“I am the core of this star-field. You shouldn’t feel unfamiliar. I can sense the mark of another star-field’s core on you,” replied that gentle voice. The voice was like a spring breeze flowing through him, like the call of the dome of the heavens, like the murmuring of the plains, mountains, and rivers. This voice could make a person forget all their vexations.

“The core of the star-field?”

Long Chen’s heart pounded and he instantly thought of the Martial Heaven Continent. Its mother core had entrusted the fate of the entire world to him.

However, that was the greatest shame of his life. He had failed to live up to her trust, unable to protect the Martial Heaven Continent or the Martial Heaven Continent’s people. If it hadn’t...