Saradinus was severly wounded in the process. The touch of the shadow creatures affected the very essence of the Dragon God. The creatures weren't even really there, it seemed. They were nothing more than an expansion of the dead god's mind.

However, the light of Saradinus and Ikassi's plasma eventually pierced the darkness and hit the surface of the "heart". The Shades vanished instantly. The asteroid was still there, fixed in space...