After the alliance's reconstruction work had gotten on track, Shen Hao finally had some quiet time of his own. Every day, he went to the Enlightenment Hall of the Myriad Origins Pavilion, sat cross-legged upon the central Origin jade platform, and immersed himself in a deeper comprehension of the Great Dao of Origin Fusion. Within the Enlightenment Hall gathered every kind of Origin Power from the Star Sea—vitality, dark energy, space, ice and fire, metal and stone, flowing water... Guided by the Origin Fusion Runes, these powers formed a slowly rotating vortex of seven-colored energy around Shen Hao.
At first, Shen Hao focused only on consolidating his realm of Myriad Origins Coexistence, allowing his seven-colored Dao aura to better align with the Star Sea Origin Power. Yet as time passed, he gradually discovered that among these gathered Origin Powers lay a faintly discernible energy that was deeper and purer still. This energy was not any specific origin, but the "Star Sea Origin Core," which stood above all origins. Like the heart of the Star Sea, it provided the most fundamental energy support to every planet and every living being.
One day, as Shen Hao sat quietly in the Enlightenment Hall, his sea of consciousness suddenly trembled violently. The seven-colored energy vortex around him abruptly accelerated, and countless fine threads of energy surged from it and burrowed into his sea of consciousness. The light threads contained a vast amount of information: ancient secrets concerning the formation of the Star Sea, the laws governing the evolution of every kind of Origin Power, and an indistinct intent—the Star Sea Origin Core was calling to him, as though it wished to establish a deeper connection with him.
This is... the will of the Star Sea Origin? Shen Hao was utterly shaken. He could sense