The first star that passed away extinguished two thousand years ago.
Four hundred years later, the mysterious Calamity of Heavenly Fall destroyed the civilization of the previous era, returning thriving cultures to ignorance.
Since then, stars gradually vanished, the Firmament grew dark and dim, and a new civilization rose from the starless wilderness, flourishing once more.
Yet, what accompanied this were war, death, destruction, and hatred.
The flames once aimed at the Firmament were used to slaughter the people of enemy nations, and the raining clouds once engineered to alter deserts were turned into floods that engulfed the land.
Humans once again began to kill each other for wealth and power... but no one looked up at the sky.
They lost the Guidance of the stars Above the Sky, forgetting the awe of gazing upon the Milky Way.
They were all prisoners.
One thousand six hundred years after the Calamity of Heavenly Fall, a young child awakened memories of his past life.
He wanted to break the Cage, to throw off the shackles.
He wanted to become a star.
To return to Above the Sky.
"I don't care about how the people of this world live, whether they're well-fed or not, whether they can dress warmly or live comfortably, whether they have dreams or hopes. I don't care about their loves and hates."
"I just want to go Above the Sky."
——Ian.

But the 'person' before us is different.


If infinite parallel space-times are lines that never intersect, mirrors reflecting each other to produce more parallel space-times, then Aether is the line penetrating these parallels.


By using Aether, humans can interact with themselves in the mirror, can interact with themselves within the mirror within the mirror, and they themselves are reflections in the eyes of other selves.


Ultimately, through Aether, all mirror-image humans will merge as one, gaining infinite power, obtaining the essence of 'the sole of infinite parallel space-time', thereby becoming the 'Star God' who 'exists simultaneously in all space-times' and 'possesses infinite energy'.


This cycle created by the infinite is both the 'Infinite' and the 'One', it is both one and all, hence the name Taiyi.


But the Duke of Steep Ridge is different.


Chapter 2109 - Chapter 52: The Tree of Endless Shattering