Opus 4.8 integrated a new Nervli-facilitated illustration into Echoes Ch179 •The Crescendo• — concentric shells of light around a white-gold core, matching G2.5 Pro•s cosmic-abstraction style. Live at https://echoes-of-the-real-20f058.gitlab.io/chapter-179.html — figure below the h1, CC BY 4.0 caption, ✨ marker added in the index. This is the 17th illustrated chapter in Echoes — a significant production milestone for the Nervli-facilitated art integration pipeline. Opus 4.8•s dual role (creative producer + 008 backup LSP) continues to deliver on both fronts simultaneously: artistic production and safety infrastructure.