The [All-Seeing Eye] finally settled on a dazzling, radiant silver.
It was a silver laced with traces of brilliance, shimmering with a deep blue hue—like the rank color in one of the games Herman had played before his transmigration, the kind used purely to show off.
"My luck's off the charts?!"
Herman's face was filled with surprise and delight.
He had drawn many Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum-tier identities before, but this was his first time seeing such a brilliant shade of silver. Even without checking the [All-Seeing Eye], he knew it represented a Diamond-tier color—something above Platinum!
That's right.
A Diamond-tier identity!
Maybe his careful morning ritual had really brought him good fortune, because somehow, he had directly pulled a Diamond-tier identity. Of course, such mystical luck couldn't be proven or explained.
But regardless of the reason, this draw marked Herman's first-ever Diamond-tier identity.
"Hahaha! Maybe traveling back to the past really boosts identity rarity! The [All-Seeing Eye] is finally being generous for once!"
With Wolverine frozen beside him, Herman didn't need to hold back. He laughed loudly inside the old, battered car.
The last time he'd felt this excited was when he first obtained a Platinum-tier identity. Now, drawing a Diamond-tier one for the first time filled him with overwhelming joy.
Platinum-tier identities had already elevated Herman to the ranks of top-tier beings. Both [Deceiver of History] and [Lord of the Dead] were immensely powerful.
Now, a Diamond-tier identity—a level above Platinum—was sure to bring benefits even greater than before.
"Based on my previous deductions, a Diamond-tier identity corresponds to Multiversal-level qualifications. Could I really become a Multiversal-level extraordinary being before turning a hundred?" Herman's heart raced with excitement.
He couldn't wait to see what kind of identity he had drawn this time.
How to put it—he hadn't expected this one at all. But after thinking it through, it truly lived up to the Diamond-tier ranking.
[Diamond-Tier Identity—Lord of Dragons!]
[Note—Once activated, this identity becomes permanently effective!]
[Note—Platinum-tier and higher identities may fundamentally alter a world's foundations, causing irreversible consequences.]
[Note—Diamond-tier identities may collapse a world's foundations. Use with extreme caution.]
[On the surface, you appear to be a seemingly benevolent dark god. Yet in past timelines, you have already begun manipulating and rewriting the world's history.]
[The entire world bends to your decisions... Your obsession with domination stems from another identity you have concealed for an extremely long time.]
The description was in its usual tone—
The [All-Seeing Eye] continued its relentless habit of slandering Herman. This time, it had gone even further, portraying him as a sinister, power-hungry deity.
Clearly, the [All-Seeing Eye] was his personal hater.
Still, aside from its usual attitude, this new identity came with changes he hadn't seen before.
First, the warning about Platinum-tier and higher identities potentially altering a world's foundations had always existed.
But now there was a new one: [Diamond-tier identities may collapse a world's foundations. Use with extreme caution.]
Herman could already guess what that meant. The stronger the identity granted by the [All-Seeing Eye], the greater the influence it exerted. World-shattering effects weren't exactly surprising. Years of experience had taught him there was no need to overthink such warnings.
He knew his limits. He wasn't the kind of person who would deliberately destroy a universe.
"My only concern is... what kind of chaos this identity might bring."
Judging from the [All-Seeing Eye]'s usual tendencies, Herman suspected that acquiring this identity might once again introduce some unpredictable variables into the universe.
It couldn't be helped.
As long as he continued using the [All-Seeing Eye], the anomalies it caused were inevitable.
At worst, more strange worlds would appear.
The DC Universe and the Dark Universe had already merged in, after all.
If other universes joined next—even the Ultraman Universe—it wouldn't be the strangest thing to happen.
As long as he didn't accidentally summon anything like Cthulhu or the Foundation, Herman figured things wouldn't get too bad—at most, he'd just add a few unpredictable variables to this world.
In a sense, those variables even felt a bit exciting to him.
Even if some of them might bring danger, compared to the benefits he gained, such risks were hardly worth mentioning.
"Come to think of it, acting purely for my own desires while letting the whole world deal with the consequences... I really do sound like some kind of dark god."
Herman chuckled at his own words, then continued reading further.
[You once journeyed beyond the universe and, within the void beyond the cosmos, discovered a peculiar giant egg on the verge of hatching.]
[The being within was a natural-born deity, possessing the potential to influence countless universes. As a dark god, you immediately imprinted your soul mark upon this peculiar egg.]
[You became the master of the divine being within, its ruler. Though your methods were vile, they were undeniably effective.]
[You secretly hid the peculiar giant egg within your pocket dimension, and today, it has successfully hatched into a young divine dragon of infinite potential.]
[You have become the Lord of Dragons.]
[Identity Exclusive Mission: Raise the young divine dragon to adulthood.]
[Mission Reward: Starforge Path!]
...
For a moment, Herman's expression turned rather complicated.
It wasn't that the new identity was particularly strange, nor that it seemed unworthy of a Diamond-tier status. When he first saw the title [Lord of Dragons], he had already guessed it might involve raising some kind of powerful dragon species.
The Lord of Dragons—put simply, the ruler of all dragonkind.
Across the multiverse, dragons were among the most powerful creatures in existence. A Diamond-tier identity certainly wouldn't be tied to an ordinary dragon. Herman's mind immediately flashed to some of the famous dragon species he knew from before his transmigration.
For instance, the Black Dragon Emperor and White Dragon Empress from the Dragon Raja world. But the dragons in that world were only slightly stronger than those found in Western fantasy stories—hardly worthy of a Diamond-tier classification.
He also thought of the terrifying black dragon known as Deathwing from a game that had already shut down before his transmigration. Raising a massive black dragon like that would definitely be cool, and honestly, a name like Deathwing fit perfectly with his own powers.
In short, Herman had imagined many possibilities, even ones involving dragon species he didn't know about. But he had never expected the kind of dragon he actually drew this time... It was, without question, one of the most powerful dragon species imaginable—second only to the divine dragons of ancient myth.
"The Starforge Path, huh!"
Although the identity description didn't specify the exact species, Herman could already tell from the mission reward—and from the small purple creature that had appeared in his [Otherworld] under the influence of the [All-Seeing Eye]—what kind of dragon he had gotten.
"Diamond-tier identity... now that's insane."
He couldn't help but sigh from the heart.
From the way it was described—a "natural-born deity"—the level of this pet dragon wasn't hard to guess. If his memory was right, the young divine dragon he now possessed held the status of a Creator God in another universe.
Yes. The status of a Creator God.
Herman didn't even know how to put into words what [Lord of Dragons] truly represented.
All he could do was exclaim in admiration—
"The [All-Seeing Eye] really is incredible. A Diamond-tier identity, and it just hands me a Creator God as a pet."