The day of rebirth through fire.
The moment the Asura King was appointed commander.
The one who received the title of King — none other than Chu Feng!
Looking at the characters inscribed upon those three plaques.
Then at Chu Feng, seated upon the King's Throne, radiating such overwhelming pressure.
The Asura evil spirits already understood what had happened.
But it was far too sudden — so sudden that they could not wrap their minds around it.
This Chu Feng, a youngster whom not one of them had ever even bothered to give a proper glance, was going to become their leader?
"Chu Feng… it's… it's actually you?"
In the silence, Lord Yunliang was the first to speak.
But even he had nothing but disbelief in his eyes.
He had been waiting all along — waiting for the person spoken of by the Slaughter Master, the one who would lead them away from here.
But he had never imagined, not in a million years, that this person would be Chu Feng.
It bore absolutely no resemblance to the image he had conjured in his mind.
As for Chu Feng, he now knew the general outline of events.
Though from the outside, Chu Feng and Yaoyao had only fallen into the Prison Fire for a brief moment.
In truth, a Time Formation lay concealed within that Prison Fire.
In the short span that passed in the real world, Chu Feng had experienced over a full month of trials inside those flames.
Even Yaoyao had undergone those trials alongside him.
It was precisely because of those trials that Chu Feng had earned recognition and was able to sit upon this King's Throne.
Naturally, Chu Feng also learned where these Asura evil spirits had come from.
They were the spirits of the Slaughter Heavenly King.
But the Slaughter Heavenly King possessed not only heaven-defying personal strength — he also commanded an extraordinarily powerful technique.
This technique was known as the Divine Contract.
Through this Divine Contract, the Slaughter Heavenly King could forge pacts with numerous powerful spirits.
As a result, the number of spirits under his command was truly terrifying.
Due to their vast numbers, the Slaughter Heavenly King had divided his spirits into multiple legions.
The Asura spirits alone comprised seven legions.
The Asura spirit legion left here was the weakest among those seven.
On the surface, these spirits had been abandoned.
For the Divine Contract carried a drawback — once the pact was forged, they could never return to their own Spirit World and would remain in the Martial World for all eternity.
Thus, after being abandoned, they had become evil spirits.
But in reality, the Slaughter Heavenly King had not truly abandoned them. He had set forth a trial, and whoever could pass it would earn the opportunity to forge a pact with these Asura evil spirits.
Becoming their new master.
However, the Slaughter Heavenly King had actually given them not just one choice.
He had given them two.
The first choice was to wait here — to wait for a powerful Spirit World Master to enter the Prison Fire and accept the trial.
If that Spirit World Master could pass, it would prove they possessed the qualifications to forge a pact with them.
Once they formed the contract with this Spirit World Master, they could naturally follow them and leave this place.
But if the Asura spirits did not recognize the Spirit World Master who passed the trial, they were not obligated to form the contract.
Because beyond this first option, there existed a second.
The second choice was to abandon their hopes of restoring their Spirit World bodies, and instead survive as evil spirits.
Should they choose this path, they would need to find a sufficiently powerful evil spirit from among the Asura evil spirits.
As for whether that evil spirit was qualified, the King's Platform would provide its verdict.
Both methods had been recorded on the scroll left behind by the Slaughter Heavenly King.
The first half of the scroll documented how a Spirit World Master should accept the trial.
The second half detailed how they should select a leader from among the Asura evil spirits and verify whether that evil spirit was worthy of the role.
Chu Feng had seen that scroll the very first time he came to the Asura Burial Ground — it had been on the Asura King's person.
Yaoyao had brought it out when setting up her formations.
Only, the first half of the scroll was missing, leaving behind only the second.
As for why it had disappeared — no one knew.
Chu Feng suspected that the Asura King had been behind it.
"Asura King, I have a question for you."
Suddenly, Chu Feng turned his gaze toward the Asura King.
With the aura of the crown upon him, his voice had actually changed — and his manner was rather imperious.
Absolutely commanding!
And the Asura King — what manner of existence was he?
Had this been before, if Chu Feng dared speak to him in such a way, the Asura King would most likely have slapped him to pieces without a second thought.
Even now, he did not truly recognize Chu Feng.
But after furrowing his brows, he still spoke: "Ask."
"The scroll left behind by the Slaughter Heavenly King — why does only the second half remain?" Chu Feng asked.
"Chu Feng, might this old man be permitted to answer that question?"