Kyoto City.
As the first ray of morning sunlight slipped through a gap in the curtains into the room.
The alarm rang.
Zhao Huaiyin woke from a deep sleep. She walked to the window, drew back the curtains, and opened the window, ready to breathe some fresh air from outside before beginning her tasks for the day.
She was a transcendent, and also an ordinary human living in Kyoto City.
By now, human civilization had many transcendents. Almost everyone was a transcendent, with very few ordinary people remaining.
Just as she gazed at the morning dew outside her window, considering her work for the day.
Suddenly, the entire sky darkened.
Though no utter darkness shrouded the earth, the light was no longer as bright as before.
She looked up in surprise, her eyes turning toward the sky. The sight before her sent a shock through her heart.
A vast, boundless Great World had appeared overhead. It was extraordinarily enormous, not merely a little different from the small worlds that had fallen before.
Within this great world, she could clearly see continuous mountain ranges, rivers spanning the world, expansive grasslands, and dense marshes. She could see a vast ocean flowing within it.
This world, too, had a sun, a moon, and stars, flowers, birds, insects, and fish, cultures and nations.
This was a Great Thousand World!
She counted as a powerful transcendent, and her transcendent profession specialized in eyesight. When she activated her transcendent vision, she could even see the countless thriving creatures within this Great Thousand World.
She also saw the powerful beings among the inhabitants of the world above. They built palaces amid the sun, moon, and stars, and erected crystal palaces at the bottom of the sea.
On the land, every lofty mountain peak bore distinctive pavilions, terraces,