The Emperor of the Earth Cave is also the Demon of the Earth Cave!

Taking advantage of the gap before the Sky Screen exposed the next Sneaky Ranking member, Zhang Tao, Li Zhen, Nan Yunyue, and the others immediately held a press conference and dispatched grandmasters stationed across various regions to pacify the public and suppress riots.

In the Earth Cave, Ji Hong looked at King Ming and Qi Huanyu with complex eyes, feeling a sense of sorrow in his heart.

The Earth Cave is ruthless, but not everyone within it is heartless!

Qi Huanyu's expression was also complex; his relationship with King Ming was too complicated to be clearly defined anymore.

Ji Yao remained stubbornly silent.

"The Sky Screen exposure will surely throw the Three Realms into chaos. Our Ji Family must make plans early!"

"This King has already decided: once the Sky Screen exposure concludes, we will contact all parties to surround and kill the Martial King and his people!"

King Ming looked at the group and said indifferently.

"If the Martial King becomes an Emperor, the Earth Cave will be destroyed!"

He was not fear-mongering, nor was he exaggerating.

The Earth Cave and humanity had been at war for hundreds of years, forging a blood feud so deep it could no longer be resolved!

Although their Heavenly Fate Royal Court had not yet been fully drawn into the war, how could one allow others to snore beside one's own bed?

If Zhang Tao became an Emperor, how could the Heavenly Fate Royal Court continue to flourish?

"Qi Huanyu, the Sky Screen has resolved the hidden dangers in my Origin Source Dao. Perhaps you can attempt to break through to become a True King."

Upon hearing this, Qi Huanyu's eyes flickered.

King Among Kings... just a tarnished reputation.

On the other side, in the Heavenly Plant Royal Court.

The Right God General, who was guarding Li Zhu, looked at him with complex eyes.

Li Zhu was too calm!

When the Sky Screen exposed King Ming, King Huai, and Zhang Tao, Li Zhu had shown some surprise, but his overall state remained incredibly composed, as if he were hiding even deeper than they were.

"Brother Li, you..."

Li Zhu glanced at the Right God General and smiled faintly:

"Brother Gu need not overthink it. Li... "

Before Li Zhu could finish his sentence, the golden light on the Sky Screen fluctuated once again!

[Sneaky Ranking Seventh Place: Li Zhu!]

[Now appearing: King Lord of the Heavenly Plant Royal Court, disciple of the Seal Keeper, master of the New Heavenly Court, illegitimate son of the Earth Emperor, Po-7 Heavenly King, Emperor of the Earth Cave, Demon of the Earth Cave!]

Following the exposure on the Sky Screen, all the powerhouses of the Earth Cave fell silent, even gripped by fear!

Li Zhu had been hiding so deeply!

King Feng, the Right God General, and the others turned pale, their bodies trembling uncontrollably!

Disciple of the Seal Keeper, master of the New Heavenly Court, illegitimate son of the Earth Emperor, Po-7 Heavenly King, Emperor of the Earth Cave, Demon of the Earth Cave?!

Every single title made them feel terrified!

The useless King Lord Li Zhu, whom they had regarded as a puppet, had actually been hiding this deeply!

At this moment, the True Kings of the Earth Cave were trembling in their hearts!

"Li Zhu has hidden so deeply; what exactly is he trying to do?!"

The Right God General looked at the pale, sickly Li Zhu beside him who was constantly coughing up blood; his body went rigid, and he was shocked beyond measure!

A Heavenly King powerhouse, Emperor of the Earth Cave, Demon of the Earth Cave!

Li Zhu was unfathomable!

The face of Li Zhu's son, Li An, turned white instantly. He stared blankly at Li Zhu, his mouth moving, but he could not utter a single word.

Li Zhu looked at the exposure on the Sky Screen, smiled helplessly, and stopped pretending to cough up blood.

"Can't keep up the act anymore."

Li Zhu smiled helplessly; the Sky Screen had completely exposed him, so there was no need to pretend anymore.

Fortunately, the reward provided by the Sky Screen would allow him to transcend directly and break free from the shackles of the Origin Source.

"Li Zhu is actually a Heavenly King powerhouse!"

King Ming's eyes widened in anger, staring at the Sky Screen in disbelief.

He had guessed that Li Zhu was hiding his strength and might have already secretly attained the True King realm or even achieved the Emperor level, but he never imagined that Li Zhu was a Heavenly King powerhouse on par with King Gen and King Xun!

A Heavenly King disguised as a useless King Lord—what exactly was he planning?!

Emperor of the Earth Cave, Demon of the Earth Cave!

The Emperor is before the Demon, the Demon is after the Emperor... in the eyes of the Sky Screen, Li Zhu is a demon, not an emperor!

King Ming was now completely horrified and lost his composure; he felt resentment, fear, hatred, envy, and jealousy!

The Emperor of the Earth Cave... his Ji Family should be the true royalty of the Earth Cave, so by what right was Li Zhu called the Emperor of the Earth Cave by the Sky Screen?!

Could it be just because he was the so-called son of the Earth Emperor!

King Ming knew the reputation of the Earth Emperor, and he had also heard whispers of the secrets surrounding the Earth Emperor Dynasty.

He just never expected that Li Zhu was actually the Demon Emperor, or rather, the illegitimate son of the Earth Emperor!

In the Human Realm, Zhang Tao was completely dumbfounded.

Li Zhu was actually a Heavenly King-level powerhouse!

And he was the illegitimate son of the Earth Emperor, one of the Nine Emperors and Four Emperors!

What kind of joke was this!

Li Zhen's face turned pitch black; he had been used by Li Zhu!

The time Li Zhu was "crippled" was exactly when he had attained the Peak.

He never imagined that Li Zhu had been acting the whole time!

The clown was actually himself!

Nan Yunyue gasped, feeling completely numb.

She also knew the information that Zhang Tao and Li Zhen had obtained from the Heaven Suppressing King.

A Heavenly King who had broken through the seventh stage could unleash ten million cal of Vitality!

An outburst of ten million cal!

Even if all the human Peak powerhouses combined, they wouldn't be enough for Li Zhu to swat away with one hand.

"The seventh place is already a Heavenly King... if it goes any higher, could even the Emperors be exposed?!"

Zhang Tao was incredibly shocked; he even felt a hint of fear.

In Star Suppressing City, the Heaven Suppressing King was also stunned!

"Li Zhu is actually the illegitimate son of the Earth Emperor... how is this possible?!"

Within the Divine Sect, King Kun looked at the calm and composed Earth Emperor, feeling somewhat anxious: "Father, Li Zhu has been exposed!"

"The next one might be you!"

"If our plans are exposed, the Heavenly Emperor will surely intervene!"

The Earth Emperor rolled his eyes at him: "What's the rush? Your brother is about to transcend, and I expect I am close as well."

"Once I transcend, do I still need to fear that old dog, the Heavenly Emperor?"

If it weren't for the shackles of the Origin Source holding them back, he would have already clashed with the Heavenly Emperor!

King Kun: "..."

You two might be transcending, but I haven't yet.

In an instant, all the powerhouses of the Three Realms were shocked.

This was the first Heavenly King-level powerhouse exposed by the Sky Screen!

And it was a top-tier powerhouse hailed as the Emperor of the Earth Cave and the Demon of the Earth Cave!

Everyone was waiting to see exactly why Li Zhu was called the Emperor of the Earth Cave and the Demon of the Earth Cave!

[Li Zhu, the illegitimate son born to the Earth Emperor, one of the Nine Emperors and Four Emperors, and a woman from the Earth Cave.

Three thousand years ago, during the time of the Earth Emperor Dynasty, he encountered the Seal Keeper, a Heavenly King who had broken through the seventh stage and was executing a mission to monitor the Earth Realm.

Later, because their goals conflicted, with the assistance of the Earth Emperor, Li Zhu used two supreme treasures, the Myriad World Cauldron and the Earth King Seal, to suppress the Seal Keeper, preventing him from disrupting his plans.

Immediately afterward, Li Zhu, along with the Divine Sect and other factions, incited the North-South War, during which he secretly tunneled through the Sea-Suppressing Mountain.

He set up the World-Extinguishing Array across the 108 Outer Regions of the Earth Cave and the Sea-Suppressing Mountain; once triggered, the Forbidden Sea would flood in, destroying the Earth Realm!

During the war of the Emperors, Li Zhu detonated the array, destroying the Sea-Suppressing Mountain and allowing the seawater to flood the Earth Realm, using hundreds of billions of lives as a gamble to force the Emperors to retreat!]

At this very moment, the entire Earth Cave and the Human Realm were in an uproar!

For no other reason than that Li Zhu was too ruthless!

He blew up the Sea-Suppressing Mountain, letting seawater flood the continent and exterminate all living things!

One must know that even a Peak powerhouse would have their golden body corroded if they stayed in the Forbidden Sea, and ordinary martial artists would have their bodies corroded into ash the instant they fell into the water!

The Sea-Suppressing Mountain was the dividing line between the inner and outer regions of the Earth Cave; with the mountain destroyed, the inner regions of the Earth Cave would also be eroded by the seawater!

The key was that the Sea-Suppressing Mountain was incredibly tough, to the point that even a Heavenly King could not destroy it directly, yet Li Zhu had secretly tunneled through it!

This poisonous scheme left everyone terrified and their hair standing on end!

Li Zhu was truly too ruthless!

The Demon of the Earth Cave—he was well-deserving of the title!

The Right God General's face was as pale as paper; he could barely stand!

Watching Li Zhu, who no longer bothered to feign his persona and stood with a temperament as deep as an abyss, a bone-chilling cold surged from the depths of his soul, instantly freezing his limbs and bones!

"Brother Gu, there is no need for fear. That is merely something that happens in the future; Li is not yet a demon."

Li Zhu was remarkably indifferent.

From the moment the Sky Screen exposed his name, he had known what the Sky Screen intended to reveal.

Whether he was a demon or an emperor, he truly did not care.

In the Heavenly Fate Royal Court, the Fate King watched the Sky Screen's exposure of Li Zhu, his scalp tingling!

He had considered himself ruthless enough, but there was always someone more extreme; Li Zhu was even more insane, perhaps even completely deranged!

Li Zhu did not care about the lives in the Earth Realm, nor did he care whether he was ultimately an emperor or a demon!

He was truly too ruthless!

Even though the Fate King and the others now knew of Li Zhu's schemes, they dared not make a move against him.

On one hand, Li Zhu was a Heavenly King-level powerhouse, and it was estimated that no one in the Earth Cave could rival him!

On the other hand, no one dared to make an enemy of such a Demon Lord.

In the Human Realm, Zhang Tao, Li Zhen, and Nan Yunyue all felt a chill run down their spines.

If Li Zhu destroyed the Sea-Suppressing Mountain and the Earth Realm fell, the Human Realm would also be in imminent danger!

"Three thousand years of planning—I am no match for him!"

Zhang Tao had to admit that Li Zhu was even more insidious and cunning than he had imagined.

"What a ruthless heart Li Zhu has!"

Li Zhen found it hard to believe. With such actions, Li Zhu could still become the Emperor of the Earth Realm; were the martial artists of the Earth Cave really that spineless?

Nan Yunyue stopped gasping; she had already inhaled enough cold air for one day.

"Li Zhu's schemes have been exposed prematurely. If he decides to act like a cornered beast, it will be disastrous. We must take action!"

The Overseas Immortal Islands, Heaven Beyond Heaven, and the Boundary Land—especially those who had participated in the North-South War—were on the verge of a breakdown.

They never expected that the North-South conflict had been nothing more than someone else's calculation!

Inside the Origin Source, The God Emperor, the Eastern Emperor, and the Heaven Fighting Emperor exchanged glances and laughed.

"Hong has indeed sired a formidable son."

The Eastern Emperor smiled, "If Li Zhu can scheme to this extent, I fear that fellow Hong will bring us even greater surprises."

"We might not be exempt from this Sneaky Ranking ourselves," the Heaven Fighting Emperor whispered.

The schemes and layouts of their own were not necessarily weaker than those of the Earth Emperor.

"It is good that it has been exposed. If we transcend early, we won't have to play games with the Heavenly Emperor anymore," the God Emperor said calmly.

"I only fear that the Heavenly Emperor is also on the list!"

The Heaven Fighting Emperor sighed softly.

The Sky Screen exposure continued.

[Evaluation: Li Zhu, Demon of the Earth Cave, the number one conspirator of the Earth Realm, the number one ruthless man of the Earth Realm.

The demon is him, and the god is also him!]

[Basic Reward: Origin Source Dao transforms from false to true, resolving all internal Origin Source hidden dangers, freeing one from the shackles of the Origin Source, and allowing one to Transcend the Three Realms.

Advanced Reward: Myriad World Cauldron recognizes its master, no longer restricted by the Seal Keeper, restoring peak strength; one drop of True Blood.]

"Master, you have lost!"

Li Zhu felt the changes within himself, a graceful smile playing on his lips.

At this moment, he was a true Rank Seven Heavenly King!

"True Blood... the Sky Screen is truly miraculous."

Li Zhu looked at the True Blood in his palm with astonishment.

The Sky Screen could actually obtain the blood of the Seed; it was truly unfathomable.

"Brother Li, are you planning to leave the Heavenly Plant Royal Court?"

The Right God General asked with a trembling voice.

Li Zhu looked at him, sighed lightly, and then smiled: "It is not yet time."

"I remain the King Lord of the Heavenly Plant Royal Court; everything shall proceed as usual."

The Right God General's emotions were incredibly complex.

He now understood a little: these Three Realms were nothing but a chessboard, and it was filled with all sorts of monsters and demons.

As for him... perhaps he was only able to become a True King because he spent a hundred years by Li Zhu's side, with Li Zhu helping him from the shadows.

In the void, King Gen, King Xun, and the others stared at Li Zhu, hesitant and indecisive.

They wanted to seize that drop of True Blood, yet they feared Li Zhu's strength.

Especially since the other party was the son of the Earth Emperor.

Heaven knows if the Earth Emperor had truly fallen.

"Forget it, we don't have the fate to seize this drop of True Blood." King Gen sighed and left immediately.

Not to mention that he couldn't beat Li Zhu, Li Zhu's identity alone made him hesitate, not daring to truly make a move.

What if the next person exposed was the Earth Emperor?

By then, if the Earth Emperor had transcended, he would surely come to see his son.

The others also left one after another.

Li Zhu naturally sensed that people around him were watching him, yet they dared not act.

"This is human nature."

Bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

Li Zhu shook his head, continued to sit in his chair eating fruit and drinking tea, waiting for the next Sneaky Ranking entry to appear.

"True Blood!"

Heaven Suppressing King was shocked; the Sky Screen could actually reward those on the list with True Blood!

True Blood, even just a single drop, would make an Emperor's heart stir.

"This Sky Screen is too bizarre!"

Heaven Suppressing King couldn't help but exclaim.

The Sky Screen had exposed so much; perhaps the next sneaky person to be exposed would be him.

The Sky Screen changed once again.

Golden light shone, and the large characters shifted!

[Sneaky Ranking Sixth Place: God Forger Zao!]

"What!"

"The God Forger is actually still alive!"

"The God Forger, one of the Three Envoys of the Heavenly Court, was the weakest back then. I thought he had died when the Heavenly Court fell; I never expected him to still be alive!"

"..."

King Gen and King Xun were both quite startled.

This person was no ordinary figure; most of the divine artifacts in the Three Realms were crafted by the God Forger.

Heaven Suppressing King was also surprised; this guy, the God Forger, could actually make the list?!

The God Forger, within the eyes of the statue, was also amused; his ranking wasn't low at all.

Now, he too would be able to transcend, free from the shackles of the Origin Source.

[God Forger, one of the oldest powerhouses in the Three Realms, a grandmaster of artifact refining from the Early Martial Era, one of the Three Envoys of the Heavenly Court, one of the creators of the Immortal Source, one of the Break Eight supreme powerhouses who transitioned from Early Martial to the Origin Source, the number one master of artifact forging in the Three Realms, the number one person for faking!]

[After the fall of the Heavenly Court eight thousand years ago, the God Forger was suppressed by the Heaven Suppressing King in Star Suppressing City!

The fake paths he created can lead directly to the Immortal Source, draining the power of Emperors!

The divine artifact clones he created possess his own strength while being indistinguishable from the real thing.

Even Emperors cannot easily detect the location of his true body!

The God Forger can even forge fake Dao Fruits, using fake Dao Fruits and fake true bodies to offset a fatal blow from an Emperor, and he can even fiercely counterattack, draining the opponent's Origin Source dry!]

"Hiss!"

Seeing this, everyone gasped in unison.

A Break Eight supreme powerhouse!

Even Emperors find it hard to distinguish his clones from the real thing!

The God Forger is truly worthy of being the number one faker in the Three Realms!

King Gan, who had been silent for a long time, could not help but whisper at this moment:

"When the Heavenly Court fell eight thousand years ago, the God Forger was only at the Emperor level, yet now he is already a Break Eight supreme powerhouse!"

King Gan's pupils constricted sharply; he was stunned.

Is this the foundation of the oldest powerhouses?

Truly inhuman!

Heaven Suppressing King was also filled with shock.

He knew the God Forger had transitioned to the Origin Source Dao, but he hadn't expected the other party to have already reached Break Eight!

"Extracting the power of an Emperor, neutralizing a fatal blow from an Emperor, and creating a clone so realistic that even an Emperor struggles to distinguish the truth..."

"The God Forger can truly be called a top-tier schemer of a different breed!"

The Earth Cave's number one survivalist, King Pingshan, had eyes gleaming with intensity.

If he possessed the God Forger's ability to create such forgeries, he could be even more steady and cautious!

He wondered if the God Forger took on apprentices, and how he could manage to become one.

King Ming was also silent.

There were simply too many talents in the Three Realms!

A supreme powerhouse who had reached the Break Eight realm!

And a supreme powerhouse who walked an unorthodox path at that!

The schemer King Huai had many identities, relying entirely on how quickly he could surrender.

The schemer God Forger, however, relied on his own strength and talent!

Just ask, between King Huai, Li Zhu, and Zhang Tao, who could create a fake so convincing that even an Emperor could not tell the difference?

The God Forger's ability to preserve his own life was simply too strong.