Lu Yu returned home, his whole body aching slightly, so he lay on the sofa to rest, quietly waiting for his injuries to heal.

With rare time to relax, Lu Yu thought about many things, contemplating life.

Why was he cultivating?

Originally, he wanted to become stronger because he knew Yang Xiu's secret, fearing that Yang Xiu would kill him. His subsequent cultivation was also driven by facing danger, forcing him to become stronger to protect himself.

Until he left Beifeng City because he was coveted by a Core Formation Realm expert, all the dangers could be said to have disappeared. Even the Iron Tomb, which was once a great threat to him, suffered defeat at his hands.

When faced with the threat from the He family in Yunhai City, Lu Yu didn't feel much danger, as he could always retreat into the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm, advancing and retreating freely.

So what was driving him to keep cultivating and becoming stronger?

Under the control of his mind, spiritual power opened the refrigerator, took out the frozen steaks, and a frying pan from the kitchen flew out, landing on the coffee table in front of Lu Yu.

The plastic wrap on the steak automatically peeled off and fell into the trash can, the steak landed in the frying pan, and the flame from the spiritual power evenly grilled the steak, with spices automatically sprinkling onto it. A perfect steak landed on the pristine white plate in front of Lu Yu.

The dining knife automatically cut the steak into small pieces, and a fork picked up the small pieces, placing them into Lu Yu's mouth.

The skillet continued to blaze with fire, and steaks kept jumping bare into the pan, one after another, before landing on the plate and then into Lu Yu's mouth.

Lu Yu lay on the sofa, enjoying the delicacy without lifting a finger.

His black phone vibrated—a message popped up; it was a meeting invitation. Lu Yu wasn't in the mood to attend any so-called meeting, so he casually responded, "Not feeling well."

Immediately, another message popped up, telling Lu Yu to take care of his health, and that if he couldn't attend the meeting, he didn't need to.

Glancing at the message, Lu Yu shut off his phone, looked at the flame rising from the frying pan, the flying steaks, the automated knife, and fork, and smiled, for he had found his answer.

Because he wanted to gain even more powerful strength.

Powerful strength allowed him to live more comfortably and freely.

If his power were strong enough, no one could prevent him from doing what he wanted, nor force him to do what he didn't want to do.

A sudden impulse surged in his heart—to fly, as high as possible. He wanted to know how high he could fly, and if he could fly out of the Earth?

With that impulse in mind, Lu Yu took action.

The last piece of steak disappeared into Lu Yu's mouth, and the grease on his lips was scraped off by spiritual power. He walked to the balcony and transformed into a rainbow light, flying towards the sky.

The city grew smaller and the earth wider. Lu Yu saw the coastline at the city's edge, mountain ranges hundreds of kilometers away, and an airliner flying by at a distance...

Looking up, he saw a vast area of blue and white, with clouds obscuring the stars. He wanted to break through the clouds, break through the atmosphere, and see the world beyond.

Beep, beep, beep~ The Blue Ocean City Aviation Management Center sounded alarms.

"An unknown high-speed flying object detected passing over Blue Ocean City."

"The flying object cannot be locked, and its altitude is continuously rising... it has already broken through the stratosphere."

"The speed of the unknown flying object has reached Mach 2, and its size is too small to measure."

"Iron Man?" An employee, recollecting a scene from the Iron Man movie, said this subconsciously.

The director of the air traffic control bureau, watching the constantly ascending line, roughly understood what the unknown flying object was. The higher-ups had already sent him confidential documents—he knew about the player group.

The reason leadership informed the air traffic control bureau was partly because Martial Cultivators above the Qi Sea Realm might fly over cities in the future.

The higher-ups also wanted to limit the unrestricted flying of players above the Qi Sea Realm. Someone proposed managing Martial Cultivators like pilots, with a licensing system for Qi Flight, although the proposal had not yet passed.

Even if passed, implementation would be a big challenge, given that the Qi Sea Realm already represented the pinnacle of current humanity. Managing their behavior was no easy task.

The Qi Sea Realm members were like human-shaped missiles, and mishandling could have severe consequences.

Lu Yu flew higher and higher, the temperature around him dropping, the air thinning, and the pressure decreasing.

Breaking through the clouds, the starry sky appeared before Lu Yu's eyes. He saw a giant hot air balloon floating nearby, where a person preparing to skydive saw a light appear and was dumbfounded.

Ignoring the extreme skydiving challenger, Lu Yu continued flying upward.

With spiritual power protecting him, flying out of the Earth was not an issue. However, not even Martial Cultivators at the Qi Sea Realm had enough spiritual power to sustain flight out of the Earth.

The higher you flew, the greater the consumption of spiritual power.

In addition to spiritual power, the consumption of spiritual power was also significant. By the time Lu Yu flew to a height where he could barely make out the full view of Earth, he felt his spiritual power nearly exhausted and had to give up flying further.

Looking at Earth below, Lu Yu took out his phone, snapped a selfie to capture the height of his first flight into the sky.

After pocketing his phone and dispersing his spiritual power, frost spread visibly over Lu Yu's body, but the sub-zero cold couldn't freeze the Qi Blood within him.

Stimulated by the cold, Lu Yu's Qi Blood automatically accelerated its circulation, emitting heat that melted the frost on his skin and clothes.

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