Beyond the Transcendent Gods

This time, after seeking out the Living Tribunal, Li Congxin finally obtained some fairly useful information.

At least he was no longer completely ignorant of the enemies he was about to face. Besides witnessing their combat methods firsthand, he had also gained several crucial pieces of information.

First, the enemies were not only overwhelmingly powerful, but also incredibly numerous.

Second, the enemies seemed to fear Li Congxin. At least for now, they had no intention of confronting him head-on.

Third, this group of enemies shared a single name: the Transcendent Gods!

This situation was different from before.

Previously, Li Congxin’s strategy for dealing with any powerful enemy had been more or less to upgrade himself. As long as he grew strong enough to completely overwhelm his opponent, any methods the enemy possessed would be nothing but paper tigers before him.

They would shatter at the slightest touch!

However, Li Congxin’s strength had now reached the realm of half-step Omniversal Level. There was no chance of increasing it through orthodox methods.

Even the path of using "Moving Heaven" to refine the Infinity Stones had been cut off.

After all, he had already completely mastered all six Infinity Stones. There was nothing left to refine.

Therefore, after leaving the Living Tribunal’s hiding place, he did not hurry back to Earth. Instead, he began searching through Hyperdimensional Space. He wanted to find more clues about the enemy.

Since brute force could no longer overcome every obstacle, he could only do his best to know both himself and his enemy, then plan before taking action. To accomplish that, he had to grasp as much information about the enemy as possible.

Meanwhile, the scientific team’s work had also entered a critical stage.

Mister Fantastic had already completed a prototype of the space-travel machine. This time, with the addition of Old Pi, Beast, Hulk, Tony, Shuri, and other top scientists from across the world…

As the saying went, "One god, two Doom, three Pym, four Beast, five Green, six Tony." Although this ranking was based only on the achievements these characters had displayed in other Parallel Universes, and it was impossible to say whether it was absolutely accurate, the current situation was that, in this Parallel Universe, aside from Doctor Doom, who had already been stabbed to death by you with a single knife, every other top scientist on the list was working together on the same research project!

Bringing all these geniuses together produced tremendous power. In less than ten days, they had successfully perfected the original prototype and attempted to travel through the X-Men Universe, to Parallel Universe 65, where Spider-Gwen lived…

They made the round trip safely!

The machine was now ready to go. The only thing left was figuring out how to locate Parallel Universe 1610.

After all, these so-called universe numbers were merely designations created by the cosmic gods to make recording the countless Parallel Universes more convenient. Since the scientists knew nothing about how those designations had been compiled, finding one precise target among so many nearly identical universes was easier said than done.

Those universes certainly did not have the number "1610" engraved on their exteriors for people to find.

At that moment, Stephen Strange appeared through a portal crackling with sparks and lightning. Doctor Strange had made his dazzling entrance.

Although Phoenix and Stephen Strange had encountered an accident during their operation, they had still successfully completed part of the mission: amid the vast sea of the multiverse, they had accurately located Parallel Universe 1610, recorded its coordinates, and handed them to the members of the scientific team.

With equipment capable of crossing Parallel Universes and the precise coordinates of Parallel Universe 1610, nothing could stop these superheroes from saving the world now!

After some discussion, they left behind the elderly Hank Pym and the young Shuri. Mister Fantastic, Beast, Hulk, Tony, and Doctor Strange all insisted on going.

However, far more than those few people would be taking part in this cross-universe journey.

The Fantastic Four were a single unit. Since Mister Fantastic was going, the other three naturally had to follow.

Since Beast was setting out, there was no reason not to bring along Professor X.

Thus, after the nine of them assembled, they put on matching combat suits and activated the machine for crossing universes.

With a "whoosh," they crossed into Stark Tower in Parallel Universe 1610.

"Hi!" At the sound of a familiar voice, Tony, dressed in casual clothes, slowly walked down the stairs. He asked, "Friends from a Parallel Universe, did you come looking for me?"

Li Congxin searched Hyperdimensional Space for clues about the Transcendent Gods. Whether the other side had truly harmed him or had some other plan, he did not know. He searched for an entire week, yet found only the corpses of Galactus and several other gods.

Aside from that, he could say he had found absolutely nothing.

After receiving a message at the Living Tribunal’s place, Li Congxin did not find another single thing related to the Transcendent Gods!

Just as he was growing bored, his heart suddenly stirred. He sensed that Tony and the others were calling out to him from Earth.

This was also an instinctive reaction that had emerged as Li Congxin’s strength increased. No matter how far away they were, he could sense anything connected to him. Even if someone was merely muttering about him in private—or speaking ill of him in their heart—he could detect it. (Of course, beings like the Transcendent Gods, who transcended the laws of nature, were another matter.)

However, being aware of all that at once was quite annoying, so Li Congxin generally blocked it out. This time, though, Tony and the others were calling for him collectively. They seemed to have something important and urgent to discuss with him, so this was naturally different from all those miscellaneous bits of information. Li Congxin noticed it immediately.

Could those people have found some astonishing clue?

Although he had now advanced to a level approaching Omniversal Level, Li Congxin had no intention of looking down on his former comrades.

After all, in the Marvel Universe, many problems even the Living Tribunal could not resolve had been settled by these superheroes on Earth.

Otherwise, why would people say that they were the protagonists of this world?

To borrow a line from Whitebeard: the protagonist’s halo truly existed!

With a thought, Li Congxin left Hyperdimensional Space and appeared in the hall of Avengers Base. Looking around, he saw Tony and Stephen Strange smiling at him. Tony was also holding a metal box.

"Clark." Tony held the metal box out to Li Congxin and, speaking on behalf of all the superheroes who had taken part in the operation, said, "This time, we also made a great contribution to saving the multiverse. Although you were still the true main force in the final battle, we helped you find this."