Three-Path Envoy

Trailblaze! Erudition! Beauty!

The terrifying power of three Envoy-level Paths swirled around this figure.

They did not clash or conflict. Instead, they revolved around the figure, resonating with one another as though nurturing something great.

"What is it, Herta? Has it been so long that you no longer recognize me?"

Hermes, appearing in the Starry Sky, was also somewhat astonished as he felt the boundless, majestic Path of Beauty continuously tilting toward him.

This was more than just Path energy!

It contained something even more fundamental—authority!

The Path of Beauty had actually opened its authority to him!

The endless power of the Pure Beauty Origin seemed to want to elevate his essence and raise his life to a higher level.

"Just what did you do? How have you changed so much?"

Herta quickly stepped out of the spacecraft and came to Hermes's side. Her eyes went wide as she looked at him...

Amid her astonishment, Herta also felt a faint sourness in her heart.

She often said, "The Great Mechanical Head took one look at me, and from then on, there was one less Beauty Envoy in the world."

But now, someone could actually serve as both an Erudition Envoy and a Beauty Envoy at the same time?

"What could I have done? I merely practiced the Paths, and naturally reached this point."

After expending quite a bit of effort, Hermes finally managed to temporarily calm the wildly surging power within him.

"Who would have thought that the Path I have traveled furthest on would once again become the Path of Beauty?"

Feeling this, Hermes could not help but laugh bitterly.

Once the torrent of the Paths subsided, Hermes's figure finally appeared clearly before Herta.

Hermes, with a slight frown on his face, seemed to have become the most beautiful thing in the world.

Even his every gesture made Herta keenly sense immense pressure.

It was as though the entire Starry Sky had begun to boil because of his appearance, as if welcoming the descent of some Great Existence.

"Your life level seems to be undergoing Dimension Ascension toward a higher dimension?"

"Are you about to become an Aeon?"

Suddenly, a flash of insight appeared in Herta's mind. Overwhelmed with shock, she could not suppress herself from voicing that conclusion.

"Become an Aeon?"

Hermes fell silent for a moment. He had only considered the possibility, yet the Path of Beauty had already begun cheering joyously, as though he could ascend to become an Aeon in a single leap as long as he wished it.

With a sigh, he explained regretfully, "If I chose to become an Aeon now, it would completely disrupt a whole series of my plans. It isn't time yet."

In truth, being able to ascend as the Beauty Aeon had truly been an accident.

Still, although he had no intention of becoming an Aeon for the time being, with nearly all the authority of Beauty in his grasp, just how strong was Hermes now?

Honestly, even he could not quite say.

"Good grief! You really can become an Aeon? And one of the Path of Beauty?"

Herta was left speechless by his answer.

Listen to yourself—was that even something a human would say?

What did he mean, it was not yet time to become an Aeon?

Did that mean that as long as he wanted to, he could become an Aeon right now?

"Hm? What day is it today? Why is everything happening at once?"

At that moment, Hermes suddenly turned his gaze elsewhere and discovered in surprise that a train was warping straight toward them.

The Stellaron Train!

The Astral Express Crew had actually chosen to arrive today as well?

"The Stellaron Train?"

Herta snapped out of her shock and asked thoughtfully, "Hermes, you count as a Pioneer Envoy now, don't you? Then can you sense whether Akivili truly fell?"

Akivili's sudden disappearance back then had always remained an unsolved mystery in the Universe.

Could one say another Aeon had made a move against him?

That did not seem right either!

There had been no war between Aeons during that period.

Moreover, although the Path of Trailblaze had fallen silent for a time, it remained intact overall. No Aeon had chosen to tear apart the Path of Trailblaze.

No matter how one looked at it, this did not seem like a sign of Trailblaze's fall.

But now, there was a bona fide Pioneer Envoy here.

Surely he should be able to sense something?

"Akivili?"

Hermes's expression turned somewhat complicated.

If Akivili had not suddenly vanished, he should still have been a Nameless walking the Path of Trailblaze, shouldn't he?

Hearing Herta's question, Hermes pondered for a moment before giving a rather subtle answer. "If we're talking about this Great Universe, then the Aeon of Trailblaze should be considered fallen..."

"That answer of yours..."

With Herta's wisdom, that subtle answer alone was already enough for her to infer a great deal.

At that moment, the Stellaron Train arrived before them.

"Hermes, it's been a long time."

The train doors opened. Himeko, who had traveled the universe for so long, looked at the friend she had not seen in ages—the friend whose temperament had changed so drastically—and could not help but sigh. "If I didn't know how far you'd come on the paths of Trailblaze and Erudition, I would've thought you were a genuine Beauty Envoy!"

Hermes merely revealed the faintest smile, yet it seemed to add a touch of brilliance to this Starry Sky.

The fondness that instinctively rose from the depths of one's heart made him seem even more like a true follower of the Path of Beauty than the Knight of Beauty she had once met—Silvermane!

Even Himeko's heart skipped faster for an instant upon seeing Hermes like this...

Setting aside Himeko's complicated thoughts, Hermes's eyes lit up when they met again.

Her wine-red hair remained the same, but Himeko's golden eyes now seemed to contain the boundless Starry Sky. A gentle smile rested on her lips, and every movement she made carried an indescribable poise and elegance.

"Hey! Himeko, why don't you think Hermes might really have become a Beauty Envoy?"

Herta, standing to one side, took over with a complicated expression, her feelings equally tangled.

"Your Excellency Herta, it has been some time. You remain as impressive as ever."

Slightly surprised that the Herta here was not a puppet but the real Herta herself, Himeko offered the rare compliment before asking in confusion, "But Hermes couldn't possibly be a Beauty Envoy, could he? Throughout the history of the Universal Galaxy, there has never seemed to be an Envoy who held the positions of two Paths at once..."

"More than just two Paths."

Herta was unusually patient as she explained, "Though you are mistaken about one thing. There really has been an Envoy in the Starry Sky who simultaneously held two Paths!"

"That would be the current Great Lord of Destruction, Starfall. She was once the Envoy of Concurrence, Infinite Lord. Later, she was resurrected by Destruction amid the ashes and elevated to become a Great Lord of Destruction!"

"But in truth, the blessing of Concurrence upon Starfall was never completely withdrawn by Concurrence!"

At this point, Herta looked at Hermes as though he were the only treasure in existence. "However, the record for Envoys of two Paths has now been broken!"

"Now, an unprecedented Three-Path Envoy has been born in the galaxy!"