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That evening in the height of summer, the sky was cloudless, with a gentle breeze as the sun had just set. The western horizon was painted in hues of red, yellow, and orange, gradually fading into pink and purple before the sky darkened completely. Stars began to twinkle one by one from the deep blue expanse. 'She' and 'he' had just finished dinner and were enjoying the cool air in the garden, sipping tea and chatting while admiring the dazzling night sky. That night, there was no moon to interfere, nor any modern light pollution, making the stars especially bright. The magnificent Milky Way stretched from the southeast, spanning the entire sky all the way to the northwest.

"It's so beautiful!" 'She' lay on the recliner, gazing at the sky in awe.
"You're more beautiful," 'he' said casually while brewing tea.
"Ah!" 'She' sat up, looking at 'him,' 'her' cheeks tinged with pink. "Why are you so... today?"
"Here." 'He' poured a cup of tea and handed it to 'her.'

'She' took a sip, set the cup down, and lay back on the recliner to continue stargazing.

"Darling, you said those stars are actually very, very distant suns..."
"Yes."
"Just like our sun..."
"Mhm."
"Then... do those suns also have big spheres like ours where life exists?"
"Some do, some don't."
"Then... on those big spheres, are there worlds like ours?"
"Again, some do, some don't."
"Have you seen them?" 'She' sat up, looking at 'him' curiously.
"..." 'He' paused for a moment in thought.
"You have seen them?"
"I've seen many, but..."
"But?"
"Here is still better."
"Is that so?"
"Are you trying to say..." Just as 'he' was about to respond, 'she' sat up and gently embraced 'him,' "Because I'm here?"

"Ah! You stole my line..."
"Hehe!" 'She' planted a soft kiss on 'his' cheek before lying back on the recliner.
"Though there is one place that's truly wonderful!"
"Oh?"
"In the Andromeda Galaxy." 'He' pointed toward the northeast of the Milky Way.
"Where, where?"
"There, the one that looks different from the other stars — slightly elongated, with a hazy glow."
"That one!" 'She' recalled the time when 'he' had used his divine power to take 'her' above the Milky Way's disk to admire its splendor, where they also saw the Andromeda Galaxy beside it.
"Are there celestial maidens there...?" 'She' gazed at the distant galaxy.
"You could say so."
"Oh?"
"There's a golden sphere there, inhabited entirely by immortals. Want to know more?"
"Yes, yes!"
"Then I'll take you to see it."
"Ah? Right now?"
"Yes! Want to go?"
"Ah... mhm..." 'She' nodded. Though 'she' had experienced 'his' divine powers many times before, 'she' still felt a mix of excitement and a touch of nervousness.

'He' placed cushions on the floor in front of the pavilion, and the two sat cross-legged facing each other as if it were second nature. 'He' pressed 'his' palms against 'hers,' and they entered a deep state of meditation. 'His' spiritual waves resonated subtly with 'hers,' confining the resonance to the realm of 'her' visual consciousness. Then, 'he' opened the celestial eye, lifting the perspective in 'his' mind from the ground, soaring through the clouds, and flying beyond the sea of clouds to the space between Earth and the Moon. Freed from atmospheric interference, the vast expanse of the starry sky appeared even more magnificent and boundless.

"It's so beautiful!" 'She' marveled in 'her' mind, as the Milky Way became even more dazzling and the Andromeda Galaxy grew clearer.

'He' began to let the perspective race toward the Andromeda Galaxy. In an instant, the starry sky transformed into countless streaks of light rushing past them. The Andromeda Galaxy, initially just a tiny speck, rapidly expanded to fill their entire view. 'He' continued to fly the perspective into one of its spiral arms, with nebulae of various shapes and dense clusters of stars streaming past them.

"Darling, with so many stars, how do you know which one it is?" 'She' wondered silently.
"Because its color is the most unique," 'He' explained.

The two of them continued to soar through the vast sea of stars in the Andromeda Galaxy.