Chapter 42: The First Encounter of the Original "Sun, Moon, and Stars"

"Hermione."

Amanises's voice was calm and distant.

Hermione, who was still hoping to enjoy a good show from the bottom of her heart, had her composure broken in a second. She asked suspiciously, "Can you see what I look like?"

Amanises shook her head and said, "No, your image appears in my eyes as a beam of light and shadow containing endless mysteries. But..."

Amanises smiled slightly with a hint of mockery, "The moment you stick your bum out, I know which direction your little tail is going to wag..."

That was truly a vicious remark!

Immediately afterward, however, Amanises restrained the playful expression on her face and said solemnly:

"Moreover, apart from the Ilusa tribe and you, I have not revealed my true name to any other entity. If you called me 'Misfortune', I might hesitate for a moment. But addressing my true name directly... your identity is not hard to guess."

Pausing for a moment, Amanises looked around her surroundings and asked, "Is this the mysterious space you mentioned? What is its purpose?"

"What purpose... it seems capable of pulling certain people into this space."

As Hermione spoke, her gaze drifted to the blasphemy slate standing beside her. At that moment, she discovered that the blasphemy slate had unexpectedly revealed the complete divine path of the "Darkness" pathway, from Sequence 9 all the way to Sequence 0!

This change had occurred right after Amanises was pulled in!

Feeling Hermione's gaze shifting toward her, Amanises asked, "Did you make a new discovery?"

After pondering for a moment in her heart, Hermione manipulated the blasphemy slate, causing it to descend before Amanises as she asked, "Can you see anything?"

Amanises watched as this somewhat familiar slate dropped before her. With thoughts stirring in her mind, her gaze fell upon the text inscribed upon it—

After a long silence, Amanises, who was always enduring and composed, had a voice that showed a noticeable fluctuation: "All the potion formulas and advancement rituals from Sequence 9 'Sleeper' to Sequence 0 'Darkness'..."

"Sequence 1, 'Disaster Knight'..."

"Sequence 0, 'Darkness'... So that's how it is, He is 'Darkness'..."

Amanises murmured, her mind shaken.

When Amanises had regained her composure, Hermione asked again, "Can you see information outside of the 'Darkness' pathway?"

"No." Amanises, having calmed down, looked as though she wanted to say something but hesitated, ultimately stopping herself from asking the question, "Can you?"

Seeing her expression, Hermione smiled and said:

"Neither can I. Before you came here, I could only see the 'Spectator' pathway, which is the 'Visionary' pathway."

"After pulling you in, I was able to see the 'Darkness' pathway."

Hearing this introduction, a trace of warmth surfaced in the depths of Amanises's eyes. She spoke up, "I can only see the 'Darkness' pathway. It seems you possess a very special status within this mysterious space..."

"This place is equivalent to the divine kingdom of a true god... No, its status is even higher than that of a true god." Hermione turned her gaze back to the stone-sealed giant statue, her sight stretching a bit further into the distance as she looked at the curtain of shadows draped along the edges of the space. She sighed with emotion, "Yet this space should rightfully be considered His."

"His?" Amanises uttered in surprise. She likewise looked behind her, a thoughtful expression flashing in her gaze as she said in a deep voice, "In my eyes, His image is identical to yours; you are simply a miniature version of that light and shadow."

Upon hearing Amanises's description, Hermione was startled, followed by a sudden realization—so from the perspective of others, what stood behind her was not a giant stone statue, but a massive entity of light and shadow supporting this entire space!

Furthermore, from the perspective of others, her appearance was completely identical to the light and shadow standing behind her that supported this vast expanse!

In other words... from the perspective of others, she was undoubtedly the master of this space!

Hermione's thoughts extended outward from this realization—

The bizarre plot video, the Ancient Sun God who failed to be born, being cast into the Second Epoch and fused with Hermione...

Every single one of these events pointed directly toward one of the three pillars at the apex of the cosmos, God.

Namely, the "Original Creator"...

Hermione pulled back her thoughts, burying them deep within her heart. She looked toward Amanises and asked some trivial questions in a relaxed tone: "Can you leave the stone pillar?"

After trying, Amanises shook her head and said, "I cannot leave this pillar. There seems to be an invisible barrier right in front of me."

"Can you manifest your mythical creature form?" Hermione asked again.

The darkness on Amanises's body surged into a pitch-black dress, while two extra pairs of arms extended from her ribs and waist. She nodded and said, "That is possible."

Retracting this posture, Amanises remarked with emotion, "A truly miraculous and convenient space, quite suitable for discussing some covert operations."

After saying this, she added, "You mentioned earlier that you only saw the 'Darkness' pathway on this slate after pulling me into this space. Can you pull other people in as well, thereby acquiring the methods for achieving godhood in other pathways?"

Hermione replied, "Although I am not entirely certain whether people can be pulled in at will... for now, I can still sense the aura of a powerful entity, and I am confident I can pull their consciousness here, and this person is right within the Ilusa tribe."

Hermione described the female presence that had given her such a strong sense of oppression, and said with considerable concern, "I don't know who it is... the aura is terrifyingly powerful, and the fact that she is right inside the tribe cannot be explained away as mere coincidence."

"Much stronger than me?" Amanises asked.

Hermione nodded solemnly, "Mm."

There were not many beings capable of being far more powerful than Amanises, a Sequence 2 angel. At the very least, such an entity was a Sequence 1, and potentially even one of the eight ancient gods.

Yet, why would such a powerful existence be located within the Ilusa tribe?

"Pull Him in." As Hermione was contemplating whether she should make contact with this entity, Amanises said this.

This did not align with Amanises's usual cautious style.

Hermione revealed a probing gaze and reminded her, "Doing this might carry risks."

In response, Amanises gently sighed and said, "We cannot simply hope that such an entity is merely passing by... If even this divine kingdom of yours, which surpasses the gods, cannot faze her, we might as well pack up and flee the tribe immediately."

...

Within the Ilusa tribe, an ordinary-looking yet plump-figured woman was mingling among the crowd. Watching the distant, vanishing figure of the "Goddess of Harvest" Ometbella, her nostrils twitched with a hint of doubt.

"That kind of aura really exists..."

As Ometbella completely disappeared, the woman raised her head to look at the bright sky, though her deep gaze seemed capable of piercing the firmament to gaze directly at the starry sky.

After a slight sigh, the woman lowered her head and followed the flow of the dispersing crowd, feeling a sudden sense of thirst.

She wanted to consume fresh blood.

Her gaze swept across this prosperous human tribe, yet she forcibly suppressed the madness wellsing up within her heart.

It was not an aversion to the craving for blood, nor was it a fear of exposing herself; rather, her pride made her intensely loathe being driven by such desires, especially when those desires originated from the contamination of other entities!

Just as she was calming this blood-thirstiness, she suddenly felt a powerful will interacting with her... Although the aura was completely different, this sense of high status and supreme rank was strikingly similar to the entity that transmitted mutterings from the starry sky during the full moon!

The woman's pace remained slow, but her footsteps seemed to traverse the natural living things of the region. Without anyone noticing anything unusual, in the blink of an eye, she crossed an extremely vast distance, stepping right out of this prosperous human tribe.

Amidst this slow stride traversing the natural domain, her appearance also underwent a transformation—her physique became even more plump and tenderly graceful, and her features grew mesmerizingly beautiful.

Gradually, she transformed into Him—a true deity.

Then, Her consciousness made contact with that high-ranking existence that had been continuously pulling at Her.

At that moment, indescribable colors flooded Her field of vision.

Following that, it was as if she passed through layers of heavy veils.

When Her vision cleared, She beheld a massive figure of light and shadow.