Cao Ya glanced at Bei Huang. He couldn't be bothered with this beast who schemed against his daughter. If he had the chance, he would slap Suan Qiu to death.

His gaze then skipped over the Beast King and the Southern King. These two kings were not strong, not quick-witted, and not far-sighted enough to be considered a threat.

His gaze then swept over the Western Emperor and the Spirit Emperor, two people who were not enemies of the human race.

His gaze lingered on the Human Emperor for a moment.

This Human Emperor is the second-generation guardian of the Seed, the intermediary between the Seed and the Heavenly Emperor, and knows many secrets. It was through the Seed that his power surpassed 100 million calories, making him one of the stronger among the Nine Emperors.

However, the Human Emperor's strength and his status as the second-generation guardian were not enough to make Cao Ya hesitate.

They really think everyone is the Heavenly Emperor; even the seeds are being schemed against.

Although the Human Emperor was strong, he was far inferior to the Heavenly Emperor.

Most importantly, the Human Emperor attained enlightenment by slaying the Primordial Martial God in the mortal realm. Logically, he should have properly managed the mortal realm. However, in reality, the Human Emperor hid his sword, the Human Emperor Sword, in the mortal realm to intercept spiritual energy, causing the mortal realm to become depleted of spiritual energy and fall into a long period of decline.

Undoubtedly, Cao Ya was disgusted by the Human Emperor's behavior and felt a strong urge to kill him.

Finally, Cao Ya's gaze settled on the God Emperor, the Eastern Emperor, and the Fighting Emperor, his eyes carrying a strange look.

Of these two Primal Emperors and one Supreme Heavenly Emperor, two were leaders of the nascent martial artists before the establishment of the Heavenly Court. One later became the head of the Nine Primal Emperors, while the other became the eldest brother of the Four Supreme Emperors. The last one was also the first to become a disciple of the Heavenly Emperor and receive his inheritance.

It seems that the three of them are independent, each with their own schemes and calculations. However, in reality, these three can become one person.

It's hard to say whether they are one person or not, but they can certainly merge into one.

The God Emperor is the number one scientist in the Three Realms. He has created many strange things. Even the Dao Tree that was killed by Fang Ping when he merged with the heroes of the human race was cultivated by the God Emperor.

Therefore, while it is astonishing that the God Emperor could devise a method of fusion, upon closer examination, it is not entirely impossible.

In the past, the God Emperor was tricked by the Heavenly Emperor and forced into the Origin Martial Path. After he noticed some clues, he began to secretly plot to break free from the restrictions of the Origin Martial Path, regain his freedom, and preferably retain the peak power of the Origin Emperor.

Later, the God Emperor connected with the Fighting Emperor and the Eastern Emperor, who had also noticed the flaws in the original martial arts, and tried to change their paths to see if they could get rid of the original martial arts.

Of course, they failed.

Therefore, the secret of the Three Sovereigns uniting as one was never revealed and was known to no one. The three of them also kept this secret strictly, never mentioning it to anyone, saving it for a crucial moment to severely damage the Heavenly Emperor.

Only by chance, when he witnessed the Earth Emperor, who had once merged with the God Emperor and the Fighting Heaven Emperor, did he learn of this earth-shattering secret.

In fact, the Earth Emperor only thought that the God Emperor and the Fighting Emperor could merge. He did not expect that the Eastern Emperor was also one of the candidates.

With the three emperors united, their battle power will surely exceed 200 million cards!

Therefore, the God Emperor, the Fighting Emperor, and the Eastern Emperor are in the same camp, and they are extremely important and powerful, capable of influencing the situation of the entire Three Realms, just like the reclusive Yang God and the deceased Fighting Emperor.

So far, only the Heavenly Emperor, Yang God, War Heavenly Emperor, Cao Ya, and the combined body of the Three Sovereigns—God Emperor, Eastern Emperor, and Fighting Heavenly Emperor—have surpassed 200 million cards in the Three Realms, as well as Fang Ping in the future. Perhaps, with the right opportunity, Cang Mao can also achieve this.

At this moment, Cao Ya was pondering and thought that he should try his best to win over these three emperors.

Of course, at this juncture, there's no need to say much. If we reveal our secret, it might arouse the Heavenly Emperor's high vigilance and easily ruin things.

Cao Ya believed that, faced with the immense threat posed by the Heavenly Emperor, the Divine Emperor, the Eastern Emperor, and the Fighting Heavenly Emperor would take the initiative to form an alliance with him.

In the Three Realms today, the most monstrous figure has to be the Heavenly Emperor, because he schemed to make the seed immortal and indestructible. You can kill it once or twice, but you can't kill it ten or a hundred times.

If Cao Ya's power could crush the Heavenly Emperor, why would he need to scheme so much?

Why not strike directly at the source, skin the Heavenly Emperor alive, grind his bones to dust, and kill him a thousand or ten thousand times in the blink of an eye, until his mind collapses and his will goes mad?

This torment, however, barely offsets the blood debt of countless lives harmed by the Heavenly Emperor over the past tens of thousands of years!

But Cao Ya couldn't do it!

That would require a minimum combat power of over 300 million cards, which translates to roughly a peak four-star level, right?!

Originally, Fang Ping and Cang Mao at the end of the timeline were probably at this level.

Of course, a complete seed must be even higher than this level.

To create such a four-star world, the seed's quality must be at least five-star!

However, seeds have rudimentary intelligence and no emotions. They act according to rules, and cannot actively destroy the life within the world they have created, because the rules do not allow it.

Otherwise, the first-generation guardian who stole the power of the seed—the Heavenly Emperor—would have been killed by the seed long ago. How could he be like this now, scheming and plotting, a complete old schemer?

"War, Annihilation, Domination..."

Cao Ya was observing these emperors, but Dou Tiandi didn't seem to be observing Cao Ya in return, unlike the other emperors. His gaze swept around, skipping over the heroes of the human race and the many resurrected powerhouses. Finally, his gaze settled on Zhan Tiandi's space, as if piercing through the void and seeing Zhan Tiandi, Mie Tiandi, and Ba Tiandi.

A bitter smile appeared on the old face of the Emperor Doutian.

He was the oldest of the four supreme emperors. The other three emperors, who were rising stars, regarded him as their elder brother and respected him greatly. However, at that crucial moment, he betrayed the three emperors.

However, in order to survive, he was even willing to attain the Origin Emperor's Dao, step into the Origin Land, and avoid the Heavenly Emperor's killing intent.

Looking back now, I don't regret it, but deep down I still have mixed feelings that are hard to describe.

The War Emperor, the Destroyer Emperor, and the Overlord Emperor, on the contrary, did not feel it deeply. After all, they were just projections. Although they had heard about the changes eight thousand years ago, they had only heard about them and had not experienced them personally.

Of course, because of Dou Tiandi's choice, they and their former elder brother have embarked on completely different paths, and their relationship can no longer be as friendly as it once was.

"Should we go out?" the Overlord Emperor suddenly asked.

The Emperor of Annihilation thought for a moment, then shook his head and said:

"Since we promised Cao Ya, let's keep our word. Besides, Cao Ya doesn't need our help."

He sighed and said:

“We are already dead. What remains here is merely a projection. Though it possesses some power, it is no match for the true forms of those emperors.”

Upon hearing this, the War Emperor looked at Wang Jinyang, Li Hansong, and Yao Chengjun, smiled slightly, and said:

"They will grow up, truly grow to the level of emperors, and break free from the limitations of their origin, no longer being prisoners."

"I hope so," sighed the Emperor of Annihilation.

"What do you mean by hope? As the reincarnations of the three of us, they are sure to become emperors. Otherwise, wouldn't they be a disgrace to us?" the Overlord Emperor snorted, showing complete confidence in the three of them.

The War Emperor and the Destroyer Emperor looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.