Perfect Villain Life: Universal Job Change

Chapter 206: The Empress’ Jealousy

It was not unusual for a Void Overlord to have offspring—on the contrary, it was commonplace. Many Void Overlords, due to their vast lifespans and unique reproductive abilities, had countless progeny spread across the Void.

Some, like Nurgal, the Overlord of the Second Court, had produced hundreds of thousands of offspring. His “affection” knew no boundaries—race, form, and species were irrelevant to him.

As long as something could bear his seed, it would become part of his lineage. Over the millennia, the Nurgal Court had been overrun with an innumerable number of princes, most of whom were mindless, feral Void creatures with no intelligence of their own.

But the First Court was different. Throughout countless eons, the Void Empress had only ever given birth once—her one and only heir.

Every high-ranking entity in the First Court knew just how much she adored and protected her child. To say that she spoiled him would be an understatement.

To ensure her son’s survival and development, the Void Empress had sacrificed a tenth of the Void’s original energy source to construct a Nourishing Pool for him. This act alone nearly incited a war between the First Court and the other Six Courts.

Now, with news of his return, the entire Void was bound to tremble.

Seated upon her eternal throne, the Void Empress’ cold, detached gaze flickered with something rare—excitement. Her son… was finally coming home.

Since his birth, Qin Xian had been sent to the Human World, raised under the Celestial Sacred Realm’s system, trained in human civilization. To a being as eternal as herself, twenty years was nothing more than a fleeting moment, a single breath in the abyss of time.

Before Qin Xian, time had been meaningless to her—a century, a millennium, even a hundred thousand years, all were insignificant specks in the grand expanse of eternity.

But after his birth, time became something real. For the first time in her existence, she had come to understand longing. Every moment spent apart from him felt like an eternity.

Every second, she thought of him. More than once, she had been tempted to rip open the Celestial Realm’s barriers, to lead the First Court’s legions into the Human World, and to forcibly bring her child home.

But she had restrained herself.

Qin Xian’s growth within the Human World held far more benefits than keeping him in the Void. There, he could learn, adapt, and evolve in ways that would never be possible in the abyss.

A rare smile formed on her lips—a sight so unfathomable that the Void Lords and corrupted deities in the chamber were momentarily stunned into silence.

Their Empress… smiling?

With an air of absolute finality, she spoke: “Inform the other Six Courts—the World-Ending Feast will be held soon… once my child has returned.”

Alwyn, the Witch of Calamity, immediately lowered her head, her voice respectful. “Your Majesty, may I have the honor of personally welcoming the Crown Prince?”

The moment she finished speaking, an icy chill filled the hall.

The Void Empress’ gaze turned glacial.

“Alwyn.” Her voice was soft, yet it carried the weight of an inescapable abyss.

“This is my son’s first time returning to the Void… and you wish to take my place as the first thing he sees?”

A heavy silence descended upon the throne room. Even the Void Lords and corrupted gods, entities who had long grown accustomed to the Empress’ mercurial nature, visibly stiffened.

For the first time in an eternity, their Empress was truly furious. Before, when she had killed Cassio, it had been a mere whim, a passing act of boredom.

But this? This was rage.

Alwyn’s entire body froze.

A terrifying pressure crashed down upon her like a collapsing universe. It was as if she had been swallowed by an infinite black hole, her very essence on the verge of being obliterated.

She had made a terrible mistake. The same mistake as Heloise, the Fallen Saint. Heloise had focused only on the Void Empress and ignored the Crown Prince.

And now…

Alwyn had focused only on the Crown Prince… and ignored the Void Empress.

She had been blinded by her desire to gain Qin Xian’s favor, so fixated on the power and status that came with being close to him, that she had forgotten the one unshakable law of the Void:

No one… no one was more important than the Empress herself.

She had believed that by winning the Crown Prince’s trust, she could secure an irreplaceable place within the First Court. That if the Crown Prince valued her, then the Empress herself would favor her more.

Perhaps… if she could get close enough to the Crown Prince, if he desired her, if she bore his bloodline…

She could ascend beyond the limits of a Void Lord, achieving a new state of existence. But she had gravely miscalculated. She had underestimated the Void Empress’ emotions.

This was her son’s first return to the Void—an event of immeasurable significance.

His first gaze upon reentering his birthplace should fall upon his mother, the Void Empress herself—not Alwyn.

And even worse…

She had awakened something even more dangerous—The Empress’ jealousy.

A wave of absolute despair swallowed her.

There was no escape.

There was no mercy.

Her knees buckled, her body trembling violently as the sheer force of the Empress’ fury crushed down upon her.

Her bones cracked, her flesh split open, her entire form beginning to fracture under the unbearable pressure.

Yet, she did not dare to scream. She could only pray—pray for a miracle.

Finally…

The crushing weight lifted. The overwhelming presence receded, leaving her gasping for air.

She had survived—barely.

Above her, the Void Empress gazed down, her expression cold and unreadable, “Alwyn… you should be dead.”

Her voice was devoid of emotion, a statement of pure fact—as if she were simply acknowledging a universal truth.

But then, after a pause, she added, “However… because my son is returning… I am in a good mood.”

The room remained silent.

Alwyn trembled.

She had been given a second chance and she knew… She should never make such a mistake again.