It was time for the rewards.
God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor couldn't help feeling excited, too.
The reward for transcending alone had already thrilled them. What's more, there should be additional rewards for them.
[Basic Reward: The Origin Dao will shed the false and become real, resolving hidden dangers in your Origin and freeing you from the restrictions of the Origin Source, allowing you to Transcend the Three Realms. Advanced Rewards: One map of the universe and one fragment of the divine artifact Creation Jade Plate (God Emperor); insights into the Ultimate Dao and one Seed fragment (Heaven Fighting Emperor); insights into the Dao of Ultimate Balance and the divine artifact Myriad Transformation Shield (Eastern Emperor).]
Rumble! The Origin Source shook!
The Three Emperors were completely free!
Golden light flashed in God Emperor's eyes as she unleashed her full aura without restraint!
"Four thousand years! At last, I no longer have to endure the torment of this eternal imprisonment!"
God Emperor laughed aloud, her bearing graceful and elegant!
Heaven Fighting Emperor's aura grew just as fierce!
At last, he was about to leave the cage for good!
Eastern Emperor laughed, too, his smile radiant.
Though the problems with the Origin Source had not been completely resolved, they had truly escaped their prison!
From then on, they would no longer be bound by the Origin Source, the Heavenly Emperor, or the Seed.
More than growing stronger, freedom from the cage was what they had longed for most.
God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor had spent ten thousand years plotting to escape their prison for good!
To that end, they had been willing to become demons!
Once, they had been heroes—the supreme powers who forged the civilization of the Three Realms and ushered in its golden age!
But the Heavenly Emperor and the Seed had manipulated them, and everything had changed.
Now that they had transcended the Three Realms, whether they were demons or gods no longer mattered.
God Emperor smiled so brightly that tears welled in her eyes.
In the Origin Source,
Western Emperor pounded his chest in jealousy, howling soundlessly!
Tears of hatred streamed down his face.
He wanted to transcend, too. He wanted to escape the cage!
He could only blame himself for not being enough of an Old Six.
Western Emperor thought he had been quite the Old Six, having plotted against Southern Emperor for eight thousand years. He hadn't expected there to always be someone even more devious.
Compared with Earth Emperor and God Emperor, he had been downright well-behaved.
Human Emperor, Southern Emperor, the gravely wounded Northern Emperor, and Beast Emperor all looked so envious that their faces twisted.
Spirit Emperor's gaze was complicated; no one could tell what she was thinking.
She glanced at God Emperor and the others, then turned her attention back to the Sky Screen.
In the Three Realms,
Earth Emperor gazed at Immortal Source and gave a chuckle.
God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor would surely go after the Heavenly Emperor now that they had transcended. He was going to watch the show.
As it happened, he also wanted to see how powerful the Three Emperors would be when they became one through Three Bodies Integration!
"Dou, Hao, let's go meet the Heavenly Emperor!" Golden light flashed in God Emperor's eyes as he strode through the air, hands clasped behind his back.
Heaven Fighting Emperor and Eastern Emperor nodded slightly.
They also wanted to find out whether their Three Bodies Integration could match the Heavenly Emperor!
At that moment, a line of gilded text appeared before God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor.
[Would you like to project the battle between the Three Emperors and the Heavenly Emperor to the Three Realms?]
God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor exchanged smiles.
"Project it."
How could the Three Emperors unite without making their name known?
In the next instant, God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor appeared in the core of Immortal Source.
The Heavenly Emperor eyed them coldly and sneered without a word.
"Qiong, Dou, Hao. I've been waiting for you to come here."
From the moment the Sky Screen exposed God Emperor and the others, the Heavenly Emperor had known that if God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor transcended, they would come to the core of Immortal Source to fight him, just as Earth Emperor had.
"Kill!"
God Emperor was utterly cold and made no small talk. She struck first, throwing a punch that shattered the void!
Heaven Fighting Emperor and Eastern Emperor attacked at the same time. The void roared, and cracks spread everywhere!
Rumble!
Immortal Source boomed, and the sky over the Earth Cave turned dark in an instant!
Only the Sky Screen shone with golden light, reflecting the battle between God Emperor and the others and the Heavenly Emperor!
"Not enough!"
The Heavenly Emperor sneered, raising one hand to blot out the sky as it came crashing down!
God Emperor and the others vanished from where they stood and appeared beside the Heavenly Emperor.
The Three Emperors had not yet united, but even fighting at full strength, they could still shake the world!
"So what if you're stronger now? Still not enough!"
The Heavenly Emperor spoke indifferently. In the blink of an eye, he unleashed thousands of punches, shattering the void!
God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor retreated, coughing up blood, their eyes fixed on the Heavenly Emperor in alarm.
The Heavenly Emperor gave them no time to react. He transformed into a Thousand-Hand Buddha, sending countless fists crashing toward them!
"Kill!"
God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor roared and threw punch after punch, charging fearlessly ahead!
Rumble!
In an instant, black cracks spread all around them!
The sky and earth shattered!
The Heavenly Emperor retreated a great distance, then sneered.
"Qiong, Dou, Hao, unless you unite as the Three Emperors, you're no match for me."
God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor looked grim.
The Heavenly Emperor was even stronger than they had imagined!
And the cracks in Immortal Source weren't restricting his strength.
The Heavenly Emperor could unleash over two hundred million combat power.
Although they could now fight at full strength, they were still no match for him.
"As you wish!"
Heaven Fighting Emperor grabbed God Emperor and Eastern Emperor, shouted, and swiftly pressed them into his own body!
At that moment, the Three Emperors united, their aura rising once more. The entire Three Realms trembled!
The Three-Headed Six-Armed form of the Three Emperors appeared!
The Heavenly Emperor remained impassive and unafraid. He could tell that even combined, God Emperor and the others still had less combat power than he did.
But he couldn't kill them easily, and they couldn't do anything to him, either.
The Three Emperors and the Heavenly Emperor clashed once more, shaking the sky and earth!
The sky over the Earth Cave alternated between black and white!
The sky in the Human Realm also began to change unpredictably.
Only the Sky Screen remained steady, hanging in the heavens and reflecting the imperial battle above Immortal Source!
At that moment, the auras of the Three Emperors and the Heavenly Emperor soared into the sky, and the entire world trembled!
Fortunately, God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, Eastern Emperor, and the Heavenly Emperor all had tremendous control over their power, so their fight didn't truly shatter the sky and earth.
This fell somewhat short of the Earth Cave kings' and the Earth Cave humans' fantasy that a single move from an Emperor could wipe out an entire realm, but the Emperors' might was still etched into their minds.
"So this is the strength of an Emperor?"
King Ming was horrified, trembling from head to toe!
Ordinary True Kings and Earth Cave humans could only watch the spectacle, but he was already at Emperor level and could make out some of what was happening.
Even a casual attack from God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, Eastern Emperor, or the Heavenly Emperor was more powerful than his all-out attacks!
Even Heavenly King powerhouses like King Gen and King Xun couldn't withstand a single blow from an Emperor!
In the Human Realm,
Zhang Tao furrowed his brows, his expression utterly solemn.
The Emperors were far too strong!
Ordinary people couldn't sense it, but he could.
He estimated that in front of an Emperor, he wouldn't even be able to self-destruct.
"Are these the four strongest powerhouses in the Three Realms?" Zhang Tao's heart sank to the bottom.
The Heavenly Emperor, God Emperor, and the others were too strong. If they ever decided to do something to humanity, humanity could only stretch out their necks and await execution.
Zhang Tao watched the Three Emperors and the Heavenly Emperor continue to fight, thinking to himself, "God Emperor and the others have transcended. What will they do next?"
Rebuild the Three Realms, or roam the universe?
The void shattered!
At Immortal Source,
God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor grew pale. They abruptly abandoned Three Bodies Integration and retreated outside Immortal Source.
"The cracks in Immortal Source haven't been suppressed by the Heavenly Emperor!"
God Emperor and the others looked grim.
The Heavenly Emperor could actually fight at full strength, and he was far stronger than he had been ten thousand years ago, with combat power well over two hundred million!
No wonder the Heavenly Emperor hadn't feared their schemes. No wonder their plan to devour the Origin Source would fail in the future.
The Seed and the Heavenly Emperor had been plotting together all along!
"Qiong, Dou, Hao, now that you've transcended, leave the Origin Source and Immortal Source."
The Heavenly Emperor's indifferent voice rang out.
God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor exchanged a glance. Without a word, they immediately left Immortal Source.
They couldn't kill the Heavenly Emperor, but he couldn't kill them easily, either!
Now, they needed to fully absorb the rewards the Sky Screen had given them. Once they did, their combat power would improve further.
The Heavenly Emperor watched God Emperor and the others leave, his expression indifferent as all his injuries healed in an instant!
He stared at the Sky Screen, an uneasy premonition stirring in his heart.
Two places remained in the Sky Screen's rankings. He was sure to be on the list, but who would take the final spot?
The Sky Screen's decision to expose God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Eastern Emperor all at once had already left him baffled.
"Could the last one be Yang God or War Heavenly Emperor?"
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