On the seventh day after the Star Sea Origin trial ended, Shen Hao sat in meditation at the Enlightenment Hall of the Myriad Origins Pavilion as usual. The seven-colored Dao aura around him connected in fine threads to the Star Sea Origin Power. Within his sea of consciousness, he could clearly sense the pulse of every planet in the Star Sea and every spiritual vein, as naturally as his own breathing.
This state of symbiosis with the Star Sea had elevated his perception to unprecedented heights. Interstellar fluctuations that once required monitoring arrays to detect could now be sensed with a mere thought; evolutions of Origin Power that had once been difficult to comprehend now unfolded slowly within his sea of consciousness like a painted scroll.
Just as he immersed himself in this perfect state of mind, a faint prick of pain suddenly came from the depths of his sea of consciousness. It was not an energy conflict originating within the Star Sea, but an exceedingly hidden Outer Realm fluctuation. Like a needle's tip, it pierced the Star Sea Origin's defenses and silently seeped into the edges of the Star Sea.
This fluctuation was entirely different from dark energy. Dark energy meant devouring and destruction, while this fluctuation carried an unfamiliar origin aura that did not belong to the Star Sea—cold and desolate, yet containing a strange "order," as though some highly condensed Outer Realm Rules were attempting to take root in the soil of the Star Sea.
Shen Hao abruptly opened his eyes. Golden Patterns flashed through his pupils before vanishing, and his seven-colored Dao aura instantly surged, enveloping the Enlightenment Hall. With a thought, he deeply connected his sea of consciousness to the Star Sea Origin and traced the fluctuation along its path.
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