Fang Ping broke out in a cold sweat, shaken and terrified!
Anyone would be horrified to learn that their very existence might be the result of someone else's scheme, let alone that this person might have foreseen their future!
He had suspected before that he might be the Future Human King, but he had never imagined that his birth as the Future Human King was part of War Heavenly Emperor's plan!
"Can the strong really calculate everything?"
Fang Ping swallowed, then boldly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and gritted his teeth in anger.
If they wanted to scheme against him, then they couldn't blame him for turning the board over and bringing down the Three Realms one day!
Once he grew powerful, he'd smash the skulls of every old fossil who schemed to control everything!
"Human King?"
A flash of ferocity crossed Fang Ping's eyes.
Li Zhu was the Demon of the Earth Cave. Then Fang Ping would become the demon of the Three Realms!
"Even without the system, I'm still the undisputed prodigy of this era!"
Triple Bone Honing proved he had the talent. He was a genius!
Chen Yunxi came from a distinguished family and had no shortage of resources, yet she had only achieved the second bone-honing limit!
The fact that he'd achieved Triple Bone Honing proved that his natural talent was exceptional!
Fang Ping decided to be more careful about using the system from now on.
To be honest, he was a little afraid and worried at that moment.
He had been keeping a secret, and that had already left him feeling insecure.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have secretly attacked Huang Bin!
Now, he felt even more insecure.
He feared that one day the system might replace his Vitality, Mental Energy, or even every bone in his body with someone else's, then take over his body!
(Fang Ping had this concern in the original novel.)
Fang Ping looked up at the Sky Screen. In fact, the Sky Screen was still something he could place some trust in.
The Sky Screen exposed everything. There was no reason for it to cover up anything for one particular person.
Unless War Heavenly Emperor had created the Sky Screen.
But how could that be possible!
If War Heavenly Emperor had the power to let others transcend, the Three Realms would have belonged to the War clan eight thousand years ago.
So Fang Ping figured there was no need to be too afraid of using the system. He should use it when he needed it.
He'd use War Heavenly Emperor's power to take care of his own business.
The Earth Cave.
King Ming, King Feng, and the other Earth Cave True Kings were utterly terrified!
They were horrified!
The Future Human King had actually been part of the plans of War Heavenly Emperor, an Extreme Dao Emperor with nearly two hundred million Vitality!
"Is Tianming with humanity?"
King Ming's face turned deathly pale.
Because the Earth Cave humans were artificially created, the powerhouses of the Three Realms paid them no heed. Some even treated them as food!
On the day the Heavenly Dog awakened, most of the Earth Cave humans, Demon Plants, and demon beasts across an entire Outer Region had their energy drained.
Earth Emperor had even used the Earth Cave humans as a blade to rouse humanity's fighting spirit!
The Earth Cave... was the weakest force in the Three Realms!
King Baishan, King Hu, and the other Earth Cave True Kings no longer mentioned assassinating or eliminating the Future Human King.
Who knew whether War Heavenly Emperor had left some power to protect the Future Human King?
Even a trace of energy would probably be more than the Earth Cave True Kings could withstand.
King Gen, King Xun, King Gan, and the other ancient powerhouses exchanged thoughtful glances.
War Heavenly Emperor's strength had shaken them, but they had noticed something else.
The Three Emperors had fallen, and the Three Emperors Great Dao had resonated!
Did this mean that the three Extreme Dao Heavenly Emperors had truly fallen, and that their Great Daos were now in the hands of three humans?!
"The Three Emperors Great Dao... If we can seize it, the Origin will no longer bind us!"
Even the Seed and the Heavenly Emperor wanted the Three Emperors Great Dao. If they could obtain it, it would be an excellent choice whether they cultivated it themselves or traded with the Seed.
The problem was that they couldn't seize the Three Emperors Great Dao on their own.
King Gan spoke in a low voice. "Perhaps there's someone who can help us."
"You mean... Feng?"
King Gen and King Xun's expressions changed!
Heaven Sealing King was the foremost among the Extreme Dao. He had been a Heavenly King in the past, a powerhouse of the same generation as the Four Extreme Dao Emperors, and had even studied under all four of them!
Among the Heavenly Kings, he was the one who understood the Extreme Dao best.
They looked down on Heaven Sealing King as a shameless scoundrel, but that didn't stop them from joining forces with him.
"Feng won't wade into this so easily while Heaven Fighting Emperor and Earth Emperor are still around," King Xun murmured.
"Besides, he probably isn't doing too well himself right now."
If the Three Emperors had descendants or reincarnations, Feng would be the one most eager to kill them.
After all, he was the Shame of the Heavenly King, and his disciples had been covertly modeling themselves after the Four Emperors.
Who knew? The returning Heaven Fighting Emperor and Earth Emperor might already have killed all his disciples.
What right did they have to imitate the Four Emperors, let alone secretly try to replace them?
"Sigh. It seems the opportunities left behind by the Three Emperors have nothing to do with us." King Gan sighed and put the idea out of his mind.
It was one thing to be tempted, but they still had to be sensible.
Heaven Sealing King, the man they were talking about, had just thought of the same thing.
"Who has the Three Emperors Great Dao?"
Feng's eyes flickered. If he could borrow the Three Emperors Great Dao, perhaps he could become an Extreme Dao Heavenly Emperor too!
Unfortunately, his four most outstanding disciples were already dead. Otherwise, he could have sent them to test the waters and see how God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and the others would react.
The Sky Screen continued to reveal the truth!
[Though a martial artist, War Heavenly Emperor was devoted to the Mountain of Books and Sea of Literature. He even left treasures hidden in its books. His vision and daring were unmatched in the Three Realms!]
[He recorded millions of ways to combine Vitality, spiritual awareness, and the body's cells in books.
Every combination was the optimal one!
He studied the Three Emperors, passed down Original Martial Arts, and drew on the strengths of countless schools. He never hoarded his knowledge, but instead left his entire inheritance in the War Hall.
The War Hall was open to all. Anyone could enter!]
"What!!!"
The powerhouses of the Three Realms were all stunned!
The power a person possessed and the power they could unleash were two different things.
If someone had ten thousand units of Vitality, unleashing even half of it would already be impressive.
But with the optimal arrangement of their power, they could control it far better!
Ten thousand units of Vitality could even produce the effect of twenty thousand!
"Holy crap! Where is the War Hall?"
"I'm so jealous! If only I'd been born eight thousand years earlier!"
"Millions of optimal combinations of Vitality, spiritual awareness, and body cells are all recorded in books for anyone to read!
What a waste! What a waste!"
"Incredible. I can't believe War Heavenly Emperor had such vision!
So this is what it means to control one's power completely?
That's absolutely terrifying!"
At that moment, the powerhouses of the Three Realms were stunned!
If they could find the combination of power best suited to them, their strength and Great Dao would improve. They might even make progress by leaps and bounds in a single day!
An ordinary martial artist might need a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand years to find the combat style best suited to them!
King Kun fell completely silent.
He had once passed by the War Hall, but when he saw that it was full of books, he had left without giving it another thought.
Only now did he understand what he had missed!
Millions of optimal ways to combine power!
If he hadn't passed it by back then, he might already have broken through to Break Nine!
Hong Yu, Yue Ling, King Gen, King Xun, King Gan, and the other ancient powerhouses all fell silent.
They, too, had passed by the War Hall in the past, but they had found it unbearably dull.
The words in the books there were nothing special, and they carried no energy fluctuations. The books covered only basic subjects, so they had naturally paid them no attention.
Some had even complained bitterly that the mighty Extreme Dao Heavenly Emperor was just messing with them, and thought War Heavenly Emperor had nothing better to do.
Now that they knew the truth, they were all silent.
None of them had seriously read the books. Perhaps only those who had truly read them could receive such an opportunity.
"War Heavenly Emperor truly deserved to be called the greatest person in the Three Realms. He became an Emperor after the War of Ten Thousand Daos!" Li Zhu couldn't help but exclaim.
Even the Emperors couldn't match that kind of vision!
Millions of optimal ways to arrange one's power—any Emperor would be tempted!
Li Zhu had a lot on his mind as he looked at the people beside him.
"Did any of you enter the War Hall back then?"
Hong Yu, King Kun, and Yue Ling scowled and glared at Li Zhu.
"Little brother, I don't think we've ever shown you any affection, have we?"
Li Zhu thought, Oh no. He'd accidentally hit them where it hurt.
The Heavenly Dog, who had just finished bringing fish to Grey Cat, was stunned too!
It had once been locked inside with Grey Cat, but it had spent the whole time barking and howling. It hadn't read a single book.
"Grandpa War, Ancestor War, give a dog one more chance!"
The Heavenly Dog was consumed with regret. If it had read the books carefully, it might already have become the Dog Emperor!
God Emperor, Eastern Emperor, and the others were also a little surprised.
They hadn't expected Zhan to have researched all of this and put it in books!
Complete control of one's power... None of them could do it, not even the Heavenly Emperor!
That was because they had the Origin, which wasn't their own power.
But War Heavenly Emperor had done it. The greatest person in the Three Realms!
Unfortunately, the War Hall had been destroyed when the Heavenly Court fell. Its projection still existed in the Void Heaven Realm.
But not just anyone could enter the Void Heaven Realm.
The Human Realm.
"War Heavenly Emperor..."
Fang Ping looked at the Sky Screen's description of War Heavenly Emperor and couldn't help spacing out.
Would someone with such vision really want to use the system to possess him?
War Heavenly Emperor had plotted against him and brought him from the world inside the Seed to this world of martial arts.
But surely there hadn't been any other schemes beyond that?
Of course, Fang Ping couldn't be certain that War Heavenly Emperor had no other schemes involving him.
After all, the Heavenly Emperor and God Emperor had once been heroes who kindled the flames of civilization, yet hadn't they become demons too?
The human heart was inscrutable. Even War Heavenly Emperor was no exception!
He wouldn't easily trust any old fossil!
[War Heavenly Emperor: a peerless talent, an Extreme Dao Heavenly Emperor, a man of immense vision!
Had he not died, he might have put an end to everything and attained the supreme Emperor Venerable realm!
Though War Heavenly Emperor has fallen, the projection of his last wisp of remnant soul can still slay and severely wound an Emperor!]
"What! One wisp of his remnant soul can slay and severely wound an Emperor!"
"Monster! War Heavenly Emperor is one hell of a monster!"
The Three Realms erupted in an uproar!
The Sky Screen's revelations about War Heavenly Emperor left everyone horrified!
They were so stunned they could barely think!
At his peak, he had nearly two hundred million Vitality. Even with only a wisp of remnant soul left, he could still slay an Emperor!
Terrifying. Absolutely terrifying!
"Unbelievable!"
"War Heavenly Emperor can still slay an Emperor after being dead for eight thousand years. If he hadn't died, the entire Three Realms would probably belong to the War clan by now!"
"Beyond the comprehension of gods and spirits! Beyond the comprehension of gods and spirits!"
"..."
The Earth Cave.
King Ming, King Feng, and the other Earth Cave Kings were pale, their bodies trembling!
"Perhaps War Heavenly Emperor left that wisp of remnant soul as a safeguard for the Future Human King!"
"If we attack the Future Human King, our people may be wiped out!"
"Tianming isn't with humanity. It's all because of the Emperors and Emperors Venerable!" King Ming roared.
The other Earth Cave True Kings remained silent.
King Gen, King Xun, King Gan, and the other ancient powerhouses were all silent with fear!
They were afraid. Terrified!
If the Three Emperors truly had reincarnations or descendants, how could they have failed to leave some safeguards behind?
On Heaven Sealing Island, Feng lost his composure. His aura erupted, instantly erasing the maids, tables, and chairs around him!
"War Heavenly Emperor..."
God Emperor, Eastern Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Earth Emperor were remarkably calm.
"The remnant soul projection the Sky Screen mentioned must be Zhan in the Void Heaven Realm." Eastern Emperor chuckled.
"But the Sky Screen wasn't wrong. If Zhan truly unleashed his power, he could still kill an Emperor."
Heaven Fighting Emperor sighed. "Killing one would be useless."
God Emperor said nothing. Killing one really would be useless.
Ultimately, the problem with the Origin came down to the Seed.
Even if they solved the problem with the Origin, other problems would arise unless they dealt with the Seed.
The Seed would never give up on killing those powerful beings who posed a threat to it.
In the Human Realm,
Zhang Tao's face had gone pale.
He had never imagined that the dead could still possess the power to kill an Emperor!
War Heavenly Emperor was terrifying!
"Kid, there's a world of difference between having a million points of combat power and not having them. It's no surprise that Zhan left behind a remnant soul projection."
God Forger spoke gravely.
Since Zhan had laid plans for the Future Human King, he certainly wouldn't let him die before his time.
Even if he hadn't left this remnant soul specifically for the Future Human King, he must have left him some divine artifact beyond their wildest imagination!
Otherwise, how could the Future Human King stand against ancient powerhouses like God Emperor and Heavenly Emperor, who had lived for ten thousand years?
At Magic Martial University,
"Hiss!"
Fang Ping sucked in a sharp breath, his scalp tingling!
A remnant soul projection could kill an Emperor?!
If that was true, wouldn't it be a piece of cake for War Heavenly Emperor to seize his body? Why would he need to rely on the system?
"But where could this remnant soul projection of War Heavenly Emperor be?"
Fang Ping gritted his teeth. These old fossils were so annoying, scheming against one another nonstop.
"I have to get stronger!"
Once he was strong enough, he'd smash their heads to pieces so they couldn't scheme against him anymore!
In the Void Heaven Realm,
War Heavenly Emperor chuckled. He could even imagine what everyone in the Three Realms must think of him now.
So terrifying... Am I really that terrifying?
"Meow!"
The projection of Grey Cat swished its tail against War Heavenly Emperor's leg and muttered, "So, which of us is the Uncrowned King—you or me?"
War Heavenly Emperor picked up Grey Cat and chuckled. "You silly cat."
The candidate for Uncrowned King was the cat outside, not you.
"Meow!"
I'm not silly!
Grey Cat flicked its tail and gave a little huff.
War Heavenly Emperor ignored the fat cat and gazed calmly at the Sky Screen.
Back then, he had been an Extreme Dao Heavenly Emperor, but he hadn't been particularly famous in the Three Realms.
Who would have thought that he'd become renowned after his death?
Golden light rippled across the Sky Screen!
[War Heavenly Emperor, Grey Cat... Who is the true Uncrowned King?]
[Grey Cat, the most natural-born Old Six, and a remarkably successful one at that.
War Heavenly Emperor, whose strength is terrifying beyond measure. Even now, no one knows just how powerful he was at his peak.
Perhaps he had already seen through the future?]
[Who is the Uncrowned King?]
At that moment, everyone in the Three Realms stared unblinkingly at the Sky Screen, waiting for it to reveal the true Uncrowned King!
"I'm backing Grey Cat all the way! Cat Sovereign has to be the Uncrowned King!"
"Cute and clueless Grey Cat is the best!"
"War Heavenly Emperor is terrifying. If he's chosen as the Uncrowned King, will the Sky Screen bring him back to life?"
"Hiss, if War Heavenly Emperor comes back to life, could the problem with the Origin be solved ahead of time?"
"The human heart is unfathomable. A resurrected War Heavenly Emperor wouldn't be the same as he was back then!
"If he comes back to life, something terrifying could happen in the Three Realms!"
"Grey Cat should be the Uncrowned King!"
"Update already! Hurry up!"
The next moment, golden light blazed!
The Uncrowned King had been chosen!
[Uncrowned King: War Heavenly Emperor!]
"Holy crap! It really is War Heavenly Emperor!"
"Good thing Grey Cat didn't make it. It fishes all day, especially for demon beasts. Sooner or later, it would eat all the demons in the Three Realms!"
"Hiss, War Heavenly Emperor is now the Uncrowned King of the Sneaky Ranking. Does that mean he's going to come back to life?"
"The Three Realms are in for a major upheaval!"
"What exactly is the reward for the Uncrowned King?!"
"Will War Heavenly Emperor destroy martial arts in the Three Realms?!"
"The Sky Screen's rewards are tailored to each individual... War Heavenly Emperor has always wanted to eradicate martial arts!
"Could he really bring martial arts in the Three Realms to an end?!"
"..."
Everyone stared intently at the Sky Screen.
What kind of reward would the Sky Screen give War Heavenly Emperor?!
Would he get choices like Spirit Emperor?
But the next moment, the unexpected happened, and everyone was dumbfounded!
(Wishing everyone a happy New Year's Eve and a joyful, happy year ahead.)
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