The concentrated fluid condensed from the essence of the Ghoul World spread throughout Zhang Chen's body.
In truth, Evil Mouth Elder had overlooked something regarding Tooth Origin Wood's teeth. For creatures born and raised in the Ghoul World, living in that environment at all times, consuming Tooth Origin Wood's teeth was merely equivalent to absorbing concentrated essence.
Yet Zhang Chen had never set foot in the Ghoul World and had never personally experienced its environment. What he was receiving was an utterly new sensation of matter.
"This feeling..."
An extremely compatible, comforting sensation spread through his entire body. His flesh, bones, and brain cells, transformed by the "Body Devouring Heart Sutra," all carried abilities related to ghouls. As this essence permeated him, every part of his body began to resonate.
At this very moment, the state formed by the Ghoul World essence condensed within his body was the perfect opportunity for Zhang Chen to attain and stabilize Forbidden Release. Just as his inner consciousness extended its right hand to touch the realm of Forbidden Release, his palm instead closed around an icy-cold doorknob.
"This is!"
Zhang Chen opened his eyes and looked down the path behind him. This was the Ghoul Path he had visited not long ago. Yet this time, the feeling was entirely different. The path behind him seemed to exist, but an inexplicable resistance prevented Zhang Chen from taking even a single step onto it.
"My consciousness is probably caught between the Path and the original world. Something must have been triggered when I entered Forbidden Release and brought me here. I haven't entered the Ghoul Path again, after all. This place isn't somewhere you can visit whenever you please."
Zhang Chen recalled what had happened before. When he had turned the doorknob, the silver-haired man sitting