"I had immersed myself too deeply in cultivating the Book of the Dead and completely failed to notice the changes in the Outside World. Before I knew it, I had arrived here... Carcosa, the world belonging to the Yellow Robe King.
My consciousness had once lingered among these lakes for some time.
Come to think of it, were the countless souls wandering, lingering, and taking root here because Carcosa was the final destination of Abyssal Demon Souls, or because the Yellow Robe King had plundered them and brought them here?"
Just as Han Dong muttered softly to himself,
"Both," a voice answered beside his ear.
At some point, a yellow robe had already descended beside Han Dong.
Having returned to his homeland, the Yellow Robe King revealed an entirely new form—
A form that weakened his defenses, reduced his mystery, and greatly increased his affinity with souls. It was also known as the Soul Prince of Carcosa.
The yellow robe that had originally enveloped his entire body had transformed into light, bandage-like wrappings around his head, torso, and arms, with excess strips floating behind him.
The thin bandages more clearly revealed his emaciated frame.
Long, white tentacles writhed through the gaps in the bandages.
Only the lower half of the yellow robe remained, its long hem trailing behind him and giving him an air of solemnity and nobility.
Moreover, when the Yellow Robe King returned to the world under his rule,
A pointed crown had appeared atop his bandage-wrapped head.
His long, withered fingers pointed toward the masses of souls covering the sky.
Some formed clouds.
Some radiated light.
Some turned into black mist and descended as rain.
"Carcosa once held at least fifty times as many souls as it does now... Because many of the 'land deeds' under my