Not long after Tiandao finished speaking, the image on the screen suddenly seemed as though someone had pressed the rewind button.
The crowd flowed backward, the waves surged in reverse, and amid that rapidly interweaving current of time running backward, the anime froze on a deep-sea scene countless Dimensional Audience members knew all too well.
Because this was none other than Ember Base, sunk beneath the sea.
At the same time, this was where Tiandao had last slumbered in Season 1 of Stellaris.
Six years after Ember's destruction, half a year before the Season 2 Glimmer storyline began
Deep sea, Ember Ruins
Thump, thump.
On the surface, a colossal creature over thirty meters long was struggling desperately through the seawater.
Its head resembled that of a dragon, while its entire body was covered in red-gold "rock scales" like molten lava.
The serrated "rock fins" along its spine stretched from its neck all the way to the tip of its thick tail, which constantly swayed beneath the sea.
Its powerful, savage aura practically overflowed from the screen.
Of course, that was assuming one ignored the limbs frantically paddling beneath the water.
After all, what respectable fire-and-earth-element Star Beast swam through the ocean with a dog paddle?!
Its cool factor had shattered all over the floor!
"Swim faster, Xiao Jin. What are you dawdling for?"
The black-haired woman standing atop the giant beast's head frowned, her tone carrying undisguised impatience.
Her black, form-fitting top outlined her curvaceous figure.
Below, she wore a high-slit black skirt resembling a qipao, paired with long leather boots and matte black stockings.
The outfit made her look commanding while also radiating an indescribable sensuality—the classic look of a mature beauty.
Yet more than any of that, what truly caught the Dimensional Audience's attention was the beauty mark