While Han Dong immersed himself in the Soul Dreamscape, undergoing a special form of grimoire cultivation,
several major events closely related to him occurred within the Black Tower one after another. Some even required direct contact with Han Dong... but Han Dong, being in the soul world, could not be reached.
One of those major events was directly related to the Earl.
The Scarlet Count, who had traveled to the Sub-Super World—Saint-tier World—as Netherblood's representative,
found the origin of Holy Blood within an ancient tomb in The Depths of the forbidden zone. Many streams had even branched out from the burial chamber, with Holy Blood constantly flowing from within.
Inside the coffin sealed within the tomb lay a massive corpse, flat on its back, radiating a powerful resonance with the Earl himself.
Yet the corpse's eyes had long since opened. It had even sat up from within the coffin, as though it had been waiting for the Earl for quite some time.
The so-called "Holy Blood" was a massive trap.
This royal corpse, which continued to bleed Holy Blood even after death, had been buried in the deepest part of the forbidden zone—or rather, sealed here.
The reason was that, before its death, it had been the dictator of the Saint-tier World: Bloody Titan Salong.
The Saint-tier World under his rule had been filled with bloody slaughter. Every craftsman not only had to endure suffering in pursuit of truth, but also had to fight and bleed against one another for the resources they needed.
In the end, Salong's rule was overthrown by the current Titan Council.
He himself was thoroughly slain. Even his throne was completely overthrown, destroyed, and sealed in The Depths of Divine Craftsman Ghost Pass.
However, although Salong was dead,
his corpse continued to leak Holy Blood