Above The Sky-Chapter 1926: To the Stars, a Straight Path

At the center of the Subspace Network that spanned the sky, the peak of the Obsidian Pyramid suddenly lit up with a brilliant light. Pure white starlight shot straight out from the top of the Obsidian Pyramid, piercing the sky.

In the eyes of everyone on the Terra Continent, this was a light that rose from the other side of the planet, yet appeared before everyone, transcending space-time and distance. It tore open a perfectly round abyss right at the center of everyone’s vision.

A white one, containing infinite energy, seemingly about to erupt in the next instant...

A White Hole.

Like a giant god opening its eyes, the white abyss across the heavens flickered in the Firmament, leaving everyone dumbfounded, surpassing the Sun, even outshining the Calamity of Light.

Roaring tides passed in front of everyone’s eyes and ears.

At Gantreignum, in the Skyseeker Sanctuary, a Dwarf with skin as gray as ironstone and a sacred gem-etched pattern on his forehead gazed at the light above the Firmament.

Within his heart, a shimmering, solid Earth Heart gleamed with myriad facets of brilliance.

One thousand six hundred years ago, the five ancestors of the Dwarves established the primal shelter at the center of the Ushetaraf Mountain Range. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

[We must never let the Avogarode Deep Space Shuttler encounter any mishaps, fellow compatriots. We swear upon our lives, we will guard this place indefinitely until the future when Terra regains peace, until humans once again tread on our Seeker’s Holy Path]

[This is one of our hopes to reach the other side of the stars in the future. Even if we are destined to rest in the Cradle, we must never abandon the road ahead until the final moment descends!]

Eight hundred and twelve years ago, a king raised a war hammer at the mountain’s peak, guiding billions of rays of light and limitless black abysses.

[Why do we Gantreignum people seek the firmament? For us, children of the earth, the sky and the world are but another cavern to be excavated. Since we can break through the earth’s confinement, we will surely break through the sky’s cover as well!]

[Advance! Never cease advancing! For we are the ones who penetrate the dome, destined to reach the top’s end!]

The teachings of ancient sages and holy kings have passed for a thousand years. The children of the earth are trapped by geography and formidable foes, and the internal development of the republic is also not ideal. For many years, there has been no progress not only in the study of deep space shuttlers, but even the nation’s safety itself is on the brink of collapse.

Scarcity, scarcity of resources, scarcity of hope, scarcity of feasible pictures, scarcity of all the fuel dreams need.

[Hammer of Creation] [Soul Abyss Forger], Panros the Steadfast recalled these integrated times within his heart, occasionally feeling ashamed due to past grandeur and current mediocrity, but the heart of a rock never wavered, just gritting his teeth along the tough journey, never ceasing.

No one is wrong, it is time that is at fault. Time twists the world, time forgets dreams, time renders passion no longer fervent.

But now, as he gazed at the brilliant glory, the hard heart of the master of steadfastness began to beat again.

Like a giant hammer striking a war drum, stirred for ’dreams that may be realized’.

Yanjiang, at the top of the Heaven-leaning Tower, a man with developed muscular groups, a sorrowful countenance, stood with hands behind, gazing at the white abyss ahead, a luminous abyss like a giant god’s eye.

[Born to the world, suffering abounds. You are willing to follow me to this bitter and desolate place; how can I sit idly by and let you return sorrowfully? Come, settle here in the land of mountains, one day, the mountains here will be hollowed out by us, and by then, the Land of Bliss forged by our hands will come into being]

That was the voice of the Lost Epoch, an unnamed ascetic who came to the barren Cold Mountain stacking ground, promising a happy future to those who followed him. He would open the human frontier, hence the origin of this place called Yanjiang.

However, a thousand years later, the sea is filled, the mountains turn into plains, and after completing such a feat, people still live under natural disasters and curses. This may be self-inflicted, but surely nature’s cruelty also played a role.

It’s all due to lack of resources, it’s all due to being powerless.

But if, there were limitless energy, limitless power?

The man clenched his fists, his gaze wasn’t fiery, just a cold silence full of determination.

Canaan Moore, Fiery Flame Land, Azure Sky Royal Court, Nine Cold Quiet Mountains...

Countless people raised their heads, gazing at the Sky.

The desires in countless people’s hearts trembled and surged because of the fleeting glimpse of the Great Aether Circulation above the Firmament, uncontrollably shivering.

This is the sound of the ancient tide, the power of [Perpetual Engine: Endless Tide].

[This, the energy within?!]

[I can’t estimate it, simply can’t!]

[It feels like the Great Aether Sea materialized before me... This is a port, a negligible port, but it possesses endless power?!]

[But it hasn’t started yet—how can it be initiated?!]

Everyone who could comprehend this light felt immense astonishment, even Ian himself felt the same.

But, having truly seen the Great Aether Circulation through the Guiding Star, compared to astonishment, he was more filled with realization.

"So that’s it, indeed, the Perpetual Motion Machine itself is just a jurisdictional excuse for the Great Aether Circulation—the Ancient Tidal Echo is its calling foundation!"