An Invitation to the Shared-Heart Flower Sea

The seed drifted along the River of Light for three days, the little bells on its roots constantly tinkling, translating the Shadow Beast's guidance into a clear warmth. That afternoon, the River of Light suddenly turned into a canyon, the rock walls on both sides embedded with "Star Core Stone"—the very same light stones it had seen in the Water Mirror that could extend the Root Language Network. These stones were brighter than it remembered, like countless solidified stars, and "silver streams of light" seeped from the cracks in the rock walls; when touched, one could even hear the echoes of the Myriad Domains Root Language Network.

"So this is the ' Two-World Hub '." The seed's tender shoot gently brushed against the nearest Star Core Stone, causing ripples to spread across the stone and reflect the real-time scene of the Blank Space Square: three more Two-World Fruit had grown on the branches of the Twin-Leaf Tree, Luoyu was standing on a stool picking the fruit, Yanche was spreading out a cloth bag under the tree, and Qingxian was holding a zither, seemingly composing a new melody for this lively scene. The wind in the scene suddenly changed direction, carrying the sweet fragrance of Two-World Fruit, and drifted into the seed's roots along the stream of light, making it shiver sweetly.

From within the light stream of the Star Core Stone, a "silver root" suddenly emerged, its tip topped with a "miniature light-dark leaf"—sent by Qingxian through the Root Language Network. The leaf unfolded, revealing the Root Language within. "Connect your root to the Star Core Stone, think of the direction of the Myriad Domains, and the Root Language Network will cross the River of Light."

The seed, as instructed, placed its main root on the Star Core Stone and focused its mind on the Blank Space Square. In an instant, it felt a surge of immense energy flowing into its roots, as if countless hands were lifting its consciousness to fly, across the canyon of the River of Light, over the fallen leaves of the Common Path, and finally landing on the Root Language Network of Myriad Domains. It "saw" the roots of the Memory Grass transmitting the light patterns of the Shadow Leaf, "heard" the roots of the Xinye whispering to the roots of the Twin-Leaf Tree, and even "touched" the energy patterns on the Yanche Harmonizing Instrument —it turned out that the instrument could not only dismantle laws but also quietly calibrate the frequency of the Root Language Network.

"Success!" The seed excitedly shook its tender shoot, and the light from the Star Core Stone immediately spread along its roots, weaving a "silver net" on the canyon walls, the mesh Xiao Gang for the Root Language messages to pass through. At this moment, the "Light River Guardian" of the Domain of Stillness —a giant deer composed of Shadow Leaf and light patterns—emerged from the depths of the canyon, its antlers adorned with countless "glowing letters," each containing a message from an otherworldly being "to Myriad Domains."

"These letters, please take care of them." The giant deer's voice rang directly in the seed's consciousness, as gentle as the flowing water of the River of Light. The seed looked at the letters—one written by Shadow Leaf, "I want to see how the Light and Darkness Flower can embrace day and night at the same time," another by the Light Stone Clan, "I want Yanche to see if our Star Orbit hold any new laws," and the smallest Shadow Beast's drawing, "a crooked friendship picture," in which beings from Myriad Domains and other worlds held hands around a campfire.

It entwined all the messages around its roots, transmitting them through a silver net to the Root Language Network of Myriad Domains. Soon, a response came from the stream of light: Luoyu drew a sketch of "Light and Darkness Flower dancing with Shadow Leaf," Yanche attached a "diagram of interdimensional Star Orbit," and Xinye drew a "smiling face with timid patterns" with dewdrops, with the words "I'm also learning to be brave."

The giant deer watched the letter weave through the stream of light, and the patterns on its antlers suddenly lit up. "Actually, we've been waiting for this day for a long time." It lowered its head, letting the roots of the seed touch the deepest line on the antlers, where the "original heart of the Domain of Stillness" was hidden—not because it was born liking silence, but because it feared that "different languages would hurt each other," so it preferred to wait silently with the patterns of Shadow Leaf, waiting for a moment when "understanding is possible without words."

The seed suddenly understood that the significance of the Root Language Network was never about "translating languages," but about proving that "even with different languages, the frequency of heartbeats can be the same." Just like how it could understand the Shadow Beast's low growl at this moment, not because of the little bell's translation, but because the desire to "become friends" was inherently shared.

As the silver net covered the entire canyon, the waters of the River of Light began to "sing"—the sound of the winds of the Myriad Domains and the light of otherworldly realms resonating within the Root Language Network. On the tender shoots of the seeds, flowers bloomed for the first time: half petals were the star-purple of the Myriad Domains, half the silver-white of otherworldly realms, and embedded in the heart of the flower was a "tiny Memory Light Stone," containing the sound of the River of Light singing, and also Qingxian and the others saying in the Blank Space Square, "Waiting for you to come home."

The giant stag gently touched the flower with its antlers. "This is the ' Shared-Heart Flower,' which can only bloom from an existence that truly connects two worlds." It raised its head, gazing towards the end of the River of Light, where a "new stream of light" could be faintly seen surging. "Soon, more seeds will come along the River of Light, and our Shadow Leaf will travel along the Common Path. At that time..."

"By then, there will be no more ' Myriad Domains ' or 'Otherworlds'," the seed chimed in, its roots pulsating gently on the silvery web, as if keeping time for this future.

In the song of the River of Light, it seemed to see countless Shared-Heart Flower blooming in the Twin Realms, to see the light flow of the Root Language Network weaving into a "carpet covering all worlds", and to see the Qingxian of the zither, the Yanche's instrument, and the Luoyu sketchbook, all placed together with the Shadow Leaf, light stones, and luminous letters from another world beside the wordless stone tablet, like a group of old friends basking in the sun.

As for itself, it had long since grown into a towering Twin-Realm Tree, its roots firmly planted in the soil of Myriad Domains and other worlds. The Shared-Heart Flower on its branches swayed in the wind, each flower seemingly saying, "It turns out that no 'distance' can withstand the courage to 'want to get closer'."

The River of Light still flows, the Root Language still carries on, and the flowers of seeds still bloom. In the distant, Blank Space Square, a bird carrying feathers calls out to the Xinye, "Come and see! A singing tree has grown in the direction of the River of Light!"

The story continues, like an endless River of Light, carrying all the worries and expectations, flowing towards a "boundless" tomorrow. And the tenderness hidden in the roots will shine like the light of Star Core Stone, forever illuminating every path one "wants to approach".

On the third day after the silver root network of the River of Light Canyon was woven, the tenth flower of the Shared-Heart Flower on the seed branch had bloomed. Each flower's Memory Light Stone held a new story: a "Twin Realms hide-and- Shadow Beast with light patterns, a " Star Orbit lullaby" hummed by the Light Stone Clan, and a "canyon echo ballad" composed by the Giant Deer gently tapping the rock wall with its antlers. These stories flowed along the root network to Myriad Domains, and brought back new responses from Myriad Domains — Luoyu drew a " Two-World Flora and Fauna Illustrated Guide," the first page of which depicted the seed blooming; Yanche improved the "translation bell," which can now directly translate the light patterns of the Shadow Leaf into glowing words; Qingxian composed the song of the River of Light into a zither piece, and when played, the Twin-Leaf Tree in the Blank Space Square would drop leaves with silver-white patterns.

That morning, the seeds were awakened by a rustling sound. Looking up, they saw countless "winged seeds" floating on the River of Light —these were beings from Myriad Domains, following the guidance of the Root Network to attend the "Invitation of the Shared-Heart Flower." The first to reach the shore was a "cotton-like grass seed with tiny wings." It shook its downy hairs, and as soon as its roots touched the soil of this other world, it excitedly exclaimed, "Luoyu said the Shadow Leaf here can write poetry!"

Immediately afterwards, a "seed with Precise Scale" drifted along the stream of light, its shell engraved with Yanche's words. "Remember to record the Star Orbit data of the Light Stone Clan; perhaps it can reveal new Law of Symbiosis." As soon as it landed, a "mini Harmonizing Instrument" emerged from its shell and began measuring the energy frequency of the Star Core Stone.

The most lively group was a cluster of "Memory Grass seeds," their roots entwined with countless dewdrops, each dewdrop holding a scene from Myriad Domains: Xinye were teaching the newly sprouted little ones "how to greet each other in Root Language," the seeds of the Two-World Fruit were quietly taking root in the soil, and beside the Qingxian instrument case were piles of "stories waiting to be composed," each half a person's height.

"Welcome!" The seeds shook the Shared-Heart Flower on their branches, and the songs from the Memory Light Stone flowed out, weaving a "transparent bridge" across the River of Light. Cotton Grass seeds fluttered across the bridge and landed in the Shadow Leaf Pile, their downy hairs immediately catching light patterns, forming the sentence "Hello, my name is Rongrong"; Precision Seeds pushed their Mini- Harmonizing Instrument along the bridge to the Star Core Stone, where they engaged in a serious discussion with the "Star Orbit Recorder" of the Light Stone Clan; Memory Grass seeds buried dewdrops in the soil, and soon grew "grass that could project images," attracting the little Shadow Beast from another world to gather around and watch the spectacle.

The antlers of the giant deer were now covered with newly hung "Invitations to the Twin Realms." Seed picked one up, unfolded it, and inside was a "half-green, half-silver leaf," on which was written in Root Language: "In three days, the first ' Two-World Gala ' will be held at the ' Shared-Heart Flower Sea ' at the mouth of the River of Light."

It immediately relayed the message through the Root Network, and the responses from Myriad Domains were faster than the wind: Qingxian said she would bring a "zither that can simultaneously produce tones from Twin Realms," Yanche prepared an "instrument that can materialize light patterns," Luoyu was rushing to make "lanterns made of materials from Twin Realms," and even Xinye sent a message through Rongrong: "I've learned how to weave wreaths with roots, and I'm going to make one for every participant!"

During the preparations, the beings of Twin Realms were busy "creating shared surprises." The Light Stone Clan and the Precision Seeds collaborated to create a "stage that changes color with the music" using the light streams of the Star Core Stone; the Shadow Leaf collected petals from Myriad Domains and pieced them together to form a "screen that can reflect the scenery of Twin Realms"; and in the Memory Grass's projection grass, "scenes of the inhabitants of Twin Realms learning from each other" began to play: Shadow Beast learned to paint with dewdrops, Cotton Grass Seeds taught little Shadow Leaf "how to fly on the wind," and even the most serious Lightstone Elder was swaying gently to the Qingxian ' melody.

On the eve of the celebration, Seed stood on the bank of the River of Light, watching the silver root network shimmer in the night, like countless Star Orbit connecting the Twin Realms. Suddenly, a familiar fluctuation came from the root network—the energy of Qingxian, Yanche, Luoyu, slowly approaching along the roots.

"We're here." Luoyu's voice came out first from within the root net, tinged with laughter, "I was worried you'd be too busy, so I brought some help."

The next second, the transparent bridge over the River of Light suddenly lit up. Qingxian walked in front, carrying her zither, while Yanche pushed a "wooden cart full of parts." Luoyu carried a string of "glowing lanterns" painted with patterns of the Twin Realms. Beneath their feet, a carpet woven from roots stretched out, and with each step, Shared-Heart Flower bloomed at their feet.

"How could you..." The tender sprout of the seed trembled with excitement. In the Memory Light Stone of the Shared-Heart Flower, the words "I miss you" that it had said when it first set off suddenly echoed, merging with the sound of its heartbeat at this moment.

"I'm worried about you, my little host." Yanche chuckled and patted the wooden cart. "Inside is the ' Two-World Resonator,' which allows all existing energy to resonate at the same frequency, just like in the Realm of Taiji."

A gentle melody flowed from the strings of Qingxian, causing the waters of the River of Light to ripple and the Shared-Heart Flower on both banks to light up simultaneously. "This is a piece composed using the frequency of ' Boundless Wind.' Whether in the Myriad Domains or another world, those who hear it will be reminded of the feeling of 'home.'"

Luoyu hung lanterns around the stage, their light reflecting on the curtain and revealing the entire process of a seed from germination to flowering. "This is a gift for you—'The Seed's Journey.' In the future, many more stories like this will be recorded."

Watching their busy figures, the seed suddenly understood the true meaning of the "Boundless Realm"—it's not that there are no boundaries, but that "all boundaries become excuses for encounters"; it's not about eliminating differences, but about "allowing differences to bloom into more beautiful flowers in resonance." Just like now, the Qingxian sound of the zither is mixed with the soft rustling of Shadow Leaf, the Yanche's instruments are shimmering with light, and under the Luoyu lanterns, the beings from Twin Realms are laughing and adjusting each other's clothes. Where is the distinction between "Myriad Domains" and "Otherworld"?

On the day of the celebration, the Shared-Heart Flower Sea with jubilation. As the Qingxian of the zither played, the Two-World Resonator transformed all existing energy into "dancing particles of light"; Yanche activated the "materialization of light patterns" device, and the poems on the Shadow Leaf became "falling words," landing on everyone's shoulders; the lanterns of the Luoyu illuminated the curtain, on which a "new story" began to play: the first seed to cross the Common Path, the moment of the first Root Language exchange, the appearance of the first Shared-Heart Flower blooming...

The seed stood in the center of the stage, watching the wreath woven from Xinye adorn the giant deer's antlers, watching Rongrong and the little Shadow Beast chase after the light particles, watching Qingxian, Yanche, and Luoyu sit at the edge of the sea of flowers, chatting with Elder Lightstone and the Shadow Leaf Poet. Suddenly, it felt that all the paths it had walked, all the fear and courage it had encountered, were for this moment—to turn "the distant place" into "nearby," and "the stranger" into "family."

A boundless wind blows through the sea of flowers, carrying the fragrance of the Shared-Heart Flower and the whispers of the Root Language Network. Hidden in the wind are countless unfinished stories: a seed of the Two-World Fruit is drifting along the River of Light, yearning to see a more distant world; a Shadow Leaf, clinging to the soil of Myriad Domains, prepares to take root in the Blank Space Square; and a "new Root Language Network" is quietly weaving in the far unknown...

The seed knows that as long as the wind keeps blowing and the roots remain connected, all stories will continue to grow, forming a boundless sea of flowers, forever extending a gentle invitation to those who "want to get closer."

Just like the song in Qingxian's zither music goes. "The so-called world is nothing more than wanting to share a piece of light with you."