Newborn Epoch, the Second Epoch, year 4110, Southern Barbarian Country.
The sun shone overhead, but its golden rays brought not an ounce of warmth, only an all-pervading chill.
Hovering mid-air, Ye Hanjun surveyed the surroundings.
A towering aura of malevolence devoured souls as if it had always existed there, a culmination of the ages and a symbol of death.
On the ground, remnants of walls and ruins were everywhere, unsightly debris of destruction.
Those pale corpses stained with filthy blotches of blood lay silently beneath the deserted buildings; shattered skulls, twisted necks, severed lower halves... The torment suffered in their final moments was enough to shatter the bravest of hearts.
"How cruel..."
"Not even insects can be seen here. It's not just the surface; even the heart of the earth has been devastated. From top to bottom, the entire ecosystem has been wiped out—a vacuum of life, it is no more..."
Gui Bang made a circuit survey, sighing continuously:
