Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

The sea is receding, and scattered islands are fleeting.

From the calm coastal waters to the distant seas controlled by the Lord of the Ocean, the ocean currents are surging under the water.

Compared with the endless struggles between the two major ocean gods in the last era, and the war that lasted for a thousand years in the starry sky, in the entire Third Era, the places outside the human world are so peaceful.

However, for Hermes, he didn't feel anything.

After all, whether it was the illusory world or the current Chaos, he had never experienced the years before the Third Era.

In his impression, the sea was so quiet, the ancient sea gods stopped fighting, and only Poseidon jumped up and down, but he couldn't get anything.

"Huh-here."

"This is the Ring of the World River, the manifestation of Oceanus's priesthood."

After an unknown amount of time, at the limit of the sky and the end of the sea, Hermes finally came to the edge of the Ring of the World River.

Compared with Poseidon, who relies on the domain of [Storm] and [Tsunami] to call himself the God of the Sea, those truly powerful Sea Gods are like this.

They have a sea area that belongs to them since birth, and can never be taken away by outsiders.

The more powerful they are, the larger the domain they own. This is also the reason why the two sea gods of the Second Age must defeat their opponents.

After all, whether it is Pontos, the "concave surface of the earth" and the "primordial ocean", or Oceanus, the "beginning of all streams" and the "long river around the world", their proportion in the cycle of "ocean and water" in the world is too obvious.

In order to condense this complete symbol, even if it is not necessary to occupy a 100% share, such a large gap must not be allowed to exist.

So the only way is to make their opponents completely surrender. Only in this way can they go further and touch the higher realm.

"But having said that, it is almost impossible. Even the God King and the Primordial God cannot force them to surrender by force."

"For such ancient gods, long sleep is terrible, but there is nothing wrong with taking the initiative to sleep."

Standing by the river rushing in the void, although he has not experienced such a long time, Hermes can still understand their thoughts.

If you can't get it, no one else can.

"——Open"

Beside the endless river, the water splashed from time to time fell down as if falling into the abyss, as if it was going to sink to the bottom of the world.

And with a low shout from Hermes, a 'door' opened in the void in front of him.

One step in, the next moment, he appeared on the other side of the River of the World.

"It looks okay, the actual test results are fine."

Nodding secretly, Hermes was quite satisfied with the result.

Since leaving the illusory world, although he almost lost everything, he did not gain nothing.

One of the gains was naturally the beginning of the mystery of alchemy.

The other was Hermes' unexpected discovery that after that miraculous journey, his insight and closeness to time and space actually rose by more than one level.

With this ability, Hermes created many small tricks based on his perception of the priesthood in the illusory world.

This door to travel through time and space is one of them.

"If we cross the river directly, we will inevitably be noticed."

"It's much better now... After all, this is the territory of the owner."

Looking back at the still flowing river, Hermes did not stop and continued to go out.

This sense of closeness in time and space is also the basis for his decision to go outside the main body of the world.

At least with this ability, if there are some accidents, he still has the possibility of escaping.

...

In the endless void, the concept of time seems blurred.

Traveling in the void, Hermes carefully maintains the distance between himself and Chaos.

The further outward, the thinner the sense of existence of the world.

So if you don't want to cause trouble for yourself, then grasping the distance is a very critical point.

"But outside the world...there is nothing?"

I don't know how long it took, when Hermes finally stopped.

Because he regretfully discovered that perhaps the void outside Chaos is empty and calm.

There is no matter, no energy, nothing.

It just exists, but nothing else exists.

For a moment, Hermes even felt that he had come to the wrong place.

He thought there would be some broken land, floating time and space bubbles, or something else.

But now it seems that he had thought too much before, and this place might have been like this.

"But it is also possible that it has been taken away by someone a long time ago, or it has become part of the world again."

"After all, what I can think of, others can think of, fortunately I am not here just for this."

Shaking his head slightly, taking out the crystal he brought, Hermes pondered for a moment.

It seems that he came here in vain, but thinking about the special environment here, he originally planned to experiment here again.

In this place where Chaos's law has a weaker influence, I don't know if the result will be different.

Whether it is or not, this can confirm some of his ideas.

"Come."

Cutting his fingertips, Hermes used blood to outline a word in the void.

A trace of soul power merged into it, and then slowly approached the crystal.

His face changed slightly, but soon returned to normal.

This soul is like a hair on the body. It does not carry any consciousness or thoughts, but only contains some marks of Hermes.

When it left the body, Hermes quickly drank the liquid in a small bottle, and the lost soul quickly replenished itself.

"I hope I can hold on a little longer this time."

Pressing forward, the rune merged with the crystal.

Looking at this scene that he had experienced many times, Hermes relaxed his mind and waited for the result calmly.

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Hua——

Hua La La...

In the void outside Chaos, not far from Hermes.

A piece of broken land with a radius of dozens of miles was floating there, but the former seemed to be unaware of it.

Hermes's guess was actually not wrong, but now, with the shattering of the Hermenu world, all the scattered fragments have already come to Chaos.

Just like a huge celestial body relying on gravity to capture Liuxing, although the largest fragments still have a lot of laws from other worlds, these corners are not the case.

Their foreign imprints have been erased, and they are assimilated by Chaos's power bit by bit, just like the fragments of the Nine Realms in the past.

The chain of laws is bound to it, dragging it to move in the void.

It seems that the "rumbling" sound resounding in the soul is accompanied by the swaying of the chain, but even if it is close, Hermes is unaware of it.

But this is not surprising, because few people can notice when the fragments of the Nine Realms are integrated.

Although the size of Hermenu is much larger than some broken fragments, it is only some residue that is integrated now.

It is far from enough to stir up any waves. It will become a part of Chaos in a short time.

And in this process, it will not have any intersection with Hermes at all... if the "passengers" on this "passenger ship" are not considered.

However, there is no if in reality. The ‘passengers’ on this ‘passenger ship’ also noticed the movement outside.

Floating around this small fragment, the erratic illusory shadow watched Hermes’ every move, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

Is this the existence of another world... It seems not.

After all, it won’t be long before both sides are people of the same world.

It’s just that before entering Chaos, I actually encountered such an existence.

What is this, the protection of Hermenu’s broken fate, or the trap left by Chaos?

“Interesting…”

With a slight smile on his lips, Amon couldn’t actually judge whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

After all, the realm of fate has always belonged to the world itself, and anyone who claims to be in charge of fate is just a manifestation of the world’s will.

The goddess of fate in the nine realms cannot change the Ragnarok of the gods, and the goddess of fate in Chaos can only patch up fate.

Even the three-phase incarnation of the Mother of Night is detached from the world and almost never manifests in the world.

So no one can be sure whether everything in front of him is the work of fate, or whether the will of the other world has noticed something inconsistent and arranged such a coincidence in front of him.

If it was Zeus, he would probably choose to retreat in the face of such a scene.

After all, there is no need to gamble when there are other options.

But at this moment, it is not the God King who is facing all this.

"Well... let's gamble, just once."

With a bit of joy in his expression, Amon smiled and walked out of the fragment.

In an instant, his figure became more illusory.

Having lost all his power, even if he has an essence beyond the gods, what he can do is actually very limited, and it is even difficult for him to "swim" through the long void to Chaos by himself.

Just like Ryan in the past, even if he has a trace of extremely high space-time power, it cannot bring any substantial power before he opens up the spiritual world.

Fortunately, Hermeneu has been broken, and there are many "ships" that Amon can take.

He just picked one at random, and he began to wait boredly for the "ship to dock".

"I didn't expect that I could find a box of treasure before 'landing'."

"So is this luck or bait?"

Amon blinked as he looked at Hermes and the crystal in his hand.

"A god, a man who is more like a god."

"The loose laws in the void, and what he is doing, are so much like bait..."

"But I want to take a gamble, and as for the bet... just consider it my life."

Swish——

The figure that could be more or less distinguished burst apart, turning into wisps of light and shadow, circling towards where Hermes was.

In Amon's eyes, everything in front of him was so clear.

Even without power, his status still allowed him to see the truth.

Hermes gave him the feeling of a god who had lost his priesthood, even better than theirs.

And that crystal was a genuine god who had lost his divine power.

Some kind of eternal and immortal power was hidden deep in the crystal, and it rejected all external influences. Neither birth nor death, neither increase nor decrease.

No power below the world can shake it, even an existence like Tartarus remains the same.

However, Hermes obviously did not intend to destroy the consciousness hidden inside the crystal. His approach was more like theft, deception, or parasitism.

He tried to let the immortal consciousness sleep forever, so that something else could cling to it.

If Amon had been to Chaos, he would have seen at a glance that this was somewhat similar to the way mortals used the fragments of the ancient sun god's divinity after his fall.

However, the consciousness in this crystal was indeed intact, it was just sleeping, not chaotic.

So what Hermes did was bound to face many difficulties.

"But this is his, not mine..."

Silently, before Hermes himself noticed, before his soul touched the crystal, a wisp of shapeless mist had already wrapped around the surface of the crystal.

And as the runes came into contact with the crystal, without the slightest trace, the mist had replaced the soul and penetrated deep into the crystal.

It circled around the immortal characteristics, and the next moment, with a change, its breath became the same as the original will in the crystal.

The gift from the world is still protecting the will of the eternal sleeping star god, and Amon does not intend to try to completely replace the other party and test the mechanism of the laws of the alien world.

He is willing to try the unknown, but he is not specifically looking for death.

So entangled outside the other party's consciousness, Amon looked at the rune that finally fell from the outside world and did not resist it.

So in the void, Hermes unexpectedly found that he was successful beyond imagination this time.

He established a connection with the eternal sleeping star god smoothly. Although he didn't know whether it was lasting, it seemed that there was no problem for the time being.

He didn't know if this was related to the special environment here. Maybe when he returned to Chaos, everything would return to the original state?

After a moment of silence, Hermes tried to seduce that trace of soul.

He didn't want to "take over" a star god in this way, which was impossible to succeed.

In fact, he hoped that the trace of soul he released could produce an independent consciousness, even if it was a consciousness assimilated by the former star god.

Because only in this way, this consciousness will not be rejected by the eternal sleeping star god, and will be regarded as a part of himself by the other party.

What he needed was that this ‘part’ of the other party had some innate connection with him.

Anyway, since the main body was broken, the other party could not obtain divine power for the time being, and he would not give him this opportunity.

When he had done this step with all the star gods he had found, and then did what he wanted to do, it would not matter whether the other party could have divine power in the future.

After all, the true divine power could not be built on the existence of others. For Hermes, these star gods were just tools for him to gain power, not pillars to support his power.

Buzz——

The next moment, as Hermes moved his mind, changes occurred.

Just as he thought of the most perfect appearance, the crystal shook slightly.

Soon, a consciousness that was only slightly familiar and more exactly the same as the breath of the crystal itself gradually became clear from the haze.

Looking at this scene, Hermes was a little nervous, but he still asked: "Welcome to wake up, sir... I don't know if you are the old star god?"

"... I don't know, I don't even know why I am here."

The consciousness in the crystal was also a little hesitant, but finally gave a response.

‘Very good…’

Nodding in his heart but not showing it, Hermes asked again: “Do you remember anything, such as your name?”

As expected, this is what he created, ranked first—no, seventh, he should have a name.

Well, as for why he changed his words, it was mainly because before the ranking, Hermes suddenly thought of the ancient myth of Chaos World.

In the realm of spirituality and spirit, ‘one’ is not the beginning, ‘seven’ is the origin of all things.

So his first finished product should not be ranked first, but seventh.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, but time did not stop.

Faced with the inquiry, the next moment, Hermes heard the response of the new consciousness in the crystal.

“Thank you for waking me up, but I don’t remember much anymore, only a few things I still remember…”

“For example, my name is ‘Amon’.”

Nodding slightly, although he had never heard of this name, Hermes didn’t think there was anything wrong.

There used to be as many star gods in the sky as there are stars. After all, they are the stars.

Even they themselves may not know who is called what, so it is normal that I have never heard of them.

I can communicate and remember their names, but I have forgotten more. It is a perfect result.

I just don’t know if this is an accident, and what I should do to replicate this success.