Above The Sky

Chapter 2184: Chapter 64: To Love Is to Walk Toward the End of Every Journey

Only super life forms like the Huai Guang Swarm, which were never human to begin with, and heirs like the Child of Thousand Stars can communicate with It.

And if the Child of Thousand Stars grows to the Fifth Energy Level, they may have the ability to gradually gather the mirrors and reshape the Thousand Stars’ consciousness.

The City of Knowledge is nurturing some Children of Thousand Stars, but before they grow to the Fifth Energy Level, Ian broke through the most difficult Light Card and gained the qualification to speak with the Thousand-Star Beast.

After a moment of silence, Ian raised his gaze, his eyes piercing through space-time, observing the Thousand-Star Beast before him: "I intended to directly restart you, to remelt the mirrors— but if given the choice, would you prefer the Child of Thousand Stars to grow up, becoming the new you, or—"

[I am the Cradle]

The consciousness of the Thousand-Star Beast replied: [A cradle should nurture new things... Regardless, now I, this fragmented self, do not wish to continue existing]

[Let me perish, among the ashes the seeds will sprout, new life will arrive, the future is also so]

[Do what you desire, new creator, the Child of Thousand Stars is my offspring, a seed I once used for self-recovery, but they can also grow into a new cradle]

"Alright."

Ian nodded slightly: "I understand."

He extended his hand, drawing countless dark mirrors into the Domain of Void: "I will seal your body until the future when the Tranquil Rim can begin construction and lead your fragments into the Void."

"If, in the future, a new Child of Thousand Stars grows to bear your responsibility and is willing to become the Foundation of the Thousand Stars, they will replace you. If not, you will be awakened."

"Thousand Stars, ancient spark... now, sleep."

The dark shadows that poured into the Domain of Void, originally filled with countless flickering eyes, like starlight, like countless facets of a diamond, churned, surged, merged, expanded, seeming like an incomprehensible chaos.

It was once whole, but shattered due to disasters, to protect Terra.

But, upon hearing Ian’s words, each starlight converged, dimmed, extinguished.

Finally— finally, someone can bear this responsibility.

Finally, It slept.

And the body of the Thousand-Star Beast, now bereft of that fragmented consciousness, finally settled completely.

The dual seals of Terra confined the expansion of the Thousand-Star Beast’s body, but one day, this ancient spark within will fully assimilate all of Terra, transforming it into a true ’universal planet’—and then will be the moment when the ’Tranquil Rim’ begins construction.

Terra will be dismantled, then become the core of the ’Ring World.’

The Fae and the Four Great Orthodox Churches are the creators and keepers of this grand project.

An watched all this, witnessing it all, knowing it all.

She exchanged a gaze with Ian, who had inadvertently turned. Those cyan eyes etched into the deepest part of her soul.

"Strive on." He said: "This is also the wish of the Thousand Stars."

At the very end.

Dragon Island.

The Four Great Dragon Kings, along with Carlos who had inherited the Dragon King Soul, waited here for Ian.

[By doing this, the chances of dying far outweigh the chances of survival]

Faced with the arrival of Dragon King Hongchao, who spoke bluntly: [The future I see is an expanse of nihilistic darkness, occasionally chaotic and inexplicable— either no image can be seen, or it denotes our death]

"Indeed risky."

Ian nodded, not one to deceive on this: "That’s precisely why we must act."

"Dragon Kings, the Dragon Soul of the Ancestral True Dragon is undying, but can every generation wait for a suitable heir?"

He shook his head: "Even as the Prophet, I dare not foretell. Should the legacy spiral out of order one day, the seal will break, and the Fragment of Demise will be freed."

"Why not resolve this issue thoroughly in my era, while Terra is at its strongest, with dozens of Fifth Energy Level individuals, instead of leaving the bomb for future generations?"

Thus he spoke, his tone relaxed yet imbued with incomparable confidence: "Rest assured, I’ve seen the future where The End breaks free of the cradle—it’s actually no big deal, merely the sun extinguishing."

"Now, countless individuals at the Fifth Energy Level scatter their seeds across every corner of Terra, so even in the worst-case scenario... there won’t be total annihilation, and there’s always hope."

Ian stated seriously: "Moreover, with me here, the worst outcome is surely preventable."

All efforts, sacrifices, inspirations, all prodigies that have ever existed, are destined to perish in the boundless death of the Solar System. And the entire hall of human achievements inevitably buried under the cosmic debris of destruction.

The four dragons and one human exchanged glances.

Reaching this point, no dragon nor human doubted Ian any longer.

[Do as you wish] said the Galewind Dragon King, who had sparred with the Duke of He Jun Ridge on the Moon for five years: [Even at worst, we have the ’Spark’ made from the cradle to send out—if everything is as you say, with cradles beyond cradles, possibly infinitely many cradles,]

[Then, those safe cradles might be willing to accept our last remnants as citizens of a failed cradle]

"They will."

And Ian, without a hint of hesitation, said: "They definitely will."

"Truly, I wonder where your confidence stems from." The sole human present apart from Ian, Carlos, now transformed into the ’Former Emperor,’ clicked his tongue and then laughed: "But with your attitude, everyone seems more relaxed indeed."