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

In an instant, he felt as though he stood atop a high mountain, with boundless white clouds spread out beneath his feet.


The youth stood alone in the vast world, with howling winds blowing down from above, shaking the firmament, accompanied by rumbling sounds from the Earth's core reverberating through the mountains.


And there, on the peak of this boundlessly solitary yet world-adjacent mountain, a small Gansong tree took root in the crevices, swaying with the wind.


Ian saw this little Gansong tree and suddenly felt a sense of tranquility from his heart, as if the entire world was left with only himself, with all foreign objects, all others independent of his self, blown away with the wind, never to be seen again.


Ian's spirit and soul kept plummeting, falling... until they neared the Domain of Void, until he found himself amidst a hazy illusion.


Chapter 619 The Azure Star that Guides the Way (2nd Update, 5600)_3