The Great Beauty Aeon Will Eventually Return to the Throne of God

Once, Hermes had considered creating a cultivation and Martial Dao path powered by Imaginary Energy in the world of Honkai: Star Rail.

After all, cultivating immortality and practicing martial arts were a romance engraved in the hearts of Transmigrators from the Celestial Dynasty.

But in the end, he gave up on it.

Not because it could not be done, but because there was no need.

Even if the world of Honkai: Star Rail gained a path of cultivation and martial arts, it would only be like splashing water into the boiling cauldron of those Path Madmen, making their conflicts even fiercer.

"I cannot yet change a Great Universe whose source of turmoil is beings like Aeons, but I can start small and build a pure and beautiful Human Path Heaven that exists only in dreams!"

Hermes calmly explained his ideals to Buer.

The Star System was one of the pillars supporting Hermes's vision.

Legend had it that every person was born corresponding to a star within the boundless sky above them.

And when that person died, the corresponding star in the heavens would fall as well.

Hermes's Star System had been created based on that legend.

In his design, every living being in this world was born with an illusory [Life Star] bestowed by Heavenly Dao Astrology.

To activate one's [Life Star] and take the first step on the path of cultivation, one had to [Establish Dao]!

Of course, to Establish Dao and gain the recognition of Heavenly Dao Astrology, one's [Dao] had to lean toward the righteous side!

Under such circumstances, even if you were a naturally evil Savior, if you wished to grow stronger in this world, you would have to forcibly nurture a trace of positive emotion!

Then—

You would have to continuously practice the path you had established.

It could be said that even an innately evil [Danzo Shimura] would be forcibly molded into a good person in the broader sense under such circumstances...

Of course, there were many more mysteries involved.

The Star System could be said to embody Hermes's ultimate mastery of energy science.

It also contained the power of Authority: Alchemy.

Only through such ultimate profundity—capable of refining even the Philosopher's Stone, which could [equivalently exchange all phenomena in the world]—could the foundation of this path be firmly laid.

Who could say that the power of the mind was not power?

Under Hermes's operation, the power of the mind would become this world's inexhaustible source of strength.

Then, through the refinement of countless Life Star Walkers across the entire world of Blue Star, it would give rise to a true Boundless Heavenly Dao.

This was the path by which Life Star Walkers refined the false into truth, and it was also Hermes's path to ascension and Dimension Ascension!

Once [Establish Dao] was completed, refining the false into truth and allowing the [Life Star] to progress from illusion into reality would form the initial framework.

Naturally, the cultivator would also gradually move toward [Beauty] along their path of cultivation.

This path of making the Life Star real, moving from illusion to reality and from mud to Beauty, was the so-called Star System!

"Once my Star System is fully completed, my ideal world will be complete, and a pure and beautiful world existing only in dreams will be created!"

Buer listened in shock to the pure and beautiful world within the heart of the man before her.

If an ordinary person had proposed such a plan, Buer would have merely regarded them as a madman lost in fantasy.

But Hermes was different.

Not only had he proposed this idea, he was also turning it into reality step by step!

"Are all members of the Genius Club this absurd?"

Amid her shock, Buer could only smile bitterly to herself.

She had thought the gap between herself and those geniuses was only a thin line.

But now, it seemed that this thin line was already the difference between heaven and earth!

Within the Starry Sky, the Aeons suddenly came to a realization.

One after another, They turned Their gazes toward a Path that had long remained silent—Beauty.

At this moment, this Path seemed to be faintly resonating and responding to something.

Even They could not help but take notice of this wondrous state.

Beauty, which had long lost its Aeon, now seemed excited and jubilant.

It was as though it represented the most perfect and true manifestation of the Path of Beauty.

Was Idrila about to return?

Or had a practitioner of the Path of Beauty reached its summit and was about to claim the origin of the Path?

Kliper stopped building the wall.

Fuli's diamond-like gaze searched onward.

Xipe opened Her eyes as the Mother of Stars.

Lan ceased his pursuit of Bailu.

Bailu, too, gazed into the distance in a daze.

Only IX of Nihility remained asleep.

Even Aeons as great as them could not help but feel a trace of envy in their hearts.

Amid his booming laughter, Aha of Elation revealed the truth. "Idrila, Idrila, you will eventually give birth to a true fellow traveler."

"How could this not make the Aeons envious?"

"He will inherit Beauty. He will continue onward along Beauty, without end!"

Unlike in other worlds, fellow travelers were mortal enemies.

In this world, every Aeon had carried their own Dao through their entire existence.

If someone truly surpassed them, they would not be wary. They would only rejoice.

Because that would be the strongest possible proof of their Dao!

What could make them happier than that?

The disturbance on the Path of Beauty had suddenly given Hermes a premonition, making him feel as though something had happened.

But after making a brief calculation through Astrology and discovering that it seemed to be a good thing, Hermes temporarily set aside any thought of investigating it.

He had more important matters to attend to now.

During the early stages of the Star System's operation, he needed to resolve the dense mass of bugs that had emerged after its official launch.

By the time Hermes found some free time again, a full four days had passed.

"So this is a Life Star?"

Buer sensed the vastness of heaven and earth. With a slight call, an illusory star rose and sank within her eyes. "Then, if I awaken my Life Star, what should I choose for my initial [Dao]?"

"Knowledge? Wisdom? Dreams? The World Tree?..."

She focused and pondered. For an ordinary person, obtaining even one of them would already be extraordinarily rare.

What was more, establishing a Dao was not something one could do simply by wishing it. One needed to possess the corresponding trait oneself! One also needed the recognition of the Heavenly Dao!

If one's weight in heaven and earth was insufficient, then even if one possessed that trait, it would be absolutely impossible to engrave it upon one's Life Star.

But Buer was different. She had far too many options to choose from.

Hermes watched the conflicted Buer with amusement, while also turning his gaze toward Blue Star.

When the Star System began operating, quite a few people across all of Blue Star received its summons.

Every one of them possessed a noble and resplendent soul.

To him, each of these people would become a mover and shaker of Blue Star in the future, a leading figure who would guide the civilization of tomorrow.

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