Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

"Shen Ye."

"What makes you think you can inherit the title of Night King?"

The voice of the former king faded away.

The gray-white mist in front of the Wang stele was completely suppressed.

The figure draped in a tattered royal robe slowly raised the black and gold short sword in its hand.

The sword in Jianfeng's hand is exactly the same as the sword in Shen Ye's hand.

The aura is also very similar.

It's just older.

It's heavier.

Like an old night long buried in the battlefield.

Outside the stele path.

Old Jiangcheng.

Lu Chenzhou suddenly opened his eyes.

The old Night King's Blade stuck beside the threshold trembled incessantly.

His face darkened.

"It wasn't me."

Zhou Xuan immediately asked:

"What do you mean it's not you?"

Lu Chenzhou's voice was hoarse.

"That's not my remnant soul."

"It's an old image that the eighth seat was buried in the royal palace."

"It borrowed my name from the Night King back then."

"But it's not me."

Qin Wuji was furious.

"So, it's using the old Night King to suppress Shen Ye?"

Li Xuance said:

"It's more troublesome."

"If Shen Ye acknowledges inheriting the title of the former king, then the title of Night King will be one level lower than that of the former king."

Chu Jinglan continued:

"If he says it's not a succession, it's tantamount to severing the recognition of the Eastern Xia King title."

Meng Qianqiu's eyes turned slightly cold.

"The answer is that the old king suppresses the new king."

"If the answer is not continued, the new king will have no foundation."

"The question for the eighth seat is indeed more difficult than the previous ones."

Inside the monument path.

A system notification sounded.

[The final question on the King's Monument has been detected: The old king questions the new king.]

[Question: What makes him worthy of succeeding the Night King?]

[Answer 1: Acknowledge the succession. Risk: The sovereignty of the former king will be diminished, and the shadow of the old king will suppress the host king.]

[Answer Two: Deny succession. Risk: The anchor of the Dongxia King is out of date.]

[Answer 3: Refuse to answer. Risk: The Night King's title enters the monument.]

Shen Ye looked at the three notifications.

"There's nothing I want to choose."

The system paused for a moment.

[You may answer independently.]

Shen Ye looked up.

The shadow of the former king has already moved.

step.

It appeared in front of Shen Ye.

The black and gold short sword slashed horizontally.

This sword strike was not fast.

Yet it carries the weight of ten years of bloody battle at Zhenmo Pass.

Shen Ye raised his sword to parry.

clang!

Two identical black and gold short swords clashed together.

The monument beneath Shen Ye's feet suddenly cracked open.

The sword of the former king, Mingying, held no murderous intent.

There was only a heavy sense of questioning.

What gives you the right?

How many cities have you defended?

How many comrades have you buried?

How many people have you seen who don't leave at night?

What gives you the right to take up this title?

Shen Ye took half a step back.

Just as the Night Feather Black Sun Netherfire was about to ignite, Shen Ye raised his hand to stop it.

"This question."

"I'll answer it myself."

The old king's shadow struck with his second sword.

The sword light transformed into the walls of the Demon-Suppressing Pass.

On the city wall, countless old military flags fluttered in the wind.

Shen Ye swung his sword to meet the attack.

boom!

The black and gold sword light shattered.

A sharp pain shot through his wrist.

The third sword of the Old King's Shadow has arrived.

This sword strike contained the lingering intent of Lu Chenzhou's attack on the Blood Sect years ago.

There is the resentment of the former Night King of Zhenmo Pass being dragged into the Blood River for ten years.

There was a high expectation that Dongxia had once placed on this title.

Shen Ye's eyes narrowed slightly.

He will not back down.

The King of Beasts unleashed his full power.

The blood and qi surged.

He took the blow head-on.

clang!

A bloody gash appeared on his shoulder.

But even the former king's shadow was shaken back a step.

The two characters "Night King" on the King's Stele swayed simultaneously.

The sound of unmarked graves and names came from behind the fog.

"You can withstand the old king's three swords."

"But there has been no answer yet."

"On what grounds should he continue?"

Shen Ye raised his head.

"Who said I wanted to succeed him?"

Wang Bei suddenly trembled.

The old king's image also stopped.

The broken pen, bearing no tombstone and no name, slightly raised, as if waiting for him to fall into the second trap.

Shen Ye continued:

"I will not follow in Lu Chenzhou's footsteps."

"We will not seize Lu Chenzhou."

"He is the former King of the Night."

"I am Shen Ye."

"The Eastern Xia appointed me as the Night King, not because he resigned."

"It's because I won."

He took a step forward.

"I didn't take his name."

"It's a battle he didn't finish fighting."

"I did not take his title."

"It was the royal seal given to me by Dongxia."

The Black Gold King's Seal appeared behind Shen Ye.

The anchor of the Royal Ship of the Hall of Fame lit up.

The anchor, originally named, lights up at the threshold of the old Jiangcheng.

The Beast King Platform's name anchor lit up.

The register of five certificates and five contracts was opened.

Lu Chenzhou's old night watchman's pass happened to be on the fifth page.

Shen Ye looked at the former king's shadow.

"You ask me why?"

"I will slay the king's gate."

"By killing the Blood River Saint Son."

"With my broken seat."

"I will use my power from the nameless forest of steles to send your old shadow flying back."

The blade of the old king's sword dipped slightly.

But without a tombstone or burial name, the pen suddenly fell.

A new king must succeed the old king.

Without acceptance, the Night King has no foundation.

Shen Ye said coldly:

"The root is not in the old king."

"In Dongxia."

A sword strike was unleashed.

The gray and white lettering is broken.

The old king's shadow raised his sword once more.

This time, its sword intent has changed.

It's no longer a question.

It is war.

Shen Ye finally allowed the essence of the five beasts to enter the sword.

Night Feather Black Sun Netherfire enters the sword.

The shadow of the nine-year-old candle, buried in the netherworld, enters the sword.

The Dragon Abyss Fighting King's blood seeped into his sword.

The tribulation dust, heavenly punishment, and tribulation lightning entered the sword.

The patterns of the Guixu Swallow Gate are incorporated into the sword.

Five animal patterns coiled around the black and gold short sword.

The shadow of the former king treads before him.

Shen Ye also stepped forward.

Two beams of black and gold sword light collided head-on in front of the King's Stele.

boom!

The lingering echoes of all the royal horns on both sides of the stele path resounded simultaneously.

Demon-Suppressing Pass.

Fengwangtai (a platform for bestowing titles upon kings).

Nanjiang.

Old Jiangcheng.

Countless voices that once cried out "Night King" are no longer dragged along by the gray and white pen strokes.

Instead, it transformed into a clear echo.

The Night King.

This sound is not a shackle.

It is a testimony.

Shen Ye pressed down with his sword.

The sword of the former king's name was shattered inch by inch.

Its tattered royal robe was torn open by the light of the sword.

Shen Ye looked at the face without features and said calmly:

"Lu Chenzhou is still guarding the goal."

"The old king is not dead."

"A new king doesn't need to step on the old king to establish his name."

"The title 'Night King'"

"From today onwards, it's not about inheritance."

"It's a recasting."

The sword light fell completely.

The image of the former king shattered with a deafening crash.

But it did not turn into gray dust.

Instead, it transformed into a wisp of black gold embers, falling into the "Old Night Guardian Certificate" in the register of five certificates and five contracts.

Old Jiangcheng.

Lu Chenzhou glanced down at the Old Night King Blade.

The old crack on the blade had miraculously healed.

He paused for a moment and said in a low voice:

"it is good."

In front of the King's Stele.

A system notification sounded.

The old king has already questioned the new king, and the matter is resolved.

[New certificate established: Night King Reforged Certificate.]

[Effect: The host's king account is no longer suppressed by the old king's shadow.]

[Old Night Guardian Certificate Enhanced.]

[The King's Self-Defense Certificate has been strengthened.]

The upgrade of the anchor of the Hall of Fame has been completed.

[Resolution of the King's Stele Road: 64% → 100%]

[Completeness of the Eighth Seat's True Name Fragment: 89% → 96%]

boom!

The third path to the monument collapsed completely.

Deep within the forest of nameless steles, the inscription on the stele bearing the true name has finally been mostly completed.

[No tombstone, only the caretaker of the tombstone.]

Zhou Xuan's voice was tense.

"It's complete."

"No, there's still one last step."

"The monument it guards hasn't been revealed yet."

Shen Ye looked up.

The person buried without a tombstone stands before the tombstone bearing their real name.

The broken pen in its hand was reduced to just the last inch.

The blank roster on his chest was charred black.

But it didn't panic.

Instead, she slowly began to smile.

"Witness, evidence, contract name, personal name, title of king."

"You've held them all."

"So, you're finally qualified to see it."

Without a tombstone or a proper burial, he raised a broken pen and plunged it into his brow.

Grayish-white bloodstains fell.

Behind the monument to the true names, the earth slowly cracked open.

A colossal stele, taller than all the other steles, rises from the deepest part of the forest of nameless steles.

The surface of the monument is blank.

It has no name.

There are no words.

However, this caused the Myriad Beasts Divine Pattern, the Night King's Seal, and the Five Certificates and Five Contracts Guardian Register on Shen Ye's chest to vibrate violently at the same time.

The system notification turned into a glaring blackish-gold color.

[The core of the Unnamed Stele Forest has been detected.]

[Target: The Nameless Mother's Monument.]

[Warning: This monument does not bury names.]

This stele bears the name of a person.