"Nine Luminaries Mountain and Sea—what a dreamlike planet."
Back when he had participated in the World Youth Championship, Meng Chuan had seen this place in a battle within the spiritual world. It had left a deep impression on him.
Everything before his eyes looked as though it had been drawn in crayon, the colors exceptionally vivid. The blazing sunlight poured over the land, outlining every object with a dazzling rim of light, revealing a beauty as tranquil and ethereal as an illusion.
As he cast his gaze into the distance, Meng Chuan unconsciously held his breath.
What a vast, boundless world beneath a towering sky.
Nine blazing suns hung high overhead, while even farther away, the myriad stars flickered faintly in broad daylight. Feeling the heat spread through the air, Meng Chuan immediately drew a thread of moisture around his body, and felt much cooler at once.
Such beautiful scenery resembled a more richly colored version of the mountain wilderness back home. Meng Chuan should have found it familiar, yet an inexplicable loneliness rose within him.
At this moment, he was in an alien world more than a million light-years away from Blue Star. There were no family here, no friends, not even another human besides himself.
Here, he was utterly alone, like a solitary star wandering through the cosmos.
Those delicate emotions buried deep in his heart, emotions that would never normally reveal themselves, were swiftly reined in.
Meng Chuan possessed a will of steel. In an instant, he entered a focused state and examined his surroundings.
He was halfway up a great mountain, with mist pervading the area. Even his eyes, sharper than an eagle's, could not see through the forest miasma five kilometers away.
"Hu..."
He took a deep breath. The air carried an exceptionally dense aura