The Villain Took Down the Female Lead from the Very Start - Chapter 8:

Chapter 8: The Phoenix Empress Supreme, Jiang Wantang’s Mysterious Origins

Jiang Wantang wasn’t actually his biological sister?

Jiang Che was utterly stunned when he learned this…

This was too unbelievable!

If he hadn’t received the storyline of The Phoenix Empress Supreme from the System, he probably would’ve never discovered Jiang Wantang’s true identity.

According to the plot of The Phoenix Empress Supreme, there was a fairly detailed account of Jiang Wantang’s origins.

Twenty-five years ago, back when Jiang Chenzhou and Qin Mengxuan had just gotten married and were still deeply in love, Qin Mengxuan, being young, didn’t want to have children too early. However, she did want to experience what it felt like to be a mother. So, she brought up the idea of adopting an orphan with Jiang Chenzhou, and he happily agreed.

The next day, as heavy snow blanketed the sky, the two of them stepped outside to visit the orphanage and select a little girl. But before they could even leave the property, they found an abandoned infant left outside in the snow near the gate.

The baby was only three months old, with a piece of glazed ancient jade hanging from her neck.

Unlike today, surveillance cameras weren’t common back then.

Jiang Chenzhou and Qin Mengxuan searched for the child’s family but found nothing. In the end, they decided to adopt her.

Since the thought of adopting a child had only just entered Qin Mengxuan’s mind the day before, and the baby showed up the very next morning, she saw it as a sign from the heavens.

The baby girl was named Jiang Wantang and grew up in the Jiang family from then on.

To the outside world, the couple always claimed that Jiang Wantang was their biological daughter.

Other than Jiang Chenzhou and Qin Mengxuan, only Jiang Jianguo knew the truth.

Because Jiang Wantang was Qin Mengxuan’s first child, her love for her was no less than what she gave Jiang Che. In fact, she treated both children with equal affection.

As for Jiang Wantang’s true origins, the only clue lay in that piece of jade.

In the later stages of The Phoenix Empress Supreme, Jiang Wantang had already grown into someone who could stand on her own and had become one of the strongest individuals on Blue Star.

After Jiang Jianguo passed away from old age, the Jiang family came under intense suppression by fully developed Sons of Destiny and hostile forces.

It was only thanks to Jiang Wantang’s existence that the massive Jiang family didn’t collapse but instead continued to thrive.

…

“Little brother, what’s wrong?” Jiang Wantang asked with a slight frown when she noticed Jiang Che staring at her in a daze.

“Hehe… nothing, just suddenly thought of something else,” Jiang Che said, shaking his head. He didn’t elaborate further, but he quickly accepted the truth.

After so many years, whether Jiang Wantang was really his mother’s biological daughter didn’t matter anymore. She would always be his sister.

That sister who always loved and protected him.

Besides, his sister had the script of a supreme female lead. In every plotline that involved her, she would never betray the Jiang family like some ungrateful traitor. Instead, she always did everything she could to protect the family. Naturally, Jiang Che held no resentment toward her.

These twenty years of love weren’t fake. Jiang Che clearly remembered every moment of growing up with his sister.

Although she had gone up the mountain to learn martial arts and rarely returned home in the past seven years, Phoenix Cry Mountain wasn’t some isolated place.

Jiang Che and Jiang Wantang always kept in touch by phone, so their bond remained strong. He already knew she had six junior sisters and one junior brother.

Before the System awakened, Jiang Che hadn’t given any of this much thought.

But now that he looked back, everything felt like a setup…

“You little brat, didn’t you always hate martial arts? How come you suddenly reached the Bright Strength Realm?”

Qin Mengxuan narrowed her eyes, her expression turning serious as she examined her precious son.

She knew her son better than anyone. He had practically no talent in martial arts—he was the definition of a good-for-nothing—and he had zero interest in practicing.

But after just two months, he had somehow reached the Peak External Strength Realm? No matter how she looked at it, something felt off.

As her voice fell, Jiang Chenzhou and Jiang Jianguo also turned their eyes toward Jiang Che, clearly curious and probing.

“Mom, do I look like the kind of person who’d secretly practice some perverted Yin-harvesting technique?” Jiang Che was speechless at his mother’s wild imagination and didn’t even bother to argue about her way of addressing him.

Various clichés from online novels flashed through his mind. Then, Jiang Che said fluently, “So here’s what happened… I was traveling across the nation, right? Then I went to Wudang Mountain, and there, I met an old immortal…”

“Grandson, are you saying that on Wudang Mountain, you met some mysterious old Taoist who claimed you were fated and gave you some pills to boost your cultivation? And even taught you two techniques?” Jiang Jianguo muttered thoughtfully after listening to Jiang Che’s story. He already believed about seventy to eighty percent of it.

Having lived at the top for so long, Jiang Jianguo had broad horizons and knew things ordinary people could never imagine.

There truly were some reclusive experts who enjoyed living hidden in the mountains, seeking to distance themselves from worldly affairs.

After all, wasn’t Jiang Wantang a living example?

“I see…” Qin Mengxuan’s brows slowly relaxed, and she clicked her tongue in amazement. “You little brat, your luck really isn’t ordinary!”

Qin Mengxuan had always doted on Jiang Che.

Now that she knew her son hadn’t practiced any shady technique to quickly raise his cultivation, she no longer questioned it.

“That’s right, that’s exactly how it happened,” Jiang Che nodded, then added with a grin, “Also, I brought you all gifts this time.”

As he spoke, he handed out the various pills he had prepared in advance and briefly explained their effects.

“Xiao Che, you’re saying that after taking these two pills, I’ll live twenty years longer?” Jiang Jianguo asked, eyeing the radiant, fragrant Longevity Pills in his hand with deep skepticism.

Although he believed his grandson had encountered a fortuitous opportunity and met a reclusive expert, he still had doubts about the effects of the Longevity Pills.

A single pill could prolong life by ten years?

Even with his vast knowledge, he had never heard of such a thing before.

“It’s real. Grandpa, why don’t you try them and see for yourself? What, are you afraid I’d poison you?” Jiang Che joked with a smile.

“You little rascal!” Jiang Jianguo laughed and scolded, but without any hesitation, he popped both pills into his mouth and began chewing.

He knew Jiang Che was just teasing him.

Having lived this long, if he couldn’t even trust his own grandson, that would be far too pathetic.

The effects of the pills were instantaneous.

Before their eyes, the wrinkles on Jiang Jianguo’s face disappeared, his white hair turned jet black, and his entire energy surged several levels.

Sitting on the sofa, Jiang Jianguo felt his whole body relax. He had never felt so refreshed!

It was like he had returned to his prime.

Just like Jiang Che said, he felt twenty years younger!

“This…” Jiang Chenzhou stared at his father in disbelief. Even though he had expected this outcome, he was still shocked by the drastic transformation.

“Incredible… it’s truly miraculous!” Qin Mengxuan’s eyes sparkled as she stared at the Youth-Retaining Pill in her hand, her breathing turning rapid, her fingers trembling slightly.

Having personally witnessed her father-in-law’s change, she no longer had any doubt in her heart about Jiang Che’s words.