How magnificent is the scale of the Sea of Trees Multiverse?
The imaginary tree and the Sea of Quanta are terrifying enough, aren't they?
In a single breath, the imaginary tree can create countless worlds!
But even that is only a part of the sea of trees multiverse heavenly dao.
If any other Aeon were to come into contact with the sea of trees multiverse heavenly dao for even a second, they would likely dissolve into the Dao instantly!
Hermes felt his head and his mind being submerged by the torrent of information from the entire multiverse!
In that instant, he was nearly washed away into idiocy.
"primal ancestral qi, the mind is indestructible!"
The moment he realized the situation, Hermes transformed into an independent strand of primal ancestral qi to maintain the indestructibility of his mind.
However, how majestic is the power of the Multiverse Heavenly Dao?
Even the primal ancestral qi, which claimed to transcend the world, was nearly scattered by the great power of the Multiverse Heavenly Dao at this moment, teetering on the edge of 'Dao Collapse.'
Despite Hermes having prepared multiple backup plans, his consciousness still sank into a state of near-absolute 'void' and absolute 'nothingness.'
"If I completely accept the [Infinite · Multiversal Truth], I can break free from this predicament in an instant."
Hermes remained calm in his heart; he knew how to break this dead end, but he could not do so.
If he were to fully accommodate the Infinite · Multiversal Truth at this critical juncture, then his path would irreversibly return to the path of Infinite Möbius.
At that point, all the plans he had made would come to naught, and he would never have another chance to start over.
Or rather, the sea of trees multiverse heavenly dao would never give him a second chance!
In the time of Infinite Möbius, she accommodated the Sea of Trees Multiverse and achieved her own Infinite · Multiversal Truth, but that did not mean the sea of trees multiverse heavenly dao was completely swallowed by her.
How inconceivable is a true Multiverse Heavenly Dao?
Such an existence certainly cannot simply perish.
What Infinite Möbius swallowed was, at most, merely one facet of the sea of trees multiverse heavenly dao.
Compared to the complete sea of trees multiverse heavenly dao, it was insignificant.
That time, Infinite Möbius was able to reverse the multiversal river of time because she had the tacit permission of the sea of trees multiverse heavenly dao; after all, she was a native Multiversal Truth, and even the Heavenly Dao must accord a certain level of respect.
However...
Such a thing can happen once, but not twice; the Heavenly Dao has its limits of patience.
It was only because the Sea of Trees Multiverse was a special case, showing great doting toward powerhouses born within it, that Infinite Möbius was given that chance. In any other multiverse, such a thing would be unthinkable!
The moment one attempted to divert the multiversal river of time, the Heavenly Dao would immediately bring down the punishment of Total Annihilation!
For instance, in the Great Desolation Multiverse, Pangu The Creator would come to reason with you with his axe in hand!
Hermes understood this logic; he knew very well how precious this opportunity was.
Just as Hermes's primal ancestral qi was about to be completely assimilated and dissolved by the sea of trees multiverse heavenly dao, Herta, Ruan Mei, Screwllum, Stephen Lloyd, Kakami, and Raiden Mei of the Oblivion River acted together.
Using Raiden Mei, the Agent of Beauty, as a medium and the Great Power of Pure Beauty: Perfect World as the means, they utilized the ritual Hermes had left in advance to draw upon the truths of Imaginary and Quantum. This resonated with the imaginary tree and the Sea of Quanta of the Sea of Trees Multiverse, firmly anchoring Hermes's consciousness to prevent it from being scattered by the Heavenly Dao.
However, merely temporarily preserving Hermes's consciousness from being scattered was not enough.
In the next moment...
It was the turn of the many members of the Chat Group to act.
That 'Youth Version' of the jade disc of creation was insignificant, but the Chat Group itself, as something capable of linking the myriad dimensions of the heavens, possessed an extremely high essence.
When Lumine exercised his authority as the Chat Admin and began to firmly 'gaze' upon Hermes... he finally bought Hermes a full second of breathing room!
Relying on the many measures he had prepared in advance, he was not instantly defeated by the Heavenly Dao. Within this one second of clarity, he unleashed his final trump card!
"When I prove my Pure Beauty..."
"Those who chant my true name, across the myriad heavens and realms, the infinite multiverses, and the infinite living beings, shall all receive my protection!"
Hermes looked down from the perspective of the Heavenly Dao. Pausing slightly, he looked at the world bubbles in the Sea of Quanta that were born in the morning and died by dusk, an infinite number of them. A hint of pity appeared in his expression as he spoke again:
"Those who chant my true name, within the boundless Imaginary and the vacuum Quantum, through the dreamlike bubbles, shall all receive my guidance!"
He could not save all of these countless world bubbles, because such an act would directly run counter to the Multiversal Order; it would be a typical case of reckless behavior.
It wasn't that Hermes couldn't do it, but that he shouldn't!
However, he could provide the light of hope to those dreamlike bubbles that had awakened their self-awareness within these world bubbles, guiding them to seize that infinitesimally small chance of survival and hope!
The vast anthem of enlightenment, through this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to interface and link with the sea of trees multiverse heavenly dao, allowed Hermes's will to briefly enter a state of 'Merging with the Dao' with the Heavenly Dao.
With the entire multiverse, the infinite universes, and worlds as witnesses, he signed this Great Vow and Covenant of Enlightenment under the gaze of the Multiverse Heavenly Dao.
In the next instant, a terrifying force of feedback pulled Hermes directly out of his state of imminent dissolution!
Making a covenant with the infinite multiverse served as an indelible Anchor, enough to make Hermes's consciousness eternal and indestructible from then on.
Even if a powerful being were to slay Hermes hundreds of millions of times in an instant, as long as the Sea of Trees Multiverse remained, he could return with a single thought from any corner of the multiverse... this was the so-called Great Vow · Path to Enlightenment!
Simply swearing to the heavens and earth and shouting a few times was useless.
This was a very orthodox method of attaining enlightenment.
Furthermore, the Great Vow · Path to Enlightenment was different for every powerful being; it required them to create it based on their own Dao—there were no two identical paths to enlightenment in the world.
The same applied to the Great Vow method.
And when you make a Great Vow, can it gain recognition?
This was also a test for the one seeking enlightenment... and it succeeded!
"As expected, this Great Vow method of enlightenment truly deserves its reputation across the heavens; it indeed has its unique merits!"
The vast and emotionless look in Hermes's eyes finally dissipated, replaced by a hint of irrepressible joy.
As for the so-called constraints of the vow?
What a joke!
It was as if he wouldn't have done these things after his Ascend to Godhood even if he hadn't made the Great Vow!
"As the price for my Ascend to Godhood, I already needed to practice my own path. Now, I have simply sworn to uphold the ideals I already needed to practice..."
Legend has it that when the Buddha attained enlightenment, he made forty-eight Great Vows in a row, and from then on, he had no peace as he worked to repay that debt... To this, Hermes couldn't help but sneer. "How dare those who have not attained the Dao presume to imagine the world of those who have?"
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