Although Hermes was already capable of internal circulatory growth within the Great Universe, he had never severed his connection with the external Tree and Sea Multiverse.
His Star Crown Court was also a part of the Sea of Trees Multiverse; how could it be completely isolated from it?
Quite the opposite!
"Even in my hometown from my past life, someone said, 'Give me a fulcrum, and I can lift the entire Earth'..."
Hermes whispered to himself in a pleasant mood, "When the Star Crown Court is fully formed, it will be the fulcrum I use to leverage the Order of the Multiverse!"
"As long as I can use the Star Crown Court's entry into the Great Universe to occupy even a tiny fraction of shares in the Sea of Trees Multiverse..."
"I can use the mighty power of the Multiverse's Heavenly Dao to promote the many Cosmic Truths I hold to the Multiverse level. At that time, my primal ancestral qi will also reach its ultimate sublimation, forming a multiverse within..."
This is—the Leverage Path to Enlightenment!
Herta had her 'Board First, Buy Ticket Later' technique, so Hermes naturally learned the essence of it... Time passed as he devoted himself to cultivation.
Half a month later, Hermes finally opened his eyes helplessly.
"Lord of Heavenly Principles, there is something you need to see."
The one who interrupted his cultivation was his right-hand man, Chief Secretary Buyer.
"Sigh."
Hermes sighed helplessly. He had finally managed to find some time to cultivate, only to have business come knocking so soon.
"Tell me, what happened, Buyer?"
Buyer approached Hermes with a solemn expression, took out the Heavenly Dao Administrator's Manual, flipped through it, and placed it before him.
"Look at these spirits falling into the Guihu Sea; their origins seem problematic."
"They don't bear the mark of our Sea of Trees Multiverse!"
The Guihu Sea was the gathering place for negative energy in the Star Crown Court. When the Teyvat World was merged into the Great Universe, things like the Dark Sea basically fell here.
This was also the core administrative area for the alchemical power Hermes wielded, responsible for the interactive conversion of energy and matter in the Great Universe.
In the future, if the Great Universe planned to establish institutions like the Netherworld or Hell, they would undoubtedly appear here.
"Strange, drops that don't belong to the Sea of Trees Multiverse?"
Hermes felt it was very odd upon hearing this. The quantum truth he wielded was only halfway through its transformation; how could it have the power to fish people from other worldviews?
Furthermore, even with the true Quantum Cosmic Truth, he would have to actively take action and find a weak point in the Multiverse before it would be possible to fish people across worldviews.
"Let's go take a look first."
Thinking of this, Hermes simply snapped his fingers.
At that moment, Buyer felt time and space materialize under her feet. The bizarre and fragmented Guihu Sea surged before her eyes, spreading into the infinite distance.
"It feels like the negative energy conversion in the Guihu Sea is a bit too crude."
Seeing the place with her own eyes, Buyer frowned slightly. "The cycle of life and death, the intersection of positive and negative, the chaos of causal logic, the residues of intertwined fates..."
"How can these things be simply and crudely obliterated and refined?"
As the incarnation of the World Tree and the administrator of the akashic records, Buyer held high authority in the Great Universe.
After seeing the Guihu Sea with her own eyes, she finally discovered that there was such a corner with such rudimentary Order in the Great Universe.
"To crudely obliterate and refine these things into pure energy is truly too wasteful!"
"If they could undergo refined processing, how many rare treasures could be harvested? And how much foundation could be added to the Great Universe?"
With every bit obliterated, Buyer felt her heart twitch.
What a waste of God's gifts!
Not to mention anything else, the cycle of life and death in the Great Universe could probably create an incredibly prosperous pantheon... Waste, it's simply too much waste!
Furthermore, those good spirits who died accidentally also needed a place to be properly settled, rather than relying on her, the World Administrator, to find a place to dump them into slumber... "Buyer, you're right."
Hermes nodded in deep agreement. He had already realized this when he went to Liyue and saw the Hilichurls.
"But there's no way around it, Buyer. Even if your Lord of Heavenly Principles could create clones, I can't do everything perfectly."
"You've seen it, right?"
"Since you met me, I've never truly rested. We are just too short-staffed!"
It was because he realized this that he spared no effort in headhunting people from the Honkai: Star Rail Universe.
But even so, these were only low-level talents who could only handle minor details.
Only geniuses close to Herta's level could truly share his burdens and handle metaphysical issues.
That was why he thought of resurrecting Phanes, that super tool-man, to work for him.
"You've truly worked hard, Lord of Heavenly Principles."
Buyer couldn't help but nod in agreement. "If not for your existence, how could such a beautiful world as the Star Crown Court exist?"
"However, you're right. The Guihu Sea indeed needs to be subdivided; we can't just crudely obliterate and refine everything."
Hermes thought carefully, preparing to select some people from the Great Universe to take on heavy responsibilities. He couldn't be the only one, the Supreme Tianli, constantly busy, right?
"Naberius and Ronova, who control the laws of life and death, must come out to lead as managers and handle projects. They can't just be busy everywhere across the Great Universe anymore..."
Naberius and Ronova were among the top talents in the Great Universe; serving as managers would certainly be more than enough for them.
"Then there are the Star Lords... Forget the Star Lords."
Hermes shook his head and rejected that plan.
Although there were many capable people among the Star Lords—like Star Lord Taibai whom he met not long ago—Li Bai's talent was amazing even to Hermes.
But these Star Lords each governed a Digital World.
While balancing their cultivation, they also had to plan and promote the perfection of their Digital Worlds; it was truly difficult for them to come here to work.
Like Himeko, since becoming the Star Lord of Blazing Fire, how long had it been since she last came to the court?
Wasn't it because she was just too busy?
Only fellows like Li Bai and Zhongli, who were either exceptionally talented or had profound foundations, had the ability to find the energy amidst their busy schedules to send a clone back to the main world of the Star Crown Court to play.
Clearly, although Himeko had decent talent and Hermes' favor, she still couldn't compare to these truly powerful individuals.
While the two were discussing the Guihu Sea, dots of spectral light gathered before them, subsequently transforming into soul bodies, or rather... ghosts?!
"Has the Guihu Sea poked into some world's Netherworld?"
Buyer frowned.
"It seems to be more than just one world?"
Looking at these soul bodies, Hermes' expression became subtle, and then he called out loudly: "Tsugikuni Yoriichi! Kochou Kanae! Alice! Wake up at once!"
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