The light of the Trans-Dimensional Origin remained gentle, nourishing the Dimension System that had returned to peace after enduring countless calamities. Xuan Fu's Trans-Dimensional Primordial Light hovered at the core of the Dimension System, but his Spiritual Sense remained focused on the Nirvana Rift hidden deep within the Origin. The rhythm of "the Origin running dry and all power falling into annihilation" was extremely faint, yet it clung to him like a festering bone-deep affliction, preventing him from immersing himself in the prosperity before him. He knew clearly that this was not an invasion by an external force, but an inevitable hidden danger arising from the evolution of the Trans-Dimensional Origin itself. Like the birth, aging, illness, and death of living beings, it was the ultimate fate the Dimension System could not escape.
Xuan Fu did not immediately make the omen of annihilation public. Having experienced countless crises, he knew all too well that panic was more destructive than the crisis itself. Though the Dimension System had now formed a stable state of Pluralistic Symbiosis, all beings lacked experience in dealing with an annihilation crisis originating from the Trans-Dimensional Origin itself. Announcing it rashly would only trigger chaos and might even allow the hidden Unknown Will to take advantage of the situation.
He went alone to the boundary between the Trans-Dimensional Origin and the Dimension System. The Trans-Dimensional Primordial Light intertwined with the Origin Energy as he attempted to probe more deeply into the nature of the Nirvana Rift. His Spiritual Sense pierced through layer upon layer of Origin Energy, and he clearly "saw" that the rift was not a stationary wound. Instead, it slowly expanded and contracted like breathing. Each contraction swallowed a trace of Origin Energy, while each expansion released a denser Nirvana Rhythm. The ancient will deep