Everyone looked up.
When they saw the final name exposed on the Sky Screen, everyone was stunned!
The last name on the Sneaky Ranking was beyond anyone's expectations!
No one could have imagined it. No one had even considered it!
"Unbelievable! Incredible!"
"Everyone failed to guess... This is the real Old Six!"
"Incredible. There's actually an even more formidable one!"
"..."
The Heavenly Emperor, God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, Eastern Emperor, Earth Emperor, and the other ancient powerhouses were completely stunned, their minds blank with shock!
The Western Emperor trembled all over, so shocked that his eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets!
"How is this possible?!"
The Western Emperor's heart pounded. He thought he was seeing things, so he rubbed his eyes until they nearly popped out!
His eyes recovered in an instant, and he stared intently.
He hadn't been seeing things. The last name on the Sneaky Ranking really was...
The Western Emperor was terrified.
The Human Emperor was completely dumbfounded.
The Southern Emperor and Beast Emperor were utterly floored. They never would have imagined that this person would be the last name on the Sneaky Ranking!
Seeing the Old Six ranked first, the Heaven Suppressing King stared in shock, while the God Forger's expression changed dramatically. He immediately fell into deep thought.
Zhang Tao was utterly astonished. He'd thought the top Old Six would be the Heaven Suppressing King's master, the Yang God, but he'd never imagined it would be someone he'd never even considered!
At Magic Martial University,
Fang Ping shuddered in shock and couldn't help exclaiming, "The waters in the Three Realms are way too damn deep!"
There was always a higher mountain, and each old-timer was more devious than the last!
[First Place on the Sneaky Ranking: Spirit Emperor!]
The Heavenly Emperor stared at the smiling Spirit Emperor in shock, his eyes trembling.
"Ling, I thought the one in first place would be the Yang God or Zhan. I never expected it to be you!"
The Heavenly Emperor was utterly stunned.
The Eastern Emperor looked at the Spirit Emperor in shock and sighed silently.
The God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Earth Emperor all had complicated expressions, their faces filled with astonishment.
The Spirit Emperor gave a bleak laugh and fixed her cold gaze on the Heavenly Emperor. "Heavenly Emperor, do you know what I've been thinking about for the past thirty thousand years?"
The Heavenly Emperor looked at her impassively and said coldly, "It doesn't matter anymore."
With that, the Heavenly Emperor struck without hesitation, trying to seize the Spirit Emperor!
"Heavenly Emperor, you dare!"
A cold glint flashed in the Eastern Emperor's eyes as he punched, shattering space!
But before the Heavenly Emperor could seize the Spirit Emperor, golden light flashed across the Sky Screen, and the Heavenly Emperor was sent flying, coughing blood!
[While the Sky Screen is revealing information, all forms of attack against those on the ranking are ineffective.]
The Heavenly Emperor's expression changed drastically. He was no longer composed!
The God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, Eastern Emperor, and Earth Emperor were all somewhat surprised.
The Sky Screen actually had a protection rule!
The Spirit Emperor smiled, her smile radiant.
"Heavenly Emperor... no, Master."
The Spirit Emperor smiled brightly. "Master, for the past thirty thousand years, your disciple has been wondering how she could kill you."
At her words, the God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, Eastern Emperor, and the others immediately changed expressions and turned to look at the Spirit Emperor.
"Ling, you knew all along that the Heavenly Emperor could resurrect endlessly?!"
Everyone was shocked, including the Heavenly Emperor, who was horrified!
How could the Spirit Emperor have known his greatest secret?!
It was impossible!
Most importantly, she even seemed to know how to kill him!
The Heavenly Emperor stood there, coughing blood. Unease and suspicion filled his eyes as he stared at the Spirit Emperor, his mind in turmoil.
"You..."
The Spirit Emperor gave a beautiful, sorrowful smile. Without answering him, she swiftly drew out a Jade Sword and plunged it hard into the Heavenly Emperor's chest!
The sudden attack stunned everyone!
Without a word, the Eastern Emperor, God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Earth Emperor surrounded the Heavenly Emperor.
The Heavenly Emperor instinctively struck the Spirit Emperor with his palm.
BOOM!
A thunderous crash rang out as the Heavenly Emperor's chest exploded!
The Spirit Emperor remained graceful and striking, completely unharmed.
"Master, I wanted to give you this sword ten thousand years ago."
The Spirit Emperor smiled brightly. She had originally planned to use the Jade Sword to sever the Heavenly Emperor's connection to the Seed, but now there was no need.
She couldn't kill the Heavenly Emperor, and neither could the God Emperor or Eastern Emperor!
Blood covered the Heavenly Emperor's body. He swept a cold gaze over the God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, Eastern Emperor, and Earth Emperor, then sneered.
"If you want to kill me, you're not worthy!"
"Is that so?"
The God Emperor gave a faint smile and attacked at once. The others rushed in after him!
The Heavenly Emperor wasn't afraid. His gaze was icy.
The battle began, but the Spirit Emperor didn't join in. She looked at the bloodstained Jade Sword in her hand, then turned her gaze toward the Sky Screen.
The gilded words on the Sky Screen began to change slowly.
[The Spirit Emperor, the only female Emperor in the Three Realms, and also the most ruthless person in the Three Realms!
Every Emperor thought the Spirit Emperor was weak. Little did they know that she was the most ruthless of them all, bar none!]
The Three Realms erupted into an uproar!
Everyone in the Three Realms was astonished!
The Sky Screen's assessment of the Spirit Emperor was actually this high!
The most ruthless person in the Three Realms!
The Ruthless Great Emperor!
At the Divine Sect,
King Kun, Hong Yu, and Yue Ling were all stunned!
The Spirit Emperor was actually the most ruthless person in the Three Realms!
How was that possible?!
They all knew the Spirit Emperor well.
The Spirit Emperor was aloof and proud, strikingly graceful, and kindhearted. How could she be the most ruthless person in the Three Realms?!
"Gasp, the Spirit Emperor hid herself so well!"
King Kun looked wary. These Old Sixes were all too terrifying.
To rank first, the Spirit Emperor's mind had to be incredibly deep!
At Kuocang Mountain,
Grey Cat's face was frozen in shock, while Heavenly Dog's jaw dropped!
"Big Fatty..."
In the Human Realm,
Zhang Tao couldn't help sucking in a sharp breath. A woman driven mad was truly terrifying!
After being imprisoned for three years, those Emperors had probably all gone mad. Completely mad!
Fang Ping swallowed. He'd thought the Spirit Emperor was just a background character, but she turned out to be the most deeply concealed Old Six!
The Yang God clicked his tongue in amazement.
He'd never thought much of the Heavenly Emperor's disciple.
The only female Emperor... It was just an impressive title.
But now the Sky Screen was telling him that the Spirit Emperor was the most ruthless person in the Three Realms. It nearly made his eyes pop out!
The Eastern Emperor fell completely silent. The Ling he knew wasn't like this.
The God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Earth Emperor were equally baffled.
How could the Spirit Emperor be the most ruthless person in the Three Realms?
She had always put the Heavenly Emperor first. Though aloof and proud, and as domineering and arrogant as the Earth Emperor, she was also kindhearted.
What was more, she wasn't considered especially powerful among the Nine Emperors. Perhaps only the Beast Emperor was weaker than her.
The Spirit Emperor's eyes flickered. She gave a sorrowful smile and said nothing.
[Thirty thousand years ago, the Spirit Emperor's father and tribe were wiped out by Thunder Venerable, an Original Martial Arts Break Eight powerhouse controlled by the Heavenly Emperor.
To avenge herself and kill Thunder Venerable, the Spirit Emperor was forced to join the struggle for the Emperor's Dao.
Through her desperate, brutal fight to the death, along with the Heavenly Emperor's secret assistance, the Spirit Emperor attained Emperor status!
When she killed Thunder Venerable, the Spirit Emperor preserved a trace of his Mental Energy.
After attaining the Dao, she used her share of the Origin Source's power to revive her enemy, Thunder Venerable!]
"A genius! She's a complete genius!"
Fang Ping exclaimed in shock!
If he wasn't mistaken, the Spirit Emperor hadn't yet known that the Heavenly Emperor had secretly arranged her father's death. She only found out after reviving Thunder Venerable.
In other words, at the time, Thunder Venerable was the enemy who had killed her father and wiped out her tribe!
Yet she'd revived the very enemy who had killed her father and destroyed her tribe!
What the hell had she been thinking?
Fang Ping couldn't understand it. Neither could anyone else.
The God Emperor, Eastern Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Earth Emperor were stunned once again.
Ling had actually revived Thunder Venerable!
But what about Thunder Venerable?
Had the Spirit Emperor killed him again, or had the Heavenly Emperor?
The Heavenly Emperor didn't know that the God Emperor and the others thought he'd killed Thunder Venerable. He was stunned too!
The Heavenly Emperor was almost unable to believe it. He was speechless, with nothing to say.
The God Emperor and Martial God had been close friends, and the Eastern Emperor and Sword God had been friends too, but neither had ever considered reviving Martial God or Sword God.
The Spirit Emperor and Thunder Venerable had been enemies over her father's death and her tribe's destruction, yet she had still wanted to revive him!
The Heavenly Emperor was left speechless.
The powerhouses of the Primordial Martial Continent were also shocked by the Spirit Emperor's astonishing actions!
The Nine Emperors had attained the Dao by killing nine supreme Original Martial Arts powerhouses, but no one had ever thought of reviving them.
She'd killed her enemy and taken his power, yet kept a trace of his Mental Energy so she could revive him. Wasn't that idiotic?
No matter how unwilling you were to kill, the struggle for the Ten Thousand Daos was that brutal. If you didn't kill your opponent, you would die!
"Could the Spirit Emperor have thought that killing Thunder Venerable once was enough to avenge herself?"
Heavenly Dog tilted his head, his dog face blank with shock.
Grey Cat: "Meow?"
The Eastern Emperor murmured, "No wonder Ling's battle power never managed to break ten million."
As the Heavenly Emperor's disciple, the Spirit Emperor was naturally gifted, far more so than people like the Northern Emperor.
Even if she wasn't as powerful as the Earth Emperor, there was no way her battle power should have failed to break ten million!
It turned out she'd used her share of the power to revive Thunder Venerable.
"Naive!"
The Heavenly Emperor snorted.
The Spirit Emperor gave a bitter smile. She looked at the Heavenly Emperor, her voice trembling slightly. "Naive? Yes."
The Sky Screen's revelations continued.
[To imitate the Heavenly Emperor's "forgiveness" of Martial God for destroying the Heavenly Department, the Spirit Emperor revived Thunder Venerable.
Thunder Venerable told the Spirit Emperor that the Heavenly Emperor had controlled him that day, causing his Mental Energy to run wild. In his madness, he had destroyed the Spirit Department.
To make the Spirit Emperor believe him—and because he feared the Heavenly Emperor deep in his heart—Thunder Venerable chose to kill himself as soon as he was revived!]
"Thunder Venerable actually killed himself!"
The God Emperor and the others changed expressions, all deeply shaken.
Thunder Venerable was an Original Martial Arts powerhouse who had come close to reaching Break Nine.
Yet he'd resolutely killed himself just to prove something to the Spirit Emperor!
How could such an act fail to shock the Spirit Emperor, or not leave her frightened and bewildered?
The Original Martial Arts powerhouses were all stunned.
The Heaven Suppressing King was just as incredulous.
The Heavenly Emperor laughed at himself. So in the end, he'd been defeated by his own actions.
[The Spirit Emperor spent ten thousand years uncovering the truth. Her heart turned to ash, but she remained patient and made no move.
In other people's eyes, she became an Emperor who loved the Heavenly Emperor and a loyal servant of his.
Even the incarnation she had left in the Void Heaven Realm, which had escaped the control of her true body, firmly believed that the Spirit Emperor was genuinely in love with the Heavenly Emperor!
A woman with a broken heart was truly terrifying!]
Thirty thousand years of unwavering devotion, thirty thousand years of loyalty, thirty thousand years of love, thirty thousand years of self-delusion, thirty thousand years of waiting...
She had deceived everyone—Heavenly Emperor, and above all, herself!
The Spirit Emperor had made no elaborate plans. She had simply made a desperate gamble!
With absolute loyalty and thirty thousand years of patience, she had earned Heavenly Emperor's trust!
She'd made a desperate gamble, wagering that if she blew herself up, Heavenly Emperor would bring her back.
She'd won.
The Spirit Emperor severed the life link between Heavenly Emperor and the Seed, dealing him the deadliest blow imaginable!
It was precisely because of this fatal strike that Heavenly Emperor suffered total defeat!
At that moment, the Three Realms fell utterly silent!
Everyone was stunned by the Spirit Emperor's ruthlessness.
She was a ruthless woman!
Thirty thousand years of patience, thirty thousand years of love... Anyone else would have snapped long ago and gone straight for the kill!
But the Spirit Emperor had held back all this time, and she'd dared to make such a desperate gamble!
Heavenly Emperor, God Emperor, Eastern Emperor, Earth Emperor... All the Emperors fell silent.
Thirty thousand years of loyalty, all so she could die once and make Heavenly Emperor connect to the Seed's life link and save her.
She'd wagered far, far too much!
Would Heavenly Emperor definitely save her?
Not necessarily.
But the Spirit Emperor had still taken the gamble, and in the end, she'd won!
Heavenly Emperor laughed, laughing out loud.
The Sky Screen had said earlier that he'd lost to human nature, but he disagreed!
He'd lost to himself!
The Spirit Emperor—a woman, his disciple—had schemed against him for thirty thousand years!
Had he lost to the Spirit Emperor?
No. He'd only lost to himself!
He shouldn't have let sentiment cloud his judgment!
The Spirit Emperor's strike had taught him not to grow complacent or reckless!
A tear trickled from the corner of the Spirit Emperor's eye. She had won her gamble, but she had also lost.
Heavenly Emperor wasn't dead, and he had escaped the Origin Source.
Could God Emperor, Eastern Emperor, Earth Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and she kill Heavenly Emperor together?
Perhaps not.
The Sky Screen had only said they couldn't attack her, not that Heavenly Emperor couldn't defend himself or dodge her attacks.
Unless Yang God entered the Immortal Source!
The Spirit Emperor gazed at the Sky Screen, her eyes filled with sorrow.
Inside the Void Heaven Realm,
the Spirit Emperor's clone gazed at the Sky Screen, her heart heavy and her expression sorrowful.
She had betrayed her true self to stop Heavenly Emperor's scheme to help Dao Tree attain the Emperor rank.
She hadn't expected her true self to want to kill Heavenly Emperor, too!
"I was wrong. You're not the useless one. I am." The Spirit Emperor's clone smiled bitterly.
War Heavenly Emperor couldn't help letting out a sigh, either.
Heavenly Emperor, the Seed, and the Origin had brought about far too many tragedies and driven the Three Realms to madness.
Perhaps the Sky Screen's appearance could resolve everything sooner.
In the Human Realm,
"Thirty thousand years... That's ruthless!"
Fang Ping was thoroughly impressed.
Of all the schemers, the only one he truly admired was the Spirit Emperor!
Thirty thousand years of patience—if it were him, he'd have gone mad long ago and gone straight for Heavenly Emperor!
Women, especially cold-hearted, deranged women, were truly vicious!
Even Lv Fengrou shuddered. She might be crazy, but she was nowhere near as ruthless as the Spirit Emperor.
Inside Star Suppressing City,
Zhang Tao, War King, Heaven Suppressing King, and God Forger all sucked in sharp breaths.
The Spirit Emperor truly deserved to be called the most ruthless of them all!
No one could be as ruthless as she was, especially toward herself!
For the sake of revenge, the Spirit Emperor had learned Heavenly Emperor's true nature and still pretended not to know.
She had even fallen in love with her enemy without showing the slightest flaw.
Thirty thousand years, all for one desperate gamble!
She had been far too cruel to herself!
[Evaluation: A gentleman's revenge may wait ten years. A lovesick madwoman's revenge may wait ten thousand!
Spirit Emperor, the most ruthless person in the Three Realms, the Ruthless Empress!
You showed the Three Realms why you could become its one and only Empress!]
Inside the Divine Sect, Yue Ling fell completely silent.
She had always been ambitious to become the second Empress. She'd even believed she was every bit as good as the Spirit Emperor, only born a few thousand years later.
But at this very moment, she clearly understood that she would never catch up to the Spirit Emperor, let alone compare with her.
"The first Empress of the Three Realms... The Spirit Emperor truly is ruthless!" King Gan couldn't help exclaiming.
On a certain island,
Lin Zi gazed at the Sky Screen's description of the Spirit Emperor, her expression sorrowful.
"Imperial Aunt..."
Heavenly King Luan was so shocked he could barely make sense of it. All he could do was call the Spirit Emperor a ruthless woman!
The gilded words on the Sky Screen shifted again.
[Basic Reward: Turn your false Origin Source Dao into a true one; resolve the hidden danger in your Origin; free yourself from the Origin Source's constraints; Transcend the Three Realms.
Advanced Reward: Peak combat strength; resurrection energy (resurrect someone once unconditionally, restoring them to peak condition); divine artifact, the Space-Time Mirror (allows you to speak with the past, but will not change the future).]
[As the number-one schemer, you may choose one of the following three options to fulfill.
One: Kill Heavenly Emperor.
Two: Resurrect your family and kin.
Three: Resolve the Origin calamity.]
The Spirit Emperor looked at the Sky Screen's extra rewards with great surprise.
God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, Eastern Emperor, and Earth Emperor were surprised as well.
The Sky Screen could even give out extra rewards!
Was this the privilege of being ranked number one?
At that moment, Heavenly Emperor was completely terrified!
"Ling, you can't kill me!"
"You're alive, and you became an Emperor, all because of me!
You owe me this!"
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