Tracing Dark Energy to Its Source, Dao Rhyme Unveils the Cause Beyond the Realm

On the third day after the star skiff returned to Hongmeng Great Land, the Secret Treasury Pavilion of the Spiritual Vein Nexus was designated a highest-level restricted research zone. Shen Hao placed the seven Energy Devouring Fragments brought back from the Starfall Domain, along with the sealing data for the core fragment, within it. At the same time, he gathered Perpetual Academy's foremost scholars, elders of every race, and young guardians such as Lan Ze and Lin Feng, forming the "Energy Devouring Dark Energy Research Group."

"The Eternal Sealing Array can only suppress the core fragment for a hundred thousand years. This is no long-term solution." Shen Hao stood before the sand table at the center of the Secret Treasury Pavilion. With a light tap of his fingertip, a stellar model of the Starfall Domain and an energy spectrum of the Energy Devouring Fragments emerged above it. "The information we decoded from the fragments only mentions that the Energy Devouring Star Core originated from 'Outer Realm Dark Energy,' yet it does not explain the nature or source of that dark energy. If we are to eliminate the Energy Devouring threat once and for all, we must first uncover the truth behind Outer Realm Dark Energy."

Zi Xuan handed out a compiled report analyzing the fragments' energy. "According to our tests, the energy within the Energy Devouring Fragments is not native energy from Hongmeng or the Starfall Domain. It possesses extremely strong devouring and corrosive properties, capable of consuming every known form of energy, including spiritual energy, starlight, water power, and even cultivators' Dao Rhyme. This characteristic is completely unlike any energy we know."

The young guardians stared at the reports in their hands, their brows tightly furrowed. Lin Feng pointed at a set of data. "Lord Shen, look at this