The day of rebirth through fire, emerging from seclusion.
The day the leader of the Asura was crowned king.
That king was none other than Chu Feng!
Gazing upon the characters inscribed on those three plaques.
Then looking at Chu Feng, seated upon the throne of the king, radiating an aura of sovereignty.
The Asura evil spirits already understood what had happened.
But this was far too sudden—so sudden that they could not wrap their minds around it.
This Chu Feng, a youth whom none of them had even bothered to spare a proper glance at before, was now going to be the one ruling over them?
The Hellfire was supposed to be incomparably dangerous—whoever fell into it would be burned to nothing. Yet Chu Feng had not only emerged unscathed, but had actually become their master?
There were far too many questions swirling in their hearts.
"Chu Feng, you... it's actually you?"
In the stunned silence, Lord Yunliang was the first to speak.
But even he had eyes full of disbelief.
He had been waiting all along—waiting for the person the Slaughter Lord had spoken of, the one who would come to lead them away.
Yet no matter what he had imagined, he had never once thought that person would be Chu Feng.
This was nothing at all like the vision he had held in his mind.
As for Chu Feng, he had already learned the general course of events.
From the outside, it had appeared that Chu Feng and Yaoyao had fallen into the Hellfire for only a brief moment in time.
But in truth, within that Hellfire lay a time-formation.
In what was only a short span of time in reality, Chu Feng had undergone over a full month of trials within the Hellfire.
Even Yaoyao had accompanied him through those trials.
It was precisely by passing those trials and tests that Chu Feng had earned their recognition and earned the right to sit upon this throne.
Naturally, Chu Feng had also come to understand where these Asura evil spirits had originated.
They were Spirit World beings of the Slaughter Heavenly King.
But the Slaughter Heavenly King had not only possessed heaven-defying personal strength—he had also mastered an extraordinarily formidable technique.
This technique was known as the Divine Contract.
Through this Divine Contract, the Slaughter Heavenly King could forge pacts with numerous powerful Spirit World beings.
Thus, the number of Spirit World beings under his command was truly terrifying.
Given the vast number of Spirit World beings, the Slaughter Heavenly King had divided them into multiple legions.
The Asura Spirit World beings alone numbered seven legions.
The Asura Spirit World legion left here was the weakest among those seven.
On the surface, these Spirit World beings appeared to have been abandoned.
Because the Divine Contract carried a drawback—once the pact was formed, they could never return to their own Spirit Realm and would remain in the Martial Cultivation World for eternity.
After being abandoned, they had thus become evil spirits.
But in truth, 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 contract with these Asura evil spirits—become their new master.
However, the Slaughter Heavenly King had not actually given them only one choice.
He had given them two.
The first choice was to wait here—for a powerful Spirit World Master to enter the Hellfire and undergo the trial.
If such a person could pass, it would prove that the Spirit World Master was qualified to forge a contract with them.
Once they bonded with that Spirit World Master, they could naturally leave this place in the master's company.
But if the Asura Spirit World beings did not recognize that Spirit World Master who had passed the trial, they were not obligated to form a contract with them.
Because besides that, there was a second choice.
The second choice was for them to forsake regaining their Spirit World being form and instead survive as evil spirits.
If they chose this path, they would need to find an evil spirit from within the Asura evil spirit clan who was powerful enough to lead them.
As for whether that evil spirit was qualified, the Throne of the King would make it known.
Both methods had been recorded on the scroll left behind by the Slaughter Heavenly King.
The first half of the scroll detailed how a Spirit World Master was to undergo the trial.
The second half described how they were to find a leader from among the Asura evil spirits and how to verify whether that evil spirit was qualified to become the leader.
That scroll, Chu Feng had seen once before when he first came to the Asura Burial Ground. It had been on the person of the Asura King.
When Yaoyao had been setting up the formation, the scroll had been brought out.
Only, the first half of the scroll was missing—only the latter half remained.
As for why it was missing, 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 king upon him, even his voice had changed, and his attitude was decidedly domineering.
Absolutely commanding!
And what manner of existence was the Asura King?
Had this been before, if Chu Feng had dared speak to him in such a manner, the Asura King would likely have struck him with a single slap and sent him flying to pieces.
Even now, he did not truly acknowledge Chu Feng.
But after a furrow of his brows, he spoke nonetheless: "Ask."
"The scroll left behind by Lord Slaughter Heavenly King—why does only the latter half remain?" Chu Feng asked.
"Chu Feng, might I be the one to answer that question?"