Supplement 2: Promise
Deep within the mist, in a large secret realm.
Generally speaking, no matter what kind of secret realm it was, resources were limited, so there would not be too many Calamities, nor would they be distributed too densely.
But this place was completely different.
Twisted black trees stood everywhere, forming dense forests that blotted out the sky and sun.
And deep within one of those forests stood a crudely built little courtyard.
In one of its rooms, a pale-skinned young man with somewhat feminine features abruptly opened his eyes and rose from the stone bed.
"Doom—!"
A surge of Death Qi instantly swept out, piercing through the courtyard walls and spreading across the entire forest.
Only when he felt the pain in his body did Ji Xuan realize that the severe injuries to the Underworld Embryo had forcibly transferred his consciousness back.
He pressed a hand to his forehead, seemingly still unaccustomed to it.
Even after advancing to the Sixth-tier and briefly restoring his physical body, his body was still being relentlessly corroded by the curse.
Such pain was not something ordinary people could endure.
But having a physical body meant having senses. No matter how agonizing the sensations were, Ji Xuan savored them willingly.
Only then could he feel that he was truly "alive."
Ever since awakening, Ji Xuan had cast aside his former self and become a ghost wandering the northern mist, taking mad revenge on all humanity.
It was only after meeting Oblivion River that he once again gained a rough plan for the future.
But now, every plan and every arrangement had turned to bubbles.
The reason was another peak Calamity born from an Aberrant—[Doom]!
At the thought of how she could stand beneath the sunlight, win everyone's trust, and leave both him