At this moment, Rod’s heart was pounding wildly: "Are they strong? Even stronger than Saint Reel?"

The answer, of course, was affirmative.

"Yanuo and Saint Longde possess relatively complete legacies and knowledge, and before the Human-Demon War, I always believed they were the hope of the Dark Epoch, placing the vast majority of hope in them. Having always walked the right path, they were already very close to the Human Kingdom before the crushing end of the Fire Epoch."

Rod was well aware of the weight in Royeger’s words. Trolian had made such rapid progress in just a few years after embarking on the right path, and it was imaginable how powerful Yanuo and Saint Longde must be, having known the complete legacy system and correct knowledge from the beginning.

However, this also birthed confusion in his heart, even a faint dissatisfaction: "Then why didn’t you share their information with Trolian, with Saint Reel... It shouldn’t require much effort from you. As long as they know of each other’s existence, those legacies and knowledge could be transmitted over, wouldn’t it?"

Royeger’s expression once again held a hint of apology.

"Sorry, Master, I feared such actions could lead to disaster spreading and expanding. In fact, I did try, your arrival is the result of my attempt... But at the moment of your arrival, the bizarre disaster locked onto Trolian. If you had come a bit later, perhaps humans and demons wouldn’t have awakened so quickly, the chain reaction caused by fate’s change is far more terrifying than I imagined."

He paused, then continued.

"Before the Human-Demon War, I always believed they were the hope of the Dark Epoch. The fall of the Starry Kingdom is irreparable regret, Saint Reel and Trolian are merely the sacrifices to prevent the crisis from spreading. My phantom avatar was almost in a state of long-term slumber within these two kingdoms until decades ago, when the throne of the Source Heavenly God appeared in Trolian, only then did I notice this weak Fire Kingdom."

"Yet facts proved I was wrong. After the Human-Demon War, I have been preparing for today’s meeting, which is also our final meeting."

Rod exclaimed urgently: "Final meeting? Are you going to disappear soon?"

Royeger smiled faintly: "Yes, I am concentrating all my remaining strength on this meeting because you are the hope to break this eternal darkness."

Mysteriously, Rod felt a sense of suffocation, as if weighed down by countless mountains.

"But how can I obtain so many Source Laws? One Primordial Law needs 25 Root Origins, 25 Primordial Laws require hundreds of Root Origins. Moreover, igniting stars is costly, the Source Laws plundered from the Dream Realm exist in a state between Quantification and Quantization. Using them as fuel to ignite stars will lose at least half of them. Thus calculated, I might need thousands of Root Origins!"

Royeger still maintained a faint smile, that certain hope emanated from his eyes, inexplicably giving Rod some confidence.

"Master, you need not worry about this matter. On the Main Continent, during the Fire Epoch, those fallen quasi-kings, those primordial strongmen who fell into darkness, those ten Fire Kingdoms’ peaks, the Primordial Laws they controlled are your best materials. What you need is more divinity, stronger power, and a more complete dream realm."

Rod widened his eyes, he had heard the titles of the ten Fire Kingdoms more than once, yet he also heard that countless kingdoms were destroyed during the Fire Epoch, and even though he knew this was not the main problem, he still asked.

"Were there only ten Fire Kingdoms in the Fire Epoch?"

Royeger shook his head slightly: "The Fire Epoch was divided into two stages. After the fall of the Holy King, the Black Fog returned, countless human kingdoms were born and destroyed in this stage, the ashes of corpses piled up on the earth and lakes, until an unprecedented powerful figure emerged. He retraced to the Primordial Realm, reaching peak quasi-king, single-handedly flattening Godoyin Sacred Mountain, re-igniting the Primordial Fire Furnace, the firelight illuminating the entire Main Continent, Black Fog dissipated without a trace."

"Primordial Fire?"

Rod and the Book of Knowledge exclaimed in unison. They had once learned from the Pope of Saint Reel’s mouth that to gather all Holy Fire Seeds was required to re-ignite the Primordial Fire. They previously thought the secret of the Primordial Fire was unknown in the disjointed kingdoms of the Fire Epoch, not expecting that the Primordial Fire had indeed been ignited during the Fire Epoch.

Royeger shook his head again.

"It’s not as simple as you imagine. That quasi-king used himself as firewood, his soul as Fuel Element, to ignite the Primordial Fire. After he burned out, the Primordial Fire extinguished with him, splitting into ten Holy Fire Seeds, from which the ten Fire Kingdoms were born."

"Following the path opened by this nameless king, they continued walking until reaching the once unimaginably great peak—fire light illuminating all around, human towns dotted the land, brave warriors hunted demons lurking in the darkness everywhere, the Black Fog could only occupy incredibly distant regions and a small part of the continent."

"Due to their strength, no remnants were left from the extinguished kingdoms, the Main Continent was completely occupied by them. Five quasi-kings, five strongest Primordial Holy Kings, unprecedented in the entire history."