The Earth Cave Emperor Was Also the Demon of the Earth Cave! (Please Read On)

While the Sky Screen had yet to reveal the next Old Six, Zhang Tao, Li Zhen, Nan Yunyue, and the others immediately held a press conference. They also sent grandmasters stationed throughout the land to reassure the public and put down the unrest.

Earth Cave,

Ji Hong looked at King Ming and Qi Huanyu with a complicated expression, feeling an even deeper sadness in his heart.

The Earth Cave was merciless, but that didn't mean everyone in it was!

Qi Huanyu's expression was just as complicated. His relationship with King Ming was too tangled to explain now.

Ji Yao remained silent.

"The Sky Screen's revelations will plunge the Three Realms into chaos. Our Ji Family must prepare in advance!"

"This king has already decided. Once the Sky Screen's revelations are over, I'll contact the other forces and surround and kill Martial King and his people!"

King Ming looked at them and spoke coolly.

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

He wasn't trying to frighten them, nor was he exaggerating.

The Earth Cave and humanity had been at war for hundreds of years. Their feud ran too deep to ever be resolved!

Although their Heavenly Fate Royal Court hadn't been drawn fully into the war yet, how could they let another sleep beside their bed?

If Zhang Tao became an Emperor, how could the Heavenly Fate Royal Court remain prosperous?

"Qi Huanyu, the Sky Screen has resolved the hidden flaw in this king's Origin Source Dao. Perhaps you can try to break through to True King."

At his words, Qi Huanyu's expression shifted.

King Among Kings... It was just a tainted reputation.

Meanwhile, in the Heavenly Plant Royal Court.

The Right God General, who was guarding Li Zhu, looked at him with a complicated expression.

Li Zhu was far too calm!

The Sky Screen had revealed King Ming, King Huai, and Zhang Tao. Though Li Zhu had been surprised at times, he'd remained utterly composed, as if he had hidden himself even more deeply than the others.

"Brother Li, you..."

Li Zhu glanced at Right God General and smiled faintly.

"Brother Gu, there's no need to overthink it. I..."

Before Li Zhu could finish, golden light rippled across the Sky Screen again!

Sneaky Ranking, seventh place: Li Zhu!

Now appearing: the Heavenly Plant Royal Court's King Lord, the Seal Keeper's disciple, the ruler of the New Heavenly Court, Earth Emperor's illegitimate son, Break-Seven Heavenly King, the Earth Cave Emperor, the Demon of the Earth Cave!

As the Sky Screen revealed the truth, the powerful beings throughout the Earth Cave fell silent. Some were even afraid!

Li Zhu had hidden himself so well!

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

The Seal Keeper's disciple, ruler of the New Heavenly Court, Earth Emperor's illegitimate son, Break-Seven Heavenly King, the Earth Cave Emperor, the Demon of the Earth Cave?!

Every title was terrifying!

Li Zhu, the useless King Lord they'd regarded as a puppet, had been hiding himself so deeply!

At that moment, the Earth Cave True Kings felt their hearts tremble!

"Li Zhu has hidden himself so well. What on earth is he trying to do?!"

Right God General stared at Li Zhu, who stood beside him pale and sickly, coughing up blood again and again. His body stiffened, and he was utterly horrified!

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

Li Zhu was unfathomable!

Li An's face turned deathly pale. He stared blankly at Li Zhu, his lips moving, but no words came out.

Li Zhu looked at the Sky Screen revealing his identity and smiled helplessly. He stopped pretending to cough up blood.

"I can't keep up the act anymore."

Li Zhu smiled helplessly. The Sky Screen had exposed him completely, so there was no need to keep pretending.

Fortunately, the reward from the Sky Screen would let him transcend directly and escape the restrictions of the Origin Source.

"Li Zhu is actually a Heavenly King!"

King Ming's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the Sky Screen.

He'd suspected Li Zhu was hiding his strength. Perhaps he'd already secretly attained True King, or even reached Emperor level. But he'd never imagined Li Zhu was a Heavenly King like King Gen and King Xun!

Why would a Heavenly King disguise himself as a useless King Lord?!

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

Emperor came before Demon, and Demon after Emperor... In the Sky Screen's eyes, Li Zhu was a demon, not an emperor!

King Ming was utterly stunned. Resentment, fear, hatred, envy, jealousy!

The Earth Cave Emperor... His Ji Family should have been the Earth Cave Emperor! Why did the Sky Screen call Li Zhu the Earth Cave Emperor?!

Was it just because he was supposedly Earth Emperor's son?

King Ming knew Earth Emperor's title, and he'd heard rumors about the secrets of the Earth Emperor Dynasty.

He just hadn't expected Li Zhu to be the Demon Emperor—that is, Earth Emperor's illegitimate son!

Human Realm,

Zhang Tao was completely dumbfounded.

Li Zhu was actually a Heavenly King!

And Earth Emperor's illegitimate son, one of the Nine Emperors and Four Emperors!

What a joke!

Li Zhen's face turned pitch-black. Li Zhu had used him!

Li Zhen had been the one to cripple Li Zhu when Li Zhen attained Peak.

He hadn't expected Li Zhu to be playing him!

The Clown turned out to be him!

Nan Yunyue drew in a sharp breath and was utterly numb.

She knew what Zhang Tao and Li Zhen had learned from Heaven Suppressing King.

A Break-Seven Heavenly King could unleash ten million units of Vitality!

Ten million units of explosive force!

Even if all of humanity's Peak experts joined forces, they wouldn't be enough for Li Zhu to take on with one hand.

"If seventh place is a Heavenly King... could the Emperors be revealed next?!"

Zhang Tao was shaken to the core. He was even a little afraid.

In Star Suppressing City, Heaven Suppressing King was shocked too!

"Li Zhu is Earth Emperor's illegitimate son... How can that be?!"

Within the Divine Sect,

King Kun looked anxiously at the composed Earth Emperor. "Father, Li Zhu has been exposed!"

"The next one might be you!"

"If our plan is exposed, Heavenly Emperor will certainly interfere!"

Earth Emperor rolled his eyes at him. "What are you panicking for? Your younger brother is about to transcend, and I expect I'm not far behind."

"Once I transcend, why should I fear that old dog Heavenly Emperor?"

If the Origin Source hadn't constrained them, he would have already gone all out against Heavenly Emperor!

King Kun: "..."

You may be transcending, but I'm not.

For a moment, the powerful beings throughout the Three Realms were all stunned.

This was the first Heavenly King the Sky Screen had revealed!

And he was a top expert hailed as the Earth Cave Emperor and the Demon of the Earth Cave!

Everyone was eager to learn why Li Zhu was called the Earth Cave Emperor and the Demon of the Earth Cave!

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

Three thousand years ago, during the Earth Emperor Dynasty, he encountered the Break-Seven Heavenly King Seal Keeper, who was carrying out an inspection mission in the Earth Realm.

Later, their aims came into conflict. With Earth Emperor's help, Li Zhu used the Myriad World Cauldron and Earth King Seal, two supreme treasures, to suppress the Seal Keeper and stop him from ruining his plans.

Afterward, Li Zhu joined forces with the Divine Sect and other factions to bring about the North-South War. During that time, he secretly opened a passage through Sea-Suppressing Mountain.

He set up a World-Extinguishing Array in the Earth Cave's 108 Outer Regions and at Sea-Suppressing Mountain. Once triggered, the Forbidden Sea would flood in and destroy the Earth Realm!

During the battle of the Emperors, Li Zhu detonated the array and destroyed Sea-Suppressing Mountain, flooding the Earth Realm with seawater. He gambled the lives of tens of billions of people to force the Emperors to back down!

At that moment, the entire Earth Cave and Human Realm erupted!

There was no other reason. Li Zhu was far too ruthless!

He'd blown up Sea-Suppressing Mountain, flooding the continent and wiping out all life!

Even Peak experts would have their golden bodies corroded if they stayed in the Forbidden Sea. An ordinary martial artist who fell into it would be reduced to ashes in an instant!

Sea-Suppressing Mountain divided the Earth Cave's inner and outer regions. With it destroyed, the inner region would also be swallowed by the sea!

The key was that the sea was incredibly powerful. Even Heavenly Kings couldn't destroy it outright, yet Li Zhu had secretly opened a passage through Sea-Suppressing Mountain!

His vicious scheme left everyone trembling with fear, their blood running cold!

Li Zhu really was ruthless!

He deserved the title of Demon of the Earth Cave!

Right God General's face was as pale as paper. He could barely stand!

He looked at Li Zhu, who had stopped pretending and now seemed unfathomable. A bone-deep chill welled up from the depths of his soul, freezing his limbs in an instant!

"Brother Gu, there's no need to be afraid. That was something that happens in the future. I haven't become a demon yet."

Li Zhu was completely calm.

From the moment the Sky Screen revealed his titles, he'd known what it was going to expose.

Demon or emperor, he didn't really care.

In the Heavenly Fate Royal Court, King Ming stared at the Sky Screen's revelations about Li Zhu, his scalp tingling!

He considered himself ruthless enough, but there was always someone worse. Li Zhu was more deranged, even utterly unhinged!

Li Zhu didn't care about the people of the Earth Realm, nor did he care whether he was an emperor or a demon!

He really was too ruthless!

Even though King Ming and the others now knew Li Zhu's plans, they still didn't dare attack him.

For one thing, Li Zhu was a Heavenly King. No one in the Earth Cave could likely match him!

For another, no one dared make an enemy of a demon like him.

In the Human Realm, Zhang Tao, Li Zhen, and Nan Yunyue all felt chills run down their backs.

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

"Three thousand years of planning. I'm no match for him!"

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

"Li Zhu's heart is too cruel!"

Li Zhen couldn't believe it. After pulling off a stunt like that, Li Zhu could still become the Earth Realm's Emperor. Were the Earth Cave's martial artists really that spineless?

Nan Yunyue didn't draw in another sharp breath. She'd had enough of that for one day.

"Li Zhu's plan has been exposed early. If he gets desperate and lashes out, we'll be in trouble. We have to act!"

The Overseas Immortal Islands, the Outer Heavens, and the Boundary Land—especially those who had taken part in the North-South War—were on the verge of collapse.

They couldn't believe the North-South War had been part of someone else's scheme!

In the Origin Source,

God Emperor, Eastern Emperor, and Heaven Fighting Emperor exchanged glances and smiled.

"Hong certainly had a formidable son."

Eastern Emperor smiled. "Li Zhu managed to lay so many plans. That fellow Hong will probably have an even bigger surprise in store for us."

"We may not escape the Sneaky Ranking either," Heaven Fighting Emperor murmured.

Their schemes and plans were not necessarily any weaker than Earth Emperor's.

"It's good that we've been exposed. Once we transcend ahead of time, we won't have to play games with Heavenly Emperor anymore," God Emperor said calmly.

"The only worry is that Heavenly Emperor might be on the list too!"

Heaven Fighting Emperor sighed.

The Sky Screen's revelations continued.

Evaluation: Li Zhu, Demon of the Earth Cave, the Earth Realm's foremost schemer, the Earth Realm's most ruthless man.

He is both demon and god!

Basic reward: Transform the false Origin Source Dao into reality, resolve the flaw in his Origin Source, free himself from the Origin Source's restrictions, and transcend the Three Realms.

Advanced reward: The Myriad World Cauldron recognizes him as its master, freeing him from the Seal Keeper's control and restoring his peak strength; one drop of True Blood.

"Master, you've lost!"

Li Zhu felt the changes in his body and smiled elegantly.

Only now was he a true Break-Seven Heavenly King!

"True Blood... The Sky Screen really is incredible."

Li Zhu stared at the True Blood in his palm, full of wonder.

The Sky Screen could even obtain the Seed's blood. It truly had unfathomable powers.

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

Right God General asked in a trembling voice.

Li Zhu looked at him and sighed, then smiled. "Not yet."

"I'm still the Heavenly Plant Royal Court's King Lord. Everything can stay as it is."

Right God General's feelings were incredibly complicated.

Now he understood a little. These Three Realms were a chessboard, with all kinds of strange beings in play.

As for him... perhaps he had become a True King because he had spent a hundred years by Li Zhu's side, and Li Zhu had secretly helped him.

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

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

Especially since he was Earth Emperor's son.

Who knew whether Earth Emperor had really fallen?

"Forget it. We're not fated to claim this drop of True Blood." King Gen sighed and immediately left.

Even setting aside the fact that he couldn't beat Li Zhu, Li Zhu's identity alone made him hesitate to act.

What if the next person exposed was Earth Emperor?

If Earth Emperor transcended, he would definitely come see his son.

The others also left one after another.

Li Zhu naturally noticed that people nearby were watching him, but they didn't dare make a move.

"This is human nature."

They bullied the weak and feared the strong.

Li Zhu shook his head, then sat back in his chair, eating fruit and drinking tea as he waited for the next Old Six to appear.

"True Blood!"

Heaven Suppressing King was stunned. The Sky Screen could actually reward those on the ranking with True Blood!

Even a single drop of True Blood would tempt an Emperor.

"This Sky Screen is too strange!"

Heaven Suppressing King couldn't help exclaiming.

The Sky Screen had exposed so many people. Perhaps he would be the next Old Six exposed.

The Sky Screen changed again.

Golden light shone as the words shifted!

[Sixth Place on the Sneaky Ranking: God Forger Zao!]

"What!"

"God Forger is actually still alive!"

"God Forger, one of the Three Envoys of the Heavenly Court, was the weakest of them back then. We thought he'd died along with the Heavenly Court, but he's actually still alive!"

"..."

King Gen and King Xun were both astonished.

This was no ordinary person. Most of the divine weapons in the Three Realms had been made by God Forger.

Heaven Suppressing King was also shocked. That God Forger fellow had actually made the ranking?!

God Forger, inside the statue, was delighted too. His ranking wasn't bad.

Now he could also escape the Origin Source's shackles and transcend.

[God Forger, one of the oldest powerhouses in the Three Realms, a master weapon refiner of 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 powerhouses who switched from Original Martial Arts to the Origin Source Dao, the greatest weapon forger in the Three Realms, and the foremost master of fakes!]

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

The fake Dao he created could lead straight to the Immortal Source and drain Emperors of their power!

The divine weapon clones he created possessed his own strength, yet were indistinguishable from the real thing.

Even Emperors couldn't easily discern where his true body was!

God Forger could even create fake Dao Fruits. With a fake Dao Fruit and a fake true body, he could withstand an Emperor's fatal blow. He could even counterattack viciously and drain the other party's Origin!]

"Hiss!"

Seeing this, everyone drew in a sharp breath.

A Break Eight powerhouse!

Even Emperors couldn't tell whether his clones were real or fake!

God Forger truly deserved his title as the greatest master of fakes in the Three Realms!

King Gan, who had been silent for a long time, couldn't help murmuring:

"When the Heavenly Court fell eight thousand years ago, God Forger was only at Emperor level. Now he's a Break Eight powerhouse!"

King Gan's pupils contracted sharply. He was stunned.

Was this the foundation of the oldest powerhouses?

They really weren't human!

Heaven Suppressing King was also deeply shocked.

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

"Draining Emperors of their power, withstanding their fatal blows, and making clones that even Emperors can't distinguish from the real thing..."

"God Forger is an exceptional Old Six in his own right!"

The Earth Cave's number-one Survival King, King Pingshan, gazed eagerly.

If he had God Forger's ability to make fakes, he could be even more cautious!

He wondered whether God Forger took disciples—and how he could get him to accept him.

King Ming fell silent too.

There really were too many talented people in the Three Realms!

A Break Eight powerhouse!

And a powerhouse who'd taken an unorthodox path!

King Huai was an Old Six because he had many identities and was quick to surrender.

God Forger was an Old Six because of his own strength and talent!

Just look at King Huai, Li Zhu, and Zhang Tao. Which of them could fool everyone so completely that even Emperors couldn't tell what was real?

God Forger's ability to stay alive was far too formidable.