The Last King Of Darkness

Chapter 1860 - 843: Dark Devourer

[Starship’s Broken Soul]

[Strong Soul]

[Black Fog Symbiont]

[Possesses 300 units of Nightmare Fuel]

[A twisted Soul formed after the Starship shattered and was severely polluted by the Black Fog]

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These 100 Souls were all like this, without the slightest difference.

Rod was very surprised. By common sense, "Starship" should refer to the Fallen Ship, but the Fallen Ship should be a powerful Source Artifact, similar to the White Tower. How could it possess a Soul?

And not just one, but a hundred of them!

But if the "Starship" was not the Fallen Ship and referred to something else, that was even harder to believe.

Rod told Solos about this, and the latter fell into deep thought, only speaking after a moment.

"Lord Rod, I have a conjecture, but I can’t be sure yet. Perhaps you can provide me with some reference."

He pointed at the surrounding fragments of ruins.

"Do you see anything in them?"

Rod frowned slightly. These Fragments were of various sizes and had no fixed shape. They looked like broken mountain rock, but their hardness was extremely high, far beyond objects solidified by Spiritual Energy.

After observing for a while, he vaguely discovered that these Fragments all seemed to belong to one part. They were supported by a certain core and formed a whole.

And countless such wholes then constituted the Fallen Ship.

"Master!"

In the Dream Realm, the Book of Knowledge shouted.

"Master, I see it. The core of these Fragments is a piece of Source Material. If I’m not mistaken, it’s Source Material Soil!"

Rod asked in surprise, "How do you know?"

"Source Material Soil is the Source Material of the earth. It exists in huge quantities and has extremely powerful Enhancement and solidification capabilities. The formation of these Fragments clearly bears the influence of Source Material Soil. Not only that, I can sense the aura of many other Source Materials as well."

Rod frowned slightly. "What does that indicate?"

The Book of Knowledge weighed its words. "Master, my memory is still incomplete, but the knowledge that remains tells me that the Fallen Ship is very likely the Divine Country of some powerful existence."

Rod’s heart trembled. He looked around in disbelief.

"This is the wreckage of a Divine Country?"

"Yes, Master. Those broken Souls should be the living beings within the Divine Country. Its master should be a powerful Ancient God."

Rod immediately suppressed the excitement in his heart and relayed this conjecture to Solos.

"Worthy of the legendary Dark Destroyer."

Solos praised him. "Your wisdom and knowledge are truly astonishing... That’s right, I think so as well."

Rod couldn’t help but ask, "Lord Solos, what exactly is a Divine Country? Why is this Divine Country so enormous? Why are there living beings inside a Divine Country? What is the relationship between a Divine Country and Source Material?"

Solos gave Rod a slightly puzzled look.

"Lord Rod, you should know that after mastering the Root Origin, there is a Divine Country within your Soul."

Rod nodded. Although he had never sensed it himself, he had heard others say that a Half King’s Divine Country was just a single point within the Soul, formless and intangible, seemingly without any function.

Aside from Ancient Gods, he had never seen anyone make use of it.

Solos paused for a few seconds, then continued, "Simply put, the Divine Country is the embodiment of your Source Law. It is the Condensed Matter of all the Laws you command. What Divine Source Material and human fortune actually carry is the Divine Country itself."

"But the Source Law of a Half King is too low in level. Their Divine Country remains just a single point forever. Of course, an Ancient God can use certain methods to expand the range of the Divine Country, but that is only an outer derivative, not the essence of the Divine Country."

"Only after stepping into the Primordial will the Divine Country begin to change. It starts to swell from a point, and once it reaches sufficient scale, with enough Source Material poured into it and after a complex process, it can gradually form a materialized Divine Country."

"Only then does the true power of the Divine Country reveal itself."

"It can provide you with extremely Strong Divine Power and is the fountainhead of your strength. In legend, the stronger an Ancient God, the vaster their Divine Country."

Solos shifted his gaze toward the distance.

"And the critical node at which this swelling occurs is the Fifth Stage of the Primordial, after you possess 20 portions of Primordial Law."

"That is what we call a Quasi‑King."

"Once you step into the Domain of a Quasi‑King, you can gradually form a complete Divine Country. Our power will undergo an earth‑shaking transformation, and only then can we face the true Black Fog head‑on."

"But unfortunately, up to now, in the entire human world, there is only one Quasi‑King."

Rod’s eyes widened. "I heard from Rhein that the Fire Saint Emperor has 15 portions of Primordial Law..."

"No, it’s 18... The Holy Emperor has been dormant for three years. In those three years, he digested all the accumulation of the previous thirty years and gained those three portions of Primordial Law, just like me."

Rod said excitedly, "Then he’s only 2 portions of Primordial Law away from 20."

Solos shook his head slightly.

"Lord Rod, that’s not enough, far from enough. The further you go with Primordial Law, the harder it becomes to obtain."

"Even as a Quasi‑King, the Strength of one’s Divine Country cannot compare to those ancient existences. The Divine Country of the King of Yarno is only the size of a single city. Compared to the Fallen Ship, it’s not even one percent of it."

"And an existence possessing such a powerful Divine Country has already fallen. How could a mere Quasi‑King possibly withstand the invasion of the Black Fog?"