For they all knew with crystal clarity that this time, they were facing true, unadulterated, and utter annihilation.
And there would be no second chances.
This intensified fear became the fodder that fueled nightmares.
As the terror of all beings sank into the Earth's core, into the depths of hell, with the assistance of the Duke of Sorin, at the point of the planet's highest energy and lowest terrain, they cultivated the embryo of the Void Spawn and allowed it to grow until it shattered the planet, emerging from the heart of Terra.
This was the Spirit Disaster—shattering the planet, nurturing the calamity of the decaying Evil Gods!
And these apocalyptic demonic creatures of a destroyed world would become the ark that carries the souls of all beings.
Subsequently, they would fly toward the far end of the cage.