Xu Shu struggled to survive amid devastation, striving to grow.
He lacked the mystery of birth, always maintaining a high state of awareness:
"Youlan Continent is a magical place that has carried on from ancient times to the present, surviving three epochal transitions while remaining steadfast."
"The first recorded epoch is known as the 'Creation Era,' where legend has it, the ancient gods carved out this world from nothingness and birthed countless races, blooming in two places across the continent. It was the best of times, under the protection of the gods, free from illness and calamity, the people were prosperous, earning it the name Golden Era."
"What followed was the utterly despairing second epoch 'War of the Gods,' and even more hopelessly desperate third epoch 'Invasion of the Dark Disaster.'"