Skybreath Wasteland was no good place to visit in winter.
The closer one got to the Hundred Thousand Mountains and Five Evils Basin, the more so it became.
The Hundred Thousand Mountains were already an evil land in themselves, thick with miasma and pestilence, poisonous beasts prowling everywhere, the climate alternating between frost and scorching heat. Even with the Demon Race's powerful physiques, survival there was no easy matter.
Five Evils Basin was worse still.
The five viscera each loathed something: the heart loathed heat, the lungs loathed cold, the liver loathed wind, the spleen loathed dampness, and the kidneys loathed dryness. These were called the Five Evils.
But what The Present World loathed was the word "human."
Humans, too, had five evils: killing, theft, lust, deceit, and ignorance.
The Human Race was born unclean, burdened with original sin from birth. Their very appearance had polluted The Present World and brought about the great calamity of antiquity. Afterward, through despicable means, they colluded with every race and joined hands to end the glorious age of the Heavenly Court's Demon Race, driving the true masters of The Present World into the Heavenly Prison.
The Heavenly Prison's blockade, lasting over a hundred thousand years, was precisely an evil deed of the Human Race. They sought to use it to exterminate the Demon Race, the race truly favored by The Present World.
The ancient Demon Emperor sacrificed himself to carve open Chaos. Countless Demon Race sages created life amid annihilation. They divided good from evil, clear from turbid; set earth, wind, water, and fire in order; hung golden suns and crimson moons; lit the Sky Demon Dharma Altars...
At last, they shattered the impossible and accomplished that great undertaking, turning the world of Chaos into the Demon Realm.
Only then did this boundless