As night fell, adorning Starfall Canyon with stars, the Youth Guardian Camp, guided by the Stardust Guides of the Stardwellers, embarked on the Star Rock Path of the canyon. A Mu's New Sprout Sword, its scabbard now imbued with the Ice-Fire Entwining Pattern of Lei Lin and imbued with a " Starry Sky Resonance Talisman "—it glows faintly when encountering stardust, both insulating the canyon's chill and aiding in sensing the Evil Energy fluctuations within the star stones. In A Ya's bag, besides the usual purifying plant seeds, there were now " Stardust Grass " seeds cultivated by Liya specifically for the starry environment—the leaves of this grass absorb star energy and convert it into Purification Power, its roots can penetrate deep into star rock crevices to absorb Evil Energy stardust, and it can also secrete mucus to reinforce the surface of star stones. On A Shi's patrol log, two new columns, "Star Stone Glossiness" and "Star Plant Survival Rate," were added. A small, grayish star stone specimen was tucked into the corner—an "anomaly mark" sent by the Stardwellers after Loran had communicated with them beforehand.
"Follow the faint glow of the Stardust Grass, and you'll find the Stardwellers ' Star Rock Houses!" Loran walked at the front of the group, his fingertips glowing with a faint starlight—a "Star Energy Shield" bestowed upon him by Snow Spirit Qilin, allowing him to perceive the energy flow of the star stones more clearly. The golden figure of the Icefield Wolf was exceptionally agile, leaping across the glowing star rocks. Whenever it approached a star stone with weak energy, it would stop and sniff the stardust scent in the air. The night in the canyon was exceptionally romantic: countless stars scattered tiny particles of light, falling on the star stones and turning into flowing silver light. Patches of " Stardust Grass " glowed with a pale blue light, like a star carpet spread across the canyon. However, the deeper they went into the canyon, the dimmer the Stardust Grass became. In some areas near the giant star stones, the grass leaves even turned grayish-yellow. Even the " Starstamen Flower," which should have bloomed with star energy, had many buds tightly closed, with very faint black threads clinging to the edges of the petals, as if they were covered with a layer of evil dust.
Upon arriving at the Stardwellers ' Star Rock Houses, they saw several Stardwellers dressed in star-patterned linen clothes standing in front of their houses, holding withered Starstamen Flower, their faces full of sorrow. Seeing the boys, a Star Dweller boy with star-patterned braids and a bracelet made of starstones quickly approached, his voice trembling like stardust. "Lord Loran, you've finally arrived! For the past two weeks, the energy of the 'Meteorite' in the center of the canyon has been weakening. The Stardust Grass is almost losing its glow, the Starstamen Flower refuse to bloom, and even our 'Star Crystal Bottles' used to store star energy are collecting very little energy—the chieftain says that Evil Energy stardust has entangled the starstone, sucking away the life force of the starry sky."
A Mu followed the boy to a grayish starstone, his fingertips lightly touching its surface—a chill even colder than the night air emanated from his fingertips. This was "Stardust Turbidity," a fusion of Evil Energy and starstone energy, spreading along the starstone's veins towards the central meteorite. " Evil Energy is mixed with stardust!" A Mu looked up at Loran, his tone certain. "I learned this in the Moonlight Wetland. Evil Energy diffuses along with environmental energy. Here, the Evil Energy is intertwined with the starstone nourished by the starry sky. We need to use ' Star Speech Art that resonates with the starstone, to 'filter' the Evil Energy out of it."
The young star dweller nodded, pointing to the "meteorite" in the center of the canyon. "That's the heart of our canyon. Stardust Grass and Starstamen Flower rely on its stellar energy to survive, and that's where the Evil Energy starts to spread. We've tried using ' Star Speech Art ' to soothe the starstone, but the Evil Energy is too stubborn. We can only barely stop it from drifting towards the canyon entrance; we can't purify the central meteorite."
Loran gazed in the direction of the meteorite—the giant starstone, which should have been like a light-absorbing sponge, gathering starlight into a pale blue halo, was now shrouded in a faint gray mist, even the stardust falling on it appeared somewhat dim. " A Mu, try Ice-Fire Harmonization with Star Speech Art!" His fingertips glowed with a pale blue light as he lightly touched the surface of the starstone. "First, gently heat the surface of the starstone with the power of fire to balance its coldness and prevent the condensation of Evil Energy; then use the power of ice mist to condense stardust, transforming it into purifying light threads that merge into the starstone; simultaneously, resonate with the starstone using Star Speech Art, guiding the purified star energy to nourish the plants—remember, the power of ice and fire must be gentle, like stardust falling, so as not to disturb the star Star Insect that depend on the starstone for survival."
A Mu took a deep breath, placed the New Sprout Sword upright on the stone pillar beside the Star Rock House, and following the incantation taught by Lei Lin, first condensed a wisp of extremely faint flame power at his fingertips—the flame did not directly contact the star stone, but instead formed a transparent, warm film above the stone's surface. The star stone's coldness, upon encountering the warm film, transformed into fine star mist; then, he looked up at the starry sky, combining the power of the icy mist with the star particles, condensing it into fine, pale blue light threads, and gently wrapped them around the star stone. At the same time, mimicking the tone of the star-dwelling boy, he softly recited the "Star Language" incantation—soon, he could vaguely "sense" the star stone's "response," which was the star stone conveying its fatigue from being disturbed by Evil Energy.