"Ordinary matter devouring, energy plundering, and rule distortion can also cause enormous damage to a world, but as long as the world's origin still exists and remains relatively pure, the world still has the possibility of slowly repairing itself, reorganizing its rules, and even nurturing life anew. But once the world's origin itself is deeply invaded and polluted by the Black Fog..."
Winnie looked at Xilos, who still seemed somewhat confused beside her, and quietly explained to her through Mental Link.
"The nourishment Lilith used to cultivate that Seven-Petaled Polo Sha in your Shadow World before included power extracted from the origin of the Shadow World."
"And the 'Source Veins' of various planets and galaxies are, in essence, tiny manifestations and branches of the world origin's power on the material level. They're like the countless bubble worlds Beyond the World that grow attached to the roots of the enormous World Tree. The world origin contained in different planets and galaxies varies in both quantity and quality, but their source belongs to the same category."
When Xilos heard this, a hint of realization flashed through her crimson eyes, and only then did she nod.
So the world origin was not some unreachable concept. It had long existed in the foundation of the world in the form of Source Veins and other things. She had simply never understood it from this angle before.
Just then, the two Authority Holders who had split up earlier to investigate the other polluted star regions turned into streaks of light and sped back.
The moment they arrived, the rule fluctuations emanating from them carried obvious gravity and displeasure.
The Authority Holder shrouded in a pale blue energy halo spoke first, transmitting his thoughts directly with suppressed anger.
"Lord Alvin, the situation is worse than expected. We