He had never imagined that a joke he had made back then might truly come to pass.
Taking an Outer God as a puppet, even if it was only the shell of power left behind by a fallen Outer God...
The mere thought of it made Li Shun's excitement hard to contain.
"Has the Outer God who created this Disorderly Reincarnation World truly fallen?" Yet Li Shun did not let this seemingly wonderful prospect go to his head. He still had to ask.
The Ancient Web gave him a firm answer.
"In fact, you can easily tell for yourself. If that Outer God still existed, whether intentionally or not, the moment you entered the reach of its power, you would inevitably suffer its erosion. When you entered the Reincarnation World just now, did you feel anything like that?"
Li Shun shook his head.
"Then there's your answer. That god has fallen; only its power remains." A trace of sorrow slipped into the Ancient Web's voice.
Something suddenly occurred to Li Shun. "Isn't its situation rather like Mingxing Wangyu's? The original being has fallen, but its power remains."
"Why does that happen? Given how powerful Outer Gods are, as long as even a trace of their imprint survives, shouldn't that mean their original selves still exist and can revive at any time?"
Li Shun looked at the Ancient Web as he asked, his face full of doubt.
"In truth, Outer Gods in that state are not uncommon in Chaos. You can think of it as one stage in the process of an Outer God's demise."
The Ancient Web's expression did not change. "As you said, Outer Gods are born from Chaos, and the power they wield has reached a level ordinary beings cannot comprehend. Even when one falls in Chaos, it