The first star that passed away extinguished two thousand years ago.
Four hundred years later, the mysterious Calamity of Heavenly Fall destroyed the civilization of the previous era, returning thriving cultures to ignorance.
Since then, stars gradually vanished, the Firmament grew dark and dim, and a new civilization rose from the starless wilderness, flourishing once more.
Yet, what accompanied this were war, death, destruction, and hatred.
The flames once aimed at the Firmament were used to slaughter the people of enemy nations, and the raining clouds once engineered to alter deserts were turned into floods that engulfed the land.
Humans once again began to kill each other for wealth and power... but no one looked up at the sky.
They lost the Guidance of the stars Above the Sky, forgetting the awe of gazing upon the Milky Way.
They were all prisoners.
One thousand six hundred years after the Calamity of Heavenly Fall, a young child awakened memories of his past life.
He wanted to break the Cage, to throw off the shackles.
He wanted to become a star.
To return to Above the Sky.
"I don't care about how the people of this world live, whether they're well-fed or not, whether they can dress warmly or live comfortably, whether they have dreams or hopes. I don't care about their loves and hates."
"I just want to go Above the Sky."
——Ian.

An is the Child of Thousand Stars, but the Spark of Thousand Stars is already nearing extinction, and the 'Spark' corresponding to the Star God has disappeared. As for the 'Body of Thousand Stars' corresponding to the universe—now referred to as the 'Thousand-Star Beast'—has lost control, or rather.


And she, in her dreams, will gaze—gaze at her mother, her origin, which nurtured all Thousand-Star Beasts to be sealed.


Or rather, guide it to grow in the direction it desires.


Yanjiang Sanctuary, Blue Cave of the Meditation Sea, Huai Guang Holy Mountain.


This 'Triangle of Land' encircling the Abyssal Sea is precisely where the Thousand-Star Beast crashed into Terra, creating the 'Great Void'. Beneath this land lies a giant subterranean cavity, which supports the entire Terra Continent, and the Thousand-Star Beast slumbers within.


Chapter 2182 - Chapter 64: To Journey Toward Every Destination, as If It Were Love