PART 1: THE CRIMSON MIST (THE BLOODY TRAINING)
Dawn in the Forbidden Basin did not begin with sunlight, but with the roar of shattering stone. A thick crimson mist—a mixture of evaporated sweat and boiling blood—clung to the jade platform. Arian, only nine years old, stood at the center of a "High-Pressure Zone," surrounded by ten veteran warriors of the Scarlet Eternal (SE).
These were the 'Muscle Heads'—monstrous men whose muscles were forged iron, capable of crumbling mountains with their bare hands. They didn't use wooden swords; they used their fists, coated in a dark red aura that made the very air vibrate.
"AGAIN, ARIAN!" a scarred veteran bellowed, his voice a thunderclap. "If your punch cannot rend the wind itself, you are not worthy of the SE blood!"
Ten giants charged at once. Their strikes broke the sound barrier—BOOM! BOOM! Every miss sent shockwaves that cracked the jade floor. Arian didn't run. His Dead Red eyes began to swirl violently, a silver vortex igniting at their center.
"Divine Departure."
In a heartbeat, Arian became a ghost. He reappeared behind the first veteran. "Absolute World Destroyer Divine Fist: Minor Impact." KRAKK! The veteran's muscle-armor shattered, sending him flying fifty meters through a stone wall. In less than three seconds, all ten warriors lay paralyzed, gasping for the air Arian's speed had stolen. Aryanette watched from the balcony, her face a mask of cold pride. She believed they were safe, hidden forever; she only wanted her son to be absolute.
PART 2: THE MOTHER'S SOFTNESS (THE GREENLIGHT)
After the brutal training, Arian approached his mother. "Mother... I defeated ten today. Can I... go see the world outside?"
Aryanette placed a hand on his head—a rare moment of softness. "The world outside is weak, Arian. But go. Enjoy our home. Just remember: never cross the boundary of the stream."
"I love you, Mom! You're the best!" Arian hugged her tightly before sprinting away. He climbed Sentinel Hill and met Cerlene under the Ancient Tree. "Still got that tail, Mama's boy?" she teased with a smirk. Arian blushed, feeling as though today was a dream come true.
PART 3: "WHAT ARE YOU?" (THE NAIVE ENCOUNTER)
Curiosity eventually led Arian to the edge of the Forbidden Stream. There, amidst the mossy rocks, he saw a body bleeding shimmering gold. Arian tilted his head in pure, child-like wonder.
"What... are you?" Arian whispered. "Do you live here? I've never seen you in the village before."
The man—Kaelen—opened his piercing blue eyes. He saw Arian's Dead Red eyes and his heart nearly stopped. He realized he had found a race whose power was a threat to the very gods. Kaelen immediately played the victim. "I am... a traveler who fell from the sky," he groaned. "You... you are so beautiful. Are you an angel?"
PART 4: THE POISONED AURA (THE DIVINE SUFFOCATION)
For weeks, Arian cared for Kaelen in secret. But for Kaelen, every second was physical agony. The SE aura radiating from the soil of the Basin was too dense, too heavy—it felt like a poison suffocating his divine essence.
"Why do you look so breathless every time I come, Brother Kaelen?" Arian asked.
Kaelen forced a smile, weaving his lies. "It is because... the aura of this place is too heavy, Arian. It was designed to crush anyone so they can never leave. It is a cage you cannot see." Kaelen handed him the silver Luck-stone. "Wear this. It will protect you from the 'weight' of this place."
When Cerlene eventually tracked him down, she screamed in horror. "Arian! That is Filthy Blood! The stench of that celestial germ is tainting our air!"
Arian, poisoned by Kaelen's manipulation, lost his mind. He unleashed Divine Departure, hurling Cerlene into the roots of the Ancient Tree. Cerlene lay broken, weeping as she realized her best friend had chosen a parasite over his own kind.
PART 5: THE MAIDEN'S RAMPAGE (THE MASSACRE)
That night, Kaelen lured Arian to the highest cliff. With a clinical 'Rider Chop,' he knocked Arian out and fired a beacon into the sky.
"THE NEST IS FOUND! REAP THE HARVEST!"
The sky shattered as thousands of Gods and Abyss Demons descended. But the Scarlet Eternal did not go quietly. The Muscle Heads rose, fueled by raw fury. They shattered mountain-sized gods with bare fists.
Aryanette saw the beacon and realized the betrayal. She didn't just run; she erased the path to the cliff. Three High-tier Gods blocked her. Aryanette didn't slow down. She swung her arm, and the sheer pressure of her "Divine Departure: Extinction Wave" pulverized the Gods' armor and souls instantly. She was a whirlwind of scarlet death, ripping wings from twelve-winged angels like paper.
"OUT OF MY WAY!" she roared, her voice leveling the forest. She reached the cliff, her body pierced by dozens of celestial arrows, yet she kept climbing, her fingers digging into the rock, her aura turning the stone to lava beneath her touch.
PART 6: THE FINAL SACRIFICE
Aryanette reached the peak, drenched in her own blood and the golden ichor of the gods she had slaughtered. She saw Arian unconscious at Kaelen's feet.
"Release him... you Filthy Blood!" she spat, blood coughing from her lungs.
Kaelen sneered, holding the God-Slayer Spear. "You fought well, fossil. But even a Maiden cannot outrun fate." He launched the spear at Arian's heart.
Aryanette's body moved faster than thought. She threw herself over Arian. SHINK. The spear tore through her back and erupted through her chest, stopping an inch from Arian's nose. Arian's eyes fluttered open to see his mother's scarlet blood painting his face.
"Don't... be sorry, Arian," Aryanette whispered, her maternal smile breaking through the agony. "I would choose you again... a thousand times... my little hero..."
PART 7: AWAKENING OF THE CALAMITY (THE VOID)
Aryanette's heart stopped. Kaelen contemptuously kicked her body off the cliff. Arian stood up slowly. Every ounce of love died with her. The silver amulet around his neck shattered into dust.
His Dead Red eyes vanished, replaced by two bottomless silver voids that swallowed the light. His voice echoed from every corner of the universe, cracking the firmament.
"You said... my mother died because of me?" Arian's voice was a cold vacuum. "You're right, Filthy Blood. And now... you all die because of me."
A silver light erupted from Arian's body, erasing the stars from the sky. The Calamity had begun.