Chapter 900: Crystal Wall Universe

Shi Ji?

The little girl was momentarily stunned, thinking the name sounded good.

“Then Shi Ji I shall be.”

The little girl nodded, feeling her life was quite good. She looked at the billions of chosen geniuses from various planets, struggling to gain tutelage, and felt increasingly fortunate. There was also Sister Medusa, who treated her very well and was herself an incredibly powerful top-tier cosmic race.

“It seems Medusa's senior, the Evil God for Defeat, is incredibly powerful... I wonder where such a being is now?” Little Shi Ji asked Xu Zhi while in his arms. She was still thinking about the stone tablet from earlier; the words were too domineering.

Xu Zhi gently patted the little girl, who was the size of half a continent, and calmly replied, “I’m not sure... they slept for too long. When I awoke and performed the ritual to summon the Evil Gods, only she remained of their race... No one knows where the others went.” He gave a standard, unremarkable answer.

“That sister is truly pitiful,” Little Shi Ji said.

After chatting with the little girl for a while, she jumped down from Xu Zhi's embrace, bounced out of the study, pushed open the large door, and left. Despite this, each of her jumps could trigger an earthquake of magnitude 12 or higher and a super tsunami on a small planet. Moreover, the gusts of wind she created while running formed countless small tornadoes that swirled around her, like flowers adorning the little girl.

Born divine. Born a god. This was inherently the greatness of an eighth-tier deity's offspring, let alone one from such a powerful and magnificent super-cosmic race.

The door closed shut.

“Goodbye, Father! I won't disturb your cultivation anymore.”

Inside the study, Xu Zhi touched his nose, a little speechless. “Unwittingly, I suddenly have a bouncing daughter... Living in a villa in the Cosmic Garden as Reinmanga is truly interesting.” A super-large villa comparable in land area to countless planets. An iron-based life-form daughter the size of a continent... And a host of ultra-miniature disciples respectfully studying in the villa, which in the future would grow into a significant cosmic power.

“Perhaps this is the life of a gardener, cultivating my own garden,” Xu Zhi said calmly.

As for the hints given to Medusa, though they were a whim and borrowed from a Wuxia trope, they were indeed accurate. Other beings naturally didn't have much concern about the ninth-tier in this regard, but Medusa did. She had imprisoned herself, using 129,000 cultivation sessions to draw a circle around herself. Xu Zhi, now having a profound understanding of the path to Tier 9, naturally saw this clearly.

Xu Zhi sat quietly in the study. “Although Medusa will discover this sooner or later, it will still take her considerable time...” However, speaking of the Tier 9 path, Xu Zhi had formally embarked on it himself. His main body was currently cultivating. At the same time, having received this complete and mature iron-based Tier 9 inheritance, he now had a clearer understanding and plan for his own path to Tier 9.

“Everyone's path to Tier 9 is different. For my own, I also want to cultivate in a high-pressure environment to accelerate the fusion of my soul and flesh.” Xu Zhi pondered for a few seconds. As for Caroline and the Three Pillar Gods' nuclear fission and fusion methods, and Emperor Qi's method of attaining Dao by severing three bodies... He didn't want to try any of them. They were too flashy. Although they suited their respective cultivation techniques and systems, using high-intensity pressure to refine oneself and break through was a method of proving the Dao through sheer power, and undoubtedly provided the most stable foundation.

Furthermore, the path to Tier 9 was merely a matter of time for him, as he was immortal and wouldn't age and die halfway through. “The question is, how long will the breakthrough take?”

“It seems I should try to get a neutron star? That's clearly impossible; that level of high pressure isn't something carbon-based life can withstand... they'd truly be as fragile as charcoal.” Xu Zhi slightly opened his eyes. “I still need to find a way to quickly raise Reinmanga's realm and strength, and then use his high-gravity battle body, controlled freely, to allow my main body to cultivate under high pressure.” Ultimately, as long as there was enough energy, he could advance as quickly as his main body, especially since this was akin to re-cultivation, making it even faster. But the problem was also obvious. Reinmanga's body was tens of thousands of times larger than Xu Zhi's main body, requiring proportionally more energy, making it a bottomless pit.

“Fortunately, I've established the Mother River power station and various other power stations, which are now fully operational. In another week or two, I feel like I'll become a god, right?” He murmured, organizing his thoughts on future development. As for the fierce war outside the Cosmic Garden? The life and death struggles of various native civilizations? The Pillar Gods' battles? Xu Zhi didn't care about any of it.

He walked to the study window and looked down at the lush green garden outside. It was full of vibrant greenery, with time flowing peacefully. A little girl was joyfully running and playing, interacting and communicating with the giant "ants" on the ground. “Perhaps I should get a giant octopus as a pet,” Xu Zhi said softly. He finally understood the trouble with Reinmanga's enormous size; it was simply too large to communicate with effectively.

“However, it should be starting soon, right?” Xu Zhi looked thoughtfully towards Medusa's villa. His goal in establishing this sandbox land was to enable Medusa's multi-crystalline wall universe to fully launch and communicate with the outside world. And now, Xu Zhi intended to see how the crystalline wall universe had developed over the years. Compared to the native wars outside, this was the real business.

Beneath the corridors of the cosmic villa, there were many small mouse holes, like those in Tom and Jerry. These disciples lived within these small holes, cautiously serving the gigantic owner of the house outside. Mansha, the daughter of the ancient Gusla swordsman, now a deity, said calmly, “It seems we need to give the little master a gift... We can contact the Bird Octopus clan; they would clearly be very willing to send their children to play with the little master.”

Nearby, Charles chuckled, a proud smile on his face. “Do you think that will win the little master's favor? We can also send dolls! Our entire empire can manufacture adorable mechanical dolls the size of a continent! We can even create all sorts of interesting large toys!”

Mansha scoffed, saying, “Machines are ultimately machines, far less charming than living creatures. This has been proven in ancient times.” The two sides were at loggerheads. They even planned to contact outside civilizations to help provide resources and curry favor with the little master.

At this very moment, both sides were in high-dimensional spacetime. Because the war outside was very intense and could determine victory or defeat within a day or two, they had to quickly spend one or two hundred years in high-dimensional spacetime to gain enough power to provide aid to the civilizations outside.

Just then, a signal came through; the demon god was calling them in the living room. Everyone rushed out into the living room, like a pile of tiny ants standing on a vast, boundless cosmic plain.

Medusa looked at them with a calm expression. “The second trial has begun. You are to fully enter the multiverse... I presume that, after the preliminary trials, you already understand the concepts of multiple and parallel universes.” Everyone nodded hurriedly. The multiverse, that mysterious cosmic world...

Medusa simply gazed at them and calmly chuckled, “You have only two days. What you gain is entirely up to you. It's worth noting that some disciples should not assume they can act recklessly just because they are deities.” Everyone's hearts trembled. The Thirteenth Prince suddenly asked, “What is the highest level of existence inside?”

Medusa quietly glanced at them. “They are on the path to Tier 9, or in your words, Supreme Gods of Law... But the fastest among these Supreme Gods of Law has already traversed the multiverse, seen their parallel self in another timeline, achieved the grand unification of their true self across the multiverse, and is preparing to break through to Tier 9!”

Tier 9! About to break through... an enlightened being of the cosmos!

As soon as these words fell, they broke out in cold sweat from shock. Wouldn't that mean these civilizations were several times more prosperous than those on their nearby planets? They were indeed a provincial civilization. They exchanged glances, and their expressions suddenly turned exceedingly bitter. The Thirteenth Prince made a wry joke, “It seems we, the folks from the countryside, have to go to the city to strive and witness the grand spectacle... all to save our impoverished village from burning down.”

“This is the true center of the universe,” Mansha said, her eyes burning with the resolve of a seeker of truth. “To be able to touch upon the truths of the universe, even death would bring no regrets.”