Above The Sky

Chapter 2190: Chapter 2nd to Last: Do You Love Life That Much, Star God? (2)

Then it—He—must be [great].

The light opened its eyes.

Since then.

[Moving forward] is no longer just heading forward, but has become [a journey], moving towards [the distance].

[Passing through] is no longer just skimming by, but has become [exploration], moving towards the [unknown].

At the edges of all horizons, the light that shines with the stars, all of it is Him.

At the edges of all cosmic event horizons, the light advancing towards the void, all of it is Him.

All known knowledge, no matter the world, the worldview, the logic and concept, whether they have boundaries, whether they are eternal and infinite, whether they are grand or minute, whether they can be described, whether they have limits—beyond them, there remains greatness they cannot encompass.

And that boundary, that ever-advancing boundary light, is all Him.

As long as there is life willing to journey with Him, it can receive the blessing of the light.

Countless lives, races, and worlds choose to follow Him.

They worship that Glorious Light, those paths, those boundaries, those actions and ways, revering them as the only God, or even as an existence countless times greater.

They all embarked on the journey.

However, not everyone can receive the blessing of the light.

Because, in their hearts there is no [love].

They do not possess the infinite colors radiated by the ’Light of Life’, they place ’light’ too high, too revered, too untouchable.

They do not dare to cross the [boundary] into the [unknown].

Therefore, they cannot become, cannot become the [light] that illuminates all darkness and mist, that shines through all unknowns and obscurities.

Thus, the light rejected those praises, rejected those reverent titles, rejected all those too exalted and ephemeral names.

He does not consider Himself different.

[Because I think this is beautiful]

[Thus this is what I love]

[I am not your leader, not your reverence, not your greatness, not your deity]

[My love stems from all life, my beauty comes from all souls, what is sung of me is the passion you already possess, what is worshiped of me is the virtue you already practice]

[I am merely, always merely]

The same as you.

Always the same as you.

[Pioneer]

So, move forward.

Explore forward.

All things, for you, are unknown.

This multiverse, countless multiverses, even beyond to the infinite, beyond all infinite distant places, all the unknowns beyond the known, all created for your exploration.

[Walk forward]

The light whispered.

You will experience, you will endure much.

Darkness, death, betrayal, despair, hesitation, trembling, nausea.

On this journey, there are too many processes and outcomes that are nauseating.

But explore.

Laughter, hope, friendship, adventure, joy, relief, delight.

This generation after generation of hope and love bequeathed to the next generation, the next moment.

Eternal transmission, circulating, and exploration are just like this.

—So praise.

I grant you all meaning, all greatness.

So that you may reach the distant places I have never met.

Just like now.

Ian, carrying the ’Black Hole Seal’ built with the entire Saturn Star, bearing the Fragment of Demise and the Heavenly Father Fragment, heads towards the rift at the end of the Cradle.

A small telescope hangs at his chest.

He is always facing the distances, facing forward, like the light.

[Have Terra’s humans... finally achieved such a realm on their own strength?]

[One day, all of you will travel among the stars with us, and before then, we will be your shelter]

[Looking forward to our next meeting with you]

Faintly, such a voice can be heard.

This is a voice that only those who have become light can hear, originating from the Great Aether Circulation, from messages of other lights.

The Star God so eagerly anticipates life to walk alongside them, even creating Aether is not enough, creating the Great Aether Circulation is not enough, they warmly guide the emergence of Pioneers, step by step encouraging civilization forward.

Even for those fragile, finite civilizations that may one day be annihilated to dust.

The Star God, possessing infinite life, even willingly sacrifices their own life.

—Do you really love life so much, Star God?

Thinking thus, Ian smiled.

—Just like me.

But now, he is ultimately not the true light.

When heading toward the distance, Ian also looks back, gazing at the star from where he came.

He sees.

Ian has long seen the future.

Not a prophecy, not foresight from the Prophet, but merely relying on wisdom to deduce and calculate, he can also know Terra’s future.

After his departure, Terra will not greet a fairytale-like happy ending.

Perhaps initially, they will experience a long period of peace.

However, they will eventually face their own trials and conflicts, their own hesitations and lost ways—they will split, struggle against each other, just like Terra in the past.

Nonetheless, Ian is not worried.

Because in the end, after everything, life will ultimately find a new path.

He firmly believes this.

Then, Ian turned around.

At the end of the Cradle, outside the Microcosm, the End sensed the Aether released by Ian and the Heavenly Father, the End extended its shadow, spreading towards the Inside the Cradle.