CHAPTER 1017: CHAPTER 528: PURSUIT

Rod felt completely uncomfortable.

For a brief moment after seeing the dream realm get polluted, he even began to suspect Asa.

Encouraging him to attack the cesspit, deliberately telling him the weaknesses of the Demon Dragon were all Asa’s proactive actions.

However, being trapped in the dream realm, how could Asa secretly design such a scheme, it was unimaginable.

Until witnessing this moment, the last trace of doubt in Rod’s heart vanished into smoke.

Asa truly is a disgrace among ancient evil thoughts, a loyal follower of devouring excrement.

He lay on the ground, devouring and licking wildly, unwilling to miss a single bit of pollution.

Honestly, until now, Rod still doesn’t understand why Asa is interested in devouring excrement.

Perhaps it was to grasp power and authority...

Rod could only think this way, because it made him feel slightly better.

After forcibly halting further contemplation, Rod threw the grey orb in his hand forward.

"Asa, the essence you want... this seems to be a fragment of a soul..."

Asa sprang up, accurately swallowing the orb into his soul, the sinister and wicked voice couldn’t hide the ridiculousness of his actions.

"Correct, master, this is a soul fragment, more precisely, it is the core of its soul, bearing the track of the characteristic... oh, in your description, it is called the soul trait."

Rod frowned; he certainly knew what a soul trait was.

The initial formation of a soul happens in the Sea of Source, during this process, the Source may leave "marks" on the soul.

These are inherent characteristics.

The strength of these characteristics depends on the completeness and abundance of the "marks."

But inherent is not destiny, later efforts can strengthen and deepen these "marks," bringing them infinitely close to the Source, ultimately achieving quantification, replacing the Source.

Thus, the soul gains control over a portion of the Source.

So theoretically, every Fire Holder in the Spirit Fire Series could become a Commander.

However, the resources consumed and costs paid for growth vary.

This is why the King told him that Trolian truly lacks resources.

And if multiple Sources leave incomplete marks when the soul forms, that becomes the Starfire Series.

Their growth is much more difficult, only a few can become high-ranking combatants, and very few can cross the chasm to become a King.

The effective parts of these "marks" in the soul are called soul traits.

They are typically used in unconventional promotions, evil rituals, or certain powerful potions with side effects.

Rod watched Asa’s soul continually digest that soul trait, becoming yellower and cloudier, feeling somewhat shocked.

"Can you devour it?"

"No."

Asa answered briefly.

"But I can obtain its power, enhancing those tracks, and it has a secret connection with the law of devouring excrement."

"Excrement essence particles are the condensation of such power."

"I’ve already gained some of the power of devouring excrement, now I need more filth! Hahaha! More, I want more!"

While he laughed crazily, he crawled on the ground devouring the filth in big gulps, the grey breath was sucked into his soul like a long rainbow, becoming part of him.

The cloudy soul grew more and more inflated, but invisibly, something subtly changed.

Rod seemed to see a shadow of the new king descending upon his soul, controlling all the power of filth, ruling over all excrement and sewers.

No one could relieve themselves without his permission, otherwise his sewer would clog.

A sensation of dread shook Rod out of this illusion.

If Asa weren’t cleansing the pollution from the dream realm, he would definitely stop him.

At the same time, it served as a reminder to Rod.

The interior of the dream realm might be a weakness, pollution could infect the dream realm through his soul.

Possibly due to this filth being particularly unique.

Rod glanced at the Obelisk’s humanity, it was declining at maximum speed, clearly this filth far exceeded the threshold of humanity’s purification.

Unfortunately, the Book of Knowledge and the puppet hadn’t awakened yet.

Wait until they wake to ask them.

With regret, Rod looked at the Book of Knowledge and puppet resting in slumber at the House of God and departed the dream realm.

Meanwhile, Asa kept expanding while laughing heartily,

"I won! I won!"

"Amon, you’re no match for me."

"I am the strongest evil thought! The king you can never reach!"

——

When Rod opened his eyes, the filth had calmed, the air was no longer cloudy, black fog once again shrouded everything.

Not far away, the Demon Dragon’s body had completely turned to ashes.

Ye Feng picked up monster ash from the ashes, along with several remaining dragon scales and dragon bones, grinning widely.

To retrieve something other than ashes from a monster’s corpse, only these ancient, powerful beings could do so; their mighty life is beyond the imagination of people today, even after thousands of years, the black fog still cannot completely erode certain strong individuals’ bodies.

In the Royal City, part of the Life Priest Group is trying to resurrect these mighty beings to boost Trolian’s combat power.

Unfortunately, they haven’t succeeded so far.

The Holy White Tree is unable to replicate large creatures, no matter how they try, they can only obtain fragmented flesh.

Currently, the largest creature resurrected by the Life Priest Group is the black bull; even beings of medium and small sizes like humans are not feasible, the initial black bull was only as big as a calf and grew to its present size through generations of nurturing by the Life Priest Group.