realm trials multiple times.

Within the Supreme Profound Sect, he was the role model of the younger generation and the object of admiration for countless disciples.

Until recently, when the protagonist Su Fan appeared.

Su Fan was born into poverty. His cultivation had been crippled in childhood. Later, by chance, he obtained a mysterious ring containing an old master’s soul and began to rise rapidly. In just three years, he cultivated to the 1st stage Foundation Establishment Realm and successfully entered Supreme Profound Sect, becoming Lan Yun’s youngest disciple.

Qin Yuan’s Junior Brother.

After Su Fan arrived, he quickly befriended all the junior brothers and sisters. Almost everyone grew fond of him, and Qin Yuan gradually became neglected.

Even his fiancée, due to a series of coincidences, grew closer and closer to Su Fan.

According to the script, Qin Yuan became unwilling to accept this and began targeting Su Fan, often deliberately provoking him. During several confrontations and trials, he even attempted to kill him.

As a result, with each attempt against him, Su Fan only grew stronger and gained more opportunities.

The junior disciples grew to hate Qin Yuan even more. Their master began to feel disappointed in him and became increasingly close to Su Fan.

Su Fan also repeatedly framed him and used others to harm him.

Just like this time.

During a training mission down the mountain, Qin Yuan had discovered a Nether Spirit Grass. Su Fan had secretly followed him, intending to seize it. In the end, Su Fan was injured by the spirit beast guarding the herb.

After returning to the sect, Su Fan struck first with false accusations, claiming that he had discovered the Nether Spirit Grass first, that Senior Brother had stolen it, and had even injured him.

Without hesitation, everyone chose to believe Su Fan and angrily judged Qin Yuan.

Thus, the opening scene unfolded.

…

Facing such a situation, Qin Yuan’s heart was already as still as water.

He had experienced this kind of plot too many times.

Even if he produced solid evidence and placed it before them, it would be useless. The protagonist only needed a single sentence for them to believe without question.

This was the tragic villain.

A man who started as a good person, only to be repeatedly targeted and framed, forced into becoming evil, despised by all, eventually falling into demonic cultivation, becoming a great devil who committed every atrocity, and finally dying beneath the protagonist’s blade.

To play such a powerful yet tragic villain was truly difficult.

“Qin Yuan, I command you to return the Nether Spirit Grass to Fan’er immediately!”

A stunning woman in purple robes stared at Qin Yuan and spoke in a commanding tone.

Her aura was powerful and vast like the sea. Her skin was smooth as jade, her eyes like autumn waters. She looked like a celestial maiden descending from the nine heavens. Her graceful figure was perfectly proportioned, and her peerless face was filled with coldness.

Lan Yun.

The Fifth Elder of the Supreme Profound Sect.

And Qin Yuan’s master.