"An Outer God's corpse?"
"Beings like Outer Gods have corpses too?" Li Shun asked, horrified.
"Outer Gods are born from Chaos and return to Chaos after death. In theory, corpses should not exist. But..."
Ancient Web offered no further explanation, instead urging Li Shun to release it so it could take a look for itself.
With a thought from Li Shun, Ancient Web silently appeared above his left hand.
The moment it touched the Mind-Communicating Bead floating over Li Shun's palm, it seemed to fall into a brief stupor.
Ancient Web circled the Mind-Communicating Bead and observed it for a long while before sinking into deathly stillness, utterly motionless.
It seemed to be mourning an old friend, yet also seemed to feel the sorrow of one creature at another's fate.
Li Shun did not disturb it.
After an unknown length of time, Ancient Web sent out a ripple, asking to return to Square Inch.
"My judgment was correct."
"The Great Qian Mind-Communicating Bead was indeed forged using the corpse of an Outer God as material."
"Its name..."
Ancient Web paused, then slowly uttered four words.
"Mingxing Wangyu."
Ancient Web's tone was exceedingly calm, as though it were speaking of something that had absolutely nothing to do with it.
Yet Li Shun heard a trace of the sorrow of a rabbit dead and a fox grieving in its words.
After a moment of silence, Ancient Web continued, "Mingxing Wangyu was also an illustrious deity within Chaos. It could even be called one of the earliest gods to be born."
"To gods, Chaos brings annihilation, and most gods fear it deeply. But Mingxing Wangyu was different. It could travel through Chaos with almost no hindrance."
"Thus, it could observe in meticulous detail the countless worlds born within Chaos. Its footprints had spread