Gloomy Sky Hidden God

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.

Above The Sky

The thunder's majesty linked heaven and earth, and instantly pierced through Weyges's body; the iron sword he held aloft turned red-hot in a flash and then fractured and bent.


The exploding plasma and shockwave pushed Ian back several steps, and the writhing, continuous cyan-blue electric arcs in the air, like ripples in water, were a manifestation of Sigh Cliff's Spirit Energy Field constantly absorbing the surrounding electrical energy.


To be honest, Ian never really believed his plan had much chance of success—would anyone actually wear a metal armored clothing and hold a metal sword atop a cliff over a thousand meters high, fighting in the storm clouds during a thunderstorm?


No matter how he thought about it, it seemed ludicrous. Generally speaking, no sane person would think this plan could succeed, right?


But it did succeed, and he was just as surprised as when he once set a bunch of traps for his uncle and the man got knocked down before he even reached the first one.


Chapter 122: Blade of the Heart (1/4)