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When he replenishes his energy via the Beastheads, Dante notices this. When he arrived in the Alternate Demon World and before the castle of Alternate Mundus, neither Dante nor the narration mentions that he has become significantly more powerful than before, nor does it acknowledge that he is absorbing more energy.Tbf Dante growing stronger over time between each new series isnt precisely stated either, you are shown on screen
Could also be the fact the writers of the novel dont think of details like Dante growing stronger over time as much, usually in fiction you can tell without a claim of "yeah they grew stronger" is the case from their actions and all that
Dante's passive accelerated development is different from energy absorption; the change happens naturally over years. Also, Dante knows he becomes more powerful between games/novels because in Volume 2 he himself implies that he is more powerful than he was in DMC1.