"Sins are not merely actions. They are echoes."
Jiwoon stood at the heart of the altar, now wearing the Crown of Repentance. Its weight wasn't physical—it was moral. Around him, the great cathedral trembled. The City of Sin responded like a living organism awakening from centuries of slumber.
[System Directive Initiated: Trial of the First Sin]
[Sin Alignment: Supreme Corruption Path – Judgment Override Protocol Active]
The Queen of Sin appeared in front of him, her presence ethereal, draped in living shadows.
"You who bear the burden of the First Sin… are you ready to face its origin?"
Jiwoon nodded.
"I carry more than my sins now. I carry their consequences."
Suddenly, the entire cathedral was consumed in darkness. Time halted. Gravity reversed. The altar twisted into a spiral tower of bones, mirrors, and whispers.
A new voice echoed.
"You walk my path, mortal.
But can you survive the truth that forged it?"
From the shadows emerged a being with ten black wings—a massive, horned figure whose very presence warped reality.
[Entity Detected: The Demon God of Ten Wings – System Anomaly]
[Warning: You are now interacting with a redacted being. All protocols fail.]
The Forgotten Sin
This was no illusion. This was the remnant of the previous Sin-Wielder—the one who destroyed the world before Jiwoon. A being so powerful, even the Sin System itself had tried and failed to erase his existence.
It was wrath, guilt, and despair… fused into godhood.
"You think the system can be changed?" the Demon God growled.
"You're just next in line to be consumed by it."
Jiwoon's armor, Ebonwyrm Exordium, shimmered with burning runes. The Abyssal Qirin emerged at his side, stomping across the void floor of the dream-realm.
Jiwoon raised his hand.
"I'm not here to repeat history.
I'm here to rewrite it."
Battle of Reflections
The Demon God summoned Sin Echos—phantom versions of Jiwoon corrupted and twisted by power.
Jiwoon answered with Covenant Burn, summoning echoes of his allies who had atoned instead of falling.
"You chose power through domination.
I choose power through redemption."
He clashed with the Ten-Winged God in a flurry of sin-forged strikes, time distorting around them.
At the climax of the battle, Jiwoon activated the True Core of the Crown—a judgment wave that scanned all his sins, one by one.
[Core Verdict: Sin Path Purified – Integrity Maintained]
[First Sin Trial Passed]
[Unlock Condition Met: Key to the City's Heart Chamber]
The Demon God howled as his form cracked.
"You… you are not my shadow. You are… my successor."
Jiwoon caught his breath. The trial vanished. He stood again in the cathedral, the Queen watching silently from her throne.
"You've done what none before could," she said.
Jiwoon turned to her.
"And that was only the beginning."