With nothing left to hold her back, she began to act without scruple, revealing her sinister, ruthless, and deeply calculating side.
She was like a vine twining around a towering tree.
All the while, she continuously curried favor with her benefactors, steadily drawing sustenance from them.
She leveraged their power and influence to gain benefits for herself, building up her own power base and loyal followers.
She took revenge on the sect sisters who had once bullied and harmed her, forcing them to pay a terrible price and tormenting them to the point where death would have been a mercy.
When she later encountered the protagonist Lin Fan again, she became even more ruthless and reckless. Disregarding him as a past benefactor, she wanted only to utterly eliminate everyone who knew of her past.
During this time, Lin Fan faced peril on multiple occasions, and her persecution left him in a miserable state.
