The Last King Of Darkness

At the moment the teleportation gate closed, that boundless malevolence was also shut behind him.

All the terror, ferocity, distortion, and chaos drifted away from him, as the warm breath of the Holy Fire embraced him, pouring into his soul, spreading through his entire being. Only at that moment did Rod’s unbearably tense spirit finally relax.

What followed was endless joy and excitement. He had gathered all the ashes in the Soul Wilderness; no matter which star he ignited, he would gain a portion of the Primordial Law, and by rekindling [Glutton] and [Dark Devourer], he would reach the pinnacle of a quasi-king realm.

More importantly, the last piece of the Dream Fragment had also been found.

The Dream Realm was about to be fully restored, and he would finally have a complete Divine Country.

Qingyu’s delighted voice appeared beside him: "Rod, you are back!"

Rod suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and smiled: "Yes, I have returned, from the Main Continent!"

Qingyu looked at him in disbelief, her bright flower-like face full of astonishment: "You really entered the Main Continent?"

Rod nodded, recounting the proceedings in a way that could be spoken, to her and the Great Shepherd Leader who had rushed over.

Upon hearing the history of Trolian and the source of the Divine Blood, everyone widened their eyes in shock. The Great Shepherd Leader murmured: "Unbelievable, the five major Human Kingdoms of the Dark Epoch were established in such a way."

"But why do dark riots still occur?" Qingyu asked worriedly: "The initial Trolian was faced with extinction less than ten years after it was founded. We should have been a great civilization like Yanuo, but due to such an extinction crisis, our legacy was severed, and the Trolian Kingdom lingered in dust until decades before the real dark riot arrived, finally seeing a turnaround."

Olivia softly said: "Perhaps the destruction of the Starry Kingdom was because of this as well. Tasnia, one of the five human heroes, forcibly became a True King due to such a disaster, otherwise, he wouldn’t have ignored the consequences of such actions."

Rod nodded slightly. The last days of the previous Master of Dreams, Heigao’er, were spent in the Starry Kingdom. If it weren’t for the looming extinction crisis, Heigao’er would never have allowed Tasnia to risk ascending to True King.

The Great Shepherd Leader slowly said: "The Black Fog tides might not be the only great calamities. Between these two-wave black fog riots, there have been several smaller disasters; otherwise, the Fire Epoch wouldn’t have had so many doomed kingdoms. Trolian wouldn’t have faced multiple extinctions; the same goes for the Starry Kingdom. Yanuo might have been the only survivor."

At this moment, the scholar Amides suddenly said: "Everyone, we have discovered a very special phenomenon. According to research, during the Ancient Epoch, there was roughly only one minor black fog riot. This was the watershed between the Ancient God and the Primordial God. However, during the Fire Epoch, there were three, and this disaster phase spanned from early to mid-Fire Epoch, possibly over ten thousand years. Yet, in the Dark Epoch, Trolian alone experienced three instances, plus the one from the Starry Kingdom, totaling four black fog riots in just a short 1800 years."

Amides paused for a moment and continued.

"I wonder if you have noticed that the interval between black fog riots is getting shorter and more frequent. The Ancient Epoch might have taken 5000 years for one occurrence, the Fire Epoch a 1000 years, and by the Dark Epoch, it was every 400 years."

In the Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground, everyone’s faces turned gloomy at this moment. Qingyu murmured: "Indeed, the most recent disaster in Trolian was just 200 years ago, the first disaster was 1800 years ago, and the second was 600 years ago. The intervals are decreasing."

Chucher said in a deep voice: "Lord Amides, what do you mean?"

Amides softly said: "I think, could this be a kind of countdown? At the moment it ends, something unimaginable will happen. Perhaps, this is why in the final years, human geniuses appear frequently, lives of man descend repeatedly, even the rare lives of man like the Source Heavenly God Throne have appeared in Trolian. Does this indicate that the world is nearing its end, and the black fog is about to completely take over the Sea of Source, so those residual spirits are doing everything they can to try and grasp a glimmer of hope."

A deathly silence enveloped the Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground. Unlike previous speculations, Amides provided detailed evidence, and the crowd could no longer ignore this conjecture.

But soon, Luo Weiya suddenly stood up and shouted: "No, not necessarily! This is after all just a hypothesis. The shortening of disaster intervals could also be because the black fog foresees its eventual destruction. It is constantly trying to alter this future and completely annihilates humanity, but humanity has never been extinguished, so it becomes more and more eager, constantly bringing disasters but only tolling a death knell for itself!"

"That’s right!"

Viheler shouted: "The evilest one knows its plot will eventually fail; the thirteen Primordial Gods have not completely perished, and their residual spirits are still guarding this world, still protecting humanity. Under this great cosmic consciousness, ultimately, a chosen one will rise and completely annihilate the black fog. Perhaps the arrival of lives of man is because this chosen one has already been born!"