Myth: The Spiritual Dominator

The sea water is receding, and the scattered islands are fleeting.

From the calm nearshore waters to the distant seas controlled by the Lord of the Ocean, ocean currents surge beneath the surface of the water.

Compared to the endless fighting between the two ocean gods in the last era and the war in the starry sky that lasted for a thousand years, throughout the Third Era, the place outside the human world was so peaceful.

But for Hermes, he didn't feel anything.

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

In his impression, the sea was so quiet, the ancient sea gods had ceased their activities, and only Poseidon was jumping up and down, but he could not gain anything.

“Huh—here we are.”

"This is the River that Rings the World, 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 arrived at the edge of the River that Rings the World.

Compared to Poseidon, who calls himself the God of the Sea by relying on the realm of [Storm] and [Tsunami], those truly powerful Gods of the Sea are all 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 why the two sea gods of the Second Age must defeat their opponents.

After all, whether it is Pontus, the "concave surface of the earth" and the "original ocean", or Oceanus, the "origin of all rivers" and the "long river around the world", their share 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 cannot be allowed to exist.

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

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

"For an ancient god like this, long sleep is scary, but it's not impossible for him to take the initiative to sleep forever."

Standing beside the river rushing through the void, Hermes could understand their thoughts very well, even though he had not experienced that much time.

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

"--open"

By the endless river, the water that occasionally splashes out falls down as if falling into an abyss, as if it is about to sink to the bottom of the world.

Following Hermes' low shout, a door opened in the void in front of him.

He took a step forward, and the next moment, he appeared on the other side of the Ring World River.

"It looks OK, and there is no problem with the actual test results."

Nodding secretly, Hermes was quite satisfied with the result.

Although he lost almost everything since leaving the virtual world, he did not gain nothing.

One of the gains, naturally, is the beginning of the mystery of alchemy.

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

With this ability, Hermes created many little tricks based on his insights into his priesthood in the virtual world.

This door that travels through time and space is one of them.

"If we go straight through the river, it's inevitable that we won't be noticed."

"It's much better now... After all, this is someone's territory."

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 beyond the main body of the world.

At least with this ability, if you encounter any accidents, you still have the possibility to escape.

……

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

Traveling through the void, Hermes carefully maintained a distance between himself and Chaos.

The further outward you look, the more elusive the world's presence becomes.

So if you don't want to cause trouble, keeping a distance is a very important point.

"But outside of this world... there is nothing?"

It was unknown how much time had passed before Hermes finally stopped.

Because he regretfully discovered that perhaps the void outside Chaos was empty and peaceful.

No matter, no energy, nothing.

It simply 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 was overthinking it before, and maybe this is how it should be here.

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

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

Shaking his head slightly, Hermes took out the crystal he brought with him and pondered for a moment.

It seemed like a wasted trip, but thinking about the special environment here, he had been planning to conduct another experiment here.

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

Whether or not, this confirms some of his ideas.

"Come."

Hermes cut his fingertips and used his blood to write 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 trace of soul is like a hair on the body. It does not carry any consciousness or thoughts, but only contains some of the imprints of Hermes.

And the moment 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.”

Press forward and the rune will merge with the crystal.

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

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wow——

Wow…

In the void outside Chaos, not far from Hermes.

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

Hermes's guess was actually not wrong, but now, with the shattering of the Hermeneu world, all the scattered fragments had already come towards Chaos.

Just as a huge celestial body relied on gravity to capture Liuxing, although the largest fragments still retained a large number of otherworldly laws, this was not the case with these corners.

The marks of their foreignness have been erased, and they have been assimilated bit by bit by Chaos's power, just like the fragments of the Nine Realms.

The chains of law are bound to it, dragging it to move in the void.

It seemed as if the rumbling sound echoing in his soul was accompanied by the swaying of the chains, but even though it was so close, Hermes was unaware of it.

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

Although the size of Hemainu is much larger than some of the broken fragments, only some residues have been integrated into it now.

It is far from enough to cause any waves, and it will soon become a part of Chaos.

And in this process, it will not have any intersection with Hermes at all...if the 'passengers' on this 'passenger ship' are not taken into account.

However, there is no if in reality, and the 'passengers' on this 'passenger ship' also noticed the movement outside.

Floating around this small fragment, the erratic illusory shadow watched Hermes' every move, with a hint of smile in its eyes.

Is this the existence of another world... It doesn't seem to be the case.

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

But before entering Chaos, I actually encountered such a being.

What is this, a refuge for Hermeneus's broken fate, or a trap left by Chaos?

"interesting……"

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, but Amon couldn't actually tell whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

After all, the realm of destiny has always belonged to the world itself, and anyone who claims to be in control of destiny is merely a manifestation of the world's will.

The goddesses of fate of the nine realms cannot change the twilight of the gods, and Chaos' goddess of fate can only patch up his fate.

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

Therefore, no one can be sure whether everything happening before our eyes is the result of fate, or whether the will of the otherworldly world has noticed something inharmonious and arranged such a coincidence in front of us.

If it were Zeus, he would probably choose to retreat when faced with such a scene.

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

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

"Well... let's take a gamble, just for once."

With a look of joy on his face, Amon walked out of the debris with a smile.

For a moment, his figure became even more illusory.

Having lost all his powers, even if he possessed an essence beyond the gods, what he could do was very limited. It was even difficult for him to "swim" through the vast void to Chaos.

Just like Ryan in the past, even though he had a trace of extremely high-essence time and space power, it could not bring any real power before he opened up the spiritual world.

Fortunately, Hermeneus had been broken, and there were many 'ships' that Amon could take.

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

"I didn't expect that I would find a box of treasure before 'reaching the shore'."

"So it was luck, or was it bait?"

His figure was erratic, and Amon blinked as he looked at Hermes and the crystal in his hand.

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

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

"But I want to take a gamble. As for the bet... let's just consider it my life."

brush--

The figure, which had originally been somewhat recognizable, broke apart and transformed into wisps of light and shadow, circling towards where Hermes was.

In Amon's eyes, everything was so clear.

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

Hermes gave him the same feeling as Hermeneus, a god who had lost his priesthood, and was even in better condition than them.

And that crystal is a genuine god that has lost his divine power.

A certain kind of eternal and immortal power is hidden deep within the crystal, rejecting all external influences. It is neither born nor destroyed, neither increases nor decreases.

No force below the world can shake it, not even an existence like Tartarus.

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 that immortal consciousness sleep forever and let other things cling to it.

If Amon had been to Chaos, he would probably be able to see 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 is indeed intact; it is just sleeping and not confused.

Therefore, 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, wisps of formless mist had already enveloped the surface of the crystal.

And as the rune came into contact with the crystal, without any trace, the mist replaced the soul and penetrated deep into the crystal.

It circled around the immortal characteristics, and the next moment, with an instantaneous change, its aura 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 seeking death.

So, entangled outside the opponent's consciousness, Amon looked at the rune that finally fell from the outside world without any resistance.

So, in the void, Hermes unexpectedly discovered that this time he was more successful than he had imagined.

He smoothly established contact with the eternally sleeping Star God, and although he didn't know if it would be permanent, 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 its original state?

After a moment of silence, Hermes tried to stir up that soul.

He didn't want to 'take over' a star god in this way, it would be impossible to succeed.

In fact, he hoped that the soul he released could produce 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 eternally sleeping star god, and will be regarded by the other party as a part of himself.

What he needs is just some innate connection between this 'part' of the other person and him.

Anyway, since his body is broken, it is impossible for the opponent to obtain divine power for the time being, and I will not give him this opportunity.

Once he has completed this step for all the star gods he has found, and then accomplished what he wants, it will no longer matter whether the other party can possess divine power later on.

After all, true divine power cannot be built on the existence of others. To Hermes, these star gods are merely tools for him to gain power, rather than the pillars that support his power.

hum-

The next moment, as Hermes thought, changes occurred.

Just as he had imagined perfect, the crystal shook slightly.

Soon, a consciousness that was only slightly familiar but more identical to the aura of the crystal itself gradually became clear from the haze.

Hermes was a little nervous watching this scene, but he still asked, "Welcome, Your Excellency, to awaken... Are you the Star God of the past?"

"…I don't know. I don't even know why I'm 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, "Then I wonder if you still remember anything, such as your name?"

As expected, this was the thing he created, ranked first - no, seventh. He should also have a name.

Well, as to why he changed his words, it was mainly because before the arrangement, Hermes suddenly thought of the ancient myth of the world of Chaos.

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

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

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

In response to the inquiry, the next moment, Hermes heard the response from the new consciousness in the crystal.

"Thank you for waking me up, but I don't remember much anymore. There are only a few things I still remember..."

"For example, my name is 'Amon'."

He nodded slightly. Although he had never heard of this name, Hermes didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

The star gods in the sky used to be as numerous as the stars. After all, they were the "stars".

Even they themselves may not know each other's names, so it's normal that you haven't heard of them.

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

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