At the edge of the known universe, something was beating.
Not a star.
Not a world.
A core.
It drifted through the dark between galaxies, unseen yet felt, releasing a power older than memory itself. Every civilization had given it a different name, but the one that endured across time was Skyph energy.
Long before humanity learned to leave its own sky, alien empires had already fought over its scattered fragments. Tiny glowing cores hidden in asteroid fields, buried in dead planets, or sleeping inside nebulae. From those fragments, kings were crowned, weapons were born, and entire species were erased.
Humans found Skyph energy only a century ago — and everything changed.
Starships began to carve light into the void.
Distant planets bloomed with artificial suns.
Soldiers learned to bend gravity, fire, and space itself.
The universe stopped being silent.
With power came guardians — warriors who stood in the paths of invading fleets, who protected the last living worlds circling dying stars. Their presence meant hope.
But hope never travels alone.
Across the star lanes, conquerors gathered. To them, Skyph energy was not a gift — it was a map. Every fragment pointed to another world to claim, another civilization to crush. Their warships moved like hunting beasts, following its faint glow.
So the academies were built.
On shattered moons.
Above burning planets.
Inside rings of artificial light.
Only the chosen were called there.
The moment was always the same — a small radiant core placed into waiting hands, its warmth sinking into bone and soul. Some students cried. Some trembled. Some smiled.
All of them changed.
Because the academies held only fragments.
The true source of Skyph energy — the Main Core — had never been found.
A myth, some said.
A destiny, whispered others.
Explorers vanished searching for it. Ancient ruins spoke of it. Star maps were rewritten for it.
And still, in the endless dark, more fragments drifted.
Waiting.
As if the universe itself were holding its breath —
for the day someone finally found the heart of all power…
and started a war that would reach across time and space.