Affairs on Douluo Continent gradually fell into order. Reconstruction proceeded steadily, while new systems and ideals quietly took root across the land like tender shoots after spring rain. Ling Yun and Gu Yuena bid farewell to their teachers and friends at Shrek Academy. Without drawing much attention, they quietly departed Douluo Star like ordinary travelers and began their journey through the myriad realms.
They had no clear destination, nor any fixed itinerary. They traveled as their hearts guided them, like two motes of dust drifting through the universe, yet free to cross the seas of stars. Their footsteps passed through the bustling starports of the rebuilt Order Star Domain, where they witnessed different races trading peacefully, exchanging knowledge, and learning from one another under the framework of shared accords. They visited the Emerald Star Ring, whose civilization centered around exquisite magic arrays and elemental resonance, and sat with elderly yet spirited Grand Magisters to discuss the similarities and differences between the fundamental forms of energy. They traveled to the Steel Star Domain, inhabited entirely by highly advanced mechanical intelligent lifeforms, and came to understand another philosophy of existence and emotional expression founded on logic, efficiency, and collective consciousness. They also descended upon primitive planes where rudimentary intelligence had only just emerged and all things possessed spirit. Like creator gods, they concealed themselves and silently observed the budding of life, the gathering and scattering of tribes, and the faltering first steps of civilization, feeling the most primordial vitality of life.
One day, following a damaged star map obtained from the Myriad Realms Council database, ancient in material and marked with blurry celestial coordinates, they arrived in an extremely remote star domain labeled the Desolate Ancient Corridor. The stars here were pitifully sparse, and most were dim and lightless, like elderly men