The Last King Of Darkness-Chapter 1562 - 740: Direction

Everyone focused their attention and saw a strange glow emanating from the material Rod held in the palm of his hand.

It was indiscernible what material it was, like solidified light, or like ethereal clouds. In Rod’s hand, it seemed to pervade the entire world, giving an uncertain sense of existence.

"Is this the Divine Source Material?"

Dalyn asked in amazement, reaching out cautiously to touch it.

"Strange, I can feel touching something, but it seems weightless, like a phantom."

Rod nodded: "Its existence is very special, completely different from general spiritual materials, and even different from Source Materials. The Divine Origin Base composed of it is extremely solid and nearly indestructible. If I hadn’t first secured its soul, we might never break through it."

Wang said solemnly: "Little Rod is right, none of my attacks could break it."

Dalyn exclaimed: "Then why didn’t the Blood God hide inside it from the beginning?"

Rod explained: "The Divine Origin Base is the foundation that bears the Divine Soul. Returning to the base means that the Blood God’s soul retreated into its foundation, unable to influence the outside world anymore. Except for its Divine Country, all its influence dissipated."

Wang added: "It’s equivalent to completely giving up the fight. You can understand it as the last fortress of the Ancient God, used only for survival."

"But."

Dalyn said anxiously.

"If Little Rod didn’t secure its soul, wouldn’t all your previous efforts have been in vain? The Blood God withdrew from the battle, unable to influence the outside world, but you cannot influence it either. What if it recovers and invades again?"

Everyone fell silent until Wang finally spoke.

"It seems, there is a certain element of luck in defeating the Ancient God this time, but I believe there is definitely some solution." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Wang paused, receiving the Divine Source Material from Rod and examining it carefully for a moment.

"I have a feeling that the Divine Source Material might be a special type of Source Material. The gods somehow transformed it into a Source Material that belongs to themselves, and they used this to build the Divine Origin Base. If my guess is correct, this must be the key to becoming a god in the Ancient Epoch."

At this moment, the eyes of Professor Bins and Professor Barrett flashed with wisdom.

"After the end of the Ancient Epoch, the orthodox method of becoming a god must have been lost."

Professor Bins slowly said.

"No, even by the end of the Ancient Epoch, it was already impossible to become a god. Little Rod said that Giant King Omir was human and a True King."

Professor Barrett pondered: "At that time, the True God and sub-gods hadn’t fallen yet. It’s hard to imagine the method of the ascension ritual being lost. Perhaps some change blocked the path to becoming an Ancient God, leading to a new path, becoming the God of Humans—the true king."

Rod suddenly said: "The will of the Blood God told us that all Ancient Gods were humans!"

Everyone exchanged glances, seeing the shock in each other’s eyes.

Professor Barrett shouted: "That’s right, surely because some reason caused the collapse of the original path to godhood, and no new True Gods could arise. So by the end of the Ancient Epoch, only four True Gods remained, and the other seven sub-gods couldn’t take that last step."

Rod’s mind raced, and suddenly the mist that had been troubling him cleared. He finally understood why, in the illusion realm of Giant God Power, the Giant Ancestor placed such importance on the new Giant King Omir. His celebration was so grand that even inside the Giant Clan, many were envious. Clearly, he represented the new path—the path of the king.

Wang sighed: "So that’s it. No wonder Ancient Gods have no restrictions while True Kings do, because these are two completely different paths. Ancient Gods use the Divine Origin Base as the foundation for becoming a god, while True Kings use human destiny as the foundation, and human destiny is limited. If too many True Kings are born, it will be unsustainable."

Amendo coughed: "Is there a way to enhance human destiny?"

Wang slightly shook his head: "I’m not sure, but the more prosperous humanity is, the stronger human destiny will inherently be. The destiny I borrowed is actually Troli’s destiny, and I can vaguely feel it almost can’t support a second True King."

Amendo’s face turned serious: "So it seems, the stronger a True King, the stronger the carrier needed, and an Ancient God must need more Divine Source Material to strengthen its Divine Origin Base, while a True King needs a more prosperous human civilization to bear his soul."

Dalyn sighed: "No wonder the number of True Kings is limited. Not only is human destiny finite, but the more True Kings there are, the lower their strength limit will be."

At this moment, Rod suddenly recalled when he had once summoned a phantom of the previous Master of Dreams, Heigao’er, who told him he must open more paths and find more ways.

Back then, he didn’t think much of it, only thinking Heigao’er sought the overall strength of humanity.

But now it seems clear that it referred to paths outside human True Kings.

For instance, the White Spirit Inheritor, Black Inheritor, and Unawakened. If they continued to develop and find new paths to becoming True Kings, they could break through the True King limitation and provide humanity with more top-tier strong individuals.