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

When that beastly roar resounded, it was as if an ancient rift had been torn open in Shenming Lake.

That's not the current sound.

It seemed to emanate from the deepest part of the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts.

It's like waking up from an even more distant past.

The complete beast name behind Shen Ye hung in mid-air.

Black and gold light surged.

The fourteen old strokes and the last stroke completely merged together.

But the real name is still not visible.

The system notification kept flashing.

[The name of the unknown beast has been completed.]

[Failed to retrieve real name.]

[The remnant echo of the former master has been detected.]

[Warning: The Echo of the Former Master is attempting to take over the True Name Echo.]

[Warning: The Beast God Contract has been subject to a rollback judgment.]

Shen Ye frowned slightly.

Backtracking judgment.

This isn't about taking away his current contract.

Instead, the goal is to drag this beast's name back to the past.

To drag it back to the era when it belonged to a certain "former master".

Above Shenming Lake, a figure slowly emerged after the name of the black-gold beast.

The person's face was not visible.

He was only wearing an ancient animal robe.

A crown on his head.

There are no jewels on the crown.

There are only beast eyes.

When those beast eyes opened, the runes on Ye Yu, Zhu Jiu, Long Yuan, Jie Chen, and Gui Xu trembled simultaneously.

The five beasts bowed their heads.

It is not submission.

It is the instinct that is suppressed by the personhood of the true name.

The lingering echo of the former master looked down upon the deep night.

The sound seemed to come from the throats of countless beasts simultaneously.

"The latecomers."

"By order of name."

"kneel."

Shenming Lake suddenly sank.

All the monuments at the bottom of the lake were lowered.

It felt as if a mountain had fallen on Shen Ye's shoulders.

That wasn't the final suppression of the second seat.

Rather, it is a more primitive form of animal name suppression.

It's as if all beasts, upon seeing the crown, should bow their heads.

The second, battered figure stood in the distance, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, but a cold smile lurking in his eyes.

"Shen Ye."

"This is the last true owner."

"You can kill me."

"Can we kill it?"

Shen Ye didn't look at him.

He looked at the lingering echoes of his former master.

"Who are you calling kneeling?"

The beast eyes of the former master, still echoing, all turned in unison.

"The bearer of the name".

"The Crown Bearer".

"Later, all the contracts were returned to the old court."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Myriad Beasts Half Court Command behind Shen Ye trembled violently.

Half of the courtyard's illusory image appeared.

This time, however, Ban Ting did not approach Shen Ye.

Instead, it was drawn by the beast crown atop its former master's head, wanting to return to the shadow of the past.

The system warning turns red.

The lingering echoes of the former master are invoked to claim the old court's crown.

[Objective: The Order of Half the Beasts.]

If the invocation is successful, the host will be identified as the successor to the old court.

[Consequences of succession: The host must inherit the remnants of the previous master's contracts, the reasons for the previous court's defeat, and the heavy debts of the previous beast.]

Shen Ye's eyes turned cold.

Another successor.

The second seat should write his final name.

The first seat needs to be valued.

The lingering echoes of the former master demanded that he inherit the old court.

These things are all the same.

They said they would give it to them.

His hands were full of locks.

The old master's lingering voice spoke again.

"You have my name."

"Then he will assume my position."

"You have obtained my court."

"Then we will continue our contract."

Shen Ye raised his hand and pressed down on the Ten Thousand Beasts Half Court Order.

Black gold flames ignited from the palm of his hand.

"Gaining power does not equate to succession."

The Night King's Book was suddenly opened.

The old certificate is displayed.

Gaining power does not equate to succession.

[Having gained fame, one should not accept a seat.]

The Court of Commonwealth does not tolerate private prices.

Shen Ye looked up.

"Your court is already shattered."

"What I retrieved was the stolen half of the courtyard."

"This is not your old spot."

A new line of black and gold text appeared.

The old courtyard is not the same as the present one.

The order of the Ten Thousand Beasts Half Court suddenly trembled.

The half-palace shadow, pulled away by the lingering echo of its former master, abruptly stopped.

The pupils on the beast-shaped crown atop the former master's head suddenly turned cold.

"The latecomers."

"You dare refuse the crown?"

Shen Ye said:

"I don't pick up dead people's crowns."

Longyuan was the first to look up.

The bone armor cracked.

It was suppressed by the beast-headed crown, its fists pounding in front of its chest.

"roar!"

Yoru followed closely behind.

The black sun and ghostly flames reignited on the wings.

Zhu Jiu rose from the shadows, his vertical pupils icy cold.

The Heavenly Punishment Eye on Jie Chen's forehead slowly opened.

Guixu, biting at the road home, mumbled:

"I won't kneel."

The five beasts raised their heads again.

For the first time, the light emanating from the beast's name behind the former master began to fluctuate.

Shen Ye looked at it.

"To be burdened by one's true name is not to submit."

A new certificate has been laid down in the Night King's Codex.

[Being burdened by one's true name is not a sign of submission.]

boom!

The pressure on the five beasts was reduced by half at the same time.

The former master raised his hand with a lingering echo.

The complete beast name began to spin.

Each stroke transformed into a black and gold chain, falling towards Shen Ye and the five beasts.

"I bestow names upon all the beasts."

"All beasts shall be under my name."

Night Feather, Black Sun, and Netherfire shot into the sky.

The candles, nine in nine, spread out across the underworld.

Long Yuan punched the black gold chain.

The Heavenly Punishment of Calamity shines upon the end of the chains.

Guixu lowered its head and bit down.

But these chains are not the coffin chains of the second seat.

They come from the full animal name itself.

Cutting them off might damage the masterpiece that has just been completed.

The system notification is flashing.

The Chain of True Names is establishing the old covenant.

[It cannot be forcibly severed.]

[Recommendation: Sever the sovereignty determination between the remnant of the former master and the true name.]

Shen Ye took a step forward.

He let the first chain of his real name wrap around his arm.

The black golden light burned into the flesh.

Several bloody gashes instantly appeared on his arm.

The second chain wrapped around Ye Yu.

The third one is entangled with the candle nine.

The fourth one is winding towards Longyuan.

The fifth one is entangled in the dust of calamity.

The sixth one is entangled towards the void.

The old master's voice echoed indifferently.

"All contracts return to the crown."

"All names have returned to their original state."

Shen Ye tightened his grip.

The old contract has been terminated.

"The former master is dead."

"A lingering echo, worthy to call itself a master?"

Turn the page of the Night King's Classics.

[The lingering echo is not the master's.]

The first chain of real names suddenly trembled.

On the beast crown atop its former master's head, a beastly eye cracked open.

Shen Ye continued forward.

"You once had it."

"That was then."

"It was seized, sealed, and buried in the Lake of Nameless Demise with a broken pen."

"I'll collect it back one by one."

"You think you can take it back now that you're awake?"

He gave a cold laugh.

Who do you think you are?

The second line of text begins.

The former owner may not use the old contract to claim the current title.

boom!

The chains binding the five beasts with their true names loosened simultaneously.

Night Feather Black Sun Netherfire Reversed.

It's not about burning real names.

Instead, it burned the old seal of God on the chains.

The shadow of the nine-nine-candle burial locks the lingering echo of the former master's crown.

Long Yuan charged forward, his fist slamming into Guan Ying's center.

The calamity of heavenly punishment pierced through the lingering echo in his chest.

There is no heart there.

There is only a fragment of an old contract mark.

Gui Xu stared at the old contract mark with disdain.

"The old one."

Shen Ye raised his sword.

"Old contracts can be recorded."

"Cannot be continued."

The new certificate has been issued.

Existing contracts may be recorded but not renewed.

A flash of sword light appeared.

This sword strike still did not completely sever the beast's name.

Only sever the old contracts and their imprints.

Click!

The old master's lingering echo cracked the brand on his chest.

The eyes on its beast-shaped crown closed one after another.

The black and gold light of the complete beast name finally detached from behind it.

A system notification sounded.

[The former master's lingering influence failed to secure sovereignty.]

[Real name response is stable.]

[The Beast God Contract rollback judgment has been lifted.]

[New rule to refute: Echo is not the master of the contract.]

[New rule to refute this: A former owner cannot claim a current title based on an old contract.]

[New rule to refute this: Old contracts can be recorded but not renewed.]

The former master lowered his head, looking at the old contract mark that had cracked open on his chest.

For the first time, its voice carried emotion.

It's not anger.

Rather, it was a profound kind of exhaustion.

"The latecomers."

"You don't know why the old courtyard was destroyed."

Shen Ye said:

"I will investigate."

The old master's lingering voice rose.

"The beast behind the door."

"It's not something you can see right now."

Shen Ye gripped his sword.

"Then I'll watch it when I'm able to."

The old master's echo remained silent for a moment.

Suddenly he laughed.

"very good."

"You do not inherit the old crown."

"I won't kneel using my real name either."

"Then let it choose for itself."

Its broken body began to disintegrate.

The beast-shaped crown on its head turned to ashes.

Before the last beast eye closed, the lingering echo of the former master looked at the complete beast name behind Shen Ye.

"Wake up."

"Look at this newcomer, does he deserve to let you write your real name?"

boom!

The complete beast name was then recorded in the Night King's Codex.

The black and gold light receded.

The system message popped up one word at a time.

[Real name retrieval restarts.]

[Reading successful.]

[First paragraph of the real name: Named after all beasts.]

[Current Status: True Name Species.]

[Note: The True Name's rank is too high; a contract cannot be formed at this time.]

[Note: The Named Beast Trial can only be unlocked after the entire Beast Court has been restored to its original positions.]

Named after all beasts.

When the four characters appeared, all the final name steles in Shenming Lake simultaneously lowered by one inch.

It's not kneeling.

It's about making way.

The five beasts behind Shen Ye also looked at the True Name Seed.

Black flames burned quietly in Ye Yu's eyes.

Zhu Jiu's vertical pupils narrowed slightly.

Long Yuan grinned.

Jie Chen tilted his head.

Gui Xu stared at it for a moment and commented:

"Is it edible?"

Shen Ye said:

"cannot."

I was a little disappointed with Guixu.

And in the distance.

The sneer on the second seat's face had completely vanished.

He didn't expect it.

The lingering echoes of the former master did not crush Shen Ye.

Instead, it allowed Shen Ye to stabilize the true name seed.

Shen Ye turned around and looked at the second seat.

"Now."

"now you."

The second seat's battered body retreated slightly.

The gray-white coffin was broken.

The three chains have been broken.

The broken pen has been destroyed.

The masterpiece of Mingcheng has been lost.

The second final memorial stone behind him began to crack inch by inch.

A system notification sounded.

[Second Seat Authority Resolution: 96%...99%]

The full real name of the second seat holder will soon be revealed.

On the lake surface, lines of gray and white writing emerged one by one.

[Second Seat - The One Who Ends His Name - Lord of the Lake of Fame - Buried with a Broken Pen - Collected by Ten Thousand Coffins - Unfinished Judge - Awakener of the Old Master...]

The last part is still struggling.

The second seatman suddenly raised his hand and pressed it against his chest.

A tiny grayish-white mark emerged there.

It's not Xi Yin.

It's not a broken pen.

Instead, it was a smaller coffin.

The system notification suddenly turned red.

[Detected: Second Seat's Final Coffin.]

[Warning: The Second Seat is attempting to sink his own final coffin.]

If the suicide attempt succeeds, the second seat holder will escape into the sect and remain a minor figure.

The second seatman stared at Shen Ye, his voice hoarse.

"Shen Ye."

"You've won Shenming Lake."

"But you might not be able to keep me here."

The small coffin slowly opened.

The sound of wind coming from behind the door could be heard from inside.

Shen Ye raised his sword.

His eyes were frighteningly cold.

"You can't leave."