The World-Bearing Titan's Trial! I Am the One Who Bears the World!

[Afterward]

[Hyacine, a Chrysos Heir, inherited the Core Flame and became a rainbow-hued barrier, sheltering the living from the Black Tide.]

[Meanwhile, the Flame Reaver launched a surprise attack on the Holy City.]

[Cipher, a Chrysos Heir, died protecting the World-Bearing Titan Core Flame.]

[On the way to the Genesis Vortex Core, Tribbie and Tinian exhausted their divine power to open the final door for Phainon.]

[Carrying the World-Bearing Titan Core Flame that his comrades had protected with their lives,]

[Phainon arrived at the Genesis Vortex Core, ready to sacrifice himself and bring about Re-Creation.]

[The Stellaron Sprite, a Trailblazer from beyond the heavens, also decided to brave the danger and witness Amphoreus's Re-Creation.]

[But then Lygus, who called himself the "Audience of the Divine Rite," revealed what made the World-Bearing Titan's trial unique.]

[Just as Anaxa had said,]

[Everyone would meet again in the new world!]

[But Phainon would bear it all!]

[Unlike the trials of other demigods, the World-Bearing Titan's trial required him to bear the Gods' Core Flames and the memories of the entire world until the Black Tide swallowed it.]

At this, everyone drew a sharp breath.

"This was the Flame Reaver's doing again?"

The Flame Reaver appeared and vanished like a ghost, and no matter how they fought him, he just would not die. Everyone was furious.

It seemed every sacrifice had something to do with him!

There were so many demigods among the Chrysos Heirs!

Could they not concentrate their attacks and take him out first?

But then...

When everyone heard what the World-Bearing Titan's trial entailed, their anger turned to shock.

Earlier, when Phainon failed the Titan of Strife's trial, some had thought his resolve too weak.

Now, no one in all of Douluo dared voice that doubt!

Phainon's claim that he was the one who bore the world might have sounded a little melodramatic.

But no words could have been more fitting!

He had to bear the memories of the entire world!

And in the end, he had to watch helplessly as the Black Tide swallowed it!

How despairing, how agonizing must such a trial be?

The world of Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King.

Xuan Zi could not help feeling shaken when he saw the World-Bearing Titan's trial that Phainon would inherit.

But he still refused to back down.

"Elder Mu, I believe anyone with a sense of responsibility would never run from a trial like that!"

"If it were Yuhao, I'm sure he'd have no problem!"

Mu En sighed.

He truly could not understand how Xuan Zi's mind worked.

Did he really think everyone's will was that unshakable?

The world of Douluo I.

Phainon's Clothing Store.

Bearing the pain of an entire world?

The thought alone weighed on Huo Yuhao like a mountain!

He could not help thinking of himself. The Sky Curtain had called him the Child of Destiny?

Could he, Huo Yuhao, live up to that?

Compared with Phainon's burden, his own responsibility seemed like nothing.

Just then,

Electrolux, who had not appeared in a long while, spoke with unmistakable respect.

"Bearing the memories of a world is no simple matter."

"It takes an unbreakable will!"

"Yuhao, the fact that Lord Phainon eventually appeared here means he overcame the suffering of his past."

"Perhaps you can learn more at his side than you could at Shrek Academy."

Huo Yuhao nodded.

"I understand, Teacher."

Seeing Huo Yuhao like this,

Phainon could not help thinking,

What's he muttering about with that person in his head now?

An encrypted conversation, and I don't get to hear it!

At that moment, the Sky Curtain shifted once more.

[Just as Re-Creation was about to begin, Lygus interrupted the process.]

[He led the Trailblazer, the Stellaron Sprite, to witness the real truth of Amphoreus.]

"What the hell?!"

At the sight, everyone's anger boiled over.

"What do you mean, Phainon was about to bring everyone back and create a new world, but you interrupted him?"

"And this so-called truth? Didn't Anaxa already say Amphoreus was caught in a cycle?"

"What are you doing, Sky Curtain? Just show us the ending already!"

As far as they were concerned, Phainon had suffered more than enough.

He had lost everything!

He was bearing it all alone in the Genesis Vortex Core!

That was more than enough to put him at the top of the most-depressing list!

They were already crying buckets, and now the story slammed on the brakes?

The world of Douluo I.

Sunset Forest.

"Chrysanthemum Guan! Old Ghost! I'll fight you both! Luo Sanpao, come out!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo said with disgust,

"You're not planning to make your Soul Beast fart again, are you?"

"The stench could kill someone!"

Yu Xiaogang flew into a rage.

Through gritted teeth, he said,

"You said I couldn't compare to Anaxa? Then I'll show you what it means to be unbeatable in theory!"

"I'm telling you, there's more to the truth of Amphoreus on the Sky Curtain than a simple cycle!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo did not get along with Yu Xiaogang.

But since this concerned the Sky Curtain, he was willing to listen.

"Oh? What brilliant insight does the Grandmaster have for us?"

Not only Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo but also the Shrek Seven Devils below and Tang Hao, who was secretly gripping his Clear Sky Hammer, pricked up their ears.

Had the Grandmaster really spotted a clue?

Yu Xiaogang clasped his hands behind his back.

"A criminal always returns to the scene of the crime!"

"And the culprit is usually the person you'd least suspect."

"I can say with certainty that this so-called Audience of the Divine Rite, Lygus, is the final villain!"

Everyone was speechless at Yu Xiaogang's words.

Chrysanthemum Douluo said,

"No shit!"

"Lygus has 'villain' written all over him, and he forcibly interrupted Phainon's Re-Creation. Anyone can see he's up to no good!"

Yu Xiaogang saw their scornful looks and gave a cold laugh.

"What's your hurry? I haven't finished!"

"Lygus is very likely Phainon's childhood friend—the girl named Cyrene."

"Think about it. Cyrene foretold Phainon's fate as a savior."

"She might be the one secretly orchestrating the whole plot!"

"And haven't you noticed?"

"Cyrene and Lygus have never appeared at the same time!"

"Therefore, I conclude they're the same person!"

The moment he said it, the whole place fell silent.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others exchanged stunned looks!

Ning Rongrong was baffled too. Why did the Grandmaster actually sound convincing this time?

It sounded absurd at first.

But the more they thought about it, the more it seemed to make a sliver of sense!

Could the Grandmaster be right?

Was there really a twist coming?

Seeing their shocked expressions, Yu Xiaogang could not help feeling smug!

In his view, he had guessed almost the entire story shown by the Sky Curtain.

He had seen this sort of plot plenty of times in storybooks from Spirit Hall and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

The ultimate culprit was always someone close to the protagonist.

And that culprit was usually among the first few characters to appear!

Cyrene fit perfectly!

She had to be the mastermind!

The Sky Curtain showed another scene.

[In the first cycle,]

[Phainon and his friend Cyrene still grew up in Aedes Elysiae.]

[But this time, Cyrene did not die when the Black Tide destroyed Aedes Elysiae.]

[She joined the Journey of Flame-Chasing alongside Phainon and became the Demigod of Time.]

Everyone on Douluo Continent was stunned!

It was just as Anaxa had said: Amphoreus was caught in a cycle.

But Cyrene had not died in the first cycle?

And she had played such an important part?

What was going on?

The world of Douluo I.

In Sunset Forest,

the Shrek Seven Devils and the others stood dumbfounded.

Holy shit!

Had the Grandmaster really been right?

How had they overlooked Cyrene?

In the story they had seen before, Cyrene had not been the Demigod of Time!

Then who had inherited the Demigod of Time's power?

They recalled that it was the visitor from beyond the heavens: the Stellaron Sprite, a Trailblazer of the Astral Express.

She had awakened a paintbrush and was accompanied by a pink creature named Mimi.

Put that way, it all seemed to line up!

Could Yu Xiaogang really be the Theory Grandmaster?