The Last King Of Darkness

Rod stubbornly gazed up at the even more distant starry sky, he saw stars flickering with faint light and vaguely saw the sun running on a very high orbit, it was the infinite collection of spirits, the root power of this universe, but in the starry sky, it’s just a faint light, not much brighter than the stars, far less luminous than the projection of the Main Material World.

He very much wanted to reach above the stars, above the sun, to see with his own eyes what such a miracle looks like, but he knew that his current power was not yet enough to support him further, he could only use the dream ritual to return to the Dream Realm.

"Book." The first words upon returning to the Dream Realm, Rod asked, "Why can those starry sky monsters move freely?"

The Book of Knowledge replied solemnly, "All entities with real souls are influenced by spatial positions, this is because the soul also has a position, only the intangible residual spirits can be free from position constraints. If the starry sky creatures are physical entities, then from the moment of their birth, they can only go downwards, never upwards, unless these creatures are fallen True Gods."

Rod frowned, "Do I have to become a True King before I can move freely in the starry sky?"

The Book of Knowledge said seriously, "I’m afraid that’s the case. The power intensity of a True King is at least in the trillions or more. Such intensity is enough to support the Spirit Realm Ship."

The doll whispered, "Master, you need a complete Divine Country, otherwise you will never obtain sufficient spiritual energy."

Rod suddenly awakened in his heart and immediately turned his gaze to the Obelisk, and at the very top, the writing was clearly visible:

[Completion: 90%]

Rod’s heart tightened instantly, an ultimate sense of pressure surged from the Bloodborne, a dizzy feeling arose in his mind.

The Dream Realm had unknowingly reached 90%!

The Book of Knowledge quickly flipped through its pages and shouted, "Master, if I remember correctly, the Dream Realm should only have the last building remaining. If this building hasn’t shattered into multiple fragments, then the next dream fragment is the last one!

Rod clenched his fist, an incomparable excitement surged in his heart, he quickly moved before the Heavenly Sphere Clock, and activated the sphere.

In rapid rotation, strange ripples emanated from the Heavenly Sphere Clock, the Book of Knowledge shouted, "This is a large fragment, a very large dream fragment, it hasn’t shattered, this is the last dream fragment!"

Rod’s emotions were more urgent and tense than ever before, he couldn’t recall how long it’s been since he became the master of the Dream Realm, he’s been collecting and searching for the fragments of dreams.

Finally, at this moment, he’s about to reach the end.

In the dizzying wait, the Heavenly Sphere Clock finally stopped rotating, countless ashes appeared on the surface of the sphere, it’s a space filled with ashes, the main theme of this space was a withering gray, it looked like the residual ashes after the world burned out.

"The initial furnace!"

The doll suddenly said, "This is the initial furnace, the vessel of the initial fire, it’s on the Main Continent!"

Rod widened his eyes, the Main Continent? The final dream fragment is actually within the Main Continent.

That was the continent during the final destruction of the Fire Epoch, and now the Main Continent is surrounded by a very strong Black Domain, with terrifying primordial Black Fog wandering within, it’s the fog that can extinguish the Holy Fire, if he rashly uses the Spirit Boat to enter, as soon as it crashes into the primordial Black Fog, his soul will instantly corrode.

"How do I enter the Main Continent?"

The Book of Knowledge and the doll both fell silent, within their knowledge domain, only the ninth rank or higher Holy Fire can resist primordial Black Fog, if the master cannot become True King, he absolutely cannot resist the erosion of primordial Black Fog.

Rod’s heart sank, he can only turn his attention to the front of the Tower of Ashes.

Now, he has lit 22 stars, only the Glutton and Dark Devourer have not yet been reignited, if he can find their residual ashes and ignite these two stars, perhaps, the 25th Star Position will appear, then, as long as he reignites the last star, he will possess 25 portions of the Primordial Law, reaching the peak quasi-king realm, he will be just a step away from True King.

Then perhaps there will be some way to break through the limits and step into the realm of True King.

But, as the images of the Tower of Ashes appeared again, Rod was shocked to find that the displayed scene was identical to the place shown by the Heavenly Sphere Clock.

"The residual ashes of the stars are also in the initial furnace?"

Rod felt incredible.

"How can it be?"

The Book of Knowledge fluttered its pages and pondered, "Master, do you remember? We once saw in the Illusion Realm, that a peak quasi-king, at the cost of his own soul, lit the initial fire, perhaps, the initial fire didn’t just burn one quasi-king, the furnace is filled with the residual ashes of the kings of the Fire Epoch."

Rod suddenly awakened in his heart, yes, how many firewood were thrown into the initial furnace, burned through how many human kings, who can tell?

To defeat the Black Fog, which king would not give up such a price?

Therefore, the initial furnace is filled with the residual ashes of stars, this is absolutely understandable.

Rod’s heart became incomparably heavy, never at this moment had such a burden weighed upon his shoulders, over the countless years, innumerable human kings have focused their sights upon him, quietly waiting.

This enormous pressure made Rod almost unable to breathe, he couldn’t imagine what the world would become if he failed, when his residual spirit flies into the Spirit Fog, how would he face those heroic spirits?

"Master!"

Just at this moment, the Book of Eternity suddenly shouted, "I’ve felt it, I see it, I found it!"

Rod widened his eyes, "What have you found?"

"Opportunity, method, hope..."

The Book of Eternity frenziedly flipped its pages, attempting to make a prophecy or a retrospection, "There are some fragments of spirits reminding me, triggering my inspiration, they, they, they come from..."

A myriad of light emanated from the statue of Trolian, touching the spirit of the Book of Eternity, at that moment, an infinite golden light burst forth from the pages of the Book of Eternity, prophecy, or time retrospection, began once more.

Within the infinite spiritual light, a strange image gradually emerged.

Rod saw a massive mountain range, it winds tortuously, extending from east to west, cutting across the land.

Within the mountain range, a faint ancient city is visible, and beneath the mountains, a human squad is slowly moving through the valleys.

On the distant horizon, thick rolling Black Fog, like an impending storm.

"This is another segment of history." The Book of Knowledge said, "If I didn’t see incorrectly, this should be the Dead Ash Mountain Range and the Giant King City."

Rod slightly frowned, in the image, the Dead Ash Mountain Range doesn’t resemble its current outline, and the Royal City is merely halfway up the mountain, below there was nothing but high walls.

Is this the early days of Trolian?

No!

This is not the early days, it’s the beginning!

Rod immediately saw Trolian in the squad, the primordial human hero, his whole body shining with intense divine power, merely from the outer glow, he’s definitely also a quasi-king.

He walked at the forefront of the team, a strange and flickering light surrounded him, with just a lift of his hand, he slew countless ancient monsters, he protected this ragged human team as they entered the Giant King City.

The Book of Knowledge shouted, "This is Trolian at the beginning when he reached the Giant King City, this human squad was fleeing from the Main Continent, they should have just escaped from the destroyed City of Hope, Asedgas. Hmm... there’s about a million of them, each one is a warrior with spiritual energy, at least half are Commanders, about one ten-thousandth have reached Half King, entering the Realm of Primordial strong ones should not exceed two digits."

Rod was surprised, "The primordial Trolian was so powerful? How did they end up in the later situation?"

The image began to flicker, Rod saw the battered and decayed Royal City swiftly changed, Holy Fire ignited, golden light illuminating the whole city, wave after wave of refugees arrived, terrifying monsters followed, but all were slain by Trolian.

At this time, the doll suddenly said, "I understand now."