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.

[Hmm? You say I have no desire to win? Hmph... You see right through me, as expected of the Prophet.]


[All things will ultimately turn to ashes. I don't want to waste my life on foolish wars. Axel is not worthy of my wholehearted battle. This world, apart from Embrace Light, perhaps has nothing else worth fighting for, but Embrace Light will only restart when everything ends, and I don't quite like that kind of ending.]


[Therefore, I created a completely new technology with the Aether Arms Order and some people from Su Ming.]


[It is called the 'Flame Reincarnation.']


[A technology... that, after the world is destroyed, turns everyone into demons, allowing them to persist eternally in the Domain of Void.]


Ian's arm trembled, and the magnetic field around him began to whirl wildly, making space-time seem to boil. Visible energy swirled around him, bubbling and burning, then sublimated and condensed, transforming into shadowy figures resembling stars.


Chapter 2004 - Chapter 22: Flame Reincarnation (Part 2)