After thinking for a while, Zhang Yu floated toward the lotus platform. He descended less than three feet before the shell, yet this "Perfect Creation" showed no reaction at all.
For one, he bore King Xi's permission sigil. For another, he had shown no hostility, nor was there any threat of life and death. Naturally, the Creation would not react.
He thought that if the "Upper Self" existed beyond the world, it could use divine qi from beyond the world to reach its shell within the world. If his methods were refined enough, he could likewise use this object to locate the Upper Self's divine qi. Then there would be no need to wait for it to return; he could fight it directly.
He only needed to destroy the Upper Self to bring his own Dao methods to completion. If the "Upper Self" had only a wisp of divine qi left, it would instead be easier than facing its whole body.
Given his cultivation and attainments, he had great confidence in accomplishing this.
But once he took this step, if the "Upper Self" truly stood on the other side, neither side would have any room to turn back. Victory or defeat would be decided in this one battle.
He considered it carefully and decided that this was still worth attempting. On the surface, if the "Upper Self" lost, then it truly lost. If he failed to overcome the other side in this battle, even if his divine qi were eroded away, the fruition of Reality-Illusion Intergrowth would allow it to be born anew. He would suffer no loss and could continue fighting.
Yet that was only the most ideal outcome. There was another factor to consider. This "Perfect Creation" might be the worldly body of the "Upper Self." If he