ASCENSION OF CRIMSON EARTH

For millions of years, Earth had slumbered.

A mere Tier 3 world, it lacked the energy to awaken its consciousness, doomed to be a lifeless rock floating in the vast cosmos.

But then, everything changed.

A seemingly ordinary asteroid drifted through space, drawn toward Earth by an unknown force. Within it lay crystals of immense power, remnants of a dead Supreme Demon—a Titanic Hellwolf from the Upper World.

When the asteroid was brought to Earth, it shattered, releasing an energy so potent that it seeped into the very fabric of the planet.

For the first time since its formation, Earth awakened.

But it was not satisfied with simply waking up.

It sought ascension.

To evolve into a Tier 2 world, Earth needed a core race—one to carry its will, to become its defenders against the unknown horrors lurking beyond the void.

Two choices lay before it: Humans or Beasts.

It chose neither.

Instead, it would let war decide.

Thus, the Great Cataclysm began.

Energy flooded the world, mutating both man and monster. Some ascended, while others burst into blood mist, unable to withstand the change.

Civilization crumbled. Beasts rose. And humanity, clinging to survival, turned to its rulers—the Six Supreme Families, who alone possessed the power of the demonic crystals.