The World Origin lingering in the veins was directly reclaimed by the ascended World Will and merged into the vaster Sea of Origin.
Source Crystals—"fragments" created by leaking World Origin—lost the basis for their existence under the new, healthier, and more powerful world Rules.
This also meant that the path to Extraordinary advancement—obtaining Source Crystals by purging Cults and purifying Rifts—which had persisted for two hundred years, was now a thing of the past.
In response, all awakened Superpower Users—be they the Cultivators of Great Yan, the Superpower Users of the White-headed Eagle, or the Extraordinary Beings of other systems—felt a subtle change in their own Power.
The Superpower Cores within them were being slowly permeated, transformed, and replaced by a gentler, more ancient, and more systematic energy: Starlight Power.
This process wasn't painful. Instead, it brought a sense of relief, as if shedding shackles.
