The Eternal Night Emperor sat upon his dragon throne, with the World Tree behind him, its roots supporting heaven and earth. He had guarded this world for ages beyond counting.
He raised two fingers, gently plucked a leaf, and murmured a few words into it. Then he tossed it into the air, and the leaf turned into a streak of light and flew away.
Before long, a white figure knelt before him, holding an object in its hands. The Eternal Night Emperor raised a hand, and the object flew into his grasp. Within it was a vast sea of stars. In the farthest reaches of that sea was a green planet, where a curious young woman had somehow become involved with a beggar.
The enraged Eternal Night Emperor shattered the object with a single strike of his palm.
"Go and bring Princess Chu Miao back to me!"
"Yes!" The white figure vanished.
Amid the fragments, two specks of dust, unwilling to accept the fate laid out for them, seemed drawn by some unseen force as they fell toward another green planet.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
