Beneath the earth lay another world.
Towering, magnificent buildings.
Lush greenery.
Houses, roads, vehicles, even exquisite sculptures, fountains, and gardens—all once belonging to a civilization.
Everything stood silent.
As though all was ready, waiting only for that civilization's masters to arrive and bring it to bustling life.
But—
There were no masters.
The Dogmen were all dead.
Only strange-shaped "things" remained, using this place as their nest.
One glance was enough for Xu Yuan to understand.
How similar these creatures were to the monsters in the Tide of Truth!
It seemed that after the Aspects of Life and Death had failed their Ascension, monsters had been born in the Tide of Truth to return everything to nothingness.
They had made their home here, only to fall dormant.
Xu Yuan stood stunned.
Why?
Why had it all stopped?
He flew down and cautiously approached a monster.
He prodded it with his sword.
It toppled to the ground like a corpse.
"Just an empty shell... Did it run out of power?"
Xu Yuan murmured.
It was bitterly ironic.
The monsters of Truth's Third Aspect had come with a Mission to "return everything to nothingness," yet every last one of them had died.
A figure appeared without a sound.
Arthur.
"Why are you here?" Xu Yuan asked.
"This Universe had completed its Ascension, but at the last moment, the Ancient God suddenly struck and destroyed everything," Arthur said.
"Then... did the Ancient God succeed in its Ascension?" Xu Yuan asked.
"No. When it destroyed everything, the Universe dealt it a devastating blow. Weakened, it ultimately perished alongside these monsters," Arthur said.
"What are those monsters outside?" Xu Yuan asked.
Arthur said, "They were created from the Ancient God. It intended to use them to destroy every living thing on the surface, gather strength,