Across a vast continent, countless lives were dying one after another. Clearly, this was the end of the Life Era, and the will of death was spreading like mad grass.
The images were fragmented, the scenes shifting rapidly, making it difficult to grasp the main point. After several flashes of memory, Cheng Shi once again saw that, amid this wave of deaths falling like grass, some lives had finally developed fear.
They were unwilling to abandon their lives too early and embrace the indifferent will of death. Thus, they began trying to break free from the endless "cycle" of birth, prosperity, and death. This clearly violated the prevailing order of the era, but the fearful ones argued sophistically, attempting to clear themselves of their supposed crimes.
They insisted that their faith was not lacking, but that there were more meaningful things to do in life. Yet they did nothing meaningful. They merely did everything they could to distance themselves from death, then enjoyed a longer span of life than the others, using it to wear down the fear in their hearts and satisfy their own desires.
Thus, Filth and Decay began to take root.
Soon, this "decadent trend" spread across the continent, and before the arrival of the next era, the will of death completely moved toward "death."
Desire was like water. As countless rivers converged, the desires of the cosmos flowed into the sea, eroding one horrifying ravine after another across the continent and tearing the entire world apart.
Nothing but the desires of the heart could fill them.
But a cluster of lives that knew only how to sink was destined not to endure. Soon, the continent fell into stagnation, even regression, and the world began to rot.
When desire shrouded the earth and life lost its meaning,