Long Chen was shocked to find himself standing atop a lotus. It was an enormous lotus that filled the world, with the very stars lying beneath its petals.7

Standing on this lotus, Long Chen felt as though he was within the river of time, watching the starry river flow. He felt like a god, existing beyond the world.3

At the center of the lotus, Long Chen looked through the spaces between the petals. Outside the starry river, there was only darkness—a deep, terrifying darkness. The more he looked, the more darkness he saw, and it felt as though countless...2