In the evening, the radiating clouds were reflected by the fiery light of the sky as if they were fire clouds. They stretched out for a thousand miles, causing the world on the ground to be shrouded in a layer of red light. The ground was still warm from the day's heat, and every stone gave off an astonishing heat. At night, however, they become colder than polar ice.

This was the world of the new era. The temperature differed greatly between day and night, testing the living ...