the last king of darkness

About an hour later, all the top Trolian personnel who were able to return gathered at the Holy Fire Sacrifice.

Everyone was shocked by how quickly St. Lund's support arrived and how powerful Rhine was.

What's even more shocking is what's behind.

After everyone gathered together, Rhine began to talk about the true inheritance of mankind - the "Path of the King".

At this moment, the entire Holy Fire Sacrifice was silent.

Only Rhine's deep and honest voice and the sound of the burning holy fire echoed in it.

Only now did Trorian understand what the real king was. He was a being comparable to a god, a god of mankind.

They are far from reaching this realm.

In fact, in the entire history of mankind, no one has truly entered this realm.

The closest to true kings are the supreme quasi-kings who possess 25 copies of the Law of the Origin. In many ancient books, they have been named true kings, but they are not true kings because they have no Able to take the final step——

Condensate 25 copies of the Law of the Origin into a complete lamp of the Origin!

Without taking this step, they would not have truly controlled the origin, and they would not be able to resist the real initial black mist.

No matter how powerful the quasi-king is, he is only a quasi-king, not a true king.

Because the king is God. In ancient legends, the real god is the spirit that controls the law of origin.

All other gods are false gods.

[God is the most powerful existence in the universe, a great thing beyond all imaginable categories and above all powers]

Rhine repeated the words of the Book of Knowledge, emphasizing that the true king is a great thing above all powers, a great existence that cannot be mentioned easily. Trorian's previous knowledge was very Incorrect.

He also said that among Arno and Saint Lund, there is a saying: Only the true king can ignite the first fire.

During the Era of Fire, the would-be kings just barely lit the First Fire. After the firewood for the First Fire was exhausted, the First Fire was extinguished and the black mist returned, eventually destroying the Era of Fire and ending the era of mankind.

So far, this "hypothesis" is the most mainstream theory of Arnold and Saint Lund.

Among the numerous relics they obtained, they had yet to find evidence to overthrow it.

Therefore, this may also be the "hypothesis" closest to the truth.

According to this inference, in many ancient legends, only by becoming a true king can mankind be saved. This sentence is correct.

Of course, it is extremely difficult to take this step.

How to condense a complete Law of Origin is an unsolvable problem.

What it wants to challenge is that the underlying rules of the entire world, the existence of the Sea of ​​Origin, are derived from the fragmentation of 107 Laws of the Origin. To re-consolidate the Law of the Origin is to plunder one 107th of the Sea of ​​Origin, and It is condensed in its own soul.

This is an extremely huge project, an infinitely grand goal. Once this step is initiated, he will face the backlash of the entire Sea of ​​Origin. No human being can survive such an impact. No matter how grand the True King Carrying Ceremony is, Will collapse instantly.

According to the ancient books obtained by Arnold and Saint Lund, in the Age of Fire, many supreme quasi-kings fell into this abyss at the last step.

However, they don't need to think about such far-reaching things yet.

In the entire human world, only King Arno can be called the supreme quasi-king. He possesses 20 copies of the Law of the Origin. He has just entered the supreme realm and is currently in retreat, preparing to condense the 21st copy of the Law of the Origin. , but the resistance it encountered was extremely great, far beyond the original expectations, and it has not left the Holy Fire Sacrifice for three years.

As for Sheng Longde's Holy Emperor of Fire, he only possesses 15 copies of the Law of the Origin. He has just entered the fourth stage of the saint realm and is still far away from the highest level.

Rhine told them that in the path of kings, only those who master the source law can be regarded as getting rid of their mortal status and officially embark on the path of kings. Only those who control the source of power for the order of the law can be named kings. That is to say, he is your prince.

After controlling the fundamental source, he became half king.

After mastering the Law of the Origin, he stepped into eternity and became a strong man from the Origin.

In ancient times, it was called the Eternal One, with a lifespan of more than a thousand years and authority close to that of a true god.

In the Age of Fire, it was called the Saint, the original strong man, or the quasi-king at a certain stage.

Rhine said that at this level, the five original laws are one stage.

Those with less than 5 copies of the Law of the Origin are the weak quasi-kings of the first stage. In Arno and Saint Lund, they are also called saints. Those with more than 5 copies of the Law of the Origin are the second stage. Strong quasi-kings, those with more than 10 copies of the Law of the Origin, are the great quasi-kings of the third stage. Those with more than 15 copies of the Law of the Origin can be called holy kings.

After possessing more than 20 copies of the Law of the Origin, you will enter the final and supreme realm.

That is the last stage on the path of king, the stage that is infinitely close to the true king.

With each stage passed, the difficulty of condensing the new Law of Origin will increase sharply.

Especially at the supreme stage, the resistance of the Sea of ​​Origin encountered by integrating the new source law has become extremely terrifying. The erosion of the black mist has reached a terrifying level. If you want to stand at the pinnacle of the quasi-king, it is a very difficult task. An extremely difficult thing.

For Trolian, though, this is the next level.

There are only half-kings in the entire Trorian, and no quasi-king who has touched the origin. Now they don't need to consider anything after touching the origin, only the half-king stage.

Fortunately, at this stage, Sheng Longde was already very familiar with it, and all the details of the practice were almost perfect.

Given enough resources, Trollian will be able to level up quickly.

Especially with so much talent in Trorian, there's so much room for improvement.

For them, the only difficulty is how to condense the first law of origin after mastering 25 fundamental sources.

This is the biggest difficulty in stepping into eternity and reaching the origin, and it is the first natural barrier for humans to become gods.

After that, Rhine explained in detail all the matters in the half-king stage, as well as the resources and rituals required for the ascension process.

Trolian's spiritual ascension ceremony is very perfect, but it is only applicable to the stage below half-king. For half-kings who have mastered the fundamental source, there is not much improvement.

The high-level spiritual ascension ceremony requires the use of complete spiritual elements - the light stone, which represents the sun, the moon spirit gem, which represents the moon, the star marrow and the star source, which represents the infinite stars in the starry sky. Based on the divine stone, It can improve the status of the spirit, thereby strengthening the soul body and exploring the potential of the soul.

Like the king's spiritual ascension ceremony, the high-level spiritual ascension ceremony is also divided into rounds. The materials required for the first round are 2 light stones, 2 moon spirit gems, 2 pure star marrow and 2 pure star sources. Plus 2 sacred stones.

In each subsequent round, the required materials will be doubled, up to seven rounds.

Compared with the king's ascension ceremony, there are only 2 more moon spirit gems and 1 sacred stone.

But generally speaking, the king's spiritual ascension ceremony will not exceed 4 rounds, unless the qualifications are extremely different, but even a pig can become a great king after 7 rounds of spiritual ascension ceremony.

But half-kings are different. Generally speaking, unless they are peerless geniuses, they need to go through seven rounds of high-level spiritual ascension rituals and years of hard work and training before they can master the 25 fundamental sources and become a great half-king——

In the realm of half kings and kings, the difference in power is not that big, and the difference in difficulty of condensing and controlling the new fundamental source is not so obvious, so there are only three stages, weak, strong and great.

Those with less than 10 fundamental origins are all weak half-kings, those with less than 20 fundamental origins are strong half-kings, and those with more than 20 fundamental origins can be called great.

In the realm of kings, due to the weakness of Yuan Lv, spiritual energy is the decisive force. At this stage, you don't even need 25 powerful sources to forcibly condense the fundamental sources and directly step into the realm of the Half King.

Therefore, whether it is Arno or Saint Lund, their research on the realm of kings is not as detailed as that of Trorian and Saint Rael, especially the genius ascension ceremony of the king stage they used, its effect is so strong , which can greatly shorten the time a genius stays in the king's realm, filling the gap between Arno and Saint Lund in the king's stage.

This can be regarded as an unexpected gain.

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As Rhodes expected, Saint Lund arrived and helped Trolian open the door to a new world. It was like a civilized world with complete inheritance and knowledge, which came to the tribes who were still in the wilderness era and brought them... Here comes the fire of civilization.

I believe that in the near future, Trorian’s geniuses will truly shine with infinite brilliance.

me too.

Rhodes thought silently in his heart.

Royger's words always echoed in his mind, and he knew very well that all of this was brought about by the Hidden Sage.

But now, we have just taken the first step.

"Master." The voice of the Book of Knowledge rang in his mind: "Such powerful Arno and Saint Lund are unable to fight against the black mist in Royger's heart. It is conceivable how big the crisis we are facing is. , time waits for no one, we must act as soon as possible.”

Rhodes chin slightly, he was waiting for this moment.

After the gathering at the Holy Fire Sacrifice, everyone's souls seemed to have taken on a new look. They finally saw the whole world, gained a new understanding, and accepted the fact that they were still quite weak.

But no one felt discouraged. On the contrary, everyone's morale was high, their hearts were full of excitement and enthusiasm, and everyone couldn't wait to step into new areas and become stronger.

And this is the first thing they do.

Under Rhine's guidance, Rhodes and Percival quickly mastered the structure and usage of the high-level spiritual ascension ceremony. It is not much different from the king's spiritual ascension ceremony. It can be said to be almost identical in terms of the underlying structure and principles.

Rhodes has a feeling that the ascension ceremony they got from Pope Saint Rey is a shortened version of it. It should be a ceremony that is suitable for them, perceived by the genius Pope through his spirituality and obtained through his wisdom. .

This may be what is called "highest spirituality."

Rhodes couldn't help but look at the starry sky. The Pope's remnant spirit was probably still on the Gray Earth Continent, resisting the pollution of the starry sky.

And more remnants of unknown strong men are resisting the pollution of the entire continent.

Without them, humanity might have been submerged in the black mist.

"I must become stronger as soon as possible!"

Rhodes thought.

When I become the true king, I will definitely be able to hold the torch high and dispel all this darkness.

After mastering the construction and use of high-level spirit-ascension rituals, Rhodes and Percival quickly began to construct the first high-level spirit-ascension ritual. The first candidate to use it was naturally the king of Trolian - Qingyu .

According to Rhine, the guardian of the Holy Fire and the king of the Fire Kingdom must be the strongest person in the entire kingdom, because he faces the greatest pressure, and the feedback from the entire kingdom will eventually gather on him. If the king If his power is not strong, then he will not be able to protect the holy fire. Once the holy fire is extinguished, everyone will die and the kingdom will be destroyed.

Therefore, until the true king, he should be the strongest person in this country.

You can also use the power of the holy fire.

More importantly, according to the research of Arnold and Sheng Lund, to a certain extent, the strength of the king will also affect the strength of the holy fire. If the strength of the king is not enough, the holy fire will not be able to integrate more holy fire seeds. If the strength of the king is lower than the strength of the holy fire for a long time, the powerful holy fire will gradually weaken and fall from the high level.

This may be one of the reasons why the intensity of the Holy Fire in Starry Kingdom is very low.

Another reason is that under the long-term erosion of the black mist or the influence of monsters, the Holy Fire Seed will also become weak and gradually fall back to its original state.

Rhodes was very confused about this: "What about the fused Holy Fire Seed? Has it disappeared?"

Rhine replied: "Sir Rhodes, you must understand that there is always only one Holy Fire Seed. Fusion is to make it stronger, not to have two Holy Fire Seeds. When it is weak, the power will dissipate. Return to the Three Realms."

Rhodes frowned and said, "Isn't there a Holy Fire Seed missing?"

Rhine's expression became solemn: "Your Excellency Rhodes, the Holy Fire Seed is an existence that we cannot fully understand yet. Many of its properties are similar to the Source Material. We can regard it as a source of fire. , According to the general rules of the source law, the source matter is indestructible and immortal. After it dissipates, it will re-condensate anywhere in the universe. However, it is very difficult to find it again."

After a pause, he continued.

"However, this is just an inference. At present, we have not observed this phenomenon."

Rhodes asked again: "Is Saint Ronde's Holy Fire so powerful from the beginning?"

Rhine shook his head slightly: "According to the information we currently have, except for Arno, all the human heroes who escaped at the beginning only received one Holy Fire Seed. It was also with Arno's help that the Holy Fire gradually became stronger... …It is precisely because of this that the guardian of the Holy Fire must be the most powerful person.”

Rhodes' heart sank slightly. Currently, although Qingyu is considered the strongest, the gap is not big. Not only is Taylor very close to her, but he will soon lose his temper.

By then, wouldn't Qingyu become his restriction?

"Don't worry, Master!"

The Book of Knowledge suddenly spoke in his mind.

"The king's restriction is limited to the fire holders who gain power from the holy fire. Their source feedback will be gathered on Qingyu. The master is the master of the dream. All your source feedback is borne by the dream. "

Rhodes suddenly woke up and said with a smile: "That's right, Shu. I'm sure now that you are indeed no longer mentally retarded."

The Book of Knowledge turned over the pages and hummed: "My wisdom is endless and growing every moment. Compared with me at the next moment, I was mentally retarded at the last moment."

Rhodes smiled, this crappy book is still so arrogant, I hope it won't overturn again.

However, the words of the Book of Knowledge also reminded Rhodes that if the person who does not gain power from the Holy Fire is not restricted by source feedback, then the Mechanical Path of the Industrial Machinery Research Institute, the Monster Path of Kalil, and the Resonance Path of the Forbidden Arms , is it the same?

Could this be what Hegeor meant when he told him that he needed to find a new way?

The more Rhodes thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

It seems that besides improving the spirit ascension ceremony, he also wants to pay as much attention to them as possible.

Maybe one day, the mechanical army can really crush the black mist?

Of course, not now.

After everything was on track, Rhodes handed over all matters related to promotion and practice to Percival.

There is no one better suited for the job.

At most, when deciding on the candidate after Qingyu, the book of the future can be used to predict it.

It's a small thing, and Future Books is more than happy to do so.

As for all matters related to defense, Rhodes handed over to the Dolls and Military War Department.

He believed that this former commander of the human coalition forces would be able to use Rhine's combat power as much as possible to withstand the next round of black tide.

At this point, all problems have been solved, all worries have been eliminated, and he can finally hit the road.