Bai Qi had barely settled back onto his throne when Dao Long immediately offered his congratulations.
Regardless of how Bai Qi had dealt with that supposed phantom of an Outer God, Dao Long could tell just from the immediate sensation that Bai Qi's strength had increased.
Bai Qi smiled and said, "Don't you want to know what else this thing is good for?"
With a wave of Bai Qi's hand, the golden pyramid flew towards Dao Long. Dao Long instinctively reached out to take it, and the pyramid, which had been hovering in mid-air, landed in his hand.
"This thing is a beacon."
"Beacon?"
Dao Long looked at the golden pyramid in his hand, a little confused, but his mind was racing.
If it was a beacon, then it was sending a signal to someone or some faction.
Bai Qi didn't explain directly to Dao Long. Instead, he recounted an ancient story.
Long, long ago, the main world had become exceptionally powerful after years of struggle between righteousness and dark energy. It was so powerful that it could salvage world fragments from the void and merge them.
Many world fragments were created when their original worlds experienced doomsday-level disasters. The cause of these doomsdays could be the world's own flawed operation, the self-destructive actions of its native inhabitants, or even external interference.
This was where the Outer Gods, mentioned by Bai Qi, came into play. Outer Gods were further divided into those with affiliations and those without.
When Bai Qi entered other worlds, his identity, from the perspective of those worlds, was that of an Outer God. However, because Bai Qi had his own world, he was an Outer God with an affiliation.
Among the worlds that were destroyed, a few exceptionally powerful individuals, for various reasons, survived the destruction and resided on shattered world fragments, or wandered in the void. These were the unaffiliated Outer Gods.
In comparison, unaffiliated Outer Gods had no reservations. Their sole focus was on increasing their own power, and after invading other worlds, they would do everything in their power to enhance their strength, even by siphoning the world's origin.
Back then, when Bai Qi's main world was powerful, it would also salvage world fragments from the void. But as the saying goes, "He who walks the night path will eventually encounter ghosts." Many Outer Gods hid within world fragments, thus invading a world through the salvaging process.
Unfortunately, the main world was too powerful at the time, and its world barrier was too strong. Upon discovering Outer Gods within the salvaged world fragments, it immediately isolated them with its world barrier.
As a result, many Outer Gods could not invade the main world. Even a few exceptionally quick ones would be driven back to the world fragments by the combined efforts of the Eight Great Demons.
Simultaneously, the main world would use special methods to bypass the world barrier and extract energy from the isolated world fragments. Once the energy within a world fragment was depleted, the resulting void turbulence would instantly obliterate the Outer Gods residing on it.
To ensure their own safety, the Outer Gods on the world fragments could only continuously supply energy to the fragments to protect themselves.
However, this meant that the main world was indirectly absorbing the energy of the Outer Gods.
But later, as the dark energy declined and the world began to deteriorate, it could no longer maintain these unabsorbable world fragments, so it abandoned them. The Outer Gods residing on these world fragments also narrowly escaped with their lives.
However, some stubborn Outer Gods were unwilling to accept this. Therefore, through various means, before leaving, they left their beacons in the main world, hoping to have another chance to return and completely drain this world. Sultan Novel Network.
"So, that Outer God wants to use this thing to return to this world and destroy it!"
Hearing Bai Qi's words, Dao Long's tone became solemn.
No matter how wicked or malicious he was, this was, at least, his world.
"It wouldn't have before, as the tomb where this thing was stored had excellent shielding. But now that it's out, and I've absorbed the Outer God's clone that was left here, the other party must have noticed it by now, and might even be heading here."
Bai Qi was quite satisfied with Dao Long's reaction.
If it were anyone else, upon learning that a powerful Outer God was about to descend and destroy this world, they would likely panic. Yet, Dao Long showed no signs of panic; instead, he was remarkably steady.
"Is there anything I need to do?"
Dao Long understood that at this point, panic was useless. If he were to complain, he would likely be killed by the Holy Lord first. Since the arrival of the Outer God was a foregone conclusion, the best course of action was to make adequate preparations and deliver a crushing blow to the Outer God upon its arrival, or even annihilate it completely.
Bai Qi said, "Since I had someone bring this thing out, I've naturally made thorough preparations. However, since you've offered, there is indeed something I need you to do."
"Please, sir, command me."
"Although this pyramid can send our coordinates to the Outer God, it's a two-way device. The Outer God can know our world's coordinates through the pyramid, and we can also use the pyramid to track the Outer God's location in reverse."
"Sir, you mean to..."
Seeing Dao Long's expectant gaze, Bai Qi waved his hand and said, "Don't get any ideas. I have no intention of seeking them out for a duel."
"If not, then why..."
Bai Qi waved his hand, telling Dao Long not to ask further and just to do as instructed.
This was his home turf, after all. Since he knew the other party was coming, why should he give up his home advantage and fight them on their turf?
It was better to make arrangements in advance and give them a crushing blow when they arrived.
As for having Dao Long reverse-locate the coordinates of the world fragment where the Outer God resided, it was because Bai Qi wanted to take over that world fragment after dealing with this Outer God.
After all, the current main world was just beginning to operate again, and everything was in ruins. Absorbing a world fragment would greatly benefit the main world.
Of course, Bai Qi couldn't do this alone.
This world was not solely his. Why should he bear the burden alone? Although the righteous heroes might not believe what he, the great villain, said, as a member of the Illuminati, he could persuade the Savages, Luthor, or even Gular to prepare, as it was their world too.
As for the Justice League and the like, when the Outer God truly arrived, Bai Qi wouldn't even need to urge them; they would undoubtedly be at the forefront.
With that thought, Bai Qi quickly left the hall and entered a secret room.
Buzz...
As the instruments in the secret room whirred to life, the surrounding screens lit up, and familiar faces appeared before Bai Qi.
The first to appear was Queen Bee, revealing how idle she was as a tyrannical dictator.
Next came Gular, the Witch Child, Savage, and Luthor, who finally came online after a long while.