I’m a Villainess but So Popular - Chapter 3

Five years ago, humanity’s strongest Tower Climber was betrayed at the peak of his conquest.Rael Arden, known only by his codename Phantom, was the silent genius who cleared impossible floors, crushed monsters with forbidden magic, and shaped the rules of Tower exploration. No one had ever seen his real face—yet his legend was feared across the world.But at the Tower’s summit, the teammates he carried to glory stabbed him in the back. For power. For godhood. For fear of what he might become.They thought he died.They were wrong.Reincarnated in secret, Rael awakens in a modern world that’s on the edge of collapse. Dungeons bleed into cities. Monsters evolve. The Tower is no longer just a gate—it’s infecting the world. And the very ones who betrayed him now rule from the shadows, hiding behind titles, guilds, and lies.But Rael isn’t alone. His soul split across hidden clone bodies, each designed to infiltrate, gather information, and prepare for war. As each clone reawakens, his power grows—and so does his rage.With him are three women tied to his fate:Selene, the shadow rogue who never betrayed him.Lyra, a curious researcher drawn to the legend of the Phantom.Aeris, the sword saint who still mourns his death… and may not be as loyal to the enemy as she seems.Now, Rael hunts the seven betrayers who destroyed his past.One by one, they will fall.But revenge is just the beginning.Because deep within the Tower, something else is waking—an ancient force that even Rael feared. And this time, the world may not survive unless the Phantom reigns again.

The world is like a chessboard and all living beings are the pieces on it!

“I do not want to be treated as a chess piece by the players!”

Defeat in this chess is tantamount to the destruction of my body and I’ll thoroughly disappear! Victory in this chess and I’ll have a very long life!

With the help of an ancient Weiqi piece, Gu Hai arrived at the Divine Province Mainland!

Heavenly Dao is eternal, however life is limited, making heaven and earth pieces of a chessboard, then in the end transformed into a loess, vanishing like faded smoke and scattered clouds. Nevertheless people still jump out of the chessboard, and these people are already prepared for their death while playing chess against the heavens, and perhaps win eternal life for themselves?

“I’ve come, and I want to live through 10,000 lives without any boundaries!”

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Song Lingshu suddenly bound the system to maintain order in countless small worlds full of resentment. And these resentments come from the female partners. To put it bluntly, it is to solve the troubles and pains of the female supporting role, so that she can go back.
world one:
Song Lingshu was in a romance novel and became the most criticized green tea female supporting role.
System: [Tonight’s task is to write a letter to your favorite guest]
Song Lingshu turned around and wrote the letter to his roommate.
roommate:?
Other guests: ?
World Two:
This is a Mary Su novel. The heroine comes from a poor family, but is favored by the rich second-generation tyrant. She would rather abandon her beautiful and wealthy fiancée to be with the heroine.
Song Lingshu, on the other hand, became the little follower of the arrogant and coquettish fiancée and daughter-in-law….
System: [Today’s task is to continue blowing rainbow farts to the female supporting role]
She pushed him against the wall, and output the words of the boss: “Woman, don’t cry, your tears are pearls. As long as you are willing, I will give you my life.”
Arrogant big ****:?
World Three:
This is a world of empresses, Song Lingshu transmigrated as a romantic empress of the Southern Kingdom, and when she returned to the harem, she saw three thousand male beauties each with their coquettish appearances, and she was so frightened that she escaped from the palace overnight and got into the sedan chair of her deadly rival.
The cold-blooded and ruthless female emperor of the Northern Kingdom stabbed her across the face: “Here you come to take the initiative to die?”
Song Lingshu touched the porcelain immediately, and lay down weakly: “Here you come to throw yourself into your arms, huh.”
“??”
World Four:
Welcome to the 90s, Song Lingshu woke up to find that his house was completely empty, and he was still stuttering. Next door came a new neighbor, who was a fake daughter who was wronged, and gradually became gloomy because she couldn’t bear the huge gap.
System: [Your task is to make her happy. 】
Song Lingshu turned around and said to the fake daughter, “I’m hee hee…”
Fake daughter: “What are you laughing at? Laughing at me?”
Song Lingshu: “I like, like you, let’s be stupid together.”
Fake daughter: “? You are stupid.”
“Run, run to a well-off life!”
World Five:
The villain who cuts off love and love, and is determined to ascend to ascension, tried his best to obtain the method of ascension from the master who lost his memory, and opened it-wealthy, strong, democratic, civilized and harmonious…
Villain: ? ?
The master looked sincere: These 24-character mantra must be kept in mind, there is absolutely no problem with ascension!
Villain:  …
Then, start to practice.jpg
After completing one task after another, she suddenly discovered that all this was because of that person…
no.1 Green Tea University Teacher X Gao Leng Tsundere President
no.2 Rainbow Fart Little Follower X Princess Disease School Flower
no.3 Merry fishing empress X cold-blooded ruthless empress
no.4’s Wen Xiao stutters X gloomy and downcast fake daughter
no.5 Amnesia Sand Sculpture Master X White Cut Black Villain Apprentice
no.6 No one in the eyes of the big **X famous actress who overwhelms the country
no.7 The Weak Can’t Help the Wind Overwhelming Mr. Villager X Unruly and Fierce Female Bandit
no.8 Disabled President X Illiterate Wife
no.9 Crazy Criticism of Demon Cult Leader X Decathlon Dharma Protector
no.10 Salted Fish Queen X Misfortune Concubine
no.11 young and beautiful stand-in X multi-gold frustrated donor
Read the guide:
*1V1, the female partners are all alone, HE
*The heroine is constantly operating, but the essence is still a sweet and cool text owo
*Other small worlds are added according to fate, the cover person is authorized: 72 silver

Content tags: strong system fast travel
Search keywords: Protagonist: Song Lingshu, Ling Qingqiu/Ling Yi ┃ Supporting roles: various female supporting roles ┃ Others:

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The people of Dafang village all say, the personality of the Lian family’s eldest daughter changed dramatically after her engagement was cancelled by her fiance’s family. She became extremely forceful and unreasonable. After hearing this, Lian Fangzhou secretly thought: Forceful? My parents are dead, my little brothers and sister are still young, with no one lending a helping hand, there are too many people looking to bully us showing up at my door! There’s still the most shameless pair of uncle and aunt eyeing our few acres of land, and even scheming to sell me off as a concubine! Treating my siblings as servants at their beck and call! If I was not forceful, how would we be able to live in peace? Don’t tell me that I should act like the previous Lian Fangzhou and die from extreme anger? In order to quell this bunch of demons, break out a wide path to walk on, angelic faces are useless, only the tricks used by malevolent spirits are the way to go!

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