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

[Fourth question: After you die, where will your name be?]

The broken pen pointed towards Shen Ye's brow.

The lake surface was grayish-white.

Ten thousand people remained silent.

This question was even quieter than the previous three.

It's also more toxic.

The system prompts an error.

[The fourth question about the final name has been detected.]

If he answers "Return to Dongxia," his royal title will be pre-selected as the name of his national tomb at Zhongming Lake after his death.

If the answer is to return to the Five Beasts, the names of the Five Beasts will be subject to the judgment of burial together.

If the answer is returned to the Fire Seed, the Fire Seed of the First Covenant among All Beasts will be judged as the ultimate source of its host.

If the answer is no, the Nameless Lake will determine that the host is unclaimed after death and will keep the nameless creature there.

Shen Ye chuckled after reading it.

"Every road leads to the bottom of the lake."

A second voice came from inside the coffin:

The deceased need a proper place to go.

"A name that cannot be returned to will surely sink."

Shen Ye looked up.

"That's something that happens after death."

He paused, pen in hand.

Shen Ye continued:

"I'm not dead yet."

"You're asking me where you'll go after you die because you want to gain fame in advance."

Inside the gray-white coffin, a pale hand gripped a broken pen.

"The final name must be written in advance."

"Otherwise, death will be disorderly."

Shen Ye said:

"I am alive, and I do not need you to arrange my affairs after death."

The Night King's Scripture unfolded with a bang.

[The living should not write their final name] is highlighted.

The message "[The future is yet to come, not for sale]" is displayed.

[My name is not yet finished, I will continue to write it] Lights up.

Subsequently, the new certificate was slowly erected.

[It can be recorded after death, but cannot be collected in advance.]

[Inquiring about someone's grave before death is not the proper way to ask about their final name.]

A name that has not died does not qualify for posthumous recognition.

boom!

The drop of gray ink on the broken pen tip was shaken back half an inch.

The sound of the coffin at the bottom of the lake grew cold:

"If you die in battle, who will remember you?"

Shen Ye said:

Those who should remember will remember.

"Dongxia can remember the Night King's military exploits."

"But you can't put a coffin on me."

He raised his hand, and the Eastern Xia royal register lit up slightly.

[Wanghao Non-Government Bonds] have emerged.

New certificate attached.

Military merit may grant citizenship, but one's name will not be included in the national cemetery.

The second seat asked again:

"If you die in battle, what will become of the five beasts?"

All five beasts raised their heads at the same time.

Night Feather Black Sun Netherfire burned low.

The pupils of the candle are deep and dark.

Longyuan clenched his fist.

Jiechen closed his eyes and listened to the calamity.

The seal of Guixu on his forehead lit up.

Shen Ye did not answer for them.

Ye Yu said, "I will fly myself."

Zhu Jiu said, "The shadow moves on its own."

Long Yuan said, "Keep fighting."

Jie Chen said, "The tribulation is not yet over."

Guixu said, "I have a way."

Shen Ye then spoke:

"Did you hear that?"

"If I die, they will not be my burial offerings."

Turn the page of the Night King's Classics.

[The covenant is for walking together, not for being buried together] lights up.

The new certificate has been issued.

[To die in battle is to fulfill one's contract.]

Each beast has its own name, and each name has its own path.

The death of the master does not mean the end of the five beasts.

The gray-white lake water trembled violently.

The second voice was even lower:

"If you die in battle, where will the flame of revolution go?"

The afterimage of the fire-keeper emerged from the classic text.

"Fire chooses common ground."

"He who holds fire will die, and the fire will not return to the lake."

Shen Ye said:

"If it wants to stay, then it will stay."

"If it chooses another, then it will choose another."

"But it doesn't belong to you."

The Night King's name was written in classical Chinese.

The fire was not buried with the deceased.

[The torch can be passed on, but it will not return to the lake of forgotten names (pre-order).]

The broken pen finally made a faint cracking sound.

The second seat remained silent for a moment.

Then it asked for the last way.

"If no one remembers you."

"If the five beasts go far away."

"If the source of the fire is chosen elsewhere."

"If the Eastern Xia dynasty ceases to exist."

"Shen Ye."

"Where will your name belong then?"

On the lake, all the remaining names were raised simultaneously.

This question is not about the rules.

It is utterly isolated.

Shen Ye stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the gray-white lake surface.

After a moment, he said:

"The path I've walked."

Gui Xu's forehead seal suddenly gleamed.

Shen Ye raised his hand and pointed behind him.

Nanjiang.

Fengwangtai (a platform for bestowing titles upon kings).

Demon-Suppressing Pass.

The Night-Slaying Platform.

Blood King City.

Beast King Ruins.

Wuguitingcang.

Half the court was filled with beasts.

Shenming Lake.

Battle scars lit up in the Night King's Codex.

"Some remember me; my name is in their memories."

"No one remembers, but my name is on the road."

"The road is destroyed, so be it."

"But you can't say it belongs to the lake while I'm still alive."

The new black gold certificate was abruptly sealed.

[A fitting name for his actions.]

Traces can be erased, but cannot be pre-collected.

[Unknown, and it does not return to the lake.]

boom!

The broken pen on the bow of the ship shook violently.

The drop of gray ink finally fell.

But it didn't land on Shen Ye's brow.

Instead, it fell upon the Night King's Name Book.

Write down the second character.

[Continued]

A system notification sounded.

[The fourth question regarding the final destination has been answered.]

[A new certificate is established: it can be recorded posthumously, but cannot be collected in advance.]

[A new certificate is established: The contract states, "Even if we die in battle, we will not delay."]

[Establishing new credentials: Recognizing one's deeds.]

[Second seat authority resolution increased.]

Current resolution: 52%.

The small boat stopped.

We've arrived at the center of the lake.

The gray-white coffin was completely submerged in the water.

The coffin lid slowly opened.

A pale hand, holding a broken pen, sat up from the coffin.

It has no face.

However, a dot of ink remains etched between his brows.

On the broken pen, more traces of the real name are finally revealed.

[Second Seat - The One Who Died of Names - Lord of the Lake of Fame - Buried with a Broken Pen - Ten Thousand People Collected His Coffin...]

A system warning popped up.

[The second seat's true form has partially awakened.]

[Real Name Remnant Resolution: 63%]

The second seatman raised the broken pen and pointed it at Shen Ye.

"The journey to the afterlife has been completed."

"You can see me."

Shen Ye gripped the black and gold short sword.

"What about the last one?"

The second person in the seat raised their hand.

Behind the gray-white coffin, a forest of steles at the bottom of the lake emerges.

Deep within the Stele Forest, a point of black and gold ink light hangs suspended.

That was the last missing piece of the Unknown Beast Name Fragment.

The second speaker's voice was deep:

"I want it."

"Enter the Forest of Steles".

"I have written the epitaphs for ten thousand people."

"Write yours next."