The void beyond the newly stabilized node shimmered like a living aurora.
Where the quantum storm had once raged with chaotic fury, a quieter phenomenon now unfolded. Threads of golden light rippled through space like delicate currents beneath a calm ocean surface. The Constellation's lattice extended into the region in thin exploratory strands, probing and adjusting as the newborn sovereign's presence gradually harmonized with the surrounding network.
It was not yet a fully integrated node.
But it was no longer chaos either.
Hovering at the center of this iridescent field, the newborn sovereign radiated with cautious curiosity.
Its form had stabilized further since the trial.
