The Gray-Matter World was even more terrifying than imagined.
And where the Human Race and Demon Race were concerned, the truth could not bear close investigation. Any careful thought about it would surely send a chill down one's spine.
But before Su Changsheng could ponder how to explore the Gray-Matter World any further, he was forced to stop and begin dealing with more urgent events.
For some unknown reason, Heaven's Rift suddenly began spreading faster, and the world's rules began collapsing on a massive scale.
Yet this was not the most terrifying development. More terrifying still were the enormous changes deep within the Heavenly River. After the Heavenly Dao rules of four of the Twelfth Districts collapsed, two more districts joined their ranks.
This time, however, they no longer concealed their actions at all. They brazenly drew upon the power of Evil Fiends from beyond the heavens, ushering in the Other Shore Sea to resist the Heavenly River's purification power.
Together with the previous four, a full six beings among the twelve districts had openly defected to the Evil Fiends of the Other Shore Sea.
More terrifyingly, using faith in their divinity as a bond, they forcibly contaminated and corrupted every one of the hundreds of millions of Demon Race beings within their divine kingdoms. It was tantamount to sacrificing the essence of the Black Tortoise Yao Realm to the Other Shore Sea and the Evil Fiends.
And with the gifts they received from the Other Shore Sea and those Evil Fiends, these six were rapidly transforming themselves into humans. From inside out, they shed their Yao nature, condensed human souls, and became human demons.
At this point, the twelve deities of the Twelfth District had split completely into two factions.
One faction remained Yao, still stationed within the Black