Deep beneath the sea, a hundred thousand feet down, there was no light, no waves, no sound.
The seawater pressed everything into a thick, distorted mass, like ink soaked into pulp.
Within the coldest, darkest fissure in the seabed hung an enormous fleshy tumor.
It was scarlet all over and pulsed like a heart.
An ominous aura flowed over the tumor, corroding everything around it.
It was none other than the deceased Du Jingzhe.
Before his death, he had signed a pact with the Evil God using his soul, gambling on a rebirth that would defy his fate.
He had traded utter corruption and depravity for a chance to reach the pinnacle!
The man once blessed by destiny was about to become the Flesh Prison's God's Chosen.
He rotted within the tumor, then reassembled inside it.
All his resentment, hatred, and spite frantically reshaped his flesh and soul.
"Just you wait..."
"In this life, I will take back everything that belongs to me!!"
Du Tianming let out a defiant cry from the abyss of despair, and the tumor trembled violently.
Under the Flesh Prison God's divine power, he gradually returned from death, but the price was... his body and mind would forever remain under the Evil God's control.
But he did not care, because he had already lost everything.
As the transformation passed its halfway point, Du Tianming's pain-twisted face emerged on the tumor.
He laughed maniacally. "Hahaha... so what if the Pioneer abandoned me!?
So what if the Federation suffered a crushing defeat!?
If I, Du Jingzhe, cannot be destiny's chosen, then I will defy heaven and change my fate!
For my ambition! Even if I fall into an endless hell, even if I become the Evil God's lackey for all eternity, I will... pay any price!!!"
Suddenly, light