"Heimdall..."
Xu Yue spoke the name calmly, then lifted the block on Heimdall's sight.
Before long, a pillar of seven-colored radiance descended from the heavens and enveloped Xu Yue.
That terrifying power, compressing and folding space infinitely to let one cross the cosmos in an instant, carried Xu Yue back to Asgard.
Stepping onto the Rainbow Bridge once more and looking at the wary Heimdall before him, Xu Yue smiled and greeted him.
"Heimdall, you can't even smile when you see an old friend? You were the one who brought me here, yet you look like you don't welcome me at all."
"All-Father Odin is waiting for you. Go."
Heimdall did not respond to that, merely speaking calmly.
Bringing Xu Yue here had been All-Father Odin's order, and as a subject, Heimdall naturally had to obey.
As an old member of Asgard, Heimdall knew about the Goddess of Death and roughly understood why All-Father Odin had summoned this man back.
But in Heimdall's own view, choosing this person might not be any better than allowing the Goddess of Death to return!
At least the Goddess of Death's ambition and goals were clear. Though she would disrupt the balance of the Nine Realms, Asgard itself would still be able to endure.
But this chef before him, whose intentions remained unclear, was truly concerning.
Xu Yue, meanwhile, did not care much about Heimdall. At most, he was a competent subject...
"So, you finally came back..."
Upon the throne, Odin looked at Xu Yue with his sole remaining eye, now somewhat clouded. His voice was old and hoarse, and he had lost much of his former vigor.
Yet in Xu Yue's eyes, the increasingly formidable Odinforce within him still shone as brilliantly as a star.
The reason for Odin's impending death was