Shroud

**Shroud**, also known as "Boss" or "His Excellency," is the representative of the Eternal Abyss with deep and mysterious origins.

## Appearance

Shroud takes the appearance of a black-haired man with a short bob cut, wearing a thick pair of sunglasses on the bridge of his eyes and casual clothing with a nice pair of leather shoes.

## Personality

Boss is somewhat ignorant of human customs. He finds order and rules to be very interesting. He is quite prideful and boastful of his abilities, and likes to save face.

## Background

The Frozen Corpse is the master of the seal of "The Eradicator of all things and all living beings, the Unspeakable Hushed Secret Apocalypse".

Shroud was originally an extremely powerful entity known by the single title, [Great Lord of Infinite Origin]. Innumerable worlds were born from and grew on his body. However, when the Reality Gate opened, innumerable Apocalypses poured in and destroyed much of his body. A portion of his body brought the Myriad Deities away with it and formed the Inner Plane, while the rest of his body turned into the Eternal Abyss that protected the Inner Plane. He himself underwent reincarnation through death and became the [Grand Emperor of the Myriad Deities].

Shroud entrusted the management of the Inner Plane to Reneedol, only for her to destroy it and kill his incarnation. He was then forced to rely on the Eternal Abyss for survival, but Reneedol returned to wage war on the Eternal Abyss to destroy it once and for all.

## History

Born in the darkness, suffering endless tearing pain within boundless blood, these kinds of days lasted about 10,000 years. Then Shroud's consciousness gradually increased and he began to think about who he was. After another eight hundred years, he gained some strength and decided to explore his identity, but the world he lived in was too big. Every step forward he would endure different painful attacks, burning, tearing, puncturing, cutting, bitter cold, hunger, skinning – many times he only had a small bit of consciousness left. In this way, after another thousand years, Shroud gradually realized his identity: the seal master of the Frozen Corpse, existing to prevent it from resurrecting.

In those endless years, whatever pain the Frozen Corpse had to endure, Shroud also had to experience, because only in this way could it be restrained. Originally such days would be endless, until eternity, but he resisted this fate and began to absorb the power of the Frozen Corpse for himself.

### Age of Immemorial

He manifested as a Realm Race humanoid in the World Valley, and signed a contract with one of the Law Behemoths, the Overlord of Radiance. As a young child in the World Valley, he encountered and rescued Reneedol from death. He was able to hear the Awaitings' voices outside the Reality Gate from a young age. During Shroud's loneliest and most helpless period, Reneedol was with him, helping him, comforting him, sharing the joys and sorrows with him; thus, he fell in love with her.

When the Law Behemoths sensed the Apocalypses' approaching threat from outside the Reality Gate, they began fighting each other for the right to lead, and the Overlord of Radiance was besieged and killed by the other Law Behemoths excluding the Overlord of Death. Shroud snuck into the temple of the Overlord of Radiance and inherited the glorious artifact of the Overlord of Radiance, the Book of Prophesized Destinies, thus taking the Overlord of Radiance's place as the new Lord of Radiance.

He, Rhode, and the other survivors of the World Valley struggled with each other to survive the descent of the Apocalypse, the entry and shattering of Samsara through the Reality Gate, and the schemes of the Pantheon of Myriad Deities and the Lord of Infinite Origins. In the battle against the Lord of Infinite Origins, Shroud used the Frozen Corpse's authority to take the Lord of Infinite Origins' place and take over its body. Thus, Shroud became the new Lord of Infinite Origins and obtained all of its powers. He also replaced the Frozen Corpse's soul and took over its corpse as his own body, using it to rule over the Boundless Void.

One day the Reality Gate opened, Shroud was attacked by countless Apocalyses. A part of his body as the Lord of Infinite Origins fled with the gods and re-established a refuge, the Inner Plane. The rest of the Lord of Infinite Origins' body turned into the Eternal Abyss to protect the world inside, while Shroud's soul reincarnated into the Inner Plane and became the King of All Gods. Later, Reneedol took the throne and he headed to the Eternal Abyss, responsible for defending the world from any disaster in the void. After that, he fought side by side with the Awaitings and all gods, resisting millions of various Apocalypses, and keeping the Inner Plane and the Void in stability and prosperity.

In the past, he was the most powerful entity within the Reality Gate and was able to foresee a lot of the destined future, as well as how he would eventually become the Exiled Apostle and become the corrupted Eternal Abyss. So, he used a lot of his power to leave many hidden cards within the flow of history, such as six Sealing Tokens, the seven Saint Armaments of the Abyss and an empty spot for a certain future individual within the first half of my life, hoping that this individual would be able to mature with him, allow him to see through the obscured history, and uncover the truths hidden within the fog.

Three thousand years later, Reneedol rebelled, and Shroud was killed by Reneedol and pushed into the Eternal Abyss. Because of the characteristics of the abyss, he was resurrected again. However, due to the betrayal of his beloved and the passing of his comrades in arms, he was so embarrassed that he could not find the meaning of his existence.

### In The Present

Countless years later, the world of evil spirits invaded, the abyss of Shroud was destroyed by the end of the parallel world, and then severely wounded by the Soul Shrieker. After being rescued by Gu Qing Shan accidentally, they became mutual rescuers of each other, fighting against Chaos and the world of evil spirits.

After the war of chaos, Gu Qing Shan was selected to help him see the vague history and face the truth hidden in the mist. Later, he discovered that there was a problem in the history of the ancient times, and with the help of backhands, he passed through time and space to take possession of his young self. Fighting side by side with Gu Qing Shan, he finally discovered the true face of Reneedol, understanding all the truth. After the events in the Ancient Times, he was found out that Reneedol could not be persuaded, and he completely let go of his feelings for her. With the help of Gu Qing Shan and Xu Xingwei, he completely got out of his heart barrier. Then he personally ended Reneedol's life, sinking her soul into the depths of the River of Death.

In order to close the Reality Gate and resist the invasion of the Apocalypse, through the mystery of the doomsday synchrony, he completely integrated with the Frozen Corpse, and his strength has risen compared to the past.

In the Samsara Clash for Supremacy, he was awakened by Gu Qing Shan and left to look for the whereabouts of the River of Life.

## Abilities

As the Lord of Radiance of The River of Life and Death he rules the living world. He also possesses all the abilities of the Frozen Corpse "The Extinction of All Things and All Living Beings".

His main weapon is the **Book of Prophesized Destiny**, which is a crystallization of the Law of Radiance and symbolizes the Lord of Radiance's authority. This book can do many mysterious things, such as seeing visions of distant places, summoning entities, or containing certain powers, similar to Card Users.

Over the years, Shroud created a technique known as **Mystery of Apocalypse Equal** that would allow him to fuse himself completely with the Frozen Corpse.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 945
2. ↑ Chapter 1418
3. ↑ Chapter 1419
4. ↑ Chapter 1530
5. ↑ Chapter 1525
6. ↑ Chapter 1541
7. ↑ V.3, Ch.401
8. ↑ Ch.1474
9. ↑ V.3, Ch.458
10. ↑ Chapter 1578