"Iron Fist! Giant Panda Correction Punch!!"
Hermes murmured, his voice gradually possessing great power, echoing repeatedly throughout the entire Honkai: Star Rail Universe.
Like the murmurs of the Great Universe's will, it even seeped out of the Honkai: Star Rail Universe and entered the time and space of the entire multiverse.
However, the Heavenly Dao of the Sea of Trees Multiverse rippled slightly, calming this turmoil; otherwise, countless worlds and universes would have been affected, and the Order of eternal time and space might have seen waves.
"Giant Panda Correction Punch!!!"
The low murmurs gradually rose in pitch, finally turning into a roar that pierced through time and space.
The aura of Primordial Ancestral Qi began to spread. Timelines—past, present, and future—and the Chronicles of Time all began to riot.
In the Great Universe, the memories of many people became muddled.
Hermes' roar echoed throughout the river of time, from the origin of the Great Universe to its end countless eons later.
It seemed to have become a part of the Great Universe's rules, entering the depths of its source!
Nanook roared, struggling to resist.
However, under the indifferent gaze of those vast and heartless emerald eyes, an iron fist appeared out of thin air. Ignoring all of Nanook's resistance, it materialized from the void and struck a black fist mark onto His left eye.
Destruction · Nanook's eyes seemed to have turned into those of a giant panda—comical and... interesting?!
Gurgling golden blood flowed out, and the Path of Destruction vibrated slightly, as if in anger, yet also in joy.
The true meaning of Destruction is not only the ability to destroy all things in the universe but also that oneself falls within the scope of destruction.
If one were destroyed by a single punch from the owner of this fist, perhaps it would, from another perspective, prove the true meaning of Destruction... Watching the owner of the fist leave after taking the golden blood, one of Nanook's eyes flickered with a raging fire of anger, while the other showed a look of joy.
The source of the Path of Destruction mirrored the scene of that Ouroboros, with its head and tail connected, granting itself destruction... So, the owner of that fist truly possessed the ability to lead Him into total destruction!
Preservation · Qlipoth, who was building a wall, stopped the motion of swinging His hammer.
Qlipoth said nothing. After silently throwing the great hammer in His hand toward the cosmic starry sky, He quietly turned back and returned His attention to the work of laying mortar.
In contrast, Voracity · Oroboros was clearly not as composed.
"Voracity"—these two words fully manifested the behavioral logic of this Aeon.
Wanting Him to spit back out what He had eaten?
Not a chance!
Therefore... "Oroboros is one of the oldest Aeons, a 'Thinking Black Hole' that devours stars."
A thoughtful look flashed in Hermes' vast and indifferent eyes, representing that he had still not been assimilated by the great power of the Sea of Trees Multiverse's Heavenly Dao.
"What a slippery fellow!"
Oroboros seemed to only know how to swallow, swallow, and swallow, a glutton who devoured everything.
However, to truly become an Aeon, especially one of the oldest, how could Oroboros be a simple character?
Under Hermes' will, which was like the vast Heavenly Dao, this fellow constantly devoured the possibility of being found, while spitting out strands of inconspicuous aura. By adjusting small probabilities and accumulating them into a torrential force, He kept Himself within a safe range.
To be frank, Oroboros was indeed a quite slippery big fellow.
Even Preservation · Qlipoth found it difficult to have much of an impact on this fellow.
However... a hint of a smile flashed in Hermes' eyes.
No matter how cunning Oroboros was, under the infinite possibilities of the Infinite Truth, He could only find no escape and no way to hide!
Once your possibilities are locked down, where else can you run?
Thus, under Oroboros' bewildered gaze, Hermes regained his indifferent expression. With a swift stroke, he obtained what he needed.
After a glance, he casually punched Him, giving Him a panda eye to match Destruction · Nanook's.
Then, he kicked Voracity directly back outside Qlipoth's wall and didn't spare Him another glance.
After solving the problem of Voracity, before Hermes could even take the initiative to act, the Mother of All Stars and God of a Thousand Faces—Harmony · Xipe—appeared before Hermes in a form that seemed to be composed of countless overlapping and fused figures.
Before this female idol with a benevolent smile, a small celestial body shimmering with philosophical concepts like "Harmony," "Unity," and "Collectivity" flew directly into Hermes' hand.
Before Hermes could even react, the idol of the Mother of All Stars had already vanished.
"To actually take this opportunity to preach the philosophy of 'Harmony' to me?"
This thought flashed by and disappeared. Hermes had no time to continue thinking. The Enigmata appeared at some unknown time, casting a veil of secrecy to cover some of the effects caused by Hermes' actions before departing elegantly.
There was no need to look for Terminus.
In His past, which was the future of others, Terminus had already handed over what Hermes needed to him—
That's right, the key that Elio had given him back then was exactly what Hermes needed.
It turned out that Finality had already seen through everything at some point.
Permanence, Order, and Propagation were already in a state of silent fall at "this" point in time. Facing Hermes, they offered no resistance.
As for the final one—
equilibrium!
Hermes' eyes looked directly into the vastness of the universe. That Scale of equilibrium seemed to turn into strands of karma and fate, becoming invisible giant hands that pierced through the river of time of the Great Universe, causing all things in the universe to enact the true meaning of equilibrium—
This was the cosmic balance mechanism of HooH.
He had almost completely transformed into the universe's balance mechanism, realizing the multiverse's balance in various subtle or direct ways, silently and soundlessly.
"In the Path of equilibrium, which belongs to Him, HooH is likely the one who has traveled the furthest among all Aeons..."
Facing HooH in this form, even Hermes felt a bit at a loss for a moment.
The Imaginary Tree absorbs the Sea of Quanta to grow and create new worlds.
And the Sea of Quanta tries to erode and submerge the Imaginary Tree.
These two form a dynamic balance mechanism.
This is the worldview of the Sea of Trees Multiverse.
From this, one can see just how uniquely blessed the Path of equilibrium · HooH is.
Countless people in the Honkai: Star Rail Universe believe that the Path of Nihility · IX is the broadest and its philosophical depth the most profound.
Most scholars even once believed that Nihility · IX, with its own strength alone, possessed power rivaling all other Aeons.
However.
This view is incorrect.
equilibrium · HooH is the most unfathomable giant hand among all the Aeons!
This is also determined by the worldview of the Sea of Trees Multiverse.
equilibrium · HooH has even quietly spread His own Path toward the entire Sea of Trees Multiverse. In terms of practicing the Path, He has traveled the furthest and is the existence most similar to the Heavenly Dao of the Sea of Trees Multiverse!
Perhaps, equilibrium · HooH can be called—
equilibrium · Heavenly Dao!
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