The researcher smiled and said, "During the Blood God War, I told you about the secrets of the Divine Origin Base. After Eternal Night arrived, I hinted to you about the prophecy in the Book of the Future... and much more, but I believe I don’t need to tell you everything."

Rod’s eyes widened, and at this moment, countless questions surged in his mind, but none could escape his lips.

Royeger smiled faintly, stood up, walked over to Rod, and bowed deeply.

"Before answering all your questions, I must apologize to you."

Rod almost blurted out, "Why apologize?"

Royeger’s expression turned somber, and he softly said, "Before the Mysterious Disaster, I believed Trolian was doomed to perish. Even if the ancient Lord were reborn in Trolian, it would be the same."

In his mind, the Book of Knowledge suddenly shivered: "Something has perceived me!"

"Ah, the Dream Realm... a new term. This description is quite apt. Everything we’ve done over these years feels like a dream..."

Royeger’s voice was very light, as if he were sleepwalking.

"The Dream Realm has shattered, and everything is too late. Even if a new Lord arrives, Trolian’s fate of destruction remains unchanged."

In his mind, the Book of the Future suddenly shouted: "A powerful prophecy of destiny, a once incredibly powerful prophecy of destiny!"

Royeger smiled faintly: "Yes, this is the prophecy I made when you were born into this world two years ago... The Otherworld summoning ritual, it was I who gave those Doomsday believers, the task to track the so-called ’Heavenly God Fragment,’ it was I who altered the command and issued it to them."

Rod’s pupils shook: "You? It was you?"

Long-forgotten memories gradually resurfaced. No wonder the Doomsday believers he encountered were so strange and the case in Redstone Village was filled with bizarre mysteries back then.

Royeger answered softly: "Yes, it was me. I saw the opportunity to change destiny within destiny. I acted according to destiny’s guidance to trigger the opportunity, but destiny told me the future hadn’t changed. My efforts failed, and Trolian, with the Source Heavenly God Throne, could not escape the fate of destruction."

At this moment, Rod’s mind was almost boiling, countless questions were about to burst forth, but he held them back and listened to Royeger continue speaking.

"I am a Residual Spirit crossing time, my existence violates the laws, and any interference with the present time must pay a corresponding price... So, after failing, I entered the Observer State, merely recording this kingdom’s last struggle before destruction and intervening no more."

"But, I was wrong. I did not adhere to this principle, and you, in the end, created a miracle, defeated the Human Demon, and ended the Mysterious Disaster."

"At that moment, I finally understood why the Dark Spirit would invest most of its power into Trolian. ’The one of extreme evil’ had long foreseen this possibility and seen Trolian’s existence as a threat to the Black Fog... My ability to prophesy was far inferior to his."

Rod blurted out: "The one of extreme evil, is the ghost secretly sabotaging Trolian?"

In the Dream Realm, the Book of Knowledge almost jumped up, its pages waving wildly, showing its inner excitement.

"I told you, the one of extreme evil is the ghost of that evil thought!"

Royeger said softly: "That’s our guess, the most likely scenario."

Rod pressed on: "What exactly is it?"

"A ghost, a dark ghost, like a certain invisible will, very much like my own existence. We call it the Dark Spirit. Whenever humanity faces a great turning point, it appears, using unimaginable ways to strangle the chance for rise."

"It’s like a will of evil born from the Black Fog, inherently the same as the Ancient Evil Thought, but its position is higher, and we cannot trace its origin. But over these millennia, based on various clues, I believe it has a strong connection with ’the one of extreme evil.’"

In the Dream Realm, Asa also shouted: "I told you, the one of extreme evil is the Supreme Will, the source of all disasters, and as long as we kill It, all disasters will end!"

Rod looked at Royeger, who shook his head slightly.

"I cannot speak of It; the Mysterious Fog cannot hold."

Rod’s heart sank, vaguely, he began to believe Asa’s words.

Royeger looked at Rod and said softly: "Lord, your existence surpasses all hope. Regrettably, before the Human Demon War, I didn’t realize this. I placed my hopes in Yanuo and Saint Longde, believing the Dark Epoch could only end with them, and that Trolian’s value lay in delaying the Mysterious Disaster..."

Rod’s eyes widened, and he asked urgently: "Yanuo and Saint Longde, are they the Fire Kingdom? Are there still surviving Fire Kingdoms?"

Royeger nodded lightly.

"After the end of the Fire Epoch, five human heroes, Yanuo, Reel, Longde, Trolian, and Tasnia, each took five Holy Fire Seeds and fled the Main Continent. On the Edge Continent, they established five Fire Kingdoms—[Yanuo], [Saint Reel], [Saint Longde], [Trolian], and [Starry Kingdom]."

"Among them, the [Starry Kingdom] with the greatest potential was destroyed 300 years later by the Mysterious Shadow and Black Fog Demon at their peak, in an inevitable great disaster."