The people of the Blazing Flame Lands believed that the Void Realm phantom resembling a silver sun was very likely some powerful Void Realm mechgod under Silverpeak Domain's control.
It was not strange for the Blazing Flame Lands to make that guess. Ian clearly possessed quite a few Pre-Epoch Civilization technologies, so naturally he would have technologies related to Void Realm mechgods as well. That could also explain the depth of his foundation in psionic technology.
Of course, the Blazing Flame Lands did not therefore suspect that their fused demon spies had been exposed... After all, fused demons and artificial demons had been created precisely to deceive Void Realm mechgods.
In short, whether it was a Void Realm mechgod or a psionic labyrinth, Silverpeak Domain indeed possessed some unknown technology that allowed them to resist the Cursed Earth's erosion from the Blazing Flame Lands.
Cursed Earth. Cursed blacksoil—that was Void Realm space contaminated by the Blazing Flame Lands with malice and curses.
Ian's assessment was that it resembled the crystal carpet of his Swarm Path. It allowed demon legions to move swiftly, conceal themselves, and travel freely between the Void Realm and the material world.
The Empire's psionic legions had clearly caught the trail of these demons several times, yet under the Cursed Earth's protection, they had been unable to truly force them into open battle.
At its core, the Cursed Earth was a spreading demon nest. At first, it could not exist within the Void Realm and required a special device and altar to begin spreading through a "curse ritual."
And a curse ritual either required mass death and curses, or the catalysis of a special psionic field.
There had not yet been much death in the Southern Ridge, while the special psionic fields were suppressed by the silver