The Last King Of Darkness

The Great Shepherd Leader seemed to have long considered this question, and answered calmly, "According to the information we currently possess, there have been at least four waves of the Black Fog tide already. The first four waves all failed to occupy it, so why is it that only this wave can completely bring the Sea of Source to fall?"

Rod frowned, and just as he was about to refute, the Great Shepherd Leader continued, "In fact, according to some of my recent research, the degree of erosion suffered by the Sea of Source is far from as severe as we imagined. Over these past few days, in Trolian’s Great Book Library, I have found a great deal of useful information. Combined with some ancient texts from before, I can infer that the extent to which the Sea of Source has been eroded is not even half."

Rod’s heart trembled, and he hastily asked, "Really? How did you infer that?"

Qingyu was also extremely surprised; this did not align with their prevailing view. They had originally believed that the Sea of Source had already been eroded to a very high degree, which was why so many abnormal events had occurred in the decades before the arrival of the Black Fog tide.

In the Dream Realm, the Book of Knowledge also cried out in disbelief, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. The erosion of the Sea of Source should have reached an extremely critical level, otherwise... this isn’t right!"

The Great Shepherd Leader weighed his words, then spoke slowly and clearly.

"I don’t know if you’ve ever thought about this: if the degree of erosion of the Sea of Source were very high, that would mean that most of the Source Laws had already been completely corrupted. And you should know that corrupted Source Material absolutely cannot undergo Purification; it has already become another kind of twisted, mutated, evil Source Law. From this point of view, Source Law and Source Material should share similar characteristics. And when we Control Source Laws, corrupted Source Laws would appear frequently..."

Rod frowned and interrupted him, "Great Shepherd Leader, what if corrupted Source Laws cannot complete Quantification and be controlled by human Souls?"

The Great Shepherd Leader said calmly, "If corrupted Source Laws could not be Quantified, then the Source Laws controlled by humans ought to be highly similar, with many types that are alike or overlapping. Yet whether in Yanuo or in Saint Longde, such cases are very rare. Among tens of millions of Fire Holders, those with overlapping Source Laws are less than one percent, and similar ones are below ten percent."

"In fact, if we push this a bit further to the extreme, even if Source Laws possessed assimilative properties and different types could be transformed into one another, the total amount of Source Law would still be insufficient to support so many human Strong ones."

Rod’s brows knit even tighter. The Great Shepherd Leader’s words were very reasonable, yet he still felt something was off.

In the Dream Realm, the Book of Knowledge had the same feeling, muttering, "Yes, there are only 107 lamps of complete Primordial Law, which means there are only 2,675 fragments of Primordial Law in total..."

The puppet said softly, "Fragmented Source Laws are derivative. The number of complete Source Laws is fixed, but there may be more fragments. Once the complete Source Laws reach the carrying limit of the total Law, no new Source Laws can be re-condensed. The 107 lamps of Primordial Law refer to the complete Source Laws on the orbit of Source Law."

The Book of Knowledge said impatiently, "I know, but this derivation also has a limit. If over eighty percent of the Source Laws in the Sea of Source had been tainted, and the remaining Source Laws scattered among all of humanity, they would indeed be insufficient—especially during the era of the powerful Fire Kingdom... Moreover, overlapping Source Laws would be extremely common, yet in my memory, the proportion of Souls bearing overlapping or similar Source Laws is far, far lower than that."

"Perhaps."

The Great Shepherd Leader gazed up at the burning Holy Fire and continued, "Corrupting Source Laws is not an easy matter. The Black Fog’s erosion of the Sea of Source is far more difficult than we imagined. When this Black Fog tide passes, the world will not fall into absolute darkness. We will still have a chance to find the traces of the extremely evil ones and uncover the hidden truth of the Black Fog’s birth."

At this moment, even the Book of Knowledge was almost convinced, muttering, "This human makes some sense. We can observe how things develop, but..."

Just then, the long-silent Qingyu suddenly spoke. "Can we actually hold back the Black Fog tide? How long will the Great Catastrophe last? When will the Black Fog finally ebb? Can Trolian endure until that time?"

Rod’s heart sank. Indeed, in the Dark Epoch when the fire dwindles and the Black Fog shrouds the earth, can they, like the powerful Fire Civilization and the peak Ancient Gods, survive this catastrophic Destruction?

Even if they do survive, by then, how many people will Trolian have left?

The Great Shepherd Leader’s expression also dimmed, and he said softly, "His Majesty’s words are very reasonable. In fact, the advent of the Life of Man still contradicts my inferences, especially the appearance of the Source Heavenly God Throne. It very likely indicates that we are in an extremely dangerous moment..."

Qingyu said calmly, "No matter what, increasing our strength and unleashing the potential of the Life of Man is still the most important thing. If possible, we should still go to the Abyss, find the traces of the extremely evil ones, and discover the secrets of the Black Fog. Perhaps within those secrets lies a weakness of the Black Fog, one that can help us withstand the Black Fog tide."

She paused for a moment, then turned her gaze and asked, "Little Rod, have you gained anything regarding the Life of Man?"

Rod glanced at the Dream Realm. Asa’s Digestion had clearly reached its final stage. His Soul had become even more turbid, and the parts that did not belong to him were already very few.