Li Taibai was the first person to become an Immortal in the flesh since Immortals had first appeared in this world.
He slew Immortals as soon as he became one, partly because he had long yearned to slay them, and partly because the Immortals would not allow another Immortal to exist in this world.
There were no spare places left in High Heaven.
As a result, although Li Taibai had become an Immortal, he had bowed out in haste before learning much about their powers.
The consequence of slaying the Immortals was that the Nine Hells, left without any Immortals, descended into endless chaos!
After the Immortals fell, the Divine Souls that had once devoutly worshipped them lost their faith and went berserk.
And compared to the souls of ordinary living beings, Divine Souls were almost naturally at the very bottom of the food chain.
This also meant that once ordinary living beings died and entered the Nine Hells, they would be devoured by Divine Souls.
If this continued, ordinary living beings would no longer be able to reincarnate, while the Divine Souls would become tainted with countless karmic ties through their constant devouring, ultimately sinking into eternal chaos and frenzy!
This chaos persisted for a very long time, and the entire Nine Hells was reduced to ruins under the attacks of countless rampaging Divine Souls.
Because the Sword-Forging Clan had changed its faith, it managed to retain a rare clarity of mind during that era when myriad races fell, and for this very reason, its living members were stationed in the Nine Hells.
They constantly killed those rampaging Divine Souls, which became the water of the River of Forgetfulness after being slain. Over long years of slaughter, the water of Divine Souls formed a vast river that surged ceaselessly