Chapter 755: A Great Step for the Civilization Sandbox!

The orchard in the countryside of Dongcheng Township.

The severe winter was biting cold, and temperatures had dropped a few more degrees in recent days.

In the study, what seemed like a long and intense battle was merely a battle that erupted within his body's Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art, lasting less than a day in total.

"But in just one day, I broke through."

Xu Zhi glanced at the desk calendar and couldn't help but calculate the time.

He felt the progress was acceptable.

Just three months had passed since he was an ordinary person with a terminal illness until now, when he had become a lofty Eighth-Tier True Immortal.

"Eighth-Tier God… I can barely keep up with the first echelon now."

He closed his eyes and silently sensed his power.

His inner world, after breaking through to godhood, had expanded more than tenfold, becoming incredibly vast.

With his main body's realm breakthrough, his three other avatars naturally followed suit, and Hermes and the others also reached the God Realm.

The two foundational mortal systems of the universe, Soul Dao and Martial Dao, as well as various bloodline-based transcendent systems like the Demon Core, Inner World, and All-God, had reached complete perfection, forming an unimaginable qualitative change.

The Soul Dao-based bloodline advancement soul system had become the Mental Universe, a world within his mind.

The Martial Dao-based bloodline advancement body system had become the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art, an internal world within his body.

It was as if a perfect pagoda, cast in gold, had fully taken shape.

"The Dantian on the material plane and the mind on the spiritual plane both harbored living beings... Had the true Genesis Stream path truly formed?"

Xu Zhi pondered, continuously organizing the immense gains from this breakthrough.

"Previously, the Death God's Immortality, the Mental Universe, was a system that could only be opened by an Eighth-Tier God! That's why I haven't truly cultivated it; I could only watch Caroline with envy, even extracting the demon core to make a bottle, using it as an external Mental Universe..."

In the study, Xu Zhi looked towards the Crystal Wall System bookshelf and Medusa, curled up in her transparent gas tank bottle. "But now, I can finally begin cultivating this Mental Universe Death God's Immortality system!"

This was excellent news.

His own Mental Universe could now be cultivated.

But how exactly would he cultivate it?

Xu Zhi already had some ideas: he planned to connect and integrate the "Six Paths of Reincarnation" world within his Dantian.

After all, in previous eras, talented individuals could enter reincarnation, but what about ordinary people?

After death, ordinary people basically became wandering spirits, drifting away with the wind.

There was no concept of reincarnation for ordinary people, just like in other worlds where reincarnation had not yet been established.

"And now, this Mental Universe might be able to accommodate the souls of deceased ordinary people. This way, a true cyclical universe, with the alternation of life and death, would be formed."

Undoubtedly, Xu Zhi's unified internal circulation system bore a striking resemblance to Di Qi's.

However, Di Qi's improved cultivation method was even superior.

His spiritual universe was not located in his mind but was integrated with the Dragon Veins of Incense, spreading throughout his body and transforming into countless blood vessels surging within him.

"It's not that I can't emulate it, but I'll wait until he refines it further," Xu Zhi mused after a few moments of deliberation. "Just building a rudimentary Mental Universe is certainly sufficient for now."

"However, this kind of combat power still needs to be tested in a fight with someone; that would be best for verification," Xu Zhi said, taking a deep breath.

After all, he wasn't truly sure how strong he was!

Although he was a low-tier god, he felt he could easily defeat high-tier gods. He could even defeat some fused-cell gods who had embarked on the path to Ninth-Tier.

But he still needed to try to know for sure.

"Who should I fight?"

Xu Zhi's eyes flickered as he sat in his study drinking tea. He suddenly looked towards the side of the study where the Gorgon girl was squatting on the floor in her bottle. His eyes gradually brightened as he scrutinized her. "She's the same size; perhaps she'd be a good opponent, after all, she's the oldest Demon God."

However, the next second, he dismissed the idea.

He felt he'd be utterly crushed.

Now that the Multi-Mental Universe had opened, Medusa, over the past few days, had seen her cultivation speed skyrocket and possessed countless god organizations, making her absurdly strong.

As the strongest late-stage cultivator, her peak power at the same realm was the highest; even Xu Zhi was far inferior.

Fight her at the same realm?

Heh.

Xu Zhi even suspected that a weak Ninth-Tier being like the Three Pillar Gods, who hadn't absorbed any energy and only had 100% flesh fusion, if they encountered the current Medusa—who had evolved to version 2.0 in the Creator God's courtyard and consumed countless Crystal Wall System energies—wouldn't even be able to escape and would only manage to let out a single scream before being beaten to death.

"If that were truly the case, the Three Pillar Gods would truly be the most miserable Ninth-Tiers in history, beaten to a pulp before even absorbing any energy."

Although their physical sizes were identical, he felt Medusa was not to be trifled with.

He also wasn't in the mood to learn this cultivation method from her.

It wasn't mainly a problem of lacking energy; if Xu Zhi were truly concerned about energy, he wouldn't have cultivated so many systems. It was a problem of the sheer amount of effort required.

A normal person only needs to cultivate the Eighth-Tier God process once, whereas Medusa had to help 129,000 "selves" cultivate. What did that mean?

A normal person only had to do it once; she had to do it 129,000 times...

And that wasn't all!

Medusa also helped each of her "self-organizations" cultivate several systems, averaging two to three types.

Xu Zhi, who cultivated seven or eight systems alone, already felt a headache coming on. And her?

It was terrifying just to imagine!

Though practice makes perfect.

The repeated practice deepened her understanding of the cultivation method, sped up her cultivation, and thoroughly mastered each minor realm, all of which were unparalleled assets. This was also one of the reasons why the Cthulhu Evil God was the strongest.

Thoroughly comprehending all things and grasping the laws of the universe.

In reality, Xu Zhi knew from the start that the Cthulhu Evil God's cultivation method was the strongest in history, possessing the most heaven-defying potential. After all, each "self" could cultivate multiple systems, such as the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art, and various other heaven-defying techniques... But it was so much grind that it gave him stomach aches, so Xu Zhi refused!

Having such a strong enforcer was enough for him.

Medusa's terrifyingly tenacious personality, her continuous, monotonous repetition, dedicated research, and constant learning were the reasons she could reach the peak despite her ordinary aptitude.

"As for fighting Di Qi? That's not an option."

Xu Zhi took a deep breath. "His current cultivation methods are not as numerous or as complete as mine. Even though he's integrated new methods, he likely still can't beat me at the same realm. However, his realm utterly crushes mine, after all, I'm only a low-tier god... What's more, if he sees me, he'll probably keep trying to secretly learn from me."

As for Caroline?

Xu Zhi took a deep breath, feeling uneasy. He felt he had treated her unfairly.

As for the Three Pillar Gods?

Perhaps they could be considered targets.

Xu Zhi kept organizing his thoughts, feeling quite confident and wanting to test his limits against the various giants, but he ultimately couldn't find a suitable test subject.

After all, apart from Medusa, only his avatars could fight in those small sandbox civilization worlds.

However, his avatars could not cultivate the complete Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art and Mental Universe, nor could they contain endless living beings within them, making their combat power much weaker.

The combat power of his avatars was always significantly weaker than his main body, and they might not be strong enough to be opponents.

"As an ordinary god, I still can't get carried away," Xu Zhi muttered. "Among those at the same realm, there are certainly others with more exaggerated combat power than me; Medusa alone could make me despair." He took a deep breath, organizing his gains. "Once I've further consolidated my realm, I'll go find the Three Pillar Gods to 'discuss life' and see what the real difference is."

Xu Zhi pondered, organizing all his thoughts. He left the study and, using a teleportation array, arrived in the vast cosmic expanse where the great octopus had previously been.

Amidst the boundless galaxies and endless starry skies.

Not far away was the cosmic region where the great octopus had been besieged.

A greater distance away was where the Ancient Wood Planet was docked.

"Finally, as a True God, I can easily traverse the void universe with my physical body, no longer relying on others."

A young man with black hair, black eyes, and skin as delicate as white porcelain drifted leisurely through the cosmos.

"Open."

Xu Zhi gazed at a distant star. His demon core rapidly calculated its position, and the spatial coordinates between the two points instantly materialized. With a light touch, the void shattered.

He instantly traversed endless galaxies, arriving in a new region which was already some distance from the Ancient Wood Planet.

If any other gods had witnessed this, they would surely be dumbfounded.

Because even gods could not teleport through the void with such ease, expending enormous amounts of magic power. It was unimaginable for it to be this effortless, as simple as eating and drinking.

"Now, finally, I have boundless freedom."

Xu Zhi murmured softly, a slight smile playing on his lips. "I didn't expect my Mercury power plant would only work for me for a month before being rendered obsolete..."

He looked at the vast and boundless starry sky, at the endless planets, his face filled with excitement and a look that suggested he was ready to stir up trouble. "Now, it's no longer incredibly troublesome for me to even go to Mercury. I can freely roam planets, arbitrarily establish numerous sandboxes, and foster endless civilizations. I no longer need to rely on other gods for help."