After Becoming the Villain Mother-in-Law, I Launch My Redemption Arc - Chapter 9: Talent for the Top Scholar?

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

—— Dickens《A Tale of Two Cities》

I made myself a ghost back to life from death, with hatred in my bones and conspiracy brewed for years, sinking into the marsh, into the abyss. All I want is to bury the rotten roots, growing thistles and thorns which can kill like upas, to stab into the hypocritical civilization.

In the bottom of the muck……I found my lucida.

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Betrayed. Starved. Left to die alone in a world that chewed up the weak and spat them out.Gu Qingran trusted the wrong people, loved the wrong man, and paid the ultimate price.But fate? Fate gave her a second chance.Reborn 30 days before the apocalypse, she refuses to be the naive fool she once was. This time, there are no attachments, no kindness—only power.With the Omni-Alchemist System, she can create weapons deadlier than an arsenal, fortresses stronger than steel, and medicines that could cure or kill with a single drop.While the world slept, she stockpiled.While they wasted time..she built an empire. When the world burned, she rose from the ashes—untouchable, unstoppable and unchallenged.Let the apocalypse come. Let them beg for mercy.Because in this life, Gu Qingran is no one’s prey.She is the storm.

Luo Xuan traverses into a fantasy world and becomes a Celestial Emperor jointly resisted by the Righteous Alliance.At the beginning, he is sealed and refined within the Reincarnation Mirror, in a precarious situation.At the crucial moment, he counteracts the power of the Reincarnation Mirror to present the past.With the help of the past presentation, scenes from Luo Xuan's past are displayed before everyone's eyes.In his childhood, born with Double Pupils, he boldly declared that the Double Pupils are already an invincible path, and there is no need to rely on others' Venerable Bone when faced with such a craze.To save his sister, he resolutely transferred his Double Pupils to her, not for anything else, just because she is his sister!Faced with misunderstandings from the one he loves, in the empty grand hall, Luo Xuan ultimately utters a lonely sigh: What Empress Lord? I have always been your Luo Xuan.……After scenes from Luo Xuan's past are exposed.All the Empresses and leading women burst into tears!

Transmigrating to the perilous High Martial World, Su Mu has dedicated half his life to diligent efforts, but due to mediocre talent, he has not progressed an inch in ten years, remaining a Second Level Martial Artist.On his birthday, feeling troubled, he plans to drown his sorrows in alcohol until an unusual sound echoes in his mind.“Ding!”[Superpower Refresh System successfully loaded!][Every month, a Spirit Stone can be consumed to randomly refresh a superpower!]