Chương 157: The Crimson Beam's Curse

The sight of Ji Ruxue and Xie Xiaojing taking positions at his sides filled Jiang Chen with a surge of delight. What could better strengthen bonds than enduring trials together, fighting side by side, and celebrating shared victories?

Originally, Jiang Chen was destined to be manipulated by the unseen forces of Heavenly Fate, reduced to merely a stepping stone in Fang Yuan's quest for supremacy. In that scenario, he would have managed to scrape through the challenges of their journey in the Red Maple Heavenly Valley only by relying on Ji Ruxue's desperate final efforts to rescue them from disaster. How could he, a character doomed to be the villain, ever hope to forge a meaningful relationship with the heroine under such dire circumstances? Yet now, with the aid of his mysterious System, the story had shifted, tipping the scales in his favor.