Exposure Ends, Settlement, [Gravedigger]

On the Sky Screen, the image of the Spirit Transmission Pagoda ancestral hall ten thousand years later slowly faded away.

Across the entire Douluo Continent, in both time periods, a strange and suffocating silence fell.

[Dou Er Era]

Body Sect.

The face of Sect Master Du Busi, usually filled with gloom and malice, was now twisted in undisguised contempt.

"Hmph."

Du Busi let out a cold snort.

"He is nothing but a spineless coward hiding in the shadows, calculating human hearts and playing with conspiracies!"

"A true powerhouse should crush all enemies head-on with absolute strength!"

"This Qiangu Wangyan is, in the end, nothing more than gutter trash who cannot stand in the light!"

He championed ultimate strength and despised nothing more than schemers who hid behind the scenes to plot.

Sun Moon Empire, Ming Capital.

Inside the Crown Prince's palace.

Crown Prince Xu Tianran, who had been watching everything in silence, suddenly began to laugh in a low voice.

His laughter was soft, yet it made Juzi, standing beside him, feel an inexplicable sense of dread.

"Qiangu Wangyan... interesting, truly interesting."

Xu Tianran's legs were crippled, forcing him to sit in a wheelchair, but this did not diminish the heart-palpitating aura he exuded in the slightest.

He clapped his hands lightly, as if applauding the conclusion of a magnificent play.

"A figure like this is a true overlord!"

"He endures what others cannot, and does what others dare not."

"He enters the game himself, viewing the entire world as a chessboard and everyone as his pieces, enduring and plotting until he finally turns the tables in one fell swoop!"

"This spirit, this methodology—I am not his equal!"

Juzi looked at him, somewhat puzzled:

"Your Highness, this man is deep and treacherous, using despicable means; he is merely a hypocrite who rose to power through schemes..."

Hearing this, the smile on Xu Tianran's face grew wider, and colder.

He slowly shook his head.

"A hypocrite? No."

His gaze seemed to pierce through the palace walls, overlapping with the figure on the Sky Screen who bore a sea of blood-feud.

"He is my soulmate."

Juzi trembled all over.

"Only such a person is worthy of being my opponent!"

He tapped the armrest of his wheelchair lightly, saying each word with precision:

"If one day I can meet this man... I must personally..."

He paused, a stunning brilliance erupting in his eyes.

"Personally kill him!"

"Only then will I live up to this heaven-sent rival, and only then will I live up to my ambition to unify the continent!"

Shrek Academy.

Xuanzi, Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and all the Sea God Pavilion elders looked ashen-faced.

They no longer dared to meet the gazes of the surrounding students, which were filled with a mixture of disappointment, suspicion, and anger.

Ten thousand years of reputation, lost in a single day!

The golden signboard of Shrek had been thoroughly trampled into pieces today in front of the entire continent!

Just as the atmosphere reached an extreme level of oppression, all images of Qiangu Wangyan on the Sky Screen vanished completely.

Replacing them were brand-new, golden characters filled with the weight of judgment.

[Top Ten Hypocrites List, Tenth Place, Qiangu Wangyan, all deeds exposed.]

[Commencing final judgment and settlement of rewards and punishments.]

It's here!

Everyone's heart jumped into their throat at this very moment!

For such a "hypocrite" who had overturned everyone's perception, what kind of evaluation and reward or punishment would the Sky Screen give?

Under the gaze of the masses, four lines of poetry slowly appeared on the Sky Screen.

[Evaluation:]

[Bearing a sea of blood, he entered the enemy's gate, enduring humiliation for a hundred years.]

[Deceiving the world to steal the Spirit Pagoda, one day of success to overturn the heavens and earth!]

A mere four lines, twenty-eight characters, yet they seemed to sum up the entire life of Qiangu Wangyan!

[Douluo I Era]

Worship Hall.

Qianjun Douluo and Falling Devil read these four lines, their tiger-like eyes brimming with tears, feeling a surge of tragic heroism rushing straight to their chests.

"Good!"

"What a magnificent Qiangu Wangyan!"

The voice of the Second Worship, Golden Crocodile Douluo, rang out like a great bell, filled with irrepressible excitement.

Veins bulged on his thick arms, showing just how unsettled his heart was.

"Old Six, Old Seven, you have a fine descendant!"

Qian Daoliu looked up at the Sky Screen, his eyes filled with endless emotion:

"One day of success to overturn the heavens and earth..."

"My Martial Soul Hall has a worthy successor..."

Suddenly, Qian Daoliu sighed.

"It is just a pity, though..."

Hearing Qian Daoliu's sigh, the group of worships looked at him with confused expressions.

"Do you still not understand?"

"If Qiangu Wangyan had already accomplished these deeds, it would be one thing."

"But what if the current Qiangu Wangyan has not yet succeeded?"

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a basin of ice water poured over their heads!

The excitement on Golden Crocodile's face instantly turned into horror:

"Does the Great Worship mean... his plan has been exposed prematurely?"

Qian Daoliu nodded slowly:

"If Qiangu Wangyan has not yet succeeded, then this Sky Screen is a death warrant!"

Qianjun Douluo and Falling Devil, who had been immersed in tragedy and excitement, looked at each other, their faces turning deathly pale in an instant.

"It's over..."

Another worship looked ashen.

"Once those people learn of such a world-shaking grand plan, they will never let him go!"

"He will be strangled in the cradle at any cost!"

Falling Devil clenched his fists so hard that his nails dug deep into his palms:

"Is Heaven trying to destroy my Martial Soul Hall?"

Qian Daoliu's eyes were full of vicissitudes.

"Let us keep watching..."

"Let us see how the Sky Screen will deal with him."

In the Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong's phoenix eyes widened, her breath hitching.

She, too, had naturally realized the situation.

"Damn it!"

She cursed in a low voice, her heart filled with extreme anxiety.

Qiangu Wangyan's grand plan for revenge made her see a reflection of herself, and it also stirred a strong sense of identification within her.

But now, this plan, this hope for the future glory of the Martial Soul Hall, might actually be exposed to the butcher's knives of all their enemies!

Inside Shrek Academy.

Yu Xiaogang's complexion shifted from green to purple, his entire body trembling with rage.

"Traitorous scoundrel, acting against the natural order!"

"A thief! A petty thief!"

"A person like this deserves to be nailed to the pillar of shame in history!"

The Sky Screen paid no heed to the myriad reactions of the living.

Beneath the verses, several large characters emerged:

[Title Conferred: Gravedigger!]

[Dou Er Era]

Everyone at Shrek Academy felt a piercing, bone-chilling sense of humiliation!

Whose grave was being dug?

It went without saying!

[Comprehensive evaluation complete, beginning to determine rewards and punishments.]

[Upon judgment, the actions of Qian Guwangyan have caused a massive distortion in the progression of the era; his heart is punishable, and his crimes deserve retribution.]

[Decided to bestow upon him—]

[Punishment!]

[Dou Er Era]

"Good!!"

"Kill him! Cripple him! Slice him into a thousand pieces!"

Inside Shrek Academy, countless people shouted in excitement; they had finally waited for this moment of judgment!

[Douluo I Era]

Worship Hall.

Qian Daoliu and the others felt their hearts turn completely cold.

It was over.

The Sky Screen, in the end, would still uphold justice and carry out punishment.

On the other side, within Shrek.

Yu Xiaogang was cheering wildly, his face flushed red with excitement.

"Good! Very good!"

"Did you see that! The way of Heaven is clear, and its net is wide, missing nothing!"

"This is the righteous path! This is the law of Heaven!"

"Such a shameless villain deserves to be punished severely, to have his soul and body utterly destroyed!"

He seemed to already envision the scene of Qian Guwangyan turning into ashes under the heavenly punishment, his heart filled with extreme gratification!