Blood-red twilight shrouded the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, carrying a sense that the end of days had come.
Beneath that blood-red glow, the skies over the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths grew unbearably oppressive. All those who had been asleep walked into the streets and looked up at the night sky, that expanse of blood-red darkness resembling a place of no escape.
Flowers of the Other Shore covered the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Beneath the bloody light of the night sky, those pure white flowers carpeting the ground took on a tinge of red.
In the Demon Realm, the night sky had also been stained blood-red the instant the Forbidden Lands opened.
After feeling that tremendous shudder, as though the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths had collided with something, everyone in the Demon Realm seemed to understand something as well.
Within the Phoenix Palace towering over the Demon Realm, Phoenix Woman gazed solemnly at the blood-red night sky. A golden little fish swam before her, then also tilted her head up toward the night sky.
Several attendants stood beside Phoenix Woman, watching the sky that resembled blood, as though they could see some immense upheaval taking place in the direction of the Forbidden Lands...
"Phoenix Venerable..." The Green-Robed Attendant turned toward Phoenix Woman and parted her lips.
Phoenix Woman lowered her head and looked at the Green-Robed Attendant and the others. A trace of resolve flashed through her eyes. "Pass the order to every great demon in the Demon Realm."
"...Enter the Forbidden Lands!"
"Yes!" The attendants rushed out of the Phoenix Palace in different directions, heading for the places where the great demons resided.
After all the attendants had left, Phoenix Woman turned toward the golden little fish beside her and slowly said,