As the Star of Origin continued along its orbit, its light gradually spread across the Dawn Core, illuminating the vast lands below and causing the natural Essence to surge through the world.
The Laws became more active beneath its radiance, while rivers and oceans of Essence flowed with greater vitality. Then, as the Abyssal Extraction Authority moved to the opposite side, its immense black presence began absorbing the surrounding light, drawing the energy inward and refining everything that passed through its influence.
The world naturally shifted between brightness and darkness, activity and stillness, creating a simple cycle that had never existed within the Dawn Core before.
