Myth: The Spiritual Dominator

Chapter 517 Practice fake and become real

The request was agreed to and the conversation ended quickly.

From Lachesis, Hermes got the news about the person who imprisoned her elder sister. However, in the eyes of the great alchemist, it didn't matter who the other person was.

With a gentle expression, Hermes said that since he had accepted the task, he needed to make more preparations for it.

As a world-renowned pioneer of alchemy, he will take out his most proud work to help the other party solve this problem.

Lachesis naturally had no objection to this.

She didn't know much about the field of spellcasters.

So leaving the living room where guests were entertained, Hermes walked down the escalator of the tower.

The smile on He's face disappeared only when they were far away from the floor they were on before.

"Laxus..."

Hermes' eyes flickered as he whispered the goddess' name.

Only when he was alone again did he slowly calm down his agitated emotions and review his just decision in his mind.

It has been a long time since he came to the real world, so that today, there are few things in the world that can threaten his life.

Hermes also knew that the goddesses of fate could not directly harm him, or in other words, they could not directly harm anyone.

As the foundation of the order of destiny, this iron rule will not change even if the world changes...

Of course, correspondingly, there is no one in this world who can harm the goddess of fate simply by relying on strength.

This was only true for others, but when Hermes himself faced all of this, he could not guarantee whether "eliminating outsiders" was a violation of the order of the goddess of fate, or a good deed rewarded by the world.

He didn't know, and the goddess of fate herself probably didn't know either. After all, this kind of travel between fantasy and reality was unprecedented.

But today, the other party seemed ready to take the initiative and attack him.

"It's just Lachesis, you can decide how to start."

"But how it ends is up to me."

Without stopping, Hermes went straight down, passing through the library and a compartment full of treasures.

Walking into the underground space at the bottom of the tower, it was no different from before.

Seventy-two pillars stand here, with crystals floating on them.

The only difference is that many of these once crystal clear crystals are now stained with blood... and there is an illusory figure wandering on the side of the seventh pillar.

"Sir Hermes, it's been a while since we last met."

"Is the situation outside all right?"

Taking his attention away from the book in his hand, Star God Amon looked up and greeted him beside the seventh pillar covered with mysterious patterns.

After stepping into the underground space, Hermes just nodded slightly, and then expressed regret as usual.

"I'm sorry, Lord Amon."

"The environment outside is still not very friendly to Star Gods... I have tried my best, but this is not something that can be changed overnight."

"Okay... I understand you."

A little disappointed, but not entangled.

Star God Amon was already accustomed to this answer.

Compared to the outside world, as he watched Hermes stride towards the midpoint of the seventy-two pillars, he was more concerned about what the other party was going to do.

With his right hand raised, he stood in the middle of the underground space.

Hermes clenched his fist in the air, and as he moved, the patterns on the surface of the surrounding pillars began to light up layer by layer from bottom to top.

Last time, they mixed together, reconstructing and purifying the elements into a weapon to defeat the incarnation of the gods.

This time, they did not attract any external force. Instead, something began to gather above Hermes' palm.

His expression was a little solemn. The application of these things in weapons was just a by-product of Hermes' painstaking collection of these things.

What he really wanted to do was something that would allow him to break through boundaries and become a god again.

once having seen the best, the rest is not worthwhile looking.

If Hermes had not been a god, he might have been satisfied with his current achievements.

But as the son of the King of Gods in the virtual world, a god who left many legends in the human world, he obviously would not stop there.

However, it was precisely because he had experienced the gap between gods and humans that Hermes understood more clearly how difficult it was to cross this chasm.

Even with his wisdom and inspiration, it was only after he created the field of alchemy that he vaguely saw a shortcut that belonged to him alone.

"Refine the false into the true."

"One 'quality' replaces another 'quality', one 'quality' exchanges for another 'quality', one 'quality' sublimates another 'quality'."

"Put things of equal value on both ends of that supreme scale, and then change their places."

"Replace 'false' with 'true' and 'false' with 'true'"

"Isn't this the highest level of alchemy?"

Some unspeakable power gathered towards the palm of his hand. In a corner of the underground space, Star God Amon also witnessed this scene.

The essence beyond the true God told him that at this moment, 'he' seemed to have participated in this mysterious ceremony.

However, whether it was his senses or anything else, Star God Amon only saw the shining of the pillars, and the crystals floating on them seemed to have nothing to do with it.

Interesting... Is this the real 'alchemy'?

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

From the perspective of ordinary people or even ordinary true gods, there is nothing in Hermes' palm at this moment.

There was no gathering of power, nor any special sights.

But Star God Amon could vaguely see that a portal composed of flowing starlight was slowly solidifying there.

From blurry to clear, and from gorgeous back to ordinary.

At a certain moment, the Star God Amon even felt that this strange door was about to become real and completely enter the material world.

However, in the next moment, the illusory starlight gate flickered gently, and cracks began to appear on it.

"……Come."

Seeing this scene, Hermes, with his right hand raised, did not show any panic or disappointment.

Because he knew clearly that what was happening before his eyes was the most normal thing.

After all, from the beginning to the end, everything he had prepared was still far from enough.

Without even a solid foundation, how can the desired 'truth' be materialized into a real thing?

So he let out a low growl and didn't wait.

As if holding up a heavy burden, Hermes' right hand slowly moved towards his face.

Bit by bit, inch by inch.

The distance was shortened, but the door continued to be damaged.

Time passed slowly, until the moment before the Starlight Gate shattered, this thing between existence and non-existence trembled slightly, and then was completely imprinted in Hermes' eyes.

It was like putting down a heavy burden. At this point, the great alchemist finally let out a long breath.

"Sir Hermes, what are you doing?"

As if he had seen nothing, under the seventh pillar of the underground space, the Star God Amon, who had been watching, expressed his doubts in a timely manner.

Standing in the center surrounded by pillars, Hermes couldn't help but smile from the bottom of his heart.

"Nothing, Master Amon... I was just trying an experiment."

"But as you can see, I failed."

"Although the instrument was successfully activated, nothing happened in the end."

Hermes was in a good mood, feeling the pupils finally stabilized, and was temporarily storing the door with something of his own as nourishment, and he couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

This was not the first time he had done an experiment like today.

But this was indeed his first attempt since he created 'Amon' in the time and space outside the River of the World and made Solomon perform blood sacrifices on the battlefield.

There was no success, of course.

After all, it was far from enough to support himself in building His 'truth', so His collapse was reasonable.

But in the end, He did not completely fail.

At least His remaining body held out until I could use my own body to carry Him, and this was already a qualitative breakthrough.

Smiling slightly, recalling the past, at this moment, Hermes couldn't help but be surprised at his own boldness and luck.

A traveler through the worlds.

An apprentice to the truth.

The god Hermes once ignited his power of "travel" in the virtual world, passed through the portal that separated the real world from the false world, and successfully came to the world behind the door.

To him at that time, everything in this real world was undoubtedly the 'truth'.

And now, he has actually stood at the pinnacle of the real world, and has begun to use his own existence as an anchor to try to reconstruct the door of the past.

This is not only his path to becoming a god, but also a tool for him to explore higher realms.

If he could make this portal that travels through existence and non-existence 'material', he might be able to ascend to the throne of God again.

If you make the things hidden behind the portal completely concrete, what will you gain?

“All roads…end up at the same destination.”

"To me, everything in the real world was the 'truth'."

"And if I can embody all the 'truths', does that mean I am omniscient and omnipotent?"

Throwing this somewhat arrogant conjecture out of his mind, Hermes was not too excited about it.

Because as he himself said, the end of all roads is the same.

Alchemy is like this, 'practicing the false to make the true' may lead to the end of the road.

But from the perspective of the god Chaos, didn't they already have a similar path?

If Zeus ruled everything in heaven and on earth with his royal power, and then in turn ruled the heavens with the power of the king of gods.

When he finally defeats his destined fate and gains control of everything in the world, he will also be the omniscient and almighty Lord of all gods, and the king of all kings respected by all the worlds. However, he obviously cannot do that now.

So it’s good to see the end.

But the gap between being able to see the end and being able to do it is as huge as a chasm.

With a satisfied smile, the preparations were finally completed.

After talking with the star god Amon for a few more words, Hermes said goodbye.

Return to the top of the tower and find the goddess of fate who has been waiting for a long time.

Hermes said with a smile, a few obscure starlight flashed in his right eye.

"Ms. Lachesis, I am ready now."

"If you don't have any other questions, then we can go."

"of course not."

Nodding heavily, Lachesis turned around and looked at Hermes in front of her.

It looks no different from before, and I don't know what he is preparing...

Thinking this in my mind, I felt a little dazed.