The Demon Ghost Domain, where the sky stretched high and the clouds lay vast, with not a trace of green in sight, was no longer the Demon Ghost Domain of old, shrouded in dark clouds and teeming with demons and ghosts.
In the empty wilderness, Yue Qianchou paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. Beneath his feet lay an underground space spouting azure fire, and below that flowed a rolling river of magma. Yue Qianchou had sent Hong Tailong down there, but he did not dare face the chubby naked child staring at him with wide, curious eyes. He hurried outside, unwilling to hear or see the conversation between Hong Tailong and the child.
Yue Qianchou walked with his hands behind his back to the edge of a cliff. Looking around, he could not connect the desolate scene before him with the Demon Ghost Domain that had once been famed throughout the world. He sank into silent thought for a long while...
Suddenly, the ground trembled, followed by a rumbling sound of earth breaking apart. Yue Qianchou pressed his purple lips together but did not turn around. Azure flames erupted from a fissure in the ground. Hong Tailong slowly rose out, leading the naked child by the hand. The child looked around with great curiosity at this desolate world. This was the first time he had seen the world's true face. Even a bird flying overhead greatly fascinated him, and his gaze pursued it with reluctant fixation.
"Yue Qianchou!" Hong Tailong's voice was heavy as he led the child behind him.
Yue Qianchou slowly turned around. Seeing the child half-hiding fearfully behind Hong Tailong, as though he already knew his fate, Yue Qianchou immediately tried to force a harmless smile onto his face. Unfortunately, it looked even