Chapter 181: Chapter181-The Holy Grail Space and Valhalla

After John succeeded to the throne of the Eaglecrest Empire, a server-wide announcement rang out.

[Server-Wide Announcement: Player John has officially succeeded to the throne of the Eaglecrest Empire! He now wields the authority of the empire, his might shaking all lands!]

The system announcement resounded across heaven and earth, instantly spreading throughout the entire server.

Every player in every zone heard the news.

In an instant, their expressions changed dramatically, their eyes filling with intense shock.

Their emotions surged wildly, and for a long time, none of them could calm down.

[Ryan (Zone 1, Glory Guild)]: "I never imagined Boss John would become this terrifyingly powerful."

[Ferren (Zone 2, Thunder Guild)]: "He has even secured the throne of the Eaglecrest Empire now."

[Kadir (Zone 5, Overlord Guild)]: "The guild leader’s strength is truly becoming more and more unfathomable."

[Nord (Zone 1, Glory Guild)]: "How many people in the entire server could ever hope to reach such a supreme position?"

[Wayne (Zone 2, Thunder Guild)]: "As expected of Boss John. He is always creating earth-shattering events that stun the entire server."

...

The news that John had become the king of the Eaglecrest Empire shocked the entire server.

However, John himself remained remarkably calm.

To him, this identity was not especially useful at the moment.

What he truly cared about was the core region of Valhalla.

"There might be some good things inside. I should go in and take a look first."

John immediately activated the coordinates he had previously marked within Valhalla and teleported directly there.

In the next instant, his figure appeared inside Valhalla.

The last time he had come to this place, he had entered only because he had received an invitation from the king.

Now, however, he could enter directly through his own authority.

Before him still stood the familiar, magnificent golden hall.

John walked deeper into the grand hall step by step.

Eventually, he arrived at a region covered in carved magical formations.

The moment he stepped into the formation, he suddenly felt as though his entire body had been lifted high into the air, only to plummet downward in the very next instant.

By the time he regained his senses, he was already standing within an entirely different space.

A system notification sounded in his ears.

[You have entered Valhalla’s Restricted Zone!]

John paid no attention to the notification.

Instead, he looked around and discovered that this restricted zone was actually situated among an endless sea of clouds.

Directly ahead of him stood an enormous gateway.

He had no idea what material the gate had been forged from, but faint wisps of mist continuously drifted from its surface, giving it an ancient and mysterious aura.

John approached the gate and reached out, intending to push it open.

To his surprise, the moment his hand touched its surface, the gate opened on its own.

As the doors slowly parted, the scene inside was revealed before him.

Behind the gateway lay an incomparably vast hall.

It was so enormous that he could not even make out its boundaries on either side.

However, this hall seemed to have been abandoned for a very long time. Thick layers of dust covered the long table in the middle of the chamber.

John continued onward.

He soon discovered that the hall had actually been divided into numerous different sections.

On the left, words written in the language of the Eaglecrest Empire marked an area as the Library Section.

On the right was another section labeled the Meeting Area.

Yet in either region, John could not see a single bookshelf, meeting table, or chair.

"How strange."

John shook his head slightly before directly stepping into the Library Section on the left.

The moment he entered, the scenery before him suddenly changed.

The empty floor was instantly filled with countless bookshelves.

John casually reached for one of the newer-looking books.

Four words were written across its cover:

The Sky Eagle Diary.

"Could this be a diary left behind by one of the kings of the Eaglecrest Empire?"

John’s heart stirred.

Without hesitation, he opened it and began to read.

The first page contained the following entry:

[Day One]

[Time: XXX]

[Content]: I had only just inherited the throne when I impatiently rushed into Valhalla’s special region.

The moment I entered this place, I sensed that the Holy Grail in my possession seemed to have developed a special resonance with this region.

I immediately took it out...

"Holy Grail?"

John’s gaze suddenly sharpened.

The owner of this diary had actually possessed a Holy Grail as well.

Furthermore, according to the description, the Holy Grail appeared capable of resonating with this mysterious space.

The moment this thought occurred to him, John immediately took out his own Great Holy Grail.

As soon as it appeared, the Holy Grail immediately began reacting to the secret space around him.

The bookshelves that had originally filled the floor began merging into the Holy Grail in massive waves.

At the same time, numerous long benches, tables, and chairs suddenly appeared throughout the Meeting Area on the other side.

Before John could react, all of them were absorbed into the Holy Grail space as well.

A system notification immediately rang in his ears.

[Your Holy Grail has undergone a mutation and awakened a special space. You may now enter and inspect it!]

John was utterly stunned.

He had never imagined that the words written in the diary would actually be true.

The moment he took out the Holy Grail, it had truly resonated with this mysterious space.

Moreover, it seemed to have absorbed everything within both the Meeting Area and the Library Section.

John’s heart began pounding wildly.

Without hesitation, he opened the Holy Grail space and entered it.

He suddenly felt as though he had brushed against some extraordinary secret.

Could it be that there was far more to the Holy Grail space than he had ever realized?

The instant he entered the Holy Grail space, John was shocked to discover that its entire layout was completely identical to that of Valhalla.

Even the exact position in which he was standing had not changed in the slightest.

"Wait..."

"Did the Heroic Spirit Space transform into the Holy Grail space?"

"Or did the Holy Grail space copy the Heroic Spirit Space?"

At this moment, even John began to doubt his own judgment.

In his previous life, he had never heard of anything like this happening to the Holy Grail space.

Just then, he suddenly noticed that the contents of the diary had changed.

[Day One]

[Time: XXX]

[Content]: After the Holy Grail space in my possession underwent a transformation, I could not wait to enter it.

To my astonishment, I discovered that the Holy Grail space here was actually identical to the Heroic Spirit Space outside.

Moreover, the titles of the books upon these shelves were extremely strange...

As John stared at the altered words, a chilling sensation suddenly surged through his entire body.

These words seemed to be describing everything he was doing at this very moment.

"This diary is wrong somehow..."

"And yet everything it says is real and effective."

Following the contents of the diary, John turned his attention toward the other books on the shelves.

The instant he read their titles, he froze.

[The Final Rise and Fall of the Human Race]

[The Last King of the Eaglecrest Empire Was Actually an Adventurer!]

[Was the Defeat in the War of Ten Thousand Races Related to the Betrayal of Certain Adventurers?]

[The Final Destruction of the Eaglecrest Empire!]

The moment John saw these familiar names, his pupils contracted violently.

The titles of these books were far too bizarre.

They read as though the era John currently lived in had already completely perished and been recorded as distant history.

But the Eaglecrest Empire of his current world had not yet disappeared.

In fact, its present king was none other than John himself.

If these books truly came from the future, did that not mean the Eaglecrest Empire would ultimately perish under his rule?

Did it also mean that the human race would eventually suffer defeat on the All-Race Battlefield?

"But the dust on these bookshelves clearly shows that these books have been lying here for a very long time."

"What in the world is this place?"

John reached out, intending to pick up one of the books and examine it.

However, in the very next instant, all of the books suddenly dispersed.

They dissolved into nothingness before his eyes.