This was an ancient road with no end in sight. Mottled with age, it bore scars left by blades, swords, fists, and palms everywhere. It had endured since time immemorial, for who knew how many years.
Starlight streamed down overhead, and moonlight shone from beyond the heavens like bolts of silk, as though rivers of silver were pouring from the boundless Star Sea.
The ancient road wound through the stars toward a distant infinity, suspended without support. It was a strange sight, unlike any of the Star Continents Jiang Yun and the others had seen before.
After seven years of carving a bloody path, they had reached this expanse of stars. It was no longer a place of deathly silence. A stone stele pointed the way along the Ancient Road.
Now and then, the roars of savage beasts could be heard across the wilderness. From far away came sounds that shook heaven and split earth, as though someone was fighting.
"We left the Big Dipper twelve years ago. Now we've finally reached this place. Twelve years is enough for a new generation to begin a new chapter. I'm afraid people like us have already become figures of the past."
Jiang Yun had also emerged from the Source World. Standing at the front and gazing at that momentous stele, he heard Zixia's wistful words and glanced back in the direction of the Big Dipper.
Meanwhile, on the Big Dipper, outside the Desolate Forbidden Land in the Eastern Wilderness.
The morning glow spread like woven silk, and dew sparkled with myriad colors in the light.
A light mist drifted through the dense forest, carrying the fresh scent of grass and trees. Branches of ancient trees twisted like Qiu Dragons striving to break through the heavens. It was like stepping into a dreamlike