Above the empty sky, primordial darkness woven from deeply interlaced layers flowed.
One could vaguely make out the Deep Space Fleet in the abyss exchanging fire with all manner of colossal monsters, shattered steel and corpses falling toward the earth like rain.
So far away.
And the same was true for everything in deep space.
Across that excessively vast battlefield, aboard those lonely warships sailing through the darkness, people often looked down. Through Disaster Cloud vortices like giant eyes and patches of writhing crimson, all they could see was gray, black, or pale white.
And the firelight raised by strategic weapons of every massive yield.
But now, neither the depths nor the earth had any time left to concern themselves with one another.
They were drawn to the same light.
Involuntarily chasing that advancing sun, they watched the wildly exultant solar disk within the abyss's domain hurl itself again and again at the dark tide blocking its path.
They were clearly mortal enemies who would never coexist under the same sky, yet at this moment, they could distinctly sense unprecedented tenderness and affection from that colossal celestial body.
Filled with delight.
It spread its arms, embraced the nearby abyss, and called out lovingly:
"—Family, I'm here!"
Boom!!!
As the solar disk collapsed and erupted once more, countless seductive prominences like flowing sleeves flung out in every direction, dancing nimbly and whirling until they covered everything and devoured it all.
Not even ashes remained.
Only the terrifying Brilliant Light that scorched every eye seemed etched into the void, lingering in the air for a long time without fading.
It illuminated the numb, vacant faces of his teammates.
The very picture of having lost all will to live.
Above the sky, within the shattered solar disk, Huai Shi tipped back his head