Chapter 38

Long-lost emotions left Hermes momentarily uninterested in continuing his experiments; he once again submerged his awareness into the chat group, ready to see what changes the other members had recently undergone.

Comprehensive Manga Big Female Lead: “Thank Itachi, Han Yi, for sending me the Nine Heavens Divine Phoenix Art.”

Comprehensive Manga Big Female Lead: “This divine art is truly, truly suited to me!”

Comprehensive Manga Big Female Lead: “After I obtained the technique, I made rapid progress the moment I started—so fast I thought I’d gone insane!”

Comprehensive Manga Big Female Lead: "Combined with my unique physique granted by the Youdu Tianyan, I can now harvest cultivation resources by hunting anomalies."

Luo Qianqiu arrived at a dilapidated shrine, seized the fox-shaped ghost god dwelling there, and instantly refined it!

The power of the Youdu Tianyan shattered the fox-shaped ghost god’s will; the Phoenix fire surged forward without hesitation, forcibly refining the ghost god’s spiritual energy into a crystal-clear spiritual pearl and a strand of divinity devoid of any consciousness!

What is this?

This is the perfect cultivation resource!

After hunting a few thousand more pseudo-gods, Luo Qianqiu dared to soar into the sky toward those planetary-level anomaly gods…

Uh.

“These things should be approached slowly—no overconfidence! No overconfidence!”

Recalling the glaring thing hanging in the sky, Luo Qianqiu wiped sweat from his brow and quickly stopped himself.

That thing was definitely not something to be settled in a hurry!

Finally, he cleared away all remaining anomalies and wandering spirits.

Luo Qianqiu sped away, silently reciting the Pure Heart Mantra all the way to calm his blood-boiling state.

Only a girl with a pair of unique golden eyes remained in the distance, staring in stunned silence at this scene…

Snow Moon Sword Immortal: “What happened?”

The Wisdom of Exploration: “It seems the group owner is progressing rapidly—he actually dares to fight those anomaly gods?”

The group members generally had some understanding of Luo Qianqiu’s situation.

Digital Savior Wants a Sister: “Group owner, calm down! Calm down! Don’t get so excited—saving the world isn’t something Itachi charge into after a sudden impulse! Be cautious!!”

Yamato Taichi, who had extensive experience saving worlds, immediately spoke up to advise.

Don’t be fooled by his reckless charging through the Digital World—it looks easy, but it’s not.

He himself had narrowly escaped death many times and understood this deeply.

Comprehensive Manga Big Female Lead: “Don’t worry—I’ve calmed down.”

Comprehensive Manga Big Female Lead: “If I don’t have ten percent certainty, I’ll never initiate combat against those monsters. My greatest strength is knowing my limits!”

Snow Moon Sword Immortal: “That’s good. But although the Nine Heavens Divine Phoenix Art theoretically can reach the Divine Traveling Realm and is among the supreme divine arts of the world, in your world, it probably isn’t that special, right?”

Comprehensive Manga Big Female Lead: “Hehehe, Han Yi, Itachi don’t get it—my Phoenix Fruit was specially modified by Hermes. Though it’s still nominally called a Devil Fruit, it’s already something entirely different from a Devil Fruit.”

Comprehensive Manga Big Female Lead: “It inherently possesses limitless potential—I just never found the key to unlock it!”

Comprehensive Manga Big Female Lead: "Most of the Nine Heavens Divine Phoenix Art doesn’t help me much, but it’s the key to unlocking that door. Combined with my Youdu Tianyan’s ability to turn endless anomalies into burning fuel, the result? Hehehe…"

It was clear Luo Qianqiu was extremely excited.

“Fascinating!”

Hermes was equally intrigued—he himself had created the Phoenix Fruit and knew exactly what it was!

Though powerful, this fruit required an extremely long growth period to reach the level of a Dusk Ancient Beast.

Yet now, Luo Qianqiu had cleverly achieved a leap in progress through this method…

Even Hermes himself was momentarily astonished.

Could martial arts and Devil Fruits really have such a strange synergy?

“It seems the Devil Fruit still has untapped potential…”

He hadn’t paid attention to it before because, despite its immense potential, its growth period was simply too long.

After all, a Dusk Ancient Beast’s lifespan is nearly infinite.

Therefore, its juvenile stage was naturally no short one.

But now, things seemed different?

Perhaps research into Superhuman and Natural Devil Fruits should be given more attention—time should be set aside to study them?

Later, the chat group resumed discussing the synergy between Devil Fruits and martial arts.

Dragon was the most enthusiastic—could he also advance his fruit ability by cultivating a corresponding martial art?

Ning Qingyu, the sect master of Mount Hua, also analyzed whether consuming a corresponding Devil Fruit could trigger a super evolution of his Purple Cloud Divine Art?

Hermes watched their discussion while opening the Blue Star internet to check information.

Had he not previously engaged in a lengthy “meaningless” chat with Ryōtō Himeko, which had softened his mindset and distracted him from obsessively pursuing scientific experiments, he might not have taken the initiative to go online.

Otherwise, he might never have bothered.

After all, Hermes was now immensely powerful—he needed only to think, and virtually nothing on Blue Star could hide from him.

【Holy shit! I never thought I’d live to see Qin Shi Huang fight Han Wu Di!】

【Though the clash between Qin Shi Huang and Han Wu Di is great, how dreamlike would it be compared to the fierce battle between the Marquis of Guan and the White Robe Chen Qingzhi!】

【What about Three Kingdoms Heroes Grand Battle?】

【Though our Donghua nation has spawned so many ancient ancestors, the West has also produced plenty of big names!】

【The Renaissance’s Big Three aren’t to be underestimated—the celestial stars hanging overhead grow stronger by the day!】

【This wave? It’s global super-evolution!】

【Speaking of which, I think of America—just thinking about it makes me laugh~】

…

On the Blue Star internet, people had fallen into utter madness, with countless individuals passionately debating.

Simultaneously, Hermes’s honorific title spread from Qin Zheng’s mouth.

Primordial Great Dao Lord!

Celestial Dao Lord!

Master of the Great Dao Lord!

The origin of all Dao, the ancestral teacher of myriad paths!

The entire world was now obsessively studying the Star Lord Dao, striving to establish their own path and elevate their fate-star to hang high in the heavens, becoming the next Star Lord!

As one Star Lord after another emerged, boundless starlight rained down, and the entire Blue Star continuously expanded.

Many scholars speculated that, under the will of that Supreme Dao Ancestor, Blue Star had begun ascending.

In the future, it would surely be the golden age of Star Lords!

Those who failed to tread the Fate-Star Path would surely be abandoned by the age…