The sky was a murky shade of blood, with a piercing wind howling by sporadically. Below lay an endless expanse of thick mist, unmoving even as the fierce wind raged on, shrouding the entire land in a sunless gloom.

Within the mist, a faint rustling was occasionally audible, some areas so dense with it that it sent chills down one's spine. Hairless, oddly shaped creatures fought and gnawed at each other in the gray fog, making this world seem like an endless ghost domain.

As one ventured deeper into the mist, distant pinpricks of light could barely be glimpsed, reminiscent of lighthouses that weakened the fog. The deeper one traveled, the more the light intensified, surrounding scattered villages, until at last a magnificent and enormous city appeared. The city embraced the lighthouse's glow, with towering walls soaring several dozen meters high, like a giant holding up the sky, and all over the walls were deep claw marks, as if marred by some terrifying monster.

More lighthouses dotted the city's outskirts, where many people were occupied with their labor. A grayish mist plant grew in the fields, fed by black waters that nourished everything here. Inside the city, lights shone brightly, bustling with crowds and noise, a pure land amidst the ghostly mist realm.

Divpo City, the City of Redemption on the Mist Continent, was once said to be a bountiful and beautiful land of blue skies and white clouds a thousand years ago, with a climate eternally spring-like. Rice seeds scattered casually would yield bountiful harvests; people needed only plant them easily to enjoy an endless supply of food. They were the favored children of the Creator God, whose will often descended upon this land to grant blessings. However, this favoritism led to widespread indulgence and greed; people became reckless, engaged in forbidden deeds incrementally, from sneaking to brazenly, until eventually, a Blasphemer emerged.

The Blasphemer provoked the Supreme Creator God, who ultimately descended divine wrath. From then on, the sun and moon vanished, endless fog enveloped the land, most creatures perished, rivers ran dry, demons crawled from the abyss to consume human flesh and devour human souls, turning paradise into hell. Furthermore, ceaseless whispers invaded human minds, punishing those with filthy thoughts.

Everything pointed towards extinction. Countless lives were lost, slaughter and cannibalism spread across the Mist Continent. This devastation and degeneration persisted for a long time; civilization and order completely collapsed, leaving humans worse than beasts. Some surviving people began to repent and pray, seeking forgiveness from the Supreme Creator God, but the Supreme Creator God had utterly forsaken this continent, never to descend again. The region was abandoned, leaving disaster and chaos to continue.

The sunless days endured for ages, until a pure Divine Favored sacrificed life and soul, beseeching the celestial pantheon for a chance at redemption. Finally, this plea moved a noble deity to use unsurpassed divine power to establish Divpo City, saving the continent's survivors. This deity was named the "Triune God," with three heads and three eyes, possessing supreme power, holding the ultimate authority over creation, protection, and destruction. From then on, all of Divpo City worshipped the Triune God as their sole deity.

In the Mist World, lighting was accomplished using a highly burn-resistant black oil. Due to the mist's influence, most plants died out. A commonly encountered tree was the barren yet extremely tough Yin Wind Tree, full of thorns and with very hard wood, further increasing the mist's danger. These thorns were somewhat toxic; though not lethal, they caused humans hours of pain. Timber from the Yin Wind Tree trunk, known as Yin Wood, proved to be highly practical for construction and daily use.

Creatures surviving within the mist were at the top of the food chain, predators of humans. The Divpo people's main sustenance comprised gray moss and black rye. Gray moss was the primary food for commoners, while some livestock adapted to darkness were maintained. Additionally, they ventured into the mist for hunting. After several generations of attempts, a few edible creatures were discovered.

Under the Triune God's protection, the harsh environment was no longer lethal; instead, it was Abyssal Creatures summoned by the Supreme Creator God, continually seeking to obliterate the Divpo people even after the departure of the Supreme God. The city outskirts' lighthouse formed Divpo City's first line of defense.

Lighthouses surrounded Divpo City, layered twice. On the outermost layer stood solitary lighthouses in the mist serving as watchtowers, while those with villages in the inner regions were labor zones. Divpo people had to ensure the lighthouse lights never went out. If extinguished, the mist would completely engulf the area, and creatures from the abyss would immediately occupy it. Every piece of land was a survival space for the Divpo people, bound to be fiercely defended, which birthed a crucial and extremely perilous profession in Divpo City — the Lightkeeper.

Each lighthouse was protected by Lightkeepers who ensured its brightness. However, isolated lighthouses in the mist constantly endured the Abyssal Creatures' whispered assaults. Lightkeepers either went mad, were devoured by monsters, or became monsters themselves; this was a depleting profession, thus assigned to Roto among the Divpo people.

From birth, Divpo people were naturally divided into four castes. The highest were the First Doormen, named after the first Divine Favored. Subsequently, this signified purity and nobility. They were the Triune God's favored children; born with fair skin, they had a red Crystal Pearl on their foreheads, a gift and blessing from the Triune God, controlling the Church Court and priestly activities, wielding ultimate authority over life and death.

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