"So that's how it is..."
Zhou Heng murmured, his hands never slowing as he turned the entire Star Devouring Ancient Annals around and flipped from back to front. Soon, he reached the fifth expansion, "The Fated Black River That Transcends All"...
Black rivers began appearing in the Sea of Stars.
Their liquid was viscous and foul-smelling, even carrying a sense of living beings' disgust toward everything.
I did not know what that was, but I knew I should do something for the Starry Sky Dragon of Star Devouring race, which had already gone beyond despair.
-Starry Sky Dragon of Star Devouring · Glorious Contemplation Tian
-Fifth expansion, "The Fated Black River That Transcends All," First chapter: Black rivers of unknown origin
I succeeded!
After 300 billion years, I successfully nurtured a powerful junior within the race.
I held high the radiance of star devouring and personally designated him as my offspring.
I had a premonition that he could bring new life to our Starry Sky Dragon of Star Devouring race.
The black rivers grew increasingly strange, and large numbers of dead living beings appeared within them in a brand-new form.
Living beings like these also began appearing near the Star Devouring Mother Star. We called them "grievances."
-Starry Sky Dragon of Star Devouring · Glorious Contemplation Tian
-Fifth expansion, "The Fated Black River That Transcends All," Second chapter: Grievance living beings of unknown origin
War began.
The Boundless Court issued a decree: the entire Boundless Starsea had to participate in the extermination of "grievance" units.
"Grievance" units were terrifying and difficult to deal with. Damage below the chaos level could not harm them.
The Starry Sky Dragon of Star Devouring race suffered heavy casualties.
100 billion years passed.
Strange black bottles began emerging from the Black River. I did not