Open up and break into another world

The warship wasn't traveling very fast inside the spatial rift, yet even so, Xu Ming was still somewhat unaccustomed to it; he couldn't even stand steadily, and his figure swayed a bit.

Zhan Wuwei smiled and said, "To freely traverse within spatial rifts, one must at least have the strength of a Dao Lord. You've only just stepped into the Dao Venerable realm, so it's normal to be unable to stand still!"

"Mm!" Xu Ming nodded slightly, but it seemed somewhat strained.

"I'm going to accelerate; or would you like to go inside the cabin?"

"No need!"

If he couldn't even manage to stand on the deck, Xu Ming would look down on himself.

Whoosh—

The warship "sailed through the wind and waves" within the spatial rift, crushing its way forward.

The faster the speed, the greater the pressure Xu Ming felt.

"Hmm? Such strong pressure!"

The pressure exerted on the deck was a hundred or a thousand times stronger than inside the cabin! Coupled with Zhan Wuwei's rapid and reckless speeding, all sorts of spatial fragments and spatial wind blades came crashing head-on, creating even greater pressure on Xu Ming.

However…

After the warship sped along for a while, Xu Ming adapted and was even able to stand firmly.

"Brother Xu Ming!" Zhan Wuwei couldn't help but exclaim, "You truly are… a freak!"

"Uh…" Xu Ming was speechless. "Brother Zhan, I want to know, have there been any geniuses in the past who left the Divine Domain after only ten years?"

"Yes!" Zhan Wuwei said, "But… I've never seen any genius who, upon just leaving the Divine Domain, could so calmly withstand the wind in a spatial rift!"

"Haha…"

…

After advancing for some time, Zhan Wuwei directly tore open a gap in the spatial rift, connecting it to the Boundless Continent.

Rumble…

The warship directly crushed its way into the Boundless Continent, appearing right above the Questioning Dao Palace.

After chatting a few more nonsense words with Zhan Wuwei, Xu Ming directly bid farewell and left.

"Anyway, Xu Ming already has the protective jade talisman bestowed by the Palace Master of the Extreme Heaven Palace, so there's no need to worry about his life. Let him take this opportunity to lure out some aliens!"

The jade talisman bestowed upon Xu Ming by the Palace Master of the Extreme Heaven Palace has far more uses than just transmitting sound!

…

Zhan Wuwei's prediction was correct.

Not long after Xu Ming left, the Gold-Devouring Rat, which had been lurking in the Lake Heart Island territory for countless years, received a message—Xu Ming was returning home alone!

"No one is protecting him, and he's returning home alone?"

The Gold-Devouring Rat's small eyes darted around: "Two possibilities!—First, Xu Ming's level of genius isn't very high, so the human race doesn't care about his safety. Second, Xu Ming is a 'million-year-level' or even a 'ten-million-year-level' genius, but he already carries a protective treasure!"

However, the Gold-Devouring Rat understood that the first possibility was extremely low; the vast majority pointed to the second possibility.

"It's time for me to make a move!" The Gold-Devouring Rat's eyes were resolute, as if resigned to death. "Although my move may not necessarily kill Xu Ming, it can at least basically determine his level of genius!"

Thinking of this, the Gold-Devouring Rat's expression was somewhat self-deprecating: "To actually use my life to determine his level of genius…"

Immediately, its eyes became even more resolute: "From the moment I infiltrated the human race, I could never go back! Death in battle is my destiny!—Then… let's fight!"

Moreover, the Gold-Devouring Rat still harbored a trace of extravagant hope: "If I could侥幸 kill a 'ten-million-year-level' genius of the human race, that would be even better!"

…

Xu Ming soared freely in the sky on his way home; soon, he returned to the Lake Heart Island territory.

Whether it was because of homesickness or something else, upon arriving here, Xu Ming's flying speed slowed down instead.

And his vast mental power quietly spread out, covering the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains along the way.

Thousands of miles…

What kind of concept was that?

Like the Flying Cloud Kingdom where Xu Ming came from, the entire kingdom didn't even span thousands of miles!

In other words, with a casual thought, Xu Ming could take in everything within a radius of thousands of miles!

Every mountain, every river, every ancient tree, every ray of light, every person, every living being… was sensed by Xu Ming's mental tentacles.

Within this thousands-of-miles area…

There were mortals cultivating and laboring, only seeking to eat their fill and survive…

There were martial artists fighting each other, pursuing what they believed to be the martial path…

There were boys and girls cheering and playing, childhood sweethearts, innocent and carefree…

There were teachers teaching, passing on knowledge…

There were robbers and bandits, there were kings and generals…

There was the ecstasy of sudden success, and there was the disappointment of failure…

There were patients dying of illness, still unaware of the meaning of life…

There were also newborn infants, filled with endless desire for the world…

Even the moment when a flower bloomed was captured by Xu Ming!

Moreover, the most terrifying thing was that so much information was simultaneously fed back into Xu Ming's mind; Xu Ming didn't feel strained at all—to "scan" everything within a thousands-of-miles radius with mental power was too easy for Xu Ming!

"Life is brilliant!" Xu Ming couldn't help but sigh.

The entire human race, billions upon billions of people!

Xu Ming's current strength, even if he wasn't standing at the very peak of the entire race, was not far from the peak.

In the past, those martial arts experts who could lift mountains and trample the sky, whom Xu Ming looked up to; now, compared to Xu Ming… they were all trash!

And the rapid increase in the level of strength had caused Xu Ming to not lower his head to look at the "ordinary people" for a long time. Now, with a single lowered head, he was deeply shocked by the brilliance of life!

Suddenly, Xu Ming's mental "tentacles" heard several voices in conversation.

"Brother Shen Hui, you should go back!" This was a clear, spring-like voice. The owner of the voice was a girl, dressed in white, as pure as dust, with skin that could be broken by a breath, but her eyes were very resolute.

"Lin'er, why? Tell me why?" The boy in coarse cloth robes, that is, this "Brother Shen Hui," had an incredulous look on his tender face.

"Because… we are destined to not be the same kind of people!" The girl shook her head. "Master said that my martial arts talent is very good. If I am single-minded and wholeheartedly pursue the martial path, there is a great hope of achieving the Innate realm in the future!—I have my martial path, and Brother Shen Hui, you can't keep up with my pace! Since we are destined to not be the same kind of people, why should you and I force it?"