As the "Fated Mind Heavenly Palace" dungeon took shape, a "Divine Truth projection" vanished from his spot and appeared directly before the dungeon's black Light Gate. The next second, his gaze sharpened slightly, and he looked up solemnly at the light-year-sized Zhou Heng seated above Sakast.
"Zhou Heng, I am the deity Nata Tate. I offer you my sincere apologies for some of the Star Nation's mistaken choices."
"You cannot continue merging with the Fated Black River. In the Boundless Starsea, the Fated Black River is an absolute taboo. If you transcend to Divine Truth in this state, then the moment you succeed, all that awaits you will be instant obliteration."
"Zhou Heng, give up now. There is still time."
As Nata Tate finished speaking, Lin Xinyi turned into a streak of light and slowly descended to the horizontal line of Zhou Heng's field of vision. Countless Divine Truth projections then descended, arranging themselves one after another into the distance along that line like a well-trained army.
Zhou Heng lifted his gaze from his right palm to the orderly ranks of the Galactic Federation army directly ahead. He did not respond, merely remaining seated and looking at them.
[You are assimilating with the Fated Black River...] [Assimilation rejected] [You are assimilating with the Fated Black River...] [Assimilation rejected]
[You have obtained 79% control authority over the Fated Black River] [You have obtained 80% control authority over the Fated Black River]
When his assimilation with the Fated Black River reached 80%, Zhou Heng felt that he had become the so-called "Fated Black River · River Lord." Countless streams of black light surged toward his heart, gradually solidifying into a pure black bead.
``` [You have condensed "Lord of Filth (darkness)"]
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