Perhaps it was because of that Forbidden Curse.
Perhaps it was because Rat Immortal had seen his wife, saved his daughter, and finally let go of the knot in his heart.
In any case, when Rat Immortal chose to abandon his flesh and become a white-bone relic, using his own soul in place of the Philosopher's Stone to power Giant Zero Three and bring "Taiyi" into the Black Prison World, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared at the end of his magical path, which had long been shrouded in darkness.
He saw, and touched, the opportunity to break through the shackles of legend.
Like a drowning man sunk to the seabed who suddenly found a rope before his eyes, Rat Immortal seized it without hesitation and climbed upward with all his strength.
This process could not be completed in a mere instant.
It might take a day or two, perhaps a month or two, even one or two years. But in the end, he had found the right path.
However, as he steadily approached the legendary realm,
the rat clan he had created began to transform under the influence of that trace of legendary aura—an unexpected development for Rat Immortal.
He had originally created the rat clan in order to emulate the progenitors of Vampires and fox clans, achieving an "Ancestral Seat" by creating a supernatural race and thereby breaking through the shackles of legend.
Yet he had unexpectedly touched the legendary realm before his rat clan did.
Instead, the rats under his command began evolving and transforming. If nothing unexpected happened, the Wizarding World would soon gain a new supernatural clan alongside traditional supernatural bloodlines such as Vampires, Werewolves, and fox clans—the rat clan of Puji Island.
Fortunately and unfortunately, most of the rat clan that should have remained