Just as Qin Shuo prepared to take up the pieces and become the player at the chessboard of the world...
In a valley outside Southern Capital City in the Southern Continent...
The Nian Beast, having assumed his true form, lay curled in a hollow. The closer the year's end drew, the more confused Nian's mind became.
Deep within his consciousness, a voice kept whispering: go to Humankind's Baiyue Prefecture, slaughter to his heart's content, gorge to his heart's content, and unleash the most primal, bloodthirsty desires within him.
Thanks to Cheng Yu's guidance, Nian knew perfectly well what was happening to him.
Through his haze, Nian kept telling himself, A little later. A little later...
Meanwhile, in the Demon Capital, one order stood among the countless commands issued from the Jade King's Residence.
"Order the Ministry of Works to build an altar on Heaven-Reaching Peak in the Peak Mountain Range, the tallest mountain range in the Central Continent, to honor the Three Sacred Gods of the Demon Race and the Former Monster Emperor."
Because of the Human-Demon War that had nearly broken out, Humankind and the Demon Race’s elites had gathered in the Northern Continent, and minor clashes had reached a historic high.
At the Seven Demon-Sealing Passes, the Outer Demons' offensive showed no sign of easing, and defending the Second Great Wall was becoming increasingly difficult.
More human reinforcements set out for the Second Great Wall.
The other Demon Race passes also began increasing their troop numbers.
For a time, Humankind and Monsterkind found themselves weakened to varying degrees.
At the same time, the earlier escalation of conflict between Humankind and Monsterkind had affected the Myriad Races throughout the Eternal True World to varying degrees. Considerable clashes erupted between some races that already belonged to opposing camps.
Since the