Without the slightest hesitation, King Pingshan grabbed his things and ran!
His intuition had always been pretty sharp. Now that he had Danger Intuition, it was sharper than ever!
If he didn't run now, when would he?
By the time King Gan, King Gen, and the others arrived in Pingshan Domain, only a handful of people remained. Everyone else had fled!
The mid- and high-rank Earth Cave martial artists in Pingshan Domain knew King Pingshan too well.
The moment they saw King Pingshan leave in a hurry, they immediately thought, "Time to run!"
And so, every Earth Cave martial artist in Pingshan Domain who could run did.
"..."
King Gan, King Gen, and the others looked at one another, all wearing helpless expressions.
King Pingshan really lived up to his reputation as the Earth Cave's Survival King. He was incredibly fast on his feet!
"Forget it. There's no rush about the Heavenly Grave."
King Gan raised his brows and said helplessly, "As for King Pingshan, we can look for him later."
King Gen and King Xun smiled helplessly as well.
They had lost the initiative.
King Pingshan's Danger Intuition probably worked much like Grey Cat's ability to sense people's thoughts.
As long as they didn't harbor ill intentions toward him, he wouldn't sense any "danger" from them, and they would be able to approach him.
After King Gan and the others left, King Ming also sent someone to Pingshan Domain.
When he learned that King Pingshan and all the high-rank martial artists in Pingshan Domain had fled, he laughed too.
Now, every faction was keeping their distance from King Huai, the Jinx who brought death wherever he went.
Meanwhile, King Pingshan, the Survival King, was avoiding every faction.
King Huai and King Pingshan... Why not just put those two together?
King Ming sighed. This was too difficult.
The kings of the Earth Cave each had their own schemes, and that was without even mentioning the oddballs.
Leading this group was such a headache!
Fortunately, Ji Hong had become a True King, and Qi Huanyu had broken through the Great Dao and secretly become a True King as well.
With three True Kings from the Ji Family, plus Ji Yao, who was on the verge of reaching Emperor level...
The Heavenly Fate Royal Court had truly become the Ji Family's Royal Court!
The others didn't know what had happened in the Heavenly Fate Royal Court. They were simply marveling that the Earth Cave's Survival King would probably become even more cautious from now on!
King Huai, meanwhile, felt a little wistful. He thought King Pingshan might have a rough time of it from now on.
Danger Intuition... Wasn't that basically a human-shaped radar?
He often studied human civilization. He knew about minesweeper games and radar, too.
"King Pingshan had better pray no one catches him. Otherwise... tsk, tsk."
King Huai clicked his tongue twice.
At least his "Jinx" persona was firmly established.
His reputation with the Sky Screen kept growing!
Forget recruiting him. The various factions didn't even want to dirty their hands by killing him!
Even King Ming was starting to look down on him.
They didn't even invite him to the Hundred Kings Conference!
Unbelievable...
King Huai sighed.
This persona had its advantages, but it had its drawbacks too.
He couldn't join any faction, so he had to find resources himself.
Fortunately, the drop of True Blood and the resources he'd collected earlier would last him a long time.
"Martial King and the others are tough. I can keep working with Martial King," King Huai thought.
Once he figured out what King Ming and the others were planning to do to target the Future Human King at the Hundred Kings Conference, he would contact Zhang Tao and sell him the intelligence for resources!
Golden light shimmered across the Sky Screen, and another Dao Protector of the Human King had been revealed!
[Rank 5: Qi Huanyu of the Heavenly Fate Royal Court!]
"Damn, another person from the Ji Family!"
"The Heavenly Fate Royal Court is on fire!
"Ji Yao aside, even King Pingshan—the last one—was a True King from the Heavenly Fate Royal Court!"
"King Ming sure has a wealth of talent under him. First Ji Yao, then Qi Huanyu, who cuckolded him!"
"Could Qi Huanyu have his eye on the Future Human King too?"
"..."
The Three Realms erupted in an uproar, filled with laughter.
If they remembered correctly, the Sky Screen had previously revealed that King Ming wanted Ji Yao to "marry" the Future Human King!
Now Ji Yao's own grandfather was the Future Human King's "Dao Protector"!
Well, that was two pieces of good news at once!
King Ming couldn't help but widen his eyes.
What was going on?!
Though he understood that "Dao Protector" was mostly a tongue-in-cheek title, everyone who made the list had genuinely helped the Future Human King. In fact, nearly all of them had played a pivotal role.
Had Qi Huanyu helped the Future Human King too?!
Qi Huanyu was also a little dazed at that moment. He'd made the list too!
Ji Yao was stunned as well. Her "grandfather" had made the list, and the key thing was that he ranked ahead of her!
In the Human Realm,
Fang Ping's face darkened. Had Ji Yao's grandfather become his "Dao Protector" too?
What a bogus list!
Wang Jinyang's eyes lit up. He waited eagerly to see what came next.
[Qi Huanyu, commander of the Heavenly Fate Royal Court.
Before the Land of King Battles opened, the Future Human King, who had just reached the Rank Nine Realm, entered the Land of King Battles and fought Qi Huanyu's force of 800 Earth Cave Rank Nine martial artists, along with some forces from Heaven Beyond Heaven and the Boundary Land, as well as the Divine Court Army of the Two Kings!
When the Future Human King and Qi Huanyu fought to a stalemate, he launched a surprise attack on Qi Huanyu's Origin Source Dao.
Not only did he find a flaw in Qi Huanyu's Dao, driving him mad, but he also forced Qi Huanyu to take his own life.
At the same time, the Future Human King indirectly discovered a flaw in King Ming's Origin Source Dao.
Taking advantage of this, the Future Human King, his companions, and Martial King Zhang Tao joined forces to kill King Ming in the Forbidden Sea!
With King Ming's death, the Earth Cave fell apart completely!]
"Damn! Qi Huanyu didn't just cuckold King Ming—he also got him killed! Amazing!"
"So that's how King Ming died. Was it karma?"
"Too strong! The Future Human King is too strong!
"He'd only just reached Rank Nine, yet he could already fight Qi Huanyu on equal terms!"
"The Future Human King can launch a surprise attack on someone's Origin Source Dao? How is that possible?!"
"A divine weapon! He must have a divine weapon left to him by the War Heavenly Emperor!"
"..."
Qi Huanyu was a King Among Kings, an unparalleled expert in the Rank Nine Realm, invincible among Rank Nine martial artists!
If the Future Human King could contend with someone like that right after reaching Rank Nine,
didn't that mean he might be able to kill a True King once he reached the peak of Rank Nine?!
No one knew that when Fang Ping reached the late stage of Rank Nine, he would not only be able to kill True Kings, but Emperor Venerables as well—and even hold his own against Saints!
The Earth Cave,
the Heavenly Fate Royal Court.
King Ming's expression darkened, while Qi Huanyu turned pale.
"Heh."
King Ming sneered, but he didn't blame Qi Huanyu.
After all, who could have expected the Future Human King to launch a surprise attack on someone's Origin Source Dao?!
It was only natural that Qi Huanyu had died after the Future Human King discovered a flaw in his Dao.
"There's no need to worry. Now that the future has been revealed, we can change it!" Ambition flickered in King Ming's eyes.
His Great Dao was now flawless, and Qi Huanyu had also broken through to become a True King!
Their future had already changed!
"Launch a surprise attack on someone's Origin Source Dao... A divine weapon?"
King Gan furrowed his brows.
It wouldn't be surprising if the Future Human King had a divine weapon, but was it really left behind by the War Heavenly Emperor?
Or had Grey Cat given it to him later?
Either way, the Future Human King would only be stronger than they imagined!
The Emperor Venerables and True Gods of Heaven Beyond Heaven and the Boundary Land were even more shocked and greedy!
"A divine weapon!"
"The Future Human King actually has a divine weapon!"
Divine weapons were incredibly powerful. A True God wielding one might even be able to kill an Emperor.
Every divine weapon had a different function, but they were all extremely powerful!
Divine weapons could even benefit Emperors!
The Future Human King's divine weapon might even contain the Extreme Dao inheritance!
If it didn't, how else could the Future Human King have forged his golden body nine times?
The Nine-Forged Golden Body was impossible without the Extreme Dao. It represented the limit of the physical body!
Even during the ancient Heavenly Court era, the only person recorded to have achieved the Nine-Forged Golden Body was Heaven Dominating Emperor!
That showed just how difficult—and powerful—the Nine-Forged Golden Body was!
"The Future Human King must be weak right now. If we can find him and take his divine weapon..."
"The Human Realm has the Heaven Suppressing King. We wouldn't dare, but there must be someone who would!"
"Though the War Heavenly Emperor's remnant soul remains, if we fight at the same level, we can't be blamed if the Future Human King dies!"
"The timid starve, while the bold feast!"
"We can't transcend anyway. We might as well contact the other factions and gamble on a future!"
"With the Extreme Dao inheritance, we might be able to use the Extreme Dao to fight Emperors—or even take control of the Immortal Source!"
In the Human Realm,
Fang Ping and Wang Jinyang were both shocked.
A flaw in the Great Dao!
A flaw in the Great Dao could drive someone mad—and even force them to take their own life!
The Origin Source Dao really was dangerous!
The two hurriedly asked Zhang Tao about what they didn't understand.
Zhang Tao didn't hold anything back. He told Wang Jinyang and Fang Ping everything he knew.
"It's a flaw in one's mind and will..."
At the same time,
within the Origin Source,
the Human Emperor looked sharply at the information about the Future Human King brought by the pieces he had placed in the Human Realm.
Martial artists from Rank One to Rank Nine, nearly a thousand in all, had been brought to Zhang Tao's stronghold.
"A diversionary tactic? Since we can't determine who the Future Human King is, we'll keep a close eye on every exceptionally talented martial artist!
"Even low-rank martial artists can't be ignored!"
The Earth Cave,
Qi Huanyu was waiting for his reward.
King Ming was also curious what Qi Huanyu's reward would be.
Ji Yao, for her part, didn't give it much thought.
[Qi Huanyu, a peerless genius of his generation, but with a complicated fate.]
[Reward: Restore the flaws in his Great Dao.]
Qi Huanyu was shocked!
Though he had forcibly broken through the True King Barrier, King Ming had already walked his Great Dao, making it extremely difficult to continue along it.
He would have to change to another Dao!
But now he wouldn't have to!
It was always better to use something that belonged to him.
Unfortunately, he had already forcibly broken through to become a True King.
If he could break through again now, his Origin Source Dao would surely reach much farther!
Seeing this, King Ming couldn't help feeling worried.
Before, he hadn't planned to kill Qi Huanyu just to prevent him from taking revenge.
But now Qi Huanyu could keep advancing.
What if he surpassed King Ming? What would King Ming do then?
There could only be one Emperor in the Heavenly Fate Royal Court!
King Ming's eyes flashed coldly. Qi Huanyu wouldn't surpass him within the next few years, and he knew about the flaw in Qi Huanyu's Great Dao. For now, he had nothing to fear.
They still needed Qi Huanyu's help—and his life—to capture and kill the Future Human King. He couldn't kill him now!
King Ming appeared utterly calm.
Qi Huanyu and the others didn't suspect a thing.
As the master of the True King Hall in the Heavenly Fate Royal Court, King Ming had no lack of resolve.
"Qi Huanyu has repaired the flaw in his Great Dao. He'll probably become a True King very soon!"
"King Among Kings. His cultivation of the Divine Dao is unprecedented... Once he breaks through to True King, he might not be any weaker than King Feng!"
"The Ji Family has gained another True King!"
"I wonder if King Ming will kill him."
"King Ming probably won't kill Qi Huanyu, right? Though, you never know."
In the Human Realm,
Zhang Weiyu's expression was grave. "If Qi Huanyu enters the True King Realm, we'll have another formidable enemy!"
Wu Chuan, whose strength was "nothing special," looked a little lost.
Everything he knew about Qi Huanyu had come from the Sky Screen's revelations.
Wu Chuan asked, "Unrivaled among Ninth-Rankers... unrivaled in the Earth Caves, and in the Human Realm too?"
"Qi Huanyu, King Among Kings, unrivaled among Ninth-Rankers!"
Zhang Weiyu said gravely, "If we fought, I don't think I'd be a match for him."
As the Western Guardian, Zhang Weiyu ranked eighteenth among the world's Ninth-Rankers.
As for Wu Chuan, who was also a Guardian, he ranked ninety-eighth. There was no need to bring that up.
Zhang Tao watched the Sky Screen without looking particularly concerned.
In his view, Qi Huanyu was no threat. Nan Yunyue could kill him too!
Besides, King Ming wouldn't really let Qi Huanyu continue down this path unchecked.
Given enough time, King Ming would probably sever Qi Huanyu's Great Dao again.
"The revelations about Qi Huanyu have indirectly confirmed just how powerful the Future Human King is... That's not good news." Zhang Tao's expression grew slightly grave.
The Earth Caves and the other factions were probably already thinking about how to force the human race's prodigies into the open!
But the human race couldn't keep those prodigies completely sheltered and coddled.
Soon, there would likely be one bloody battle after another!
Fortunately, thanks to the deterrence of the Heaven Suppressing King and the others, no powerful figures dared to spy on the Human Realm from the Outer Regions of the Earth Caves or hunt human martial artists.
"Storm clouds are gathering!"
"Why hasn't the Sky Screen revealed the next Dao Protector yet? I've been waiting forever!"
"It's noon already. I've been waiting for the Sky Screen's revelations to go with my lunch!"
"It's here, it's here! The Sky Screen's back!"
[Fourth place: Earth Emperor's daughter-in-law, Northern Emperor's daughter, master of Wangwu Mountain, the woman who made the Future Human King's eyes light up again and again—Yue Ling!]
"What! It's actually her!"
"The strongest in the Blessed Lands, and the former leader of the Northern Faction—Emperor Yue Ling!"
"Yue Ling! Hong Yu's wife. Why is she also the Future Human King's Dao Protector?"
"Wait, the woman who made the Future Human King's eyes light up again and again? Is that really a proper introduction?"
"Good grief, that madwoman Yue Ling is getting a reward too? That's not fair!"
"..."
Quite a few people in the Three Realms knew Yue Ling. Nearly every powerful figure knew her.
After all, she was of exalted status and ruled with an iron fist.
Back then, even the Heavenly Dog went out of its way to avoid Wangwu Mountain.
Though the Northern Emperor had fallen, the Earth Emperor had returned. Who would dare provoke Yue Ling or show her disrespect?
In the Divine Sect,
Yue Ling's pretty face flushed red with fury!
She was the woman who made the Future Human King's eyes light up again and again?
Slander! Utter, shameless slander!
Hong Yu didn't read too much into it. There was no doubt about Yue Ling's feelings for him.
Besides, everyone knew the Future Human King was a shameless rogue.
He guessed that the Future Human King had either seen Yue Ling's great strength, domineering nature, and exalted status and wanted to cling to her, or he had taken advantage of her somehow.
Li Zhu couldn't help laughing either. His second sister-in-law had probably been duped plenty by the Future Human King.
In the Earth Caves,
King Ming's expression grew slightly grave.
He had naturally heard of the master of Wangwu Mountain. She was powerful, domineering, and of exalted status.
He hadn't expected her to have ties to the Future Human King as well.
Could it be that she had taken a fancy to the Future Human King too, and wanted to make him her male consort?
King Huai, meanwhile, looked utterly confused.
Wait, hadn't it gotten to him yet?
Or was he not on this list of so-called "Dao Protectors"?
In the Human Realm,
Fang Ping's eyelid twitched.
What the hell did it mean, the woman who made his eyes light up again and again?!
[Yue Ling, the only woman who made the eyes of both the current Human King, Martial King Zhang Tao, and the Future Human King shine!]
"Damn, Yue Ling even made the eyes of Zhang Tao, that Shame of the True Kings, light up!"
"Are the two Human Kings planning to rob her?
As an Imperial Princess and an Imperial Prince Consort, Yue Ling must be loaded!"
"Impressive! Martial King and the Future Human King are something else. They actually dared to mess with Yue Ling, that madwoman!"
Inside the Divine Sect,
Yue Ling's face went completely dark!
Hong Yu hurriedly tried to soothe her. "Don't be angry. Don't be angry."
"I'd like to see exactly how I helped the Future Human King to become the woman who made the eyes of two generations of Human Kings light up again and again!"
Yue Ling ground her teeth.
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