Chronicles of Ascension in the Great Wilderness: New Edition

1. "The Breeze Brushes the Hillside": When explorers set foot on a life-bearing planet documented centuries ago, they find no life, but discover a strange alloy: the Universal Alloy.

After the Universal Alloy is successfully integrated into the human body, it has a tremendous impact on society, though humanity has yet to discover its dangers.

2. "The Adventures of Rubin": After the great flood, Rubin is stranded on a deserted island. After years adrift, he finally finds land.

3. "The True Story of Sunlight" (formerly titled "Chronicles of Ascension in the Great Wilderness"): When all suns go dark, sunlight returns to its homeland in a dream.

4. "Among the High Heavens": The Immortal King City lies close to the sea. Its faint gravity draws in vast waters, creating mountain after mountain of water.

Great fish chase the waves. When they reach the peaks of the water mountains,

Boom!

A great fish as vast as a planet leaps into the air, its force shattering one water mountain after another!

Smack!

It crashes down hard onto a water mountain.

The great fish are not satisfied. They keep gathering and charging!

Great fish soar across the sky!

At last, one gets lucky!

Captured by the gravity of Immortal King City, it begins flying toward the city.

Ascension!

After passing the great sun, it changes direction. Before long, it will land in Immortal King City!

It has become an immortal, another great fish to ascend in a thousand years!

"We respectfully send our ancestor off on his ascension!"

The little fish chase the waves beneath the water. They know that one day, they too will follow in their forebears' footsteps, seek out the water mountains, leap into the high heavens, and fly to the Immortal Realm!