Chapter 23: The Great Pure Beauty Star God Shall Return to the Divine Throne

Once, Hermes had considered creating a virtual-number version of cultivation and martial arts in the world of Bengtie .

After all, martial cultivation is a romance etched into the hearts of transmigrators from the Celestial Dynasty.

But in the end, he abandoned the idea.

Not because it was impossible, but because it was unnecessary.

For even if the world of Star Rail added a path of cultivation and martial arts, it would merely be another splash of water into this already scalding oil cauldron of Path madness, intensifying its struggles further.

“I cannot yet alter the great cosmos that holds the source of chaos—the Star Gods—but I can build, from small to great, a pure and beautiful human paradise existing only in dreams!”

Hermes spoke calmly to Buel about his ideal.

The Fate Star System was one of the pillars supporting Hermes’s realization of this vision.

In legend, every person is born corresponding to a star in the boundless heavens.

And when that person dies, the star above them likewise falls.

Hermes’s Fate Star System was crafted based on this legend.

In his design, every living being in this world is born with a phantom 【Fate Star】 granted by the Great Authority, Astrology, and the Dao of Heaven.

To activate the 【Fate Star】 and take the first step on the path of cultivation, one must 【Establish a Dao】!

Of course, to gain the recognition of the Dao of Heaven and Astrology, your 【Dao】 must lean toward the positive faction.

Even if Itachi are a born evil savior, to grow stronger in this world, Itachi must forcibly cultivate a thread of positive emotion.

Then,

Itachi must continuously practice the path Itachi have established.

Even a naturally evil figure like 【Uchiha·Tobirama】 would, under these conditions, be forcibly reshaped into a broadly good person…

Of course, there are many deeper mysteries within.

The Fate Star System is, in fact, Hermes’s ultimate expression of energy science.

It also contains the power of the Great Authority, Alchemy.

It is precisely this ultimate subtlety—capable of forging the Philosopher’s Stone, which can equate and exchange all phenomena—that lays the very foundation of the path.

Who says the power of the mind is not power?

Under Hermes’s operation, the power of the mind will become the endless source of energy in this world.

And through the cultivation of countless Fate Star Practitioners across the Blue Planet, the true Infinite Dao will be forged.

This is the path of the Fate Star Practitioner, transforming illusion into reality—and Hermes’s own path to divinity and dimensional ascension!

Once 【Establishing a Dao】 is complete, transforming illusion into reality, turning the 【Fate Star】 from phantom to true form—this is the initial system.

Naturally, the cultivator, along the way, gradually advances toward 【Purity and Beauty】.

This journey—from illusion to reality, from mire to purity—is what is called the Fate Star System!

“When my Fate Star System is fully complete, I will realize my ideal world: a pure and beautiful realm existing only in dreams!”

Buel listened, stunned, to the pure and beautiful world within this man’s heart.

If an ordinary person proposed such a plan, Buel would dismiss them as a mad dreamer.

But Hermes was different.

He not only conceived this idea—he was actively turning it into reality, step by step.

“Are all members of the Genius Club this insane?”

Buel smiled bitterly in astonishment.

She had thought her gap with these geniuses was merely a hair’s breadth.

But now it seemed that this single hair’s breadth was already a chasm between heaven and earth!

…

In the starry sky, the Star Gods suddenly gained sudden insight.

They all turned their gazes toward a long-dormant Path—Purity and Beauty.

At this moment, this Path seemed to resonate faintly with something.

This strange state drew their attention.

Purity and Beauty, long without a Star God, now seemed excited, trembling with joy.

It was as if it symbolized the perfect true manifestation of the Path of Purity and Beauty.

Was Itdilira about to return?

Or had a practitioner of the Path of Purity and Beauty reached its apex, ready to claim its origin?

Kriper halted building the wall.

Fuli’s diamond-bright gaze traced the source.

Hipe opened her eyes as the Mother of Stars.

Lan paused his pursuit of the Herbalist.

The Herbalist gazed far off in reverie.

Only the Void IX remained in slumber.

Even these great Star Gods, at this moment, felt a flicker of envy.

In the booming laughter of Joy·Aha, the truth was spoken: “Itdilira, Itdilira, Itachi shall give birth to a true fellow traveler.”

“What is more worthy of envy among Star Gods?”

“He shall inherit Purity and Beauty; he shall walk ever forward upon Purity and Beauty!”

Unlike other worlds, a fellow traveler is an enemy.

In this world, every Star God has carried their own Dao from beginning to end.

If someone truly surpasses them, they will not fear—they will rejoice.

For this is the strongest affirmation of their own Dao!

What could be more joyful to them than this?

…

The disturbance in the Path of Purity and Beauty stirred Hermes’s intuition—he sensed something had happened.

But after a brief divination through Astrology and finding it to be a good omen, Hermes set aside further inquiry.

Now, he had more urgent matters to attend to.

In the early operation of the Fate Star System, he needed to fix the countless bugs that had emerged.

By the time Hermes finally found time again, four full days had passed.

“So this is the Fate Star?”

Buel felt the vastness of heaven and earth; with a soft call, a phantom star flickered and drifted in her vision. “Then, what should my first 【Dao】 be when awakening my Fate Star?”

“Knowledge? Wisdom? Dreams? World Tree?…”

Deep in thought, for an ordinary person, choosing even one would be rare enough.

And to Establish a Dao is not merely a matter of desire—it requires Itachi to inherently possess such a trait, and the Dao of Heaven’s recognition!

If your weight in heaven and earth is insufficient, even possessing such a trait will never allow Itachi to inscribe it upon your Fate Star.

But Buel was different—she had too many choices.

Hermes smiled as he watched Buel struggle, his gaze turning toward the Blue Planet.

At the moment the Fate Star System activated, countless beings across the Blue Planet were called.

Each of them possessed a noble, radiant soul.

In his eyes, each one was a future trendsetter of the Blue Planet, destined to lead the civilization of tomorrow.

“Ding. Member 【Crown Puppeteer】 has joined the chat group.”

“Ding. Member 【Digital Savior Who Wants a Sister】 has joined the chat group.”