The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 532: The Past Events

"Welcome back, Your Majesty," all of them shouted in unison.

Aldrian looked at the people he had already seen in his visions. Some of them he knew by name, like the ones standing at the very front. They were the ones who often appeared in his visions, so he recognized who they were.

"Stand up, all of you. I must say, I feel quite overwhelmed by such a welcome," Aldrian said.

The others rose from their positions, smiling at him.

"We are glad to see you in good condition, Your Majesty. Your arrival here means you are close to making the entire heavens know of your return. All beings have already been waiting for your comeback," said a beautiful elf.

Aldrian looked at her.

"Ah, you. You are Valerina, the first leader of the elven race," he said.

"I’m glad you remember me, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, now that you are here, you are close to roaming the wider world," said another figure, this one a dwarf.

"Once you leave this small place, there will be many obstacles trying to block your path, but I believe you will overcome all of them with your ability," he added.

Aldrian looked at the dwarf.

"The first dwarf race leader, Durgan," he said, which made the dwarf’s smile brighten.

"I’m glad you remember me."

Aldrian smiled and then looked at the others’ faces.

"And all of you—even though I don’t fully remember my interactions with each of you, or even your names—I remember your faces. Because once your face is embedded in my memory, I will not forget any of you," he said, which made them all happy and filled with a sense of honor.

"So, there are some questions I’ve wanted to ask for a long time. But I didn’t know who to ask, since there was no one around who could answer them. I hope you can give me those answers now," he said as he looked at Durgan, Valerina, and the others.

"But first—are all of you already dead?"

"Answering Your Majesty," Valerina replied, "Well, some of us are already dead, and others are still alive. Perhaps all of us are already dead. We don’t know the fate of our real bodies. We only stored our will inside this place."

Aldrian nodded, his mind a little more at ease. That meant there was still a chance that some of those who had appeared in his visions might still be alive.

"Along my journey, I’ve already met several figures. All of them gave me hints about my past, and all of them—as well as you—have been waiting for my return," he said.

"So, mind telling me what all of this is about? I mean everything that happened on the continent because of your plan—and the future that seems full of trouble. What are the obstacles you mentioned? I want an explanation, so I won’t be completely blind to what’s coming."

"I heard from Long Leiyun of the Silver Dragon Clan that there seem to be hostile parties preparing to come and cause destruction. So, who are they?" He looked at Valerina and Durgan.

Hearing Aldrian’s question, their expressions turned serious.

"To answer that, we need to look at the time after Your Majesty chose to enter the Reincarnation Circle. Five hundred thousand years after your departure, our universe was suddenly attacked by beings from other universes." Valerina said.

Aldrian narrowed his eyes.

"Attacked?"

"Yes—and it was a war unlike any that had ever happened before. A battle that shook the entire cosmos, even its system. It affected every dimension and time, making it the most destructive great war between universes in history," she added.

"The attack came like a tidal wave, as if every universe in the system struck at us all at once. There was no way to count how many forces invaded our universe that day. We killed countless enemies, but their numbers were truly immense."

"Although we were much superior in quality to the invaders, their numbers were overwhelming. Many of the masters who ruled their own universes also joined the assault. We were overrun and forced to fall back."

Aldrian frowned more deeply. Of course, he already knew there were many universes—and even different dimensions. He had heard it in his visions, during his conversations with Feng Xuanyan, about how the cosmos they lived in was only one universe among many. They had even flown across the vast cosmos and visited other universes.

"Why did they attack us?" he asked.

"We’re not entirely sure why they attacked us, but they seemed determined to conquer our universe," Durgan the dwarf answered. "We believed it might be because, at the time, our universe was the strongest in the entire vast cosmos. We had abundant resources—and perhaps most importantly, we were the closest universe to the Point of the Beginning."

"The Point of the Beginning?"

Seeing Aldrian’s confused expression, they understood that he didn’t remember that part.

"Yes—the Point of the Beginning, it’s located at the center of the vast cosmos. It’s said to be the place where everything began—the origin of creation. The point where the entire cosmos came into existence. Your Majesty could say it is the beginning of all things—where nothing turned into something, where nihility became existence. At least, that’s what many of us believe, since several pieces of evidence and theories seem to point to that place as the source of the creation." He said.

Aldrian pondered for a moment. He didn’t know why, but as Durgan explained the Point of the Beginning, he felt a strange sense of familiarity. He couldn’t quite place it, so he set the thought aside for now.

"I see. So you don’t know for sure," he said. "Then I guess, because of that war, Feng Xuanyan and Long Shentian escaped to this place, right? Did they—or someone—already predict that I would appear here?"

"Yes," Valerina answered. "Because of the future that Lord Tianlian and the Heavenly Demon foresaw, we made a plan to prepare for your return. Lady Xuanyan and Lord Shentian were chosen to carry out those preparations. They were among Your Majesty’s earliest followers, and also among the strongest—so they were entrusted with much."

"The plan is for us to buy time until your return, so Your Majesty will have enough power to face the invaders. We believe they don’t know about this plan, which makes everything easier. This place is our last hope, our final chance to push back the invaders, because Your Majesty will appear here and then restore order to this universe."

Aldrian nodded in understanding.

"So those devils were also one of the parties that attacked us in the past?" he asked.

"The devils?"

"Yes, the devils—the ones with—" Aldrian began, then explained about the devils, which made everyone understand what he was talking about.

"Ah, so the beings of this world call them the devils? I see. Yes, they were one of the factions that attacked this universe. Their god is quite strong, and his followers are numerous. He easily gained many followers here with his cunning nature and cultivation techniques that exploit the negative emotions of living beings," Valerina said.

Aldrian nodded in understanding. Was this why he always felt irritated by the devils? Did he unconsciously reject their existence because they had invaded his home universe? Or was it because their cultivation technique came from the invaders—from outside the universe—that made him feel repulsed?

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly remembered something.

"Ah, so that’s why there was another foreign energy, very different from devil energy, inside the holy energy of the Heavenly Direction Church, which tainted it. That energy irritated me, which can only mean it came from one of the parties that invaded this universe," he thought.

For such energy to even affect heaven itself, there was only one explanation:

It was total domination and control.

"Those invaders were messing with the entire universe’s rules and order. Even the heaven of this universe was affected by them. They tried to take full control, even over heaven itself, which is why the energy blessed by heaven became tainted," Aldrian thought.

Now, everything began to make sense—his reactions toward the devils and anything connected to them, or in this case, related to the invaders. He did not know why he felt such irritation toward the devils ever since he encountered that ’thing,’ but it seemed to be an instinctive reaction tied to the origin of their power.

"However, for more details about the later events in this world, perhaps Lady Xuanyan and Lord Shentian can explain more. They know more about what happened here since they experienced it firsthand," Valerina said.

Aldrian nodded, then looked at the others, sweeping his gaze across them one by one.

"I’m really curious. Why do you believe I can do something that even many of you cannot, despite your numbers and power? How powerful was I in the past? Is my power so special that you place your hope in me, so strong that your conviction never wavers?" he asked. freēwēbnovel.com

If countless beings from other universes had attacked them and overwhelmed their forces, then why were these people so faithful to him? Why did they believe that the power of a single person could turn the tide?

What was his true strength in their eyes?

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