The Last King Of Darkness

Accompanied by the smoke and mist, the final echo dissipated, and a flash of light emerged from the spiritual mist, like a gemstone brushed free from sand, blossoming with powerful radiance before Rod’s eyes.

In that instant, Rod knew this was the legendary Source Artifact left from the Primordial Epoch, once considered the salvation by the humans of the Fire Epoch—the "Shining Star Heart." As he reached out a finger and lightly touched it, an incredibly strange and powerful connection appeared within his soul. The [Justice Execution] and the [Star Shuttle] flared with intense light, with a strong resonance occurring between these two stars and this Source Artifact.

The Book of Knowledge shouted wildly, "Indeed, it’s a Source Artifact, one of the Primordial Goddess’s artifacts. It can make the Star Shuttle unleash the power of the star’s essence, allowing the Justice Execution to surpass the limit of its limits. With enough power, it could even destroy the Supreme Universe and restart the supreme realm above all worlds!"

Rod looked at the crystal in his hand, shining with divine light, in disbelief. It was an almost perfect icosahedron, with its crystalline brilliance even forming a lattice of light in the space. It resembled an eye, as he watched it, and it also watched him.

Strange information transmitted into Rod’s soul, and at that moment, he realized: "[Superstar Flash], it turns out, is not a means of attack but a burst of energy, a source that provides the power for [Justice Execution]. No wonder after using [Superstar Flash], using [Justice Execution] does not consume spiritual energy for some time!"

"Exactly!" The Book of Knowledge laughed wildly, "That was just the residual energy after the [Superstar Flash] dissipated, and it could have such immense power. Imagine how terrifying it would be if released in complete form?"

Asa laughed, "It must be able to break the Black Ring Seal and might even kill the utmost wicked one. I’ll bet my year’s worth of excrement that it is the Supreme Will."

Asa gloomily flipped through the pages, "I still can’t see any images... How did I foresee it before? Is the medium of the spirit so important that without the medium, even if I become stronger, I cannot see any future?"

The Book of Knowledge pondered, "Perhaps your foretelling disturbed the Black Fog, and the source of the Black Fog reinforced its defenses, obstructing your sight."

Rod nodded gently, as this seemed the most likely scenario, further solidifying his resolve to break the Black Ring Seal, sever the connection with the utmost wicked one, and decisively defeat the source feedback.

With a thought, white mist instantly enveloped his entire body, propelling him into even deeper realms of the starry sky.

He was already in the deepest layer of the stars, with the spatial position pressure growing at a wild pace, yet still unable to effectively stop Rod. His speed only slightly decreased but still maintained extremely high levels, causing no significant impact.

However, the scope of the starry sky far exceeded Rod’s imagination; it was countless times larger than the entire high-level Spirit Realm combined. This endless starry sky seemed to have no end and, to Rod, truly was the Dark Abyss. No matter how far he flew, it was always an infinite darkness.

As Rod ventured further in, he saw countless remnants of spirits, drifting in the silent space like a graveyard of heroic spirits.

Upon closer observation, Rod noticed these graves were both new and old. Many of the old graves were several millions of years old, with a general age greater than tens of thousands of years, but most of the new graves spanned a shorter timeframe, some spanning years to decades, and a larger portion spanning months to just a few years.

The Book of Knowledge pondered, "The outbreak of the Black Tide is not a one-day event, yet the large-scale extinguishment of human residual spirits has concentrated recently, which is very abnormal."

The puppet whispered, "Perhaps this has some specific connection with the crisis of destruction."

Was it some power that extinguished them?

Rod thought.

Is it related to the utmost wicked one?

He raised his gaze, looking to the other side of the starry sky. In his inspiration, the utmost wicked one was right there. Yet, even though he was in a high-layer orbit, all he could see was endless darkness.

Rod felt a slight unease in his heart. Logically, at a high-layer orbit, the sun, moon, and stars should be within his spiritual vision, and the distance to the other side of the starry sky should no longer be far. He should be able to see the sun, moon, and stars, and even the utmost wicked one appearing in his inspiration.

Is it still not close enough?

Rod unleashed all his power, further accelerating, but after flying for a long time, he still saw nothing.

"What is happening?" The Book of Knowledge pondered, "Could there be some sort of barrier?"

Rod felt a stirring in his soul, closed his eyes, and stopped the operation of all stars, letting only the complete Primordial Law flicker in his soul. Almost instantly, he sensed that vast darkness, that nearly completely alien and corrosive space, which was the source of the Black Fog, the legendary Dark Taboo Place. It was not in the Main Material World but on the edge of the high-layer Spirit Realm.

With just a thought, this supreme authority allowed him to break through this invisible obstruction, and in an instant, he entered a special space. The overwhelming pressure of position came rushing in, but the True King’s soul position easily blocked it, and the gigantic distortion and pollution couldn’t break through the True King’s protection. The red light of [Bright Red Tears] at the level 19 spiritual energy blessing was enough to resist most of the pollution.