In the Southern Continent, within a concealed primeval forest.
Wuji, the "Blood Demon Lord," an Angel of the Rose School who had converted to the Mother Goddess of Depravity, personally set up an altar. He inscribed it with complex symbolic signs, magical markings, and strange patterns, then placed three demigod-level sacrifices—a writhing mass of flesh, a malformed starbird, and a white crow with dark circles around its eyes—in their proper positions.
As for his partner, Daino, the "King of Tentacles," he had already fallen in the Rose School's internal strife.
Next, Wuji took several steps back and solemnly recited in Jotun:
"Great Gate of All Gates;
"Guide of the endless starry sky;
"Key to all mysterious worlds.
"I pray for Your response. I pray for Your descent into this world..."
Soon, three successive bangs rang out from within the altar.
The three demigod-level Monsters corresponding to the Bizarro Sorcerer, Secrets Sorcerer, and Parasite pathways seemed to have been gripped by invisible hands. After only slight struggles, they exploded into masses of flesh and blood glittering with specks of different-colored light.
The flesh seemed to possess life of its own. Guided by some indescribable force, it gathered in midair and outlined one evil, filthy symbol after another.
Countless symbols combined, gradually forming a door over five meters tall, as though its flesh still writhed.
The door stood atop the altar, its interior shrouded in darkness, leading to some unknown place.
The flame of the candle representing Mr. Door suddenly leaped upward, illuminating the entire Flesh Door and the darkness within it.
Within that darkness, balls of light condensed from faint starlight appeared one after another. On closer inspection, each resembled a strange insect with its body curled up.
The balls of light rapidly rose and assembled into a gigantic arm—an arm