The star continued to grow—larger, denser, and more terrifying by the hour. Its mass became so immense that any lesser Inner Universe would have already collapsed under the pressure.
Yet Cain did not stop. He kept melting treasures into it, each priceless artifact dissolving into streams of refined essence that expanded the star's size and deepened its radiance.
For days, he maintained the process, never allowing the momentum to falter. By the end of the first week, the star had ballooned so drastically that it occupied more than ten percent of the entire Inner Universe. And still it continued rising.
Two weeks passed, then a third. Only at the end of the third week did the star finally reach its absolute limit—swallowing nearly one-third of the entire Inner Universe.
Its mass and gravitational pressure were so overwhelming that the very matrix of the Inner Universe trembled, struggling to withstand the impossible burden.
