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"The Altansar Craftworld returned to Commorragh before you did."

The Emperor sat in the shadows, watching the person before him.

Qin Xa sat directly opposite The Emperor.

"I..." Qin Xa began, intending to explain what he had encountered while searching for the Altansar Craftworld.

But The Emperor raised a hand to stop him. "Do not tell me about matters beyond the real universe. I do not care."

"If you do not care, why ask?" Qin Xa said unhappily.

"The return of the Altansar Craftworld caused quite a stir among the Eldar." The Emperor changed the subject. "More Eldar are willing to cooperate with us. We have gained more Webway routes and passage rights."

After briefly explaining what had happened while Qin Xa was away, The Emperor placed a book on the table.

The moment the book was taken out, it unleashed surging Immaterium energy, and the entire room rapidly froze over.

Yet when Qin Xa picked up the book and hung it from his waist, the frost swiftly receded, and the space returned to stillness.

"You added the Black King Trial? That quickly?" Qin Xa flipped open the book and saw that another trial had indeed appeared on its pages.

All Things Return to Ending

Unlike the other four trials, this fifth trial had neither a summarizing phrase nor a narrative depiction.

"Destruction," The Emperor said. "Unceasing destruction. That is the path of the fifth trial."

Qin Xa closed the book. "How did you add it?"

"By guiding the concept to attach itself to it." The Emperor spoke vaguely. "Although the Black King has never been born, faith in the Black King began spreading long ago."

"The temple Oll Persson visited was left behind by believers in the Black King." Qin Xa recalled Oll's team's journey.

"Mm."

The Emperor had