Above The Sky

Chapter 2188: Chapter 64: Just Like Love, Journeying Toward Every Destination’s End

Only through exploration can we conquer nihility.

So...

Ian walked forward.

He left the shouting Dragon Kings behind him and strode toward the breach of Infernal Heaven.

"I don’t care how the people of this world live."

"I don’t care if they have enough to eat, if they can stay warm, have good shelter, or have dreams and hopes."

"I don’t care about their loves and hates."

"Hate me or love me, I only hope, only hope this all has meaning, even if it truly must come to an end, to face The End."

"I only wish that everyone can carry their love, be filled with courage, without regret, and wholeheartedly walk toward their own end."

"And my end..."

— is Above the Sky.

The Seventh Planet, Sutton.

Lifting the Black Hole, Ian arrived beside this Gaseous Giant Star, the second-largest in Terra after the Sixth Planet, Deus. Like Deus, it has the potential to evolve into a brown dwarf.

Here originally lived some of Terra’s native Gas Giant Planet Behemoths, some blue cosmic Jellyfish. However, when Ian distributed the seals earlier, he had already sent these cosmic Jellyfish to Deus — over there, the sky is similarly blue, and Sutton is tinged with gold; the golden Jellyfish would become blue, but it probably won’t matter much.

"I’m sorry, Sutton, but I will accompany you to your end."

Ian would apologize.

As for now, what he had to do was simple.

Ian placed the Black Hole in his hand into Sutton, expanding its gravity.

This pitch-black seed penetrated the planet’s core.

Then, came a gentle rumble.

The entire pale-golden Gaseous Giant Star began to collapse and contract with a rumble. All of this was controlled, not an out-of-control collapse, naturally avoiding a high-level nuclear fusion resulting from a light-speed material stream colliding with a metal core, a small-scale Supernova Eruption. The surroundings of Sutton Star lit up with dazzling aqua streams of light, like an embrace.

Soon, the entire Sutton Star collapsed to the size of a human head, a black star reflecting no light.

Externally, a quantum black star, its core remained a true Black Hole.

However, light seeped from within this black star.

That was the purest Aether, the purest light.

This was the remnants left by the Heavenly Father, the Heavenly Father’s final seal.

It was no longer necessary.

Because Ian himself was enough.

[You are...]

A voice emanated.

"Shh." The young explorer gently responded, "Next, we’re going to play a chase with The End."

"Together, we’ll explode the Aether, let our light shine like stars, overtaking all brilliance."

[Ha ha] That voice understood and laughed, relieved and content: [What is difficult about that? My compatriot]

[For we are Star Gods]

[We are the brightest light]

Thus, upon Terra.

Everyone saw a cyan light that transcended Space-Time, surpassed the speed of light, and overcame all distances and processes, lighting up, suspended at the center of the Firmament, at the top of the Ether Tower.

It was brilliant yet not blinding, seemingly meant for everyone to see clearly and gently guide.

— A tower overturned can be rebuilt.

In the Silverglow Domain, all the Mountain People looked up to witness this scene.

— A star extinguished can hang in the sky again.

All the Domain Residents of Silver Peak watched this scene, observed that familiar, cyan light,

— If you don’t know where to go in the future, then lift your head.

Because the guiding stars are always telling you which direction to step!

"He’s gone."

At the now-empty top of the Lord’s Castle, friends watched this star.

A girl with dragon horns curiously asked, "Will he come back?"

They did not consider parting painful because Ian had given a part of himself to them, as he was always with everyone.

"Of course." The blond young man calmly said, "And what we need to do is everything we should do before he returns."

"Indeed." The Elf Girl slightly nodded, "Every wall encountered by the strong to transform the world, all difficulties and obstacles will be flattened. We ought to succeed."

The white-haired researcher hesitated a bit. He was not very confident in speaking.

With such a grand atmosphere, should he bring up that Ian actually left a Spirit Communicator to report on progress?

Ian does not have the habit of ’traveling without calling,’ nor has anyone said you can’t chat with hometown friends if you go far away, right? Somehow, it feels like everyone misunderstood something...

The white-haired researcher should have mentioned it yesterday, but overwork made him forget... He’s a bit embarrassed.

By this time, Ian had already set out.

With the Black Hole, flowing light, fragments of The End, and fragments of the Heavenly Father, the Pioneer born of Terra was moving toward the end of his journey.

Beyond the cradle, that black ’The End’ slightly wriggled, ’looking’ toward the direction emitting that dazzling ’Aether.’

...

Terra, The Empire, South Ridge, Harrison Port.

What was once the New City District was now a street in the old business area of the old town.

A small general store.

Jars and bottles sealed in dust, faded and old drawings still hanging on the wall, parts scattered on a desktop, and the ink of a pen on the side saturating and soaking the book’s cover.

In a crystal box, there’s a small telescope.

This telescope isn’t exquisite, just a gift an old man handcrafted for his beloved disciple.

No sublime encouragement, no formal motivation, no blessings, nor any expectations or hopes.

Just because the old man knew the disciple would like it, he crafted it with care, giving it with confidence.

— He will definitely love it.

And the disciple happily accepted it, genuinely feeling delighted.

— I really like it!

The voices of the past echoed through time.

A light glowed, gently taking it along.

He was to take it toward the end.

Just like all love.