At the same time.
The Solar System, Blue Star, Magic City.
On the top floor of a skyscraper that pierced the clouds, Frost Crown Dominator stood quietly before a floor-to-ceiling window.
Her plain white dress trailed across the floor, and her slender figure looked like something from a painting.
But a faint worry clouded her cool, breathtaking face.
Outside the window, the familiar blue sky and white clouds were gone.
In their place were vast floating islands, colossal starships, and ecological fortresses!
They crowded the air above the city, blocking the sunlight and casting enormous shadows.
On the streets, Blue Star's residents hurried along, their faces tense with unease.
Overhead, richly dressed young men and women often flew past on streaks of light, flaunting their power.
They laughed without a care, looking down on those below as if they were ants.
"These people are getting more and more outrageous!"
Frost Crown Dominator's expression chilled.
This was what had become of Blue Star since the Primordial Origin Realm emerged.
At first, the Dominator Families had stayed in outer orbit.
Then they discovered they could absorb Origin Qi more efficiently closer to Blue Star's surface.
So they descended without restraint and took over the skies.
Their floating islands swarmed in like locusts, squeezing the space Blue Star's people had left to live.
Frost Crown Dominator had done everything she could to negotiate, even asking Venerable Xiyue to intervene.
But faced with an opportunity as staggering as the Primordial Origin Realm, they had paid little heed to her warnings.
She had no choice but to station herself on Blue Star.
Otherwise, there was no telling how far those Dominator Rank families would go.
"A year and a half..."
She murmured, her icy-blue eyes turning toward the sky. "I wonder how Jingming is doing."