Althoria smoothly became the King of Edlan, almost ten years earlier than Aya.
With Aya's assistance, Althoria embarked on the path of centralization, ruthlessly quelling several internal conflicts and eliminating all stubborn elements.
These were preparations made before the doomsday arrival, Althoria had to ensure she possessed absolute power.
The Abyss's invasion of the Black Soul World had become increasingly frequent, Edlan was cleared out by Althoria, but other countries were not so fortunate, facing constant invasions by mutated creatures with heavy casualties.
In the history that has happened, the countries didn't pay much attention to the Abyss invasion, or rather, they didn't anticipate the consequences.
They fought individually, and there were even grudges and wars amongst them, with the Abyss Sect sowing discord.
By the time signs of the doomsday appeared, the countries were already mired deeply, too late to unite.
