The Nine Heavens Star Dome was densely strewn with countless stars, illuminating the Myriad Universe!
Yet,
above that resplendent dome lay a massive, irregular region of darkness!
It occupied a full tenth of the entire Star Dome.
There was no light, no surging star power, not even a ripple of space.
Even the surrounding torrents of starlight, upon rushing here, seemed to strike an invisible barrier. They were forcibly twisted and deflected, flowing around the edge of that void and forming enormous vortices of star power.
It was as though this were a wound left behind after something had been brutally gouged out—a void!
"We're back..."
At the edge of the void, a figure in a pale yellow dress slowly emerged. Shengyin gazed at the pitch-black emptiness before her, and countless scenes flickered vaguely through her eyes—
The shock of seeing this "missing piece" for the first time upon her First Ascent to Nine Heavens;
The wild delight of discovering, while fleeing in panic, that this "missing piece" could halt the gods in their tracks;
The towering ambition she had felt after founding the Ancient Hall with her former comrades, as they plotted their path to the pinnacle of the Nine Heavens;
Countless memories flashed by. Just as Shengyin was overcome with a thousand emotions,
"Finally... we're back!"
A sigh suddenly sounded from behind her, seemingly laden with endless sentiment.
Shengyin's thoughts stalled, and she turned around in astonishment.
Li Qingshan stood there with his hands behind his back. His young face bore an inexplicably complex emotion, far more complicated than all her myriad thoughts.
Like a wanderer who had been away from home for countless years, finally returning once more to his own doorstep...
No, was this right?
The corner of Shengyin's mouth twitched slightly. She scrutinized