The confluence of the two streams of energy led to the synthesis of a new, refined energy source. There was just a little of this synthesized energy at the beginning, but that was enough to spark a chain reaction.

This new energy began to devour the two streams of energy that fed into it. The will of the world continued supplying more and more refinement energy to the extra-dimensional space, but it still wasn't sufficient.

However, Zhang Lie's situation only went from bad to worse. The new energy seemed to be entirely incompatible with his crystalline body, and it corroded the crystals on contact.

The new...