At that cry, the youth on the rooftop froze, then rose to his feet and looked up, his body and soul shaken.
The vast starry sky formed the backdrop. A young man stood atop a roof, gazing into the night as streaks of meteors cut across it, glimmering with the light of collapse and descent.
Yet amid the radiance of those meteors, lines upon lines of text appeared, expounding the principles of the Human Path. Some sprang from thought, others had condensed from action. Each contained reflections on life itself, not fear of nature; explorations of the Human Path, not reliance upon the Divine Path...
Scene after scene, spirit after spirit, shook the youth's heart in an instant, filling him with yearning and longing. The door of his bewildered heart suddenly flew open, and he vaguely found a goal toward which to advance, as well as the true meaning of life.
"Yuan Muxi, why haven't you come down yet?! Get down here, quickly! You're being far too reckless!"
Just as the youth was immersed in it all, a voice suddenly rang out from nearby, interrupting his thoughts.
Only then did the youth named Yuan Muxi recover from his shock. Looking down, he saw his companion's face—then the sound of something slicing through the air suddenly came from overhead!
The sound came without warning. Before Yuan Muxi could react, the companion below had already undergone a drastic change in expression. There was no time to call out again; he simply turned and fled wildly, like a man running for his life.
Yuan Muxi's heart jolted. Without time for further thought, he leaped forward, jumping straight down from the roof and rolling across the ground!
A thunderous boom came from behind him, followed by surging air currents. The entire house exploded apart,