Beyond immeasurably distant reaches of space and time lay a mysterious Star Domain, separate from all the heavens and myriad worlds.
Starlight flowed eternally like a waterfall. An ancient palace woven from stellar orbits and fate hovered silently at the center of the sea of stars.
Deep within the palace, Star Seer stood alone amid billions of flickering stars, clad in a robe of galaxies, his eyes covered by white gauze. Countless arcane divination symbols wound around him, his presence ethereal and transcendent.
He spoke softly, his voice hollow and indifferent, like the flowing river of stars:
"Everyone from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion has withdrawn from the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List. The divination was correct. The position on the Divine List has indeed fallen to Yun Qing. Though this game is perilous and holds a calamity of bloody light invading the spirit, the Star Chart remains unbroken, and his allotted fate has not toppled. In terms of the greater picture, it is hardly a bad thing."
As his words faded, he gently rubbed his fingertips together, and a few remnant strands of fate stars dissolved between them. Star Seer slowly turned, directing his gaze toward a corner deep within the Star Hall.
There, a little ball of pearly white light was bouncing about, chasing the threads of fate floating beside him. The threads drifted to and fro in the starlight. Growing excited by the chase, the little ball leaped three feet high, only to tangle himself into a "sesame ball" after just a few hops.
"Gurgle."
The little ball flickered faintly, making tiny, anxious cries for help, both pitiful and funny.
With white gauze covering his eyes, Star Seer looked back, his tone carrying both reprimand and guidance:
"As your master, I have told you before: observe fate without