Corpse run was a term for an action in certain games. Broadly speaking, after the virtual character under a player's control died, the respawned character entered the map in soul form and ran back to the corpse to revive.
It could also be viewed as returning to one's body, the counterpart to primordial spirit projection.
To keep his primordial spirit from being infected, Li Chen had forcibly projected it out of his body to escape his predicament. Now that he had returned in a mechanical body, he also had to retrieve the body trapped here, along with all the equipment, weapons, and magical treasures he had carried.
The essence of this Illusionary Realm bore a certain similarity to the materialized heaven he had created through virtual reality technology, or the Puppet World Heavenly Net built by the Creation Sect. Calling this a corpse run did indeed seem fitting.
Only...
As Li Chen looked at the twisted, grotesque body of the giant octopus, a trace of hesitation crossed his face.
"How can I regain control of this body? Is it really as the knowledge I absorbed said-just return my primordial spirit to its place?"
"Fine. It's only a try, anyway. If anything goes wrong, I'll simply project my spirit out again and abandon this body for good!"
Before coming here, Li Chen had anticipated various possible dangers and opportunities. But only after absorbing the knowledge from the Chaos Void did he suddenly realize that this seemed to involve the fundamental power of the Great Dao. Its concrete manifestations were the power of law operating throughout heaven and earth, and naturally formed root Dao arts.
Through these, it might be possible to stir Dao essence and condense a Dao fruit.
But whether this would let one ascend to heaven in a single