Escape

God

William had never conceived of such an existence.

Even in the Old World, the highest beings standing above the Source Plague Zone were merely called the "Plague Lords."

The Plague Lords were not lofty and elusive like the so-called gods. Nor did they require the Sick Ones to place plague shrines in their homes and worship them every day.

At most, they managed things like small nations, cultivating every promising Sick One as an elite. And a Plague Lord like Duke spent every day mixing with people from the trade guilds and attending neutral cities of all sizes.

William first learned about the concept of gods from the true memories Yi Chen shared while they were heading to the Tenth Abyss.

When he was young, Yi Chen often got into trouble, and the dark room was practically his second home.

After gradually adapting to the darkness, silence, and solitude, Yi Chen accidentally discovered that this cramped, enclosed compartment actually contained a hidden compartment that even the Orphanage staff knew nothing about.

However, the hidden compartment was not a secret passage to the outside world. It was only one meter deep.

Inside was an extremely strange, pitch-black Buddha Statue.

From that moment on, whenever Yi Chen was locked in the dark room, he would face the Buddha Statue and kneel in worship. He even taught himself the proper techniques from the Orphanage's written materials.

Even though the Buddha Statue had never answered his prayers, and he had never felt any blessing descend upon him, Yi Chen had always maintained a pure and devout heart.

It was not until the moment Yi Chen calmly committed suicide that the blessing truly descended—death blessed by grace.

Because of this, William also became curious about the world Yi Chen had lived in, curious about