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

"If all beasts return to the court."

"You are king."

"Or should we share a crown with beasts?"

The ancient crown of fire hangs on the fourth trial platform.

The crown of fire is not large.

It felt like it was pressing down on the entire courtyard.

As soon as it lit up, all thirty-six Beast King Trial Platforms hummed softly.

Countless beast shadows looked up.

Like waiting for an answer.

The system prompts an error.

[Fourth Trial: The Beast King Asks for the Crown.]

Rule 1: The person carrying the fire may wear a crown.

[Rule Two: If a single person wears a crown of fire, the court will recognize the one who holds the fire as the Beast King.]

[Rule 3: If the crown is refused, the court will stop the proceedings at half-court.]

[Rule Four: If the crown is a lock, the Five Beasts Contract name is downgraded.]

[Rule Five: If the crown is a covenant, it must be recognized by all five animals.]

The fourth voice rang out from the shadows.

"The Night King"

"This is good stuff."

"Wear it, and half of the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts will immediately be yours."

"You can directly suppress thirty-six Beast King Trial Platforms."

"It can also force me to reveal myself."

Shen Ye looked at the fiery crown.

"And the price?"

The fourth seatman laughed.

"cost?"

"The king wears a crown."

"The beast bowed its head."

The crown of fire fell an inch.

The five beasts behind Shen Ye were simultaneously illuminated by the firelight.

The fire was not malicious.

Yet it carries an ancient majesty.

It's like saying...

The king is above.

The beast is below.

Night Feather's wings dipped slightly.

The shadow of Zhu Jiu was lowered by half an inch.

Longyuan clenched his fists.

The calamity dust on his forehead, the heavenly punishment, his eyes half-closed.

Gui Xu's forehead seal lit up, and his voice was cold:

"I won't kneel."

Shen Ye raised his hand.

The fire crown stopped three feet above his head.

"I won't wear this."

The fourth seat's laughter paused.

The phantom of the armored ancient beast lowered its head.

"Refusing the crown?"

Shen Ye said:

"Refuse to be the sole champion."

He stepped onto the testing platform.

He did not reach out to take the fire crown.

Instead, the Night King's Name Codex and the Myriad Beasts Divine Patterns were simultaneously unfurled.

"If the crown were on my head..."

"They will have to bow their heads."

That's not a contract.

"It's a lock."

The crown of fire trembled.

Countless ancient scenes appeared around the trial platform.

There was once a man who carried fire and wore a crown.

All beasts knelt in submission.

The beast army formed ranks.

Invincible.

But at the end of the scene, the beast shadows faded one by one.

The fire of the bond becomes the fire of the lock.

The common contract became a service contract.

After reading it, Shen Ye's eyes turned cold.

"So this is how the First Court of Beasts is cracked."

The afterimage of the fire-keeper whispered in the classic text:

"Someone once wanted to rule over all beasts."

"And it was from that time that the porch had a crack."

The fourth seat's voice was cold and sinister:

"You're not wearing it."

"The crown has no owner."

"The unclaimed crown is returned to its storehouse."

Countless grains of grain emerged from the shadows and clung to the crown of fire.

[Unclaimed Crown of Fire.]

[A place to return to, but not to return to, the granary.]

Shen Ye looked up.

"Who says it's ownerless?"

Night Feather flapped its wings, and the Black Sun Netherfire transformed into a black feather crown, hovering above its head.

"I will not kneel before the crown."

"They do not refuse fire."

As the candle rose, the Nine Netherworlds condensed into a dark crown on his forehead.

"We can go hand in hand with Crown".

"Cannot be compressed into shadows".

Long Yuan's fists collided, and the blood of the Fighting King solidified into a battle crown.

"Anyone can wear it."

"I won't kneel."

Jie Chen opened his Heavenly Tribulation Eye, and gray-white lightning transformed into a tribulation crown on his forehead.

"The crown is afflicted."

"The lock is guilty."

Guixu looked up one last time.

The gate seal lit up, and golden light condensed into a small gate crown on the forehead.

"Let's go together."

"Not for sale."

The five beast crowns lit up simultaneously.

The fire crown trembled even more violently.

Shen Ye raised his hand and dripped his Black Gold King Blood into the Myriad Beasts Divine Rune.

It wasn't pointed at my own head.

Instead, the dot is placed in the center of the Five Beasts Contract.

"The crown is not on my head."

"It's not on their heads either."

"The crown is in the contract."

The Night King's Classics turned abruptly.

【Community, Non-Slave】lights up.

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

[The King Refuses the Gift] lights up.

Subsequently, the new certificate was finalized.

A single crown signifies kingship; a shared crown signifies sworn brotherhood.

[Those who share the same crown are not of the same master, and beasts do not kneel before the king.]

The crown rests on the common understanding, not on the head of any one person.

boom!

The ancient crown of fire shattered violently.

It is not destruction.

Instead, it is divided into six fire rings.

A divine beast rune fell into Shen Ye's hand.

The five paths respectively fell into the contract names of Ye Yu, Zhu Jiu, Long Yuan, Jie Chen, and Gui Xu.

Six rings are connected.

There is no up or down.

Only resonance.

The fourth seat's nameplate had barely been affixed when it was burned to ashes by the fire ring.

The armored ancient beast phantom remained silent for a long time.

Then slowly lower your head.

"He who holds the fire does not alone wear the crown."

"The five beasts do not kneel before the crown."

"The crown returns to the common agreement."

"The fourth test."

"Pass."

A system notification sounded.

[Passed the fourth test: The Beast King's Crown.]

[The approval rating of the First Court of Beasts has increased.]

Current approval rating: 72%.

[The analysis level of the Beast Pact Fire Seed has been increased.]

Current resolution: 86%.

[A new Trial Certificate page has been added to the Night King's Compendium: Those Who Share the Crown Are Not Kings.]

[The first stroke of the "crown" on the unidentified beast name fragment is completely stable.]

Half of the Ten Thousand Beasts Courtyard suddenly blazed brightly.

Six more Beast King Trial Platforms were overturned.

The fourth section continues with the shared fire vein.

The fourth seat's thin figure was forced out a bit by the firelight, while the warehouse behind him was burning wildly.

It finally stopped hiding its anger.

"Shen Ye!"

Shen Ye raised his sword.

"Soon."

Just then, the fifth trial platform slowly rose up.

There was no sign of any beast on the stage.

There is no mirror.

There was no crown either.

There is only one door.

An ancient door, half-open and half-closed.

The armored ancient beast phantom's voice was deep:

"The fifth test."

"The Beast King Asks for Guidance."

"The one who holds fire."

"If behind the gate lies the complete path to the First Court of All Beasts."

"open."

"Or should I execute him?"