Return.
Liu Di stood once more upon Immortal's Abode Island.
His aura was steady.
His gaze shifted slightly as he surveyed his surroundings.
Kun Sang was gone. Little Bottle Cap was gone. Peach was gone. Thief Overlord was gone. Little Liu was gone. Gu Fan was gone.
They were all dead and had not been revived. He had merely restarted Magic Child.
Liu Di stared at Wen Zhiwu.
He would not allow rage to crush his reason.
Countless battle plans flashed through his mind, yet whenever those plans reached their conclusion, it was as though a sharp blade appeared in his mind and shattered every image.
"Heh heh."
Wen Zhiwu laughed. "Even the thoughts in your mind are merely one of my programs. Nothing can be hidden from me!"
"How do you intend to reverse this predicament?"
"Create an illusion for me?"
"Lock me inside a space indistinguishable from reality?"
"Use your Metaverse to overwrite 'reality'?"
"Turn the world of code into the physical world?"
"Useless. Everything is a program. Everything is under my control!"
Liu Di's expression flickered repeatedly before finally darkening, his teeth clenched tight.
This was the feeling of being completely controlled, utterly powerless to fight back.
"Take one more look at this world."
Wen Zhizu suddenly took control of the body. His expression was calm, carrying a trace of reluctance as he pointed beneath Immortal's Abode Island.
Liu Di slowly shifted his gaze.
Immortal's Abode Island had unknowingly changed position.
At that moment, a blue planet floated quietly beneath Immortal's Abode Island, like a sleeping goddess.
Liu Di frowned. "Earth?"
Wen Zhizu paused briefly before saying slowly, "You destroyed the Cosmic Heavenly Court, which meant destroying one of our samples closest to success."
"Of course, the Cosmic Heavenly Court was only one of the samples."
"This