"The Blue Sky Empire... this really was a path I never anticipated..."
Zhou Heng chuckled softly, slowly unfurling the "Sakast Edict" as he changed the empire's name on it.
In an instant, Zhou Heng's majestic, godlike voice rang out across the skies of "Sakast"...
"I, Zhou Heng, invoking the will of Sakast, report above to the boundless and proclaim below to the endless. Since Sakast came into being, longevity has run rampant, life has been worse than death, living beings have suffered devastation, and heaven and earth have been overturned. Though those of us united in purpose have fought without regard for ourselves, more than ten thousand two hundred and twenty years have passed..."
"First, Blue Sky shouldered longevity alone. Then, our comrades watered the Great Wall of Justice with their lives, resisting ten thousand years of havoc wrought by longevity. Though they could not eradicate longevity or stem the raging tide engulfing heaven and earth, heaven, earth, the sun, the moon, and the stars all bear witness to their greatness..."
"Today, in the skies above Sakast, in my name as the new Head of the Blue Star Federation, I write across all lands, draw together space-time, resonate with heaven and earth, and proclaim to all who dwell between them: taking the blue of Blue Star and the sky of Sakast, I found the nation of Blue Sky!"
The instant Zhou Heng completed the founding declaration of the "Blue Sky Empire," countless streaks of starlight fell from beyond "Sakast," trailing long comet tails as they hurtled toward the region where "Sakast" lay.
At the same time, Zhou Heng, the players, and the "Longevity-Cursed Species" all observed the scene beyond "Sakast" as it grew increasingly insubstantial.
Countless living beings saw the Abyss Giant Whale with its enormous mouth open, poised to