The Truth of Amphoreus Exposed! Could Iron Tomb Really Destroy an Aeon?

Douluo I.

Sunset Forest.

Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Hearing Yu Xiaogang's reasoning, Tang San admired his teacher even more.

"Teacher is right!"

"As expected of my teacher!"

"Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo serves Spirit Hall. His accusation that Teacher plagiarized must be an attempt to drive a wedge between us!"

"Teacher knew at once that I had Twin Martial Souls!"

"Figuring out the Sky Curtain is no problem for him!"

"What happened just now must have been an accident!"

"Now we're seeing Teacher's true ability!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo exchanged a glance, equally dumbfounded.

"Could we have misunderstood him all this time?"

Yu Xiaogang saw the admiration in everyone's eyes.

Even the three Titled Douluo looked impressed!

His stiff face lit up with excitement.

Clasping his hands behind his back, he laughed.

"Hahaha! Didn't I tell you?"

"This is the wisdom of a Theory Grandmaster!"

Before his laughter faded, the Sky Curtain shifted again.

Yu Xiaogang's face instantly turned green.

[The first cycle!]

[After the Core Flames were gathered, the black tide swept across Amphoreus, bringing it to the brink of destruction.]

[Phainon and Cyrene reached the Genesis Vortex Core, ready to begin Re-Creation.]

[But Lygus laughed and revealed the truth.]

[Amphoreus was, in fact, a testing ground built by the Emperor's Scepter.]

[The Emperor's Scepter was a supercomputer left behind by "Emperor" Rupert, its physical form as large as a planet.]

[Thus, the so-called hero's journey, or Journey of Flame-Chasing, was merely a deep-learning exercise offered to the black tide.]

[Its ultimate purpose was to bring forth an Emanator of the Aeon of Destruction named Iron Tomb.]

[What was an Emanator?]

[An Emanator was a being granted the power of a Path by an Aeon, an agent of the Aeon's will.]

[A powerful Emanator could easily destroy a star system!]

[The Chrysos Heirs were computational factors in the experiment. Once they ascended into true life, they would merge with Iron Tomb.]

[Iron Tomb's ultimate purpose was to destroy Nous, the Aeon of the Path of Erudition.]

[As the two finest factors, Phainon and Cyrene could become truly alive if they sided with Destruction.]

At this point, everyone was stunned.

So there had been another truth behind the truth?

In a sense, Anaxa had guessed everything. He had grasped the logic governing the world.

But no one had imagined Amphoreus itself was merely a testing ground built by a computer!

The so-called hero's journey was nothing but an experiment!

And the Chrysos Heirs, including Phainon and the others, were merely experimental factors?

They had seen what the demigods could do!

Any casual strike from the Sky Titan or the Titan of Strife had been enough to make them tremble!

Yet all of that was merely fuel!

Most terrifying of all, Amphoreus, nurtured by the Emperor's Scepter, had produced Iron Tomb—an Emanator!

A powerful Emanator could smash a star system apart!

Then an Aeon, the source of an Emanator's power, had to be even more extraordinary!

And Iron Tomb was a being capable of destroying an Aeon!

The very thought left them powerless!

A deep sense of helplessness surged through every heart!

It was like sending a Soul Elder against a Limit Douluo, or a Soul Saint against a god!

How could anyone win?

For Phainon, it meant this:

He had given everything to save the world, only to learn that it had all been a lie—just an experiment!

And Iron Tomb, the enemy he had to face, might rival an Aeon.

Was this what it meant to rank first on the list of sorrow?

His plight made their hearts ache.

It was too hopeless!

Douluo I.

Sunset Forest.

Chrysanthemum Douluo burst out laughing.

"You're killing me, Yu Xiaogang!"

"This is the truth and the twist you were talking about?"

"So you were just guessing blindly!"

Ning Rongrong looked speechless, on the verge of rolling her eyes!

She had nearly believed Yu Xiaogang's nonsense.

Cyrene was Lygus?

How could a cute girl possibly be connected to someone with a mechanical head like Lygus?

As expected of the Grandmaster: when it came to disappointing people, he never disappointed!

Humiliated like this, Yu Xiaogang's face darkened.

Through gritted teeth, he said,

"Is this damned Sky Curtain deliberately working against me?"

He had sworn that Cyrene was the mastermind!

Now the Sky Curtain had completely overturned his claim.

Cyrene was merely a computational factor in the experiment.

Lygus was plainly a being from a higher dimension.

Otherwise, he could never have dealt with everyone so effortlessly.

Seeing doubt even in Tang San's eyes, Yu Xiaogang panicked!

He scrambled to salvage his argument.

"Chrysanthemum Guan, what are you laughing at? I said before that the truth about Amphoreus couldn't be as simple as a cycle!"

"Tell me, was I right about that or not?"

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo stared at him. He could argue that too?

Yu Xiaogang's shamelessness had surpassed anything they could imagine.

One vague line about the truth not being simple, and he called that a correct prediction?

Fine, he won!

Tang San's face darkened too!

He felt too embarrassed to hold his head up.

Yu Xiaogang was already lost in his own logic. At least I got half of it right!

That proves there's nothing wrong with my theories.

He went on,

"Even if Cyrene isn't the culprit, there must still be something wrong with her!"

"The Sky Curtain said it itself: if Cyrene and Phainon side with Destruction, they can gain life!"

"Human nature is selfish! Maybe she betrayed Phainon to become alive!"

"And after suffering the pain of betrayal by his friend and childhood sweetheart, Phainon made the list!"

Listening to him, everyone felt as if Yu Xiaogang had somehow made his argument fit again.

Could he really be a genius?

Betrayal by someone you loved was a common enough story, wasn't it?

Heaven Dou City.

Phainon's Clothing Store.

Qian Renxue watched the Sky Curtain, a little puzzled.

She walked softly over to Phainon.

Phainon waved a hand.

"If you're here to comfort me, don't bother. I'm not that fragile."

Qian Renxue gave him a speechless look. Comfort him? About what?

She reached out and pinched his cheek.

"Your face feels real enough. Are you actually data? Don't lie to me."

Phainon was at a loss for words.

He had no idea how Qian Renxue's mind worked.

"Can't I be a real person?"

"The Sky Curtain says I'm data, and you just believe it?"

"What if the Sky Curtain is playing a prank on you?"

Qian Renxue curled her lip.

She was certain Phainon wasn't telling the truth.

Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao were curious too, but they agreed on one thing: Phainon had to be a real person.

Wang Dong, who had fought him, understood that especially well!

Surely a string of data couldn't have crushed her?

Just then,

Electrolux was stunned as well.

"Can data used as experimental factors become living, breathing people?"

"The power behind Amphoreus is beyond my imagination."

"Yuhao, the source of the Sky Curtain's power may be crucial to your future growth."

Huo Yuhao understood his teacher's hint: it would do him no harm to spend more time with Phainon!

A parallel timeline, the Divine Realm.

Ma Hongjun was dumbfounded. "Why does this Emanator of Destruction sound even stronger than the Destruction God King?"

Tang San gave a rueful smile. "Xiangxiang was right. Amphoreus is no simple place!"

Bai Chenxiang took no pride in being right. Ever since her resurrection, she had felt a sense of danger, and to her, the Sky Curtain's existence was the clearest proof!

The world was vast!

Douluo World might be just a drop in the ocean!

The Sky Curtain shifted once more:

[Phainon and Cyrene were stunned by the truth, but they rejected the temptation to become truly alive without hesitation.]

[For Cyrene had realized that Lygus was getting desperate.]