The Empress fell silent for several seconds.
Then she spoke slowly.
"Because you misunderstood something."
Qi Wu raised an eyebrow.
The Empress lifted her head.
She gazed into the depths of the universe.
Her voice was graver than ever before.
"That wasn't a projection actively descending."
"It was a passive manifestation of a god-level being."
The air suddenly fell still.
Qi Wu frowned slightly.
The Empress continued:
"Ordinary powerhouses."
"Need to perceive an enemy to find them."
"Need to move to approach a target."
"Need to unleash their power to affect the world."
"But god-level beings are different."
She slowly raised a hand.
And pointed at the entire universe.
"Wherever their divinity extends."
"Is within their sight."
"Wherever their rules reach."
"Is within their domain."
Qi Wu's pupils contracted slightly.
The Empress continued:
"It wasn't that he discovered us just now."
"It was that, when your World Heart was born."
"It touched the level of godhood."
"Like lighting a lamp in the dark."
"And so..."
She paused.
Then slowly uttered a single sentence.
"He saw it."
Qi Wu fell silent.
The Empress's voice grew low.
"And the most terrifying thing is."
"That thing just now."
"Wasn't even one ten-thousandth of him."
Boom.
Qi Wu's gaze finally turned serious.
The Empress spoke slowly:
"The true Hades."
"Isn't on Blue Star."
"Isn't in the other world."
"Isn't in any known plane."
"Where his true form resides."
"Even space and time lose all meaning."
"That phantom just now."
"Was merely a lingering echo of one of his countless divine thoughts."
"Like someone standing beside the sun."
"And casually blowing out a wisp of hot air."
The air was deathly still.
Then the Empress suddenly turned to Qi Wu.
That familiar smile appeared on her lips again.
"Now do you understand why everyone has