The Glorious Path Ahead

Extreme speed allowed him to treat the space encompassed by Mist Shadow Heavy as solid ground, enabling him to dart through it freely.

Had his speed increased by more than tenfold?

"Once Mist Shadow Heavy fuses with the Earth Walking Technique profound mystery, my short-leg problem will be solved too."

Hermes thought to himself.

Though it wouldn't be a complete fix, the laws were what they were—unless his future achievements in the Fire Element Law surpassed those in the Earth Element.

That was impossible!

The Golden Mountain True Body's talent was entirely invested in the Great Earth Law, and that wouldn't change just because Hermes was a transmigrator.

"Let me try this punch."

Endless golden light materialized, instantly shrouding Hermes's fist. The power fused with the profound mystery of Earth Element swelled countless times over.

"Boom~!"

He threw a violent punch, and the space before him shattered with a roar.

Multicolored Spatial Turbulence surged abruptly toward the position of Hermes's fist. He quickly dodged aside.

The Hell Plane's restorative power triggered instantly, and the Spatial Turbulence only managed to erode a single artificial mountain.

A basin-sized hole in space vanished in the blink of an eye—the spatial stability of Hell was simply too good.

"Whew~!!"

Hermes let out a light breath. Earlier, his gaze had also pierced through the Spatial Turbulence.

In that instant, Hermes stared at the rapidly healing cracks.

He knew this was the Hell Plane's powerful self-repair ability.

Such an ability was extremely rare even across the universe.

At least, Hermes had never heard of such terrifying spatial restoration in his past life.

In most worlds, spatial damage was irreversible.

Powerful beings could reverse time and space to repair it, but that came at a cost.

Only the Coiling Dragon World!

Its spatial stability was extremely high, and it even possessed automatic repair capabilities.

"Perhaps this is the secret behind the Magic Universe's ability to operate stably for thousands of epochs, despite its seemingly low energy level!"

A trace of awe arose in his heart, but even more so, an endless longing for a glorious path ahead.

"Can't underestimate it!"

"The Magic Universe is just a subsidiary universe casually created by Hongmeng, meant only to increase the stability of the Main Universe—yet it still possesses such wonders."

"Is this a side effect of Hongmeng creating the Four Supreme Gods?"

In his past life, Hermes had always suspected that the Four Supreme Gods should serve a role similar to the core intelligence of a virtual universe.

No one had verified his suspicion.

Guesses were just guesses.

"Hmm, so this is possible..."

Hermes stood before the spot where the spatial rift had been, sensing the elemental fluctuations permeating the surrounding air.

He knew that the power of the punch he had just thrown, though strong, was far from its limit.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and began to mobilize the power within his body, attempting to communicate with the Great Earth Law on a deeper level.

As his consciousness gradually expanded and expanded again, Hermes slowly felt his connection with this land grow tighter.

It was as if he could hear the heartbeat of the earth, feel the breath of every rock and every grain of sand.

Hermes knew it was time to further comprehend the profound mystery of the Earth Walking Technique.

"If the Earth Walking Technique profound mystery is thoroughly studied, it's not just about increasing speed or escaping!"

"For an Earth Element cultivator looking to boost speed, the only way to get creative is probably the Earth Walking Technique."

He opened his eyes, a glint of determination flashing within them.

Hermes threw another punch!

This time, he wasn't just throwing a punch—it was more like a silent conversation with the earth.

On his fist gathered an endless golden light that the Great Earth Law shouldn't possess, yet strangely, the golden light seemed to contain boundless Great Earth Law within it.

"Indeed, my true body is still more suited to the Great Earth Law."

Although Hermes's Fire Element Law hadn't yet reached godhood, he knew this instinctively.

Because whenever he wished, his true body's talent could easily merge with the Great Earth Law without any hesitation, as if it were only natural.

"Haah—!"

In the courtyard, Hermes suddenly let out a loud shout as his fist punched forward fiercely.

This time, he did not directly shatter space; instead, he traced ripples through the hellish space, as if casting a pebble onto the surface of water, stirring layer upon layer of ripples.

Space did not break, yet Hermes sensed a flow of laws he had never felt before.

Something he had never experienced.

Hermes knew that he seemed to have touched upon a deeper level of the Earth Walking Technique's mysteries.

"So, it's not just the Earth Pulse that can produce ripples—could this be the principle behind the Earth Walking Technique's profundity?"

"Perhaps this is my chance to find the point of convergence between the Earth Walking Technique's profundity and the Earth Pulse's profundity!"

Though Hermes hadn't even brushed the surface of the Earth Pulse, that didn't stop him from harboring such ambition in his heart.

One must have dreams—what if they come true?

Besides, this wasn't mere fantasy.

Hermes inherently possessed the talent and potential of a Seven-star Demon.

He began attempting to apply this newfound understanding to his movement, stepping lightly as he shuttled across the earth.

It felt as though every step landed on the pulse of the boundless land.

Hermes's pace grew faster and faster, his figure leaving afterimages in the air.

"Boom—!"

The ultimate technique, Mist Shadow Heavy, was unleashed.

Hermes started trying to move within the Mist Shadow Space, as if executing the Earth Walking Technique to traverse the earth, unbound by the gravity of the Mist Shadow Space.

"So... this is the true application of the Earth Walking Technique's profundity?"

Hermes furrowed his brow in thought.

"It seems I still need more time to explore and study."

In the Coiling Dragon World, laws seemed to dictate the direction of life's cultivation, yet those same laws appeared to hold infinite possibilities.

Of course, the so-called "infinite" merely referred to the different paths cultivators could develop.

It wasn't truly boundless.

For instance, you couldn't expect to derive a healing profundity from the Wind Element;

or to extract the power of life from the Death Law.

That would be asking too much of Hongmeng!

But the varied developments of cultivators did give rise to all kinds of ultimate techniques—some efficient, some bizarre.

Similar, yet never identical.

The meaning of elemental laws was never about rigidly comprehending and fusing them unchanged.

There was also endless autonomy.

"But I'm different—!"

Hermes stopped in his tracks, standing in the vast, peaceful courtyard, breathing deeply.

"I have the Golden Space!"

He knew that his path had only just begun, and the mysteries of the Earth Walking Technique, along with the Golden Space, still held countless secrets waiting for him to uncover.

Hermes lifted his head to gaze into the distance, his eyes gleaming with anticipation and resolve for a brilliant future.

He knew that no matter how difficult the road ahead, he would charge forward courageously until he reached his goal.

Invincibility?

Or transcendence beyond Hongmeng?

Hermes didn't know; he couldn't think that far yet, because the Golden Space carried immense uncertainty.

But he was clear on one thing: farther, higher, stronger—only by standing at a greater height could one see further!

Of wasn't invincible, nor did he seek to transcend heaven and earth.

Yet, in the end, Of simply lacked that fate.

If he hadn't directly collided with Linley, the child of destiny, and if he'd had the chance to go to the Main Universe, he would have at least had the opportunity to achieve the status of a Supreme Heavenly Sovereign.

Talent and perseverance—Of lacked neither.