(Upright values, not mindless; plenty of substance, no padding. Philosophical and meaningful, with balanced, steady power levels. Fun and educational without being off-putting; the author is friendly and open to discussion. Take a break if you like, but there will be no rushed ending. I hope you'll give this novel a chance. The background below can be skipped.)
In ancient times, heroes gathered beneath the heavens. Among them were two mighty figures, each leading a faction: Chen Xing and Zhou Jian. Their battle shook the world apart with its aftershocks, splitting it in two.
Zhou Jian won by a narrow margin and claimed the larger Hunyuan Realm. Chen Xing was forced to retreat to the Fallen Star Realm. He led its people far into the starry skies, gave his subordinates a few final instructions, and set up a formation to isolate them from the cosmos. Gravely wounded, he passed away soon afterward.
With Chen Xing dead and no one left to lead them, none were willing to submit to another, and an age of chaos began. It came to be known as the Fallen Star Calamity, during which the Fallen Star Realm split again into five main continents. The 36 Star Orbs and the Yin-Yang Sword, treasures that had accompanied Emperor Chen, were scattered across the world during this calamity. Few know this fact.
As time passed, this history was gradually forgotten. Thousands of years later, the world remained cut off from the starry skies, making cultivation impossible. The Fallen Star Calamity itself gradually became a legend...
After an unknown length of time, meteorites began to fall frequently into the Fallen Star Realm. They streaked across the sky, and the power of the stars returned to the realm, allowing the creatures of this land to cultivate once more. But fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. The spatial rifts formed by the shattered sky let many demons lurking in the cosmos invade. Countless lives were lost, but as people received the remnants of information carried by the meteorites from beyond the heavens, the history the world had dismissed as legend was remembered once more. From then on, humans and demons waged a war against the fiends from beyond the domain that lasted tens of thousands of years, until...
