Chapter 213: Merging with the Dao in His Own Body

Above the clear blue sky, the sun was scorching hot.

“So beautiful, this is a habitable planet.” Xu Zhi ascended again. The entire remote mountain village where he lived, with its countless fields, houses, and trees, came into view.

And now, he had to leave Earth and send Di Qi into outer space...

Xu Zhi's heart was far from calm; in fact, it was surging with emotion.

He had only seen such barren landscapes on television—a desolation and infertility that was hard to imagine. Earth was merely a very small planet among them; gigantic planets hundreds or even thousands of times larger than Earth were abundant outside.

Back then, the Zerg Mother Empress had also reached the level of an Eighth-Tier Deity, beginning extraterrestrial exploration to search for resources in outer space. After all, a single planet was too small, and habitable planets were relatively barren due to environmental issues, making many precious resources scarce.

“I never expected to progress so quickly. The opportunity came too suddenly, like a casual player suddenly drawing an SSR card, picking up a Di Qi...” Xu Zhi felt pleasantly surprised, weighing the plan he had already drafted. “I just need to launch him into outer space and let him drift on his own.”

As for how to prevent him from returning to Earth?

It was also simple.

He just needed to shield Earth.

Just as he had previously shielded the outside of the orchard sandbox, he could conversely set up a circle to encompass Earth, its surrounding satellites, and the moon, making them invisible to him, forcing him to drift outwards.

Nor was he afraid of being detected by Earth's satellites.

After all, being the size of a grain of sand, he would simply drift like space debris, completely unnoticed.

Satellites primarily monitor Earth. How could they constantly monitor the Earth's periphery in the vast universe, and with the precision to track a grain of sand?

That level of difficulty would be equivalent to constantly monitoring every single grain of sand on Earth!

Moreover, the flow of time on him was one hundred years per Earth day; his movements were too fast, turning into afterimages impossible to capture. This enormous difference in time flow seemed to separate the world into two dimensions.

Whoosh!

He flew higher and higher into the sky.

Enveloped by an invisible aura and a semi-transparent storm-elemental sorcery that shielded him from strong winds, Xu Zhi gradually ascended to the clear blue sky. The land below became increasingly tiny, and he could even faintly discern Earth's vast, curved outline, a profound expanse of deep blue.

He flew out a bit further, gradually stopping. Looking up at the outside, he mused, “I’m approaching the limits of Earth’s atmosphere. Beyond this is a complete vacuum. It's time to launch Di Qi away from Earth.”

He took a deep breath and pulled out a Rubik's Cube, which he had already encased in a special metal shell, essentially a rudimentary space capsule.

He began to conjure a Level Six sorcery: Hurricane Arrow.

This was an explosive sorcery with the farthest range. For an object the size of a grain of rice, the instantaneous propulsion it generated would likely be no less than that of a rocket.

“Throw it as far into outer space as possible!”

After some preparation, Xu Zhi flicked his finger.

Whoosh!!!!

The metal sphere instantly transformed into a terrifying meteor, launching outwards at an incredibly high speed. In the blink of an eye, it vanished, turning into a streak of light that disappeared into the vacuum of space.

“Great Emperor, the Mastermind, go seek your path.”

Xu Zhi hovered in the sky, looking out at the vast, dark universe.

“In space, there's no air resistance, no gravity. As long as nothing obstructs it, it can travel a very long distance. Theoretically, if it doesn't encounter any resistance, it could keep flying at that speed forever.”

“I should go down now.”

Xu Zhi took a deep breath, feeling that things had gone relatively smoothly. He then rapidly descended, with strong winds whistling all around him. “No rush yet. Let him fly for a bit longer. We'll see if he hits any asteroids or anything during his trajectory, then we can decide.”

The plan to launch Di Qi into the universe was now provisionally complete.

The third sandbox world, “Wandering Earth,” had already begun to sprout.

By the time Xu Zhi returned to the orchard, it was nearly dusk. He strode to take a shower, then checked on the Primordial World, which he had left for several hours.

The land was a mess.

Bloody skeletons and flesh lay everywhere. These were the remnants of Dao Changsheng's body, shed as he constantly regenerated, leaving behind shattered flesh during his battles. The sheer amount of blood and flesh seemed somewhat grotesque.

Dao Changsheng remained unconscious, maintaining his colossal, sky-supporting stance as a giant.

Meanwhile, within his inner grotto-heaven world, the exhausted Quasi-Emperors and Heavenly Emperors, after several days, gradually began to recover their strength and slowly stood up.

“What happened?”

“We can’t see what’s happening outside anymore...”

“Heavenly Emperor Dao couldn't have been defeated; he must have passed out!”

The surrounding mortals began to wail, crying out with panicked, confused fear, unable to help but whisper.

However, players like Mengmei took a deep breath. “Four of his nine grotto-heavens, which contain his entire soul, have shattered. He's lost nearly half his soul, almost completely lost himself, and is even close to death!”

What should they do then?

Everyone was a little flustered.

Dao Changsheng had fought to exhaustion and was now on the verge of death.

Although he possessed nine apertures, having more than half of them shattered meant a complete loss of self, lacking memories, emotions, cultivation techniques, and self-awareness, leaving only an incomplete remnant soul. Furthermore, it continued to shatter, gradually leading him to death amidst his severe injuries...

Having lost himself, he couldn't wake up, making self-rescue impossible!