1: Chapter 1 Rebirth

Chu Xingyang felt as if he were inside a single point.

He could clearly feel this intangible, formless point. Within it lay a universe, encompassing all things! It contained infinite possibilities and endless worlds!

"Bang!"

The Big Bang.

In reality, there was no sound at all; this was just something Chu Xingyang had imagined in his own mind.

After all, the scene was too grand and magnificent—so grand that it gave birth to dimensions like time and space, and so magnificent that the instant of the explosion generated temperatures and densities far beyond human comprehension.

Therefore, if he didn't imagine a bang, he would feel a sense of loneliness even deeper than that of a fading firework.

Endless, multicolored energy centered on this point, like a runaway horse, spreading frantically in all directions at ultra-high speeds.

Much later, as the speed decreased, some energy began impatiently transforming into elementary particles.

It was only then that Chu Xingyang finally felt a sliver of "form." It seemed he was no longer just a mass of scattered consciousness, but likely possessed a physical entity.

Hmm... Have I been reborn again?

Wait? Why did I say "again"?

Chu Xingyang thought about it for a moment and decided to stop. Given the current situation, he was most likely not human.

Since he couldn't be human, the significance of rebirth itself seemed to become less important.

He then closed his eyes... Oh right, how can there be eyes if I'm not human? Chu Xingyang mocked himself.

He switched to a completely new mode and fell into a deep sleep.

This sleep lasted for a full nine billion years.

However, no longer being human, Chu Xingyang's concept of time seemed to have faded significantly.

Moreover, this was time passing during sleep, making it feel even more non-existent.

Waking up, he wanted to stretch his back and loosen the muscles and bones that hadn't moved for nine billion years.

Sigh. How did I forget again that I'm not human? Where would a waist come from?

Having been human for two lifetimes, Chu Xingyang cursed himself inwardly, thinking he should break free from his old habits of thought.

So, for now, he should first observe what he had become and then slowly adapt.

Whoa! You really don't know until you look, and looking gave him quite a shock!

Vast, boundless gas clouds and cosmic dust were constantly surging and swirling within his "body."

Have I become... this big? Looking at this scale, it must be several light-years across!

No! He hadn't just become a nebula!

Because these nebulae were all collapsing toward a single point, clearly about to converge into a new object!

Chu Xingyang immediately observed himself at the speed of light and quickly found the center of the collapse within this multi-light-year range.

In that place was a sphere of extremely high density and temperature.

Countless gas nebulae composed of hydrogen, along with dust, converged toward the sphere.

Until the high temperature and pressure of the ultra-dense sphere ignited the surrounding hydrogen!

Endless nuclear fusion began. Hydrogen fused into helium, continuously emitting brilliant light and heat to its surroundings!

Chu Xingyang looked around and saw that besides light and heat, he was also ejecting countless streams of charged particles.

He gradually realized that these streams of charged particles were the stellar wind!

He had actually turned into a star that emitted light and heat!

He couldn't help but feel the wonder of it all.

In his first life, he was stubborn and went to work a summer job at a construction site, only to die of heatstroke under the blazing sun the day before school started.

In his second life, he was reborn on the Wandering Earth as humanity fled their home, but because there was no sunlight, he died of a rare immunodeficiency disease.

This life is great; no more worrying about whether there's a sun, because I am it!

At this moment, Chu Xingyang was ecstatic. This trip was worth it! Not bad, not bad at all—a permanent solution.

To hell with the sun! I'm going to start my own life, free from any of your constraints! And it will be a life of light, heat, and infinite brilliance!

Whether it was because his mood was so good or because the collapse of the gas cloud had just finished,

Chu Xingyang's consciousness, which had been scattered across tens of thousands of light-years of nebula, gradually began to gather.

Now he could truly feel his body.

He looked at his appearance.

Whoa! A giant fireball with a diameter of 1.4 million kilometers!

As for weight, Chu Xingyang couldn't even calculate it. After all, his body consumed 700 million tons of hydrogen every second!

Fortunately, he was the only one around, with no other stars nearby, so he didn't have to worry about some jerk star mocking him for being fat.

Besides, they might be even fatter than me; at most, I'm just voluptuous.

Chu Xingyang was lost in his own random thoughts.

Suddenly, something like a holographic panel appeared in his consciousness.

【Star Name: Chu Xingyang】

【Ability: Gravity Manipulation】

【Skill: Planet Manufacturing】

Oh? Is this a system? Just as Chu Xingyang was feeling lonely and bored, the system arrived like charcoal in the snow.

But this skill? He thought for a moment and observed the entire star system again.

As the sun, his mass accounted for 99.9 percent of the entire stellar system.

But there was still that 0.1 percent of matter floating around him—dust, gas clouds of various elements, and even small chunks of ice and metal.

Chu Xingyang suddenly understood. Right, I'm a star.

What kind of star doesn't have a few planets orbiting it?

He immediately began using the skill provided by the system, preparing to create several planets to orbit him.

While observing the state of the entire star system, Chu Xingyang used his consciousness to control gravity.

In the vast region around him, he identified the heaviest rocks or ice blocks and then grabbed the surrounding matter to fuse with them.

However, rather than manufacturing planets, it felt more like rolling rice balls or kneading clay.

It even felt a bit like making cotton candy, as they got bigger and bigger as they rolled.

Chu Xingyang's interest grew higher and higher. You know, this was actually quite fun.

After another considerable amount of time, he finally kneaded out five planets of different sizes and colors.

One gas giant, one ice giant, and the other three were terrestrial planets.

Looking at his masterpieces, Chu Xingyang was very satisfied. After all, this was his first time manufacturing planets, so a sense of accomplishment was inevitable.

And at that moment, the system also showed a change.

【Star Name: Chu Xingyang】

【Ability: Gravity Manipulation】

【Skill: Planet Manufacturing, Consciousness Projection】

Does mastering one skill automatically lead to a new one?

Chu Xingyang was about to study it,

But he suddenly thought of a very thorny issue that needed to be resolved immediately!