On the third day after the Ember Era was established, the New Era Star Sea welcomed an unprecedented celebration.
Three hundred and seventy million civilizations simultaneously kindled the most brilliant radiance in their own star domains. It was not light in the physical sense, but existence itself shining-every civilization was celebrating the moment it had been "defined."
Harmonic Leaping Note stood at the center of the star sea, her Thirty-Threefold Fate Harmonics sounding in unison. This time, she played the "Song of Definition" composed jointly by three hundred and seventy million civilizations. Every note was a trait contributed by a civilization-resilience, acceptance, memory, hope, courage, forgiveness, love. Seven traits, three hundred and seventy million variations, interwove into a vast web of light across the star sea.
Radiant Stilllight was gone. But the fragments of his Spear of Definition lay scattered in every corner of the star sea. Now they lit up together, becoming the "foundation of order" for this celebration. Every civilization could feel the power within those fragments-not restraint, but support.
Myriad Faces and Forms hovered at the highest point of the star sea in mirror form, reflecting the entirety of the Ember Era. Three hundred and seventy million stars and countless rays of light existed within the mirror at once, never interfering with one another, each setting off the others' brilliance.
Thirty-seven billion stars twinkled quietly on Primordial Origin's cloak. The civilization obsessions of the Zero Era were witnessing this moment-they had waited through endless eras, and at last, the moment when civilizations truly "returned" had arrived.
Lin Ye stood at the center of it all.
He did not speak, did not play, did not define anything. He simply stood there, the thirty million stars on his cloak twinkling steadily-the stars that remained after the battle against the