On the Other Shore's Boat, Bai Li Che and several tribal Elders he had carefully nurtured gazed at the cities collapsing and being destroyed around them, their hearts heavy.
Not long after arriving in this new world, the many living beings who had escaped the coming apocalypse swiftly awakened from the joy of surviving a calamity and from the freshness, beauty, abundant spiritual energy, Geng Metal, Spirit Stones, and other riches of the new world. This world was simply far too dangerous. Besides five-clawed True Dragons, fiery-red phoenixes, Vermilion Birds, Bi Fangs, and other divine beasts occasionally flying overhead, there were also imposing Great Demons such as Kun Peng, Bai Ze, and Chongming Birds, as well as Gods who could Summon Wind and Rain and control the workings of heaven and earth.
Although the arrival of the Dharma-ending Age had left all the beings who escaped to this new world with very low cultivation, making the Great Demons and Gods beneath their notice, the surroundings were still filled with powerful Demonic Beasts, aberrations, and perilous lands from the Primordial Era. This placed the beings aboard the Other Shore's Boat in an extremely dangerous position. Fortunately, they had the Other Shore's Boat as a route of retreat, allowing them to form a relatively united tribe and avoid the disaster of death and extinction for ten thousand years.
The Other Shore's Boat had limited space for growing food and could only keep everyone barely fed. Thus, for survival and for the future of the tribe's descendants, the people vigorously researched Spirit Stone technology while slowly expanding outward.
At this time, Bai Li Che gradually rose above the rest due to his formidable cultivation. Through countless battles against Demonic Beasts and aberrations, and through resistance against natural disasters, his realm climbed step by