The Sky Screen Descends, Taking Stock of the Teachers of the Children of Destiny Across the Heavens

A Light Screen streaked across the sky, transforming into a golden Light Screen suspended above the heavens of every world.

Battle Through the Heavens Plane.

At this moment, the imperial battle between Flame Emperor Xiao Yan and Hun Tiandi had reached its climax!

Just as the situation hung by a thread, the vault of heaven exploded with a thunderous crash!

A sudden change erupted!

Accompanied by an earth-shaking roar, supreme pressure descended from the nine heavens.

Xiao Yan, whose imperial body was burning, and Hun Tiandi, who had been about to flee, were both suppressed by this force!

In an instant,

the Dou Qi within Xiao Yan's body nearly froze solid.

His colossal imperial body, tens of thousands of feet tall, could no longer be maintained.

He was forced back to his original form!

This sudden upheaval made Xiao Yan's expression change drastically.

Fortunately, Hun Tiandi was similarly restrained.

Already severely wounded, he suffered another devastating blow.

He spat out a mouthful of blood!

"What... what kind of power is this?! It actually makes me feel as insignificant as dust!" Xiao Yan was shaken to his core. The Emperor Flame within him was trembling faintly beyond his control!

Hun Tiandi's face lost all color in an instant. The grand ambition he had painstakingly cultivated for a thousand years appeared utterly insignificant before this supreme might.

"Even the legendary Tou She Ancient God... likely could not have reached such a realm, could he?!"

The Sky Screen slowly unfolded.

Though it hung far above the nine heavens,

strangely, every living being in the world could clearly see the images within it.

[Heavens Exposure activated. Exposure Ranking: Teachers of the Children of Destiny Across the Heavens and Myriad Worlds!]

[Teacher of the Flame Emperor: When I was weak, you protected me completely. At my peak, I helped you ascend to the heavens!]

The instant the title appeared,

everyone instinctively turned to look at Xiao Yan.

Who else could the current Flame Emperor be?

Xiao Yan stared at the title, ripples stirring in his eyes.

Teacher of the Flame Emperor... could it be Yao Lao?

This sudden exposure was rather interesting.

The prologue of the video slowly unfolded.

[This was a world ruled by Dou Qi. There was no dazzling, intricate magic, only power that brought Dou Qi to its absolute pinnacle!]

[The beginning of everything lay in an ordinary small city named Wutan City.]

[The protagonist, Xiao Yan, began cultivating Dou Qi at the age of four. By ten, he had already reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi. At eleven, he broke through the shackles of the tenth stage, successfully condensed a Dou Qi cyclone, and became the youngest Dou Zhe in his clan's hundred-year history!]

This opening introduction alone sent shockwaves through the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

Although the Dou Qi cultivation system might not exist in every world,

the words "a genius seen once in a century" were already enough to explain everything!

Why would someone with such extraordinary talent need outside assistance?

No matter where he was, should he not have shone brilliantly and drawn powerful experts from every side into competing to take him as a disciple?

Douluo World:

At this moment, Tang San had just inherited the Sea God's divine position and was at the height of his vigor.

He was preparing to lead the Heaven Dou Empire's army in a counterattack against Spirit Hall!

The battle between the two gods was about to erupt!

Yet at this very moment, the Sky Screen's anomaly descended, and the Exposure System appeared out of nowhere.

Both sides had no choice but to temporarily halt the war.

Tang San had returned to Heaven Dou's main city. At his side stood the Shrek Seven Devils,

as well as his teacher—Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang looked at the introduction appearing on the Light Screen.

His brows furrowed slightly as he spoke with a hint of disdain.

"Why would someone with such talent need anyone else's guidance? Even if left to cultivate alone, he would surely reach the absolute pinnacle."

"In my view, that so-called teacher merely benefited from the genius's glory."

"Teacher is absolutely right."

At this time, Tang San still held Yu Xiaogang in the highest respect.

He had even acknowledged him as his adoptive father.

Deep down, he agreed with Yu Xiaogang's words as well.

A genius was a genius.

What did it have to do with a teacher?

No matter who taught him, would he not still be that same genius?

Tang San simply had not realized

that he himself was no different from such a genius.

Had Yu Xiaogang truly helped him that much?

Shrouding Heavens World—

Ye Fan, who had already ascended Above Sacrifice-to-Dao, took a light sip of tea.

He calmly watched the scene within the Light Screen.

A genius? Who among them was not a genius?

It was not that geniuses did not need teachers.

Geniuses also needed someone to guide them.

But at this moment, the experiences of this person named Xiao Yan were not enough to draw his interest.

What interested him more was the Exposure System itself.

Even his cultivation, as one who stood Above Sacrifice-to-Dao, was being faintly suppressed—

One had to know that at this realm, he should have transcended everything, an existence beyond death and destruction.

To enter this realm, one had to endure tribulations that could never be erased.

At this supreme level, the myriad Daos flowed like water, and a single thought could evaporate them dry.

Yet even so, he was still unable to contend against this so-called Exposure System.

"Now that... is somewhat interesting."

[Though this genius youth carried the soul of a transmigrator and possessed a mind mature beyond his years, his rapid progress inevitably bred arrogance within him.]

[However, his good fortune did not last. At the age of twelve, Xiao Yan fell all the way from the Dou Zhe realm to the third stage of Dou Qi!]

[From the ages of twelve to fifteen, no matter what methods he tried, his Dou Qi could not advance even an inch!]

[A peerless prodigy thus fell into obscurity!]

Xiao Yan's subsequent experiences caused an even greater uproar throughout the Heavens and Myriad Worlds!

Just moments ago, everyone had believed that with Xiao Yan's talent, he could rise no matter what kind of teacher he encountered.

Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, reality would strike them a heavy blow!

His astonishing talent had actually been as fleeting as an epiphyllum bloom.

In less than a year, it vanished completely!

He had not even managed to preserve his original cultivation!

Battle Through the Heavens World—

Xiao Yan watched his former self on the Light Screen, nostalgia flashing through his eyes.

Though the footage portrayed him rather miserably,

he knew clearly that without those three silent years, there would be no him today.

Hun Tiandi, who was meditating nearby to heal his injuries, had fallen into deep confusion.

Cultivating Dou Qi at four, becoming a Dou Zhe at eleven...

Such achievements might be considered outstanding in the outside world.

But among the Eight Ancient Clans, they would count as no more than middling talent!

Moreover, this boy had remained stagnant for a full three years...

What gave him the right to enter the Dou Di realm in the same era as himself, who had lived for a thousand years and had long reached the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm?!

The years since Hun Tiandi had become a Nine-Star Dou Sheng

were countless times longer than Xiao Yan's entire life!

And yet... and yet he had been caught up to by the other man?!

This was utterly unreasonable!

Douluo World—

When Yu Xiaogang saw how quickly Xiao Yan's talent had vanished,

he could not help but freeze.

Just moments ago, he had declared that for a genius like Xiao Yan, it made no difference who taught him.

In the next instant, Xiao Yan had become useless.

Not only had he lost all his talent, but his cultivation had fallen continuously.

From a heavenly prodigy admired by countless people,

he had become an ordinary mediocrity scorned by all.

This slap to the face had come far too quickly!

"It seems his teacher does have some ability."

"Presumably, Xiao Yan's master later found a way to resolve the hidden danger within him."

"But that is all. Once the problem is solved, Xiao Yan will still be that peerless genius."

"His path afterward will likely still have little to do with his master."

Yu Xiaogang still clung to his opinion.

Tang San, standing beside him, vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Yet he still nodded and echoed his teacher.