‘In order for this ‘dream’ to continue for a longer period… I need to gather all the darkness fragments that have been scattered throughout the universe.” There was only one reason why Yeon-woo decided to delay his battle with Sage and return to this world. Although he was on a mission to find his brother’s missing soul, Yeon-woo also wanted to ‘clean up’ everything so that his brother and his family could live in peace after everything was said and done.

With that in mind, Yeon-woo’s priority was very simple: gather all the darkness before it becomes unstable and acts unpredictably. Of course, he knew that this would cause another social shock for Earth’s people, just like the chaos that ensued after the day of the beginning.

Various intelligent beings, including Earthlings, perceived the gates in many ways. There were places where beings could not withstand a gate break and perished under the subsequent monster wave. On the other hand, there were also places where people overcame a gate break and tried to coexist. Moreover, there were even places where beings prospered anew through warfare. Earth was one of the few places where the latter was the case.

Thus, it was clear that the industrial and political forces,...