The bloody rain continued for a whole day before it finally stopped.
The Sky Screen still hung in the heavens, showing no sign of disappearing!
The powerful figures across the Three Realms all guessed that the Sky Screen would reveal a new round of secrets before long!
They just had no idea how long "before long" would be, or what the Sky Screen would reveal next.
Although the Sky Screen's revelations held everyone across the Three Realms in suspense, they couldn't spend all day doing nothing but watching it.
Human Realm,
Zhang Tao, Li Zhen, and Nan Yunyue, who had just reached Peak, set off for different destinations.
Some stayed to guard Sea-Suppressing Mountain, some went to the Outer Region battlefields to guide the fight for resources, and some went abroad to discuss important matters.
At Southern Martial University, Wang Jinyang took on several missions after breaking through to the fourth grade.
In this age of great upheaval, he had to seize every opportunity to secure resources and grow stronger!
Zhang Xuan, meanwhile, was much more laid-back. He occasionally teased a pretty junior, made himself something tasty, and stayed up late putting together rankings when inspiration struck.
At Magic Martial University, Liu Yongwen's planned challenge to Fang Ping came to nothing, while Fang Ping took advantage of the break to go home.
Earth Cave,
King Ming convened a meeting of the True Kings of the Heavenly Fate Royal Court to reorganize the court.
King Baishan, who had grown resentful of King Ming after the Sky Screen's revelations, also set aside his grievances and joined King Ming and the others in sticking together.
Now, Martial King Zhang Tao was stronger than a Saint, War King had become an Emperor, and Moon King Nan Yunyue had reached Peak.
Humanity also had two beings who were invincible beneath the Emperors!
If King Ming and the others didn't unite, how could they stand against humanity?
"Humanity is now stronger than the entire God Continent. We have to make plans while there's still time!"
"King Ming, are you saying we should join the Divine Sect and the Two Kings?"
King Ming sighed. Even if they wanted to join them, Earth Emperor wouldn't take them.
"No. Rather than become someone else's dogs, we should ally ourselves with forces that have strength, but aren't overwhelmingly powerful!"
Even a swarm of ants could bite an elephant to death!
Divine Sect,
King Kun, Hong Yu, and Li Zhu were all there.
On the day Earth Emperor returned from the Immortal Source, his expression changed drastically. After giving them only a few instructions, he disappeared again.
Li Zhu, King Kun, and Hong Yu suspected that something had gone wrong with the plan to kill Heavenly Emperor.
Elsewhere,
King Gen said gravely, "Heavenly Emperor is dead, and the Immortal Source has no master. If anyone breaks through the Three Gates now, they'll inevitably become an Emperor!"
King Xun and King Gan stayed silent.
Aside from the fact that breaking through the Gates required tremendous strength, in the current situation, they'd probably be killed by the old Emperors and used to plug the hole as soon as they became Emperors.
As newly crowned Emperors, they'd inevitably be weaker than the old ones. They weren't War Heavenly Emperor or Heaven Suppressing King, peerless geniuses like those two.
Meanwhile,
inside the Void Heaven Realm,
God Emperor, Earth Emperor, Eastern Emperor, and Heaven Fighting Emperor had all entered as avatars.
War Heavenly Emperor's trial,
God Emperor and the other three gathered.
The Sky Screen reflected the Three Realms, so it could be seen in the Void Heaven Realm as well.
That was why God Emperor and the others had come. They wanted to find out whether the blood arrow that killed Heavenly Emperor that day had been fired by War Heavenly Emperor.
"Master, Senior Dou, Brother Hong, you're here." War Heavenly Emperor watched them calmly and smiled.
If the Sky Screen hadn't caused this unexpected turn of events, he wouldn't have let God Emperor and the others enter his trial.
But now, they had all transcended, so there was no need to keep them out.
"Zhan," God Emperor said, his eyes fixed on War Heavenly Emperor in uncertainty. "That day, just as Spirit Emperor was about to make her choice, a blood arrow appeared and killed Heavenly Emperor in an instant!
"We sensed your aura on it.
"Did you fire that arrow?"
If War Heavenly Emperor had fired it, he would be terrifying indeed!
Even the projection of a remnant soul could kill Heavenly Emperor... How powerful must Zhan have been?!
War Heavenly Emperor furrowed his brow slightly. "Heavenly Emperor was shot and killed?"
"I didn't kill Heavenly Emperor."
War Heavenly Emperor spoke softly. "Even back then, I couldn't kill him. What could a projection do now?"
God Emperor remained silent for a long time.
Eastern Emperor let out a long sigh. "Zhan, do you regret that battle?"
"Regret it?"
War Heavenly Emperor chuckled. "Perhaps."
Back then, he hadn't fired that arrow, and his hesitation had cost Mie and Simpleton their lives.
If he'd chosen to fire it, perhaps everything would have turned out differently!
Instead, everyone had changed. They'd become neither human nor ghost, prisoners and madmen...
What a shame.
God Emperor, Eastern Emperor, Earth Emperor, and Heaven Fighting Emperor fell silent.
War Heavenly Emperor recalled the past, then smiled and looked at the four of them.
"Master, Senior Dou, Brother Hong, you should leave."
The War of old was dead. He was now nothing more than a projection of a remnant soul.
God Emperor and the others said nothing. They looked at War Heavenly Emperor with complicated expressions.
"Zhan, perhaps the Sky Screen can bring you back to life."
"Live another life? I've actually lived long enough."
War Heavenly Emperor smiled wistfully, opened a passage, and let the four of them leave.
"Meow~" A cat poked its chubby head down from the roof.
"Were they the ones who killed you?"
War Heavenly Emperor tapped the cat on the head.
"Not exactly. It was more my own choice."
"Meow~" The projection of Grey Cat widened its eyes. "So you killed yourself?"
War Heavenly Emperor couldn't help laughing at that.
He didn't answer Grey Cat. Instead, he gazed into the distance, toward the world beyond.
Heavenly Emperor had fallen, but the problem with the Origin still remained.
There wasn't much more he could do. He didn't know when it would all finally be resolved.
Elsewhere,
Even after leaving the Void Heaven Realm, God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, Eastern Emperor, and Earth Emperor remained silent.
After a long while, Heaven Fighting Emperor finally broke the silence.
"If Zhan didn't fire that arrow, who did?"
"Some powerful being we know nothing about."
God Emperor's expression was grave.
A powerful being didn't necessarily have to appear on the Sneaky Ranking.
Yang God wasn't on it.
Why had this powerful being suddenly appeared to kill Heavenly Emperor?
Most importantly, when had someone stronger than Heavenly Emperor emerged in the Three Realms?
Unless this person wasn't originally from the Three Realms, or had some connection to the Sky Screen!
More than that, perhaps the Seed had prepared this move to deal with Heavenly Emperor!
If Heavenly Emperor had succeeded in trapping and killing all the powerful beings of the Three Realms and extinguished martial arts, he would have been invincible—the only martial artist in existence. Even Yang God wouldn't have survived!
And if Heavenly Emperor had then tried to devour the Seed, what could it have done?
Would the Seed really dig a pit for itself?
Even though the Seed didn't have feet.
The many possibilities made God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, Eastern Emperor, and Earth Emperor uneasy.
They'd thought the big fish of the Three Realms had all surfaced. They hadn't expected an even bigger fish to be lurking in the deep!
"Since the Sky Screen reveals everything, could it reveal the Seed too?" Eastern Emperor suddenly asked.
God Emperor furrowed his brow. "The Seed has intelligence, but it can't directly act against us.
"Its schemes rely more on specific people. It might not appear on a ranking."
After all, if the Seed appeared on the list and gained martial strength, a human body, and the like through a reward, it could wipe out every powerful being in the Three Realms in an instant!
The four exchanged glances. They'd have to wait for the Sky Screen's next revelation to find out who had secretly killed Heavenly Emperor.
If it revealed a Strength Ranking, that person would surely be on it!
Kuocang Mountain,
Gong Juanzi and Heavenly Dog stared at each other.
He sighed, feeling utterly hopeless.
Spirit Emperor had come and taken the cat away.
But she'd left the dog behind!
Heavenly Dog was even more frustrated. It was one thing for Spirit Emperor to take Grey Cat, but she'd even smashed its dog head!
It had only just revived. It hadn't even done anything to her.
At that moment, Spirit Emperor took Grey Cat to find Lin Zi and her disciples.
"From now on, I am no longer an Emperor!"
Spirit Emperor's voice was cool.
After Heavenly Emperor's death, there had been little left in the Three Realms to which she was attached besides Grey Cat.
But the Space-Time Mirror allowed her to speak with her father and her people. She could even speak with the heroic Heavenly Emperor from forty thousand years ago...
She no longer wanted to end her life right away.
As for the choice the Sky Screen had given her, she still hadn't made it.
Several days later,
the golden light on the Sky Screen began to ripple again!
"The Sky Screen is finally revealing something again!"
"What will it show us this time?"
The Three Realms erupted once more. Countless people eagerly awaited the Sky Screen's next revelation!
Under the gaze of everyone across the Three Realms, new golden words appeared on the Sky Screen.
[The Sneaky Ranking's Uncrowned King: Who is the true Uncrowned King?]
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