"What are you looking at? Don't you recognize me?" the Earth Emperor retorted, showing no fear whatsoever.

"Hong, you're still as arrogant as ever." The God Emperor's voice echoed throughout the land.

"What business is it of yours if I'm arrogant? Did I eat your rice?" The Earth Emperor sneered. Even though he couldn't beat the God Emperor, he still wanted to gain the upper hand verbally.

Besides, at this moment, the God Emperor has no time to deal with him. Competing with the Heavenly Emperor and the heroes of the human race for the power of the Origin Land is the God Emperor's top priority!

As expected, even with the Earth Emperor's angry rebuke, the God Emperor only deepened his gaze and did not unleash his imperial divine might.

"Brother Hongdao, it's been eight thousand years since we last met. I've missed you terribly."

Dou Tiandi stood in the first level of heaven and earth, his divine power sweeping across the ten directions, causing the Great Dao to tremble, and he controlled the power of the source land.

Upon seeing the suddenly appearing Earth Emperor, Dou Tiandi lowered his head and smiled slightly.

"Fight? What? You won't merge with Qiong to increase your power and seize the essence of the source land? At this rate, you can't defeat the Heavenly Emperor!"

The Earth Emperor looked up and seemed to see the Heavenly Emperor as well. Suddenly, he chuckled softly.

Though the words were spoken softly, they resounded throughout the Three Realms, causing countless people to tremble.

The expressions of the God Emperor and the Fighting Heaven Emperor changed three times in succession, eventually turning completely gloomy.

In another realm, Donghuang couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

"Hahaha!!" The Earth Emperor laughed loudly and said, "You're keeping this secret because you want the Yin Emperor to? Ha, you're really dreaming! At a time like this, only real and undeniable power is needed. Everything else is nonsense!"

"What use are schemes and plots in the face of absolute power?"

He spoke with a sarcastic tone, seemingly mocking the God Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor, or perhaps mocking himself.

"Zhan, if only you had agreed to my suggestion back then." The Earth Emperor sighed softly, looking at Wang Jinyang, who had clearly reached the third heaven, his face bitter for a moment.

If he had the power to fight the Heavenly Emperor—he might not necessarily be able to defeat the Heavenly Emperor, but he would definitely cause chaos in the Three Realms, and none of the Heavenly Emperor's and the emperors' schemes would succeed!

But it is in the midst of chaos that heroes rise up and finally end it all!

Just like Cao Ya Daozu in the human realm, and Fang Ping! Even Zhang Tao!

The Earth Emperor highly approves of all three of them.

Wang Jinyang doesn't count, after all, he's the reincarnation of the War Emperor; and the Suppressing King doesn't count either, he might even be older than him!

He could see that the potential of the book-loving family was unlikely to exceed 100 million, making them unsuitable for a major role.

As for Cangmao... well, he's just a stupid cat, I can't be bothered to think about it too much.

Hearing the Earth Emperor's sigh, Wang Jinyang remained silent and did not reply.

He is not the War Emperor!

Even if their souls are exactly the same, their memories and values ​​are vastly different.

"The secret revealed by the Earth Emperor is truly astonishing."

After a series of twists and turns in the Third Heaven, relying on the new martial arts and the power of the refined source, the God Forging Envoy finally began to prove his Dao. However, he was confident that he would succeed without the interference of the emperors. Therefore, he would sometimes look down at the Earth Emperor and sometimes pay attention to the God Emperor and the Fighting Emperor.

A look of shock couldn't help but appear on his face.

"The God Emperor and the Fighting Emperor are actually the same person?!" Zhang Tao exclaimed in surprise. Could it be that among all the emperors of the Three Realms, only the Earth Emperor knew this secret?

"Godfather, don't you know? Aren't you from ancient times?" Fang Ping asked.

"How would I know!" King Zhen scratched his head and said, "Those two old cunning bastards are hiding their true intentions too well. Didn't you see that even the Heavenly Emperor was startled?"

Indeed, even the Heavenly Emperor above the Origin Land showed a look of surprise the moment the Earthly Emperor revealed the secret.

Cao Ya Daozu, who was fighting against the Heavenly Emperor, appeared calm and unmoved to everyone.

"Cao Ya Dao Ancestor is truly composed; his mental cultivation is remarkable. Our mental fortitude is still far from sufficient," Shi Po sighed, secretly impressed. As expected of the Dao Ancestor who pioneered a new martial arts path, he is indeed formidable!

"So he's the Dao Ancestor!" Chaotic Heavenly King said enviously.

Everyone was impressed and full of praise for Cao Ya's composure.

Actually, they were mistaken. Cao Ya wasn't unsurprised; rather, he already knew and was already shocked.

When I first discovered this secret, I was even more shocked than you are...

Cao Ya muttered to himself as he faced off against the Heavenly Emperor.

At the same time, he glanced at the source land and saw the heroes of the human race. Some of them had become emperors, and the rest had begun to prove their path. He felt gratified.

As for the heroes who were proving their Dao in the local area, he had other plans, so he did not stop them.

The Heavenly Emperor was wary of Cao Ya, and similarly did not stop those who were proving their Dao. After all, even if they became emperors, they would only have more than 50 million calories. In front of him, they were still ants!

Even now, Fang Ping, along with other powerful figures like the Human Emperor, Earth Emperor, God Emperor, Eastern Emperor, and Fighting Emperor, were not taken seriously by the Heavenly Emperor.

When the Earth Emperor revealed the secrets of the God Emperor and the Fighting Heaven Emperor, he was merely surprised.

Although both of them have a combat power of nearly 200 million cards, they are still far inferior to him, even if they combine their powers.

Attaining enlightenment is a threshold, 100 million cards is an even bigger threshold, and 200 million cards and beyond is higher than all the previous thresholds combined!

Throughout the history of the Three Realms, the Heavenly Emperor has only truly valued three people. Among them, the War Heavenly Emperor is dead, the Yang God has gone into hiding, and the Seed is hostile to him, so he cannot pose any obstacle to the Heavenly Emperor. The only one who can hinder him is the Dao Ancestor Cao Ya in front of him.

"Cao Ya, I never expected that you would grow to such a level in just a few decades." The Heavenly Emperor shook his head and said, "It seems that the supervision of the Three Realms is still inadequate."

He smiled again as he spoke:

"But none of that matters anymore."

“It’s alright.” Cao Ya nodded, but the “it’s alright” they both used referred to different things.

The Heavenly Emperor intended to overthrow the Three Realms, exterminate all living beings and spirits, and even the seeds of life, all of which he had meticulously planned against.

Cao Ya's appearance and the shattering of the Immortal Source were the only things he miscalculated.

Fang Ping doesn't even count! Because although the War Emperor is dead, the Heavenly Emperor knows that the War Emperor must have a backup plan!

Having destroyed the Three Realms and devoured the seed, there was no need for supervision anymore, since only the Heavenly Emperor remained.

At worst, he can just start a new world!

Or perhaps one could travel through the chaotic void and stumble upon other universes, which would be the best outcome.

Then you can continue to improve!

Because his greatest trump card was still intact and his own strength was extremely high, even though the Immortal Source was shattered, the Heavenly Emperor was still confident and felt that victory was within his grasp.

However, he didn't know where Cao Ya got such strong confidence from.

Do they really think that the emergence of a group of true emperors will make them his equal?

That would be incredibly foolish!

Unless you've lost your mind!

"It seems you are very confident? I'd like to know, Cao Ya, what exactly is the source of your confidence? Do you think I've wasted these tens of thousands of years?" The Heavenly Emperor laughed, his tone laced with contempt. With a flick of his finger, the starry sea exploded and the sky shattered.