When Hao Ren first heard of the "Starry Sky People," he honestly didn't pay much attention to this suddenly appearing race—even after finding clues about the Starry Sky People several times in the ruins of other civilizations, he still hadn't given them much thought. The universe was vast, after all. Even races capable of killing gods could be born within it, so it wasn't strange for a few more civilizations with advanced technology to appear. The Starry Sky People merely traveled around the universe rescuing races threatened by world-ending disasters, something any race with enough strength and goodwill could accomplish.
But after the Starry Sky People became connected to one of the Creation Goddess's divine artifacts, Hao Ren realized that these mysterious beings were even more special than he had imagined.
They weren't special because of their technological prowess, but because of their relationship with the Goddess.
"The Ancient Ones is a general term for several exceptionally ancient and mysterious races," Muru said in his rumbling voice as he sat cross-legged in front of Hao Ren. "Before our mother began creating life, there were already some primitive life-forms in this universe. We call the races that were born before the Creation Goddess the Ancient Ones."
"The Creation Goddess wasn't the true 'creator of the universe,' was she?" Lily asked, craning her neck upward.
"Mm. This universe already existed before our mother was born. Our mother was merely the first deity to create life on a large scale, but she wasn't the starting point of everything," Muru said with a nod. "So we Guardians classified the various races according to when and how they came into existence. Races that existed before the Creation Goddess was born were called the Ancient Ones. Races created by the Creation Goddess afterward were called 'God-made