The one who prevented Terminus from bestowing a reality-altering power upon Zagi was HooH, Aeon of Equilibrium, the great existence whose body had already merged with the universe itself.
"Why are you stopping me?" Terminus raised Their head and looked toward the universe of the past.
The next moment, the cosmic strings and gravitational fields of the universe began to tremble, and the voice of HooH, Aeon of Equilibrium, rang out. "Immense power can alter and distort a person's heart. Moreover, it has not even been twenty-four standard hours since Zagi was truly born."
"If you draw the power of Zagi at his peak into the Zagi of the present, that overwhelming strength may distort his mentality, driving him completely toward Destruction or even Nihility..."
"When you previously bestowed Silver Wolf with the reality-altering power of Finality, granting her the strength of a pinnacle Emanator of Elation and creating the Level 999 Player cartridge, you later had Elio take the cartridge away to restrain her. Was that not also because you feared the power would affect her state of mind?"
"And most importantly, when you granted Silver Wolf that reality-altering power of Finality, she had already risen to prominence on Punklorde. She was already mature, completely unlike Zagi, who has only just been born."
Upon hearing this, Terminus lowered Their head and contemplated for a while. They felt HooH's reasoning was sound.
Zagi was indeed still too young. It had not even been twenty-four standard hours since his birth.
More importantly, the present universe had not yet reached the era of Finality. This was not a point in time when They could freely rule over everything.
The present universe was still in its age of prosperity. Before that age ended and the cosmos declined from its peak, they would first have to wait for the individual on Planarcadia to repair the train and allow the Astral Express to race across the sea of stars.
Within a prosperous universe, the strongest Aeons were naturally beings such as HooH of Equilibrium, Qlipoth of Preservation, and Xipe of Harmony.
Although the power of Finality towered above all mortal beings within the prosperous universe, it was still slightly weaker when confronting HooH, Aeon of Equilibrium.
After thinking this far, Terminus rose from the throne of Finality and said, "I will not bestow a blessing that rewrites the power and attributes of Zagi during the era of Finality onto the Zagi of the present... However, I will grant Zagi a Seed of Finality. He will assist the Stellaron Hunters in hunting Stellarons and guide the universe toward a special future."
HooH, Aeon of Equilibrium, said nothing more and concealed Themself once again.
Terminus then turned Their gaze toward a possible apocalypse that had yet to occur. There stood a black-and-red Zagi whose attributes had reached an unimaginably terrifying level. Terminus sighed inwardly.
In the end, Terminus extended one finger, piercing through countless spacetimes and reaching the future in Their eyes—the present era where Herta resided, within the Warp.
A Seed of Finality descended. Along with it came a message from Terminus to Zagi. "You have only just been born. You do not yet possess the mentality or strength of heart required to control your power at its peak, so I will not grant that power to you... But I will give you a Seed of Finality."
"You may assist the Stellaron Hunters in completing the missions of Finality. Each time you complete another mission, you will come closer to unleashing the great hand of Finality, rewriting reality... and obtaining the power you possessed at your peak."
As the words faded, an enormous hand reached across the distant shores of spacetime and pressed itself into Zagi's colossal body, which stood dozens of meters tall.
At that very instant, Zagi sensed a progress bar appear within his mind. Alongside it was a piece of information bestowed upon him by Terminus, Aeon of Finality:
Once the progress bar was filled, he could summon the great hand of Finality to rewrite reality and obtain the power of Zagi at his peak!
It was power that surpassed the limits of Emanators and reached an even higher level!
After sensing this information, Zagi was overcome with wild joy and burst into roaring laughter. He eventually turned toward Noah and said, "Noah, now that I have joined the Stellaron Hunters, I can already wield the power of Finality. Before long, I will use it to rewrite myself. When that time comes, I will surpass you completely."
Noah said nothing. He merely continued radiating his light, forming one Evoltruster after another and casting them into the real world, spreading his power far and wide.
He intended to save the people of the world and bring salvation to even more living beings.
Upon seeing this, Zagi let out a cold snort. "Doing that will only weaken your own power."
The instant Zagi finished speaking, he saw a strange radiance emerge from Noah's body.
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A string of question marks seemed to appear above Zagi's head. When he looked more closely, he discovered a purple radiance flowing across Noah's body.
It was a new form. Noah had evolved into a new form.
The Herta and Herman each cast Attribute Appraisal. They immediately discovered that Noah had already embarked upon a new Path—the Path of Harmony.
He was sharing even more light and creating even more chosen bearers of salvational light!
This selfless act had set him upon the road of Harmony.
Moreover, Herman and The Herta discovered that Noah was currently racing forward along the Path of Harmony at astonishing speed.
Upon observing more deeply, the two discovered that Harmony was not the only road Noah had taken. He had also embarked upon the Path of Order and was advancing along it by leaps and bounds. Perhaps after only a few Amber Eras, he would complete his self-coronation upon one of the Paths of Harmony, Preservation, or Order and ascend to the level of an Emanator.
Given more time, it might even be possible for him to complete multiple Paths and crown himself several times.
This fact delighted The Herta and prompted Herman to sigh inwardly.
No matter which universe he appears in, a giant of Noah's caliber, one of the Four Mysterious Ultras, can always grow at incredible speed.
And Zagi is the same. He has become an apostle of Finality and can continuously accumulate Finality Points, eventually summoning Finality to rewrite reality.
As for Ultraman King, his road to becoming stronger does not require him to share his light and create chosen bearers as Noah does.
Nor does he need to accompany the Stellaron Hunters on missions like Zagi. The Herta herself simply needs to construct more Plasma Spark Towers within the stars of the real universe.
The more Plasma Spark Towers there are, the stronger Ultraman King will become!
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Through the video call, Silver Wolf also witnessed the great hand of Finality descend, the Seed of Finality enter Zagi's body, and Noah obtain a new form and embark upon a new Path. After witnessing all of this, Silver Wolf became even more convinced that Herta might truly ascend into an Aeon in the future. Therefore, she and αWolf would also have to train diligently.
At the very least, she had to break through the upper limit of Silver Wolf's Level 999 Invincible Player cartridge!!
Her goal was to surpass Level 1,000, or even the Level 10,000 limit, becoming an existence beyond Emanators and perhaps even attaining the status of a truly omnipotent player!
After all, according to Elio and Terminus, a road beyond Emanators truly existed!!
Since that road existed, no matter how difficult it might be, Silver Wolf would face the challenge head-on!!