The universe of today had long since become completely different from what it had been back then.
Planes had reformed, and the Star River had shifted.
All Worlds had merged, and its vastness... exceeded anyone's imagination.
Their old memories had lost their meaning here.
That ordinary star might have been pushed to the edge of the universe, or it might have been buried deep within some expanse of chaos.
The search was far more difficult than they had imagined.
But no one gave up.
One year, ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years.
Like searching for a needle in the ocean, they combed through this vast sea of stars, inch by inch.
They passed through nebula after nebula, examining hundreds of millions of burning stars.
Every hopeful approach was met with nothing but silent shakes of the head.
But however faint their hope, not a single person stopped.
To them now, time was merely a number.
As long as that seed remained, they would find him, even if they had to search every speck of dust in the universe!
Until one day, deep within the Void.
Gray Gray, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly raised his head.
"Mm-ah!"
He could not even wait for Little Lei. All four hooves left the ground as he flew off in one direction!
Everyone looked in the direction Gray Gray was leading them.
Deep in the starry sky.
A star emitting a faint light floated quietly.
It was so faint that, within this vast sea of stars, it could almost be overlooked entirely.
But everyone froze.
They sensed a trace of an aura.
That warm, all-embracing aura, which made them feel utterly at ease even with only a wisp of its lingering presence remaining...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
They hurriedly flew after