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

Shen Ye stepped into the courtyard.

The next instant, the world turned upside down.

He did not land.

Instead, it felt like being placed into a giant warehouse.

There was neither sky nor earth around.

There are only layers of suspended ancient shelves.

On the shelf were half of the Beast King Trial Platform, a broken Covenant Fire Vein, a shattered courtyard pillar, nameless beast bones, and a golden ancient road broken into several pieces.

Next to each item was a small black label.

[It has already been returned to the Wugui Clan Granary.]

[The original owner was lost.]

[We will not use the old name.]

Shen Ye looked up.

In the distance, the retreat route leading to Zhenmo Pass had disappeared.

Instead, rows of doors were put into storage shelves.

There is a city gate.

There is a secret realm entrance.

There are fragments of blood.

There is also half of the east gate of the Chuting Courtyard.

The system prompts an error.

[Entered the No Return Warehouse.]

[Warning: Current location ownership has been altered.]

[Warning: The original escape route has been stolen by the fourth seat.]

[Note: This location has an aberration; its location, path, and distance may be marked as unclaimed.]

The afterimage of the Fire Keeper appeared on a page of the Night King's Codex, his voice low:

"Don't chase its sound."

"Tracing the trail."

Before the words were finished, that light, airy laugh rang out again.

"As expected of the fire guardians."

"Even after being dead for so many years, you still know how to remind me."

Shen Ye looked up.

Deep inside the warehouse, there was no one in sight.

Only countless small black tokens were shaking at the same time.

The voice came from behind each of the small slips of paper:

"Night King Shen Ye".

"Welcome to my warehouse."

"You want half of the First Courtyard."

"Can."

"If you can find it, you can have it."

Gui Xu stared at the small slips of paper, his gaze growing increasingly fierce.

"steal."

The fourth seatman laughed.

"Little one, don't say such harsh things."

"No one walks on the road, no one guards the gate, and no one recognizes the courtyard."

"I'm just finding a place to put them."

Shen Ye said:

"Put it in your name?"

The fourth seat chuckled.

"No one objects."

Shen Ye lifted his foot forward.

One step and it landed.

He clearly took a step forward, but ended up back where he started.

A small black slip of paper appeared at my feet.

[The first step has already been completed and returned to the Wuguiting Granary.]

Shen Ye's eyes turned cold.

The fourth seat's voice held a smile:

"look."

"No one was watching where you just stepped."

"I'll take it."

The next instant, Shen Ye's shoulder was suddenly empty.

Ye Yu was originally standing on his left shoulder.

But at this moment, it appeared on an upside-down trial platform a hundred feet away.

The shadow of Zhu Jiu was pulled to the other side.

Long Yuan stood three zhang behind Shen Ye, but it felt like there was an entire warehouse shelf between them.

The Heavenly Punishment Eye on Jie Chen's forehead shone brightly, but the lightning shone in another direction.

Guixu is closest to Shen Ye.

But a black tag has appeared under its feet.

[The space beside me is temporarily occupied by the Wuguiting Warehouse.]

A system warning popped up.

The relative positions of the five mythical creatures have been stolen.

The contract name remains unbroken.

The spatial relationships have been altered.

The fourth seatman said leisurely:

"take it easy."

"I didn't touch your contract."

"I just stole their place next to you."

"The location is unclaimed."

"I can take it."

Shen Ye raised his hand.

The Night King's Book of Names is opened.

[The Five Oaths and Their Names] are lit up.

【Community, Non-Slave】lights up.

Subsequently, the new certificate was issued.

[Direction, not affiliation.]

[The body may move, but the contractual name will not.]

Our shared commitment transcends geographical boundaries.

boom!

The names of the five covenants lit up simultaneously.

The black tokens on Ye Yu, Zhu Jiu, Long Yuan, Jie Chen, and Gui Xu cracked open.

Night Feathers flapped their wings.

The black sun and ghostly flames swept across the warehouse shelves, burning towards the direction from which the sound came.

But the flames disappeared halfway through their flight.

The next instant, the Black Sun Netherfire landed on an empty frame.

Next to the empty shelf, there was an extra small sign.

[Fire path closed.]

Long Yuan took a step forward and punched deep into the warehouse shelf.

The punch had barely been thrown when its path was deflected, and it slammed heavily at his feet.

The Heavenly Punishment of Calamity swept across all directions.

Before the gray-white lightning could pierce the darkness, it was blocked by a small note.

[The route has been taken.]

The fourth seatman laughed even more heartily.

"In my warehouse."

"The path you forge out is also a path."

"The road is deserted."

"I can steal too."

Shen Ye did not draw his sword again.

He looked down at the small slip of paper at his feet that read, "The first step has been taken to the Wuguiting Canal."

Then ask:

"Return to the Ruins".

Can you smell it?

Guixu closed his eyes and twitched his nose.

A moment later, it opened its eyes.

"Dirty road."

Shen Ye said:

"bite."

Guixu lunged forward.

It does not have a biting rack.

They didn't bite the small stick either.

Instead, it bit at the inch of empty space in front of Shen Ye's feet.

Click!

The void cracked open.

It bit a black road sign out of the empty space.

The road sign had four characters written on it.

The Road Without an Owner

The laughter from the fourth seat paused for a moment.

Shen Ye looked at the road sign.

"Who says it's ownerless?"

He lifted his foot and took another step.

This step did not move forward.

Instead, he stepped heavily on the road sign.

The Night King's Classics turned abruptly.

[Fame Through Travel] lights up.

【Name by Action】lights up.

Subsequently, the new evidence was formed.

[The traveler is not lost; the road must not be stolen.]

The path beneath our feet is named after the traveler.

A step not taken is not without a master.

boom!

The black road sign was trampled and crushed.

Shen Ye's previously stolen first step suddenly returned.

His figure instantly appeared ten feet away.

Ye Yu's Fire Path has returned.

The black sun and ghostly fire reignited along their original path, burning through three layers of warehouse shelves.

Longyuan's fighting style has returned.

The force of the punch surged outwards, shattering a row of small black tokens.

The guide of the calamity has returned.

The divine lightning pierced the darkness, revealing a faint silhouette of a human figure deep within the warehouse shelves.

Very fine.

It's very thin.

It's like being stolen down to just a skin.

Shen Ye looked up.

"I've found you."

The figure flickered slightly and disappeared from the lightning.

Only a soft laugh remained.

"It doesn't count as found."

"It's just finding a shadow I left here."

A system notification sounded.

Break through the road signs of no return.

[A new rule is established: No one may steal from the road unless the traveler is lost.]

[Captured: Fragment of the Road Sign of No Return.]

[The resolution of the fourth seat's true name remnant has been improved.]

Current resolution: 24%.

[Coordinate fragments of the Path of Returning Beasts +1.]

The ninth stroke of the unidentified beast's name fragment, "road," is stable.

Shen Ye reclaimed the name.

The surrounding warehouse shelves began to rotate.

The layers of ancient shelves, like giant gears, slowly parted to make way for the central road.

At the end of the road, an upside-down beast king trial platform fell down.

boom!

The testing platform landed.

On the tabletop, there is an ancient line of gold characters.

[The Terrace of Returning to One's Name.]

Gui Xu stared at those three words, his body tensing slightly.

The voice of the fourth seat came from below the testing platform:

"Knowing how to find the way doesn't mean you can walk it."

"I've divided the path for the young beasts of the Boundary Gate to return to their names into three sections."

"The first segment takes place right here in this station."

In the center of the trial platform, a small door slowly rose.

The sound of chains being dragged came from inside the door.

The fourth seat chuckled softly:

"The Night King"

"Do you dare let it in?"