The Golden Space

The Mysteries of Power had been innate to him from birth. They were also what Hermes had comprehended to become a God.

He had already begun to grasp the Mysteries of Gravity Space, and had found the point where the two Mysteries fit together.

"As long as I combine my study of the Golden Space with them and follow the point where the two Mysteries fit together, I'll eventually reach mastery."

Mysteries within the same law were related in nature. They were like several skeins of thread that had been thoroughly tangled together. Understanding the principle was simple: all you had to do was find the loose end.

Putting it into practice, however, was as difficult as reaching the heavens. Every Mystery Fusion was an enormous test of talent and perseverance.

Fortunately, Hermes's talent ceiling for the Great Earth Law had risen.

At least until he mastered the fusion of four Mysteries, he wouldn't hit a bottleneck.

There would be difficulties, but he would overcome them!

Boom, boom, boom!

As time passed!

One by one, thoughts about cultivation flashed through Hermes's soul like brilliant fireworks bursting across the night sky.

Inspiration surged forth.

After making one mistake after another, he would always find the most reasonable solution. That was the benefit of improved talent.

The Mysteries of Power began to flow through his true body, taking tangible form. Like streams of warmth, they coursed through every meridian and every cell.

Who could have imagined

that the Golden Mountain, seemingly lifeless since time immemorial, had cells too?

The moment Hermes transformed from a Golden Mountain into a unique life-form, everything had changed.

The cells of a Golden Mountain were simply nothing like those of a flesh-and-blood life-form.

Thump, thump, thump!

The surges of power gradually grew stronger. Every beat of Hermes's heart resonated with power, as though he had the strength of the entire universe at his command.

His Golden Mountain True Body began to tremble faintly in rhythm. Yet compared to a mountain tens of thousands of meters tall,

the tremors were negligible.

In the Soul Ocean, Hermes's Earth Clone abruptly opened his eyes, which gleamed like stars.

"Almost there!"

He began trying to fuse the Mysteries of Power with the Mysteries of Gravity Space.

The Mysteries of Gravity Space were a High-level Profound Mystery of the Great Earth Law. They were a mysterious power that allowed limited control over space and could even distort its structure.

Hermes gently extended a hand and slowly moved it through the air, as though weaving an invisible net.

All of this

was merely the movement of the Earth Clone within his Soul Ocean.

In the outside world, golden threads appeared out of nowhere.

Just as Hermes had imagined, they wove together.

As his gestures changed, the surrounding space began to shift in subtle ways.

Guided by Hermes's spiritual power, the fluctuations of gravity gradually resonated with the surrounding Mysteries of Power.

Space seemed to gain weight, yet at the same time, it seemed to become light as a feather.

Ever-changing!

Hermes could feel gravity's pull for himself. As the two Mysteries intertwined, the towering Golden Mountain alternated between feeling as heavy as a mountain and as light as a feather.

With the passage of time, the Mysteries of Power and the Mysteries of Gravity Space fit together more and more perfectly.

A faint golden mist began to emanate from Hermes's Golden Mountain True Body, gradually enveloping the entire mountain.

"Hm?"

His Golden Mountain True Body hadn't fully joined in the cultivation, so it could still maintain a relatively independent consciousness.

He couldn't help exclaiming in surprise.

"The fusion of the Mysteries of Power and the Mysteries of Gravity Space can actually produce such a strange change?"

The Great Earth Law was different from the Water Element. It shouldn't produce mist, but the facts spoke for themselves.

"I wonder what this mist does?"

Although he had easily comprehended the Mysteries of Power and become a God, Hermes was still not a divine beast.

He hadn't awakened an Innate Divine Ability!

That was a fundamental difference between divine beasts and unique life-forms.

It was what it was!

Even if most divine beasts weren't as powerful as Hermes.

Once he had sorted out the affinity between the Mysteries of Power and the Mysteries of Gravity Space, the fusion of the two Mysteries of the law moved smoothly into high gear.

More and more mist sprang from Hermes's true body, and in the blink of an eye, it shrouded the entire Golden Mountain.

A Saint Domain Flying Magical Beast living in the Chongxuan Mountain Range was flying along its usual route, as it had countless times before.

Hermes's Golden Mountain True Body happened to stand directly in its path.

Bang!

The magical beast, over a hundred meters long, plummeted at tremendous speed and slammed into the mountain like a comet crashing into a planet.

A cloud of blood burst open, and the Saint Domain Flying Magical Beast died on the spot.

"So this is a gravity field?"

In the mist, golden threads visible only to Hermes

wove themselves into an isolated space.

Saint Domain Magical Beasts—especially those living in a God Plane—had tough flesh and bones.

Yet at that moment, they were as fragile as eggshells, shattered with ease.

Boom!

At that very moment, the Mysteries of Power and the Mysteries of Gravity Space reached mastery in their fusion.

The ancient Heavenly Law descended. The Divine Spark within Hermes's Earth Clone flew out of his Soul Ocean and hovered directly above the Golden Mountain.

The surrounding world was sealed off. This was the Heavenly Law's protection for a life-form becoming a God; even a Sovereign God couldn't break this protection imposed by the Heavenly Rule.

After a long while~

Whoosh!

A valiant young man, over three meters tall and sporting short golden hair, appeared in the outside world.

The Golden Mountain vanished, and strands of gold coiled around the young man's body,

like a garment woven of golden threads.

His powerful, knotted muscles, every inch of his skin and every strand of his hair, brimmed with profound power.

A mass of divine power gathered and became a mirror reflecting his image.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness!"

Hermes breathed a series of sighs of relief.

"Thank goodness I was reborn, not possessing someone else's body. Otherwise, wouldn't Hermes's ugly face have disgusted me to death?"

As a transmigrator, who wouldn't choose a handsome, valiant face over a nose that pointed up at the sky?

"This is pretty good. I'm not a fan of the hulking muscleman look, but at least I have a valiant face, with features chiseled as if by knife and axe."

When he'd broken through to Lowgod last time, Hermes had been extremely nervous. Fortunately, his appearance after becoming a God hadn't disappointed him.

Now that he'd advanced to Middle God,

he was still worried.

"Then I'll call this move 'Mist Shadow Heavy'!"

After successfully fusing the two Mysteries, Hermes finally felt a little more secure.

On top of that, the ultimate move he'd naturally comprehended—the Misty Space—could even block Spiritual Sense. He'd named it after that property.

If it could block Spiritual Sense, it could also protect his soul to some extent. That was what worried him most.

Otherwise, there'd be no reason for Hermes, who could kill High Gods even as a Lowgod, to remain in his birthplace.

The Chongxuan Mountain Range was a good place, but over countless years, Hermes had already devoured every treasure there that he could.

If the Golden Space was to keep improving, he would have to seek out different rare treasures.

"It's time to leave!"

In this life, Hermes planned to travel through the Four Supreme and the Seven Great Elements, all for the sake of finding different treasures.

"Where should I go next?"

Hermes wondered.

"Hell or the Underworld?"

Through concealment and killing, he had accumulated a vast fortune in Earth Crystals within the Golden Space.

As long as he stayed away from the Material Plane,

that fortune would be enough to support several trips to other God Planes.