Levi focused entirely on his newly established Life Star inside his soul canvas. Using his will, he exerted his authority over it to gently pull out a fine string of light.
It was like pinching the Star and drawing out a single, delicate hair of energy.
This energy wasn't drastically different from his first Star, which made it easier to control. The painful experience of thirty-eight failures while creating his Root Star had secretly built a foundation of disciplined control that helped him immensely now.
The string of energy stretched forward, piercing the void in front of it. As soon as the energy thread appeared in his physical body, it surged like a magnet toward his heart.
It navigated his complex biological structure, swimming through blood vessels and tissue, until it reached his heart.
The thread slammed into an invisible barrier— a thin, tough filament that guarded the entrance to the Pulse Node.
