Villain Cultivator (Web Novel)

Chapter 530 – First Failure Timeline (3)

After being brainwashed, Alter Miaomiao turned into one of the first generation war marionettes. He was the 13th member, and he forgot his previous name.

He now went by the name Samael.

In the Netherworld Prison, Samael learned the new cultivation method, exclusive to war marionettes. He learned how to shroud his body with the mysterious gas to hide his cultivation base and appearance. He also comprehended the secrets of seven basic elements, 108 advanced elements, and a few compound elements.

Lilith also helped him. She taught him how to manage the karma centipedes inside him, but he failed to comprehend the Law and transcended the karma tribulation.

Lilith deemed him as a failure. One day, when Samael was in a trance, Lilith mocked him, "You are the same as your father. He has no affinity with Negative Karma, and he can never succeed in mastering it. Ha! It's always up to me when he needs to cleanse the accumulating centipedes."

Samael suddenly woke up from the trance and questioned Lilith, "Who is my father?"

"Who else? It's Devil."

"Where is he? Why did he leave me here?"

"You are here to train under me, of course. Well, you have less than 50 years to become a deity, or your father will abandon you for good."

"I see. I have to work harder, then."

"That's right. Work harder!"

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Miaomiao no longer complained as he kept memorizing the pictures and the texts on the prison wall.

Rather than calling it a prison, this place was a great stone library, full of god-tier techniques and cultivation methods!

As Samael learned new techniques, Miaomiao comprehended them as well.

Unfortunately, Miaomiao couldn't test the technique since he was in somebody else's body. He could only memorize everything with his brainpower.

'Amazing. I never thought that Devil and Lilith have been hiding this library in Hell.'

'I guess you no longer care about your counterpart's fate.'

'I DO care, but I have to reap some profits from this.'

'I agree. You were like that in my timeline as well.'

'Speaking of which, what happens in your timeline? Since you appeared as one of the angels, are you one of Devil's clones as well?'

'No. Another counterpart of yours taught me these skills.'

'Hoh? That's interesting. Tell me more. Was I your mentor?'

'Instead of asking me for spoilers, you should pay attention to Samael.'

'… Stinky. Wait, how do you know that term?!'

'… It's a secret.'

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When the deadline arrived, Devil returned with 12 archangels. Michael, Uriel, and others were all present.

Samael was also ready. He had assimilated all dragon bloodlines that Lilith had fed him, and he now completely inherited the Asmodeus Bloodline.

Levy and many strangers, whom Lilith had gathered, were there as well.

Devil assembled them and made an announcement.

"All preparation is ready! Kishin Douji has killed Xie Qingtian, and he has been inflicted with the Curse of Void God. Even if our plan fails, he won't be able to remember the event of this timeline when he regresses!"

Lilith interrupted him, "What about the Olympus and Mu-Nyang? Did you deal with Eve?"

"I made them fight each other. They won't interfere with our affair. Also, Eve and her goons are dead."

"Good. Remember our promises. I want your REAL time-and-space technique."

"Of course. Once I manage to cultivate negative karma, I'll teach you everything."

The two chatted while the others blankly stared at their leaders.

While listening to Devil and Lilith's conversation, the Heavenly Fate Sun, the final evolution of Heavenly Fate Crystal, began to pulse.

It reacted to the conversation and released the supreme luck of a protagonist.

The luck power broke Devil's brainwashing technique and freed Alter Miaomiao. He regained his memory!

Upon getting his memory back, he was shocked by the Devil's plans. Moreover, he felt betrayed once again.

Enraged, Alter Miaomiao secretly schemed to backstab Devil at the critical moment. He secretly created secret arrays in his soul, which would trigger when he died.

After the meeting, Devil ordered everybody to leave Netherworld and besiege Kishin Douji's Constellation Sectors. He also told his pawns, the great demon successors.

Seven second-generation war marionettes were deployed to the frontline to bait Kishin Douji. Each of them had inherited various famous demon bloodlines, namely Beelzebub, Satan, Lucifer, Leviathan, Mammon, Belphegor, and Asmodeus.

Samael carried the bloodline of Asmodeus, but he wasn't sent to the frontline. Levy was also held back by Lilith.

The war began, and the seven agents were quickly killed by Kishin Douji.

As soon as these angels were killed, Kishin Douji was cursed by a mysterious power, continuously weaken his providence.

Then, Samael heard Devil's voice transmission, which he sent to Lilith. However, all archangels could hear it since everyone had a fragment of the Devil's soul.

'The backup plan is completed. Kishin Douji shouldn't be able to remember anything if he regresses again.'

'What about the primary objective? Shouldn't we focus on that objective first?!'

'Let me complete my secondary objectives first. I need to make sure that I have a backup plan if I fail to disable his regression power in this timeline.'

'But what about me?!'

'You have already learned the time-and-space law. You should be able to regain your memory when we regress.'

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Alter Miaomiao vaguely sensed the fluctuation in Devil's voice and his feeling.

It was the faint sense of guilty conscience when someone was lying to their precious family member. At the same time, Alter Miaomiao could feel the great satisfaction in Devil's heart as if the latter was mocking Lilith.

Samael kept the thought to himself and waited for Devil's signal.

More batches of bloodline inheritors were deployed and sent to death. This time, Devil sent all 13 first-generation war marionettes, including Samael, to fight Kishin Douji.

Lilith also sent Levy and her dragon subordinates to take care of Kishin Douji's goons.

Instead of following the others to attack Kishin Douji, Alter Miaomiao purposely moved closer to Devil. He allowed the other war marionettes to get themselves killed first.

As soon as all 12 archangels perished, Samael teleported and attacked Devil from the back. He used his favorite techniques to plunder Devil's power!

Devil was shocked, but he wasn't injured. He turned around and retaliated against Samael.

Samael's body and soul were instantly destroyed, and the curse fell onto Devil.

Moreover, the secret arrays in Samael's heart were triggered.

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Karmic Soul Severing Array

This formation can only be activated when Mao Miaomiao, aka Samael, is killed. Once activated, the karma connection and soul connection between Devil and Mao Miaomiao shall be severed permanently.

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Array of Soul Transformation

This formation can only be activated when Mao Miaomiao, aka Samael, is killed. Once activated, the soul fragment of Devil's clone, namely Samael, and the conscience of Mao Miaomiao will fuse together and give birth to a newly completed soul of Mao Miaomiao.

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Timeline Migration Vortex Array

This formation can only be activated when Mao Miaomiao, aka Samael, is killed. Once activated, the current timeline shall be destroyed, and the soul of Mao Miaomiao shall be transferred to the closest parallel timeline at the pre-set designated time and merge with his counterpart's soul.

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The combination of arrays instantly destroyed the hope and dream of the Devil. The timeline was destroyed along with both Kishin Douji and Devil, whose regression abilities were disabled by curses.

Unfortunately, the Devil's reflex was too fast. Before he perished in the timeline vortex storm, he jammed the Timeline Reset Array's power in anger and bellowed, "You can't escape! If I have to die because of you, I'll drag you along with me!"

The Timeline Migration Vortex Array was interrupted, and it failed to completely activate. The soul of Samael was destroyed first.

However, the will of Samael crossed dimension to another timeline. The flow of his will soon found another Miaomiao, who was just an infant in the modern world.

The Will of Samael entered the new Miaomiao and resided in the latter's right eyebrow.

Then, it fused with his soul, becoming one with the new body.

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Miaomiao had the urge to rub his eyebrows, but he couldn't move the host's body at will. Now, he was witnessing the events from the 2nd Alter Miaomiao's point of view.

'Wait a minute.'

Realizing the origin of his godly eyebrow instinct, Miaomiao was astonished yet again.

'My eyebrow sensor has been with me since the modern world… so this is…'

'Every power comes with a price. However, the other you in another timeline already paid that price for you. It is your job to fulfill his wishes. For that purpose, the Will of Samael continues to help you in secret.'

'My god…'

…

60 years passed in a flash, and 2nd Alter Miaomiao came to the Golden Heavenly Goose Planet as he was fated.

This time, all following events were the same as Miaomiao had experienced. He made friends, scored many wives, and occasionally faced troubles because of his dimwit.

The eyebrow sensor was always active whenever Miaomiao faced danger. It guided him through predicaments and allowed Miaomiao to rely on his senior's protection to advance forward.

A few years later, the life of 2nd Alter Miaomiao proceeded to the Holy Land Continent. All progress so far was the same.

Until the current event…

Lilith ordered Miaomiao to hand over the time-and-space murals, and the latter did so.

No spirit of Xie Tian or a time traveler appeared. Miaomiao obediently handed everything to Lilith even though his eyebrow sensor was sending a red-alert alarm.

As soon as the murals were completed, the flow of memory entered Miaomiao's forehead. He learned the Dao of Time and Space, which the 1st Alter had learned.

Unfortunately for Lilith, she didn't get to learn it. Once everything was transferred to Miaomiao's brain, the murals were disintegrated into dust.

Lilith was enraged and thought that Miaomiao intentionally destroyed the murals to prevent her from learning them. She captured Miaomiao and put him in the lowest depth of prison.

She demanded the secret of time-and-space, and Miaomiao quickly cooperated since it was not his anyway. He wrote the complete technique on a stone wall.

Lilith learned it without problem, but she couldn't master it in a few years. She transferred Miaomiao to the first level of Hell and threw him in another prison, where she kept Wei Yuan and others there.

She forced everyone to stay there until she truly comprehended the law of time and space.

Everyone became Hell's prisoners. They couldn't cultivate as this place was filled with negative karma, which suppressed their Qi and blood.

When everybody was in despair, Miaomiao successfully upgraded the Isolation Training Space to the max level and opened a portal there, allowing everybody to migrate to his dantian world.

Then, he contacted Devil and Joshua, asking for their help.

Unfortunately, no one came to save Miaomiao.

Soon after Miaomiao had requested help, Devil killed Joshua! The news of Joshua's death appeared on Miaomiao's system screen.

Not long after, Devil visited Miaomiao in the prison. However, he offered Miaomiao a deal.

The Devil wanted to obtain the secret of the Unholy Karma Element, and he would free Miaomiao if he could learn it.

The Will of Samael immediately triggered and warned Miaomiao not to trust Devil. Miaomiao caught the hint and refused.

Devil was enraged. Since he couldn't find any of Miaomiao's friends and family there, he went back to the mortal world and dragged Liu Guang, Ma Xingjuan, and Kang Yan to the Netherworld Realm.

He threatened Miaomiao.

"If you don't want them to die, transfer your memory to me!"

Miaomiao reluctantly cooperated. He transferred a portion of his memory when he dual-cultivated with Xu Chu to overcome the karma tribulation to the Devil.

The Devil was satisfied and angry at the same time. He crippled Liu Guang, Ma Xingjuan, and Kang Yan's cultivation. Then, he confiscated Kang Yan's soul-bound weapon before he left Miaomiao alone.

He reneged his promises. Devil didn't bring Miaomiao out with him!

Devil and Lilith never visited Miaomiao again since that day.

The three women cried in despair as they lost their cultivation future.

Fortunately, Miaomiao sent them to his dantian world and let the rich Qi in his body heal them. They regained their power slowly, but they also hindered Miaomiao's cultivation speed.

Miaomiao spent his time converting negative karma in the Netherworld into Qi while his alternate consciousness spent time with his wives and Siren City's people, whom Miaomiao had migrated there.

Because of the increase in population, Miaomiao's Isolation Training Space expanded several times.

A few years later, Ma Xingjuan got pregnant. She gave birth to a baby boy inside the dantian world, which confused everybody, including Miaomiao.

No one could tell how a boy could be conceived in the dantian world. Even Xu Chu was speechless.

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'Wait a second. This is confusing! How does this work? No one ever get pregnant in my space before!'

The development kept surprising Miaomiao even though the first failure timeline was a lot darker. At the same time, the birth of a new baby inside his dantian space confused Miaomiao.

Xie Tian sighed and explained, 'You didn't pay attention to Constellation Cultivation Method in the previous timeline. Currently, your counterpart's dantian world has been upgraded into pseudo planet in a void space, and it is capable enough to house many physical lifeforms in there. Obviously, when you successfully master the Chrono Element, you can distort dimensional spaces and allow physical beings to enter your dantian world. I did that all the time when I was the Time God.'

'Now that… I'm even more confused.'

'Seriously, didn't the previous timeline teach you anything?'

'I'm too absorbed in the developments and I kinda… forgot half of them.'

Xie Tian sighed again, 'Master, I know that you're not the smartest, but you should try harder.'

'*Cough* *Cough* That was a joke. I still remember everything. I just need some time to… recall them.'

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20 years later, Miaomiao's son, who had spent countless years inside Miaomiao's dantian space, decided to come out to the Netherworld Realm.

The son was revealed to be the reincarnation of Lu Fengxian. He regained his power of an Immortal Saint and his previous life's memory. Also, the father, Miaomiao cultivated negative karma enough and became a 9-Star Constellation Immortal.

Both Miaomiao and Lu Fengxian cooperated and attempted to break out of the Netherworld Prison.

Unfortunately, on their way out, they ran into Nero, Levy, Clem, and many dragons, who had been working for Lilith.