Second Law Pathway

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Second Law Pathway
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Other Aliases	Patient Pathway Decay Pathway
Chinese	第二定律途径
General Infomation
God	[Click the toggle] Monarch of Decay
Related Organization(s)	Celestial Research Association Order of All Extinction Sick Church
Mythical Form	A colossal, highly decomposed body composed of countless pathogens
Main Abilities	Disease Corruption Sure Hit Certain Death Decay Time Senescence Entropy
Pathway
High Sequence Group	Second Law
Above the Sequence	Monarch of Decay
Sefirah	Unknown

All things decay. The entropy of the universe can only increase—irreversibly. That inevitable day shall mark the end of the River of Time. Perhaps, the universe itself may one day fall ill, and in the end, rot and die.

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On Cuttlefish's WeChat Post: "The Monarch of Decay Pathway"

Overview

The Second Law Pathway revolves around using diseases, decay, and pathogens to affect others and bring about inevitable death. It specializes in spreading pathogens and diseases, corrupting others and organizations, using certain death and sure hit attacks, and survivability, excelling at self-division and replication. At High-Sequences, "They" have authorities over Time, Senescence, Disease, Decay, and Entropy.

This Pathway is one of the new Pathways introduced in Circle of Inevitability. It exists outside the standard 22 Pathways, but is still classified into Sequence 9 to Sequence 0.

On Earth, the Beyonders of this Pathway do not advance through Potions, but by praying to the Outer Deity, the Monarch of Decay, who is the Above the Sequence of this Pathway, for a Boon. The corresponding Sefirah is the Monarch of Decay's currently unnamed Sefirah.

This Pathway is a mix of three different Pathways:

• The Pathway of Decay: All things must Rot, whether matter or organizations, all will eventually Corrupt.
• The Pathway of Time: Under the relentless flow of Time, everyone will meet their end. Combined with Decay, it brings Inevitability.
• The Pathway of Disease: Personal, infectious, it is Disease itself, the source of Rot.

Sequence Levels

Second Law Pathway Index
Sequence	Name
Low SequenceSimplified Chinese: 低序列
9	Patient
8	Secretary
Mid SequenceSimplified Chinese: 中序列
7	Vermin
6	Disease Envoy
5	Child of Decay
High SequenceSimplified Chinese: 高序列 - SaintSimplified Chinese: 圣者
4	Doomed One
3	Left Hand of Decay
High SequenceSimplified Chinese: 高序列 - AngelSimplified Chinese: 天使
2	Time Giant
1	God of Decay
True GodSimplified Chinese: 真神
0	Second Law

Corresponding Ingredients

Unknown

Mythical Creature Form

A colossal, highly decomposed body composed of countless pathogens, often appearing swollen and blackish-blue, oozing yellowish-green pus.

Neighboring Pathways

Neighboring Pathways to the Second Law Pathway include, but might not be limited to, the following:

• Pathways under the Calamity of Destruction (since the Monarch of Decay and the Calamity of Destruction can accommodate the Sefirah of each other):
  • Demoness
    Red Priest

• Pathways under the Eternal Darkness (since the Monarch of Decay desired the River of Eternal Darkness):
  • Darkness
    Death
    Twilight Giant

• Pathways under the Circle of Inevitability (since the Circle of Inevitability pursued the Monarch of Decay when "He" was heavily injured and tried to escape):
  • Eternal Aeon

• Pathways under the High-Dimensional Overseer (since the Monarch of Decay and the High-Dimensional Overseer can accommodate each other):
  • Sublunary Eye

Trivia

• The Sequences names of "Child of Decay", "Left Hand of Decay", and "God of Decay" though they all use the term "Decay" in the English translation, in the Chinese text they use different words.
  • Child of Decay - 腐烂之子 (Cambridge Dictionary: 腐烂: Rot, to (cause something to) decay)
  • Left Hand of Decay - 衰败左手 (Cambridge Dictionary: 衰败: Decay, the process of decaying)
  • God of Decay - 衰老之神 (Cambridge Dictionary: 衰老: Senescence, the fact of becoming older, and therefore being in less good condition and less able to function well)

Notes

• Due to the number of Sequences, the author won't be able to fully explore all of the Outer Deity pathways in Book 2. Therefore, he decided to reveal this pathway settings, as a bonus release on October 4th.