The turmoil Meng Qi stirred up in the Nine Nethers had clearly had no effect whatsoever on the Real World.
Even Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng and the Devil Lord had not appeared.
Aside from the Nine Nether Rift previously opened by the Devil Lord,
after Xu Yue suppressed it with the Human Emperor Palace, the world once again returned to peace and prosperity.
With the successful sealing of the heavens and the protection of the gods,
the entire Real World had grown increasingly orderly, with everything developing toward an ideal nation.
Yet behind all this, the high-and-mighty heavenly wills controlling everything, along with some beings who had reached the consummation of the Creation realm, had already sensed the undercurrents flowing in secret.
Black Blood!
This term had gradually begun circulating within an extremely small circle.
Especially among those who had reached the end of the Creation realm, many had heard this name through one accidental channel or another.
Black Blood could strip away one's own Great Dao, allowing one to merge with it more purely. It was even somewhat helpful in attaining the Other Shore!
Even if it was only "somewhat" helpful, many of those whose hopes were slim to none, who had almost no chance of advancing despite reaching the consummation of the Creation realm, would still be tempted.
However, the side effects of Black Blood had not been concealed either.
To gain such assistance, one had to pay a tiny, insignificant price.
That was, one's personality might become distorted.
The described side effect truly seemed insignificant, because once one attained the Other Shore, those side effects could be erased directly by a higher level of power!
And if one failed, one would turn to ashes anyway, so there was no need to worry about side effects.
If that