At the top of Jianmu, several hundred zhang taller than Kunlun Mountain.
A valiant figure stood upon Jianmu's emerald treetop, letting the gales of the highest heavens buffet him, his posture straight and proud, as though he stood upon the vault of heaven!
Sunlight spilled freely from the sky, shining upon Jiang Yang's smiling face and carrying the feelings behind his slightly raised head into the light.
He interpreted the Fifth Epoch's civilization trait in his mind.
What was glory?
Radiant splendor, brilliance beyond compare-this was glory!
What was a hymn?
Praise of honor through the beauty of language and the wonders of rhythm!
The Hymn of Glory was the ultimate expression of radiance!
Jiang Yang folded away his six wings and closed his eyes.
He began singing the song of the epoch in his heart. Boundless human figures, as vast as the universe's sea of stars, appeared around him once more, shrouding space and time in all ten directions!
Countless figures slowly nodded, once again losing their own faces and taking on Jiang Yang's appearance.
Endless, melodious hymns seemed to resound among the stars, as though ethereal light were spilling in every direction.
The vast, surging song flowed into the light and shone upon Jiang Yang's eyes.
At that very instant, Jiang Yang's closed golden eyes snapped open, and dazzling divine light shone into reality.
Then, among the endless figures filling that sea of stars, two valiant, imposing figures sang a soaring hymn, broke away from their original ranks, and followed the golden light to manifest before him!
Like a myth made real, illusion intersected with reality as they came from the sea of stars into the mortal world!
After these two figures appeared between heaven and earth, they nodded slightly toward the human figures filling the sky like