Victor barely had time to savor his victory before the Celestial Kitchen shifted around him. The marble floors rippled like water, the air thickened, and the walls expanded outward into infinity. He stood at the center of a vast arena, surrounded by columns of ethereal light that stretched into the heavens. The third trial had begun.
SYSTEM ALERT:
New Trial Detected: The Forbidden Feast
Warning: This trial requires the use of forbidden ingredients. Success will unlock the secrets of divine gastronomy. Failure will result in permanent expulsion from the Celestial Culinary Trials.
Victor's breath caught in his throat. The Forbidden Feast. He had heard whispers of it—an ancient challenge so dangerous, so complex, that even celestial beings dared not attempt it lightly. It was said that those who failed were not simply removed from the trials, but erased from the memory of the cosmos itself.
