As the ice cap gradually vanished, what followed was a devastating flood that swept across the entire Earth Star.
By the time the flood ended, more than ninety percent of the surface had been submerged beneath seawater.
The small amount of land left exposed consisted only of mountain ranges at higher elevations.
In the years that followed, the Circulatory Star Dou gradually stabilized in form and formally entered their respective orbits.
The existence of the lunar and solar bodies also finally brought the alternation of day and night, the rise and fall of tides, to Earth Star.
Through countless sunrises and moonsets, tidal ebbs and flows, Earth Star too underwent the transformation of seas into mulberry fields.
The oceans gradually receded, revealing more and more continental land.
After successively passing through the Dead Star Era, Molten Flame Era, Frozen Era, and Ocean Era, Earth Star had finally begun to gradually evolve life in this present age.
More accurately, however, the most primitive colonies had already appeared in the deep sea during the Ocean Era.
It was only that by now, they had developed into the earliest algae, and even traces of ferns had begun to appear on land.
This also meant that the five elemental attributes on Earth Star were complete and balanced, fulfilling the minimum survival conditions for most mortal lifeforms.
Yet being able to accommodate living beings did not mean it could give rise to them. At least for now, it was still far too early.
While time sped by within the small world.
In the great world on the other side, the end for Shendu and the other two was also fast approaching.
The Devil Race's devil bodies had always been said to be in no way weaker than the Demon Race's demon bodies. Thus, their