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.

Regarding the Dragon King's filled with longing sigh, Ian was unmoved.


Terra can't even achieve equal human rights right now, and they're already fantasizing about Star Gods? It's normal for theoretical matters and practical operations to be worlds apart, but Terra's current distance from the Star Gods is probably as vast as ten thousand observable universes!


However, with the Dragon King's mention, Ian somewhat understood what kind of civilization the Star Gods were.


It is a pan-universal civilization built on pure belief consensus, a civilization where everyone is a 'Pioneer'... Starting with a 'Pioneer' from each civilization, granting them great power and nearly eternal life, they continually educate others, progressing toward making everyone a Pioneer.


However, this requires a considerably long time.


And Terra absolutely does not have that time.


Chapter 1357 - Chapter 221: Both Pioneer and End