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

Even Ian couldn't keep his composure at this point.


His heart was tumultuous, but he managed to maintain an appropriately bewildered expression on the surface, "Could I have sensed it wrong? Perhaps I mistook the natural crystal lattice of the gem for a second-layer inscription..."


A miscalculation. That's what he thought.


It made sense upon reflection; the item was a gift from a mother to her child for his tenth birthday. Aside from the initial appraisal, it likely wouldn't be assessed again.


For the most part, no one would think that, besides its primary function, there would be a second, deeper inscription—if it weren't for Ian's keen perception being able to detect a different, stable model operating beneath the volatile fluctuations of the fire element Spirit Energy Field, he might have had to rely on Foresight View to notice it.


Chapter 160 Lingering Killing Intent (1/3)