The thought of how the sect would react when they find out that he joined the sect as a divine being and is now about to advance to rank 8 in a few months made him start to worry about an impending investigation into his source of growth.
Every bad thing that could happen went through his mind. The worst thing he thought of was that a Dao Lord would come to kill him.
He was still thinking about the worst-case scenario and their contingency plans when he dropped out of the River of Time. The transition from the River of Time to the physical world didn’t put an end to his spiraling thoughts, though.
He had disregarded the information that Money Body gave him about the limits of cultivation because it only confirmed what he suspected. But now that he was considering the worst-case scenario, the fact that Dao Lords are actively trying to stop cultivators from growing stronger made his thoughts spiral.
In the past, he didn’t have much to worry about because he was small and weak. But now that he is slowly reaching the limit of power allowed, the chances of drawing attention from a Dao Lord and being killed for it are slowly increasing.
So it is safe to say that he will surely have to cross weapons with a Dao Lord in an attempt to break the restrictions binding him. With this possibility on the line, he had to make sure that he could come out victorious from the clash. After all, the failure to plan to succeed is to succeed in planning to fail.
Just as he was making plans, the first Divine Position was digested by Fenrir. Then the product of the digestion was sent to the force organ.
At this moment, his thoughts came to a screeching halt, and his mind became focused on seeing the outcome of this digestion. After all, this was currently the most important thing for him at the moment.
As he watched, he saw that the first Divine Position was accepted by the force organ. Then he saw that it was used to construct the third layer of force.
The third layer wasn’t complete, though. Apparently, a single Divine Position wasn’t enough for the third layer to be constructed completely. This didn’t come as a surprise to him.
What was constructed with the Divine Position was only 25% of the third layer. When the second Divine Position was sent to the force organ, another 25% was constructed.
That made a total of 50% constructed with two Divine Positions. Even if the other Divine Positions failed, Loki would still be satisfied because the fact that some random Divine Positions that he created could be used to construct force layers meant that he didn’t need anything from the Supreme Metac.
As he watched, the third and fourth Divine Positions were sent to the force layers. Then they were used to complete the construction of the third layer of force.
This put a smile on his face as he thought, ’So it all worked out in the end. That’s good.’
’From the looks of things, the rank of the Divine Metac when it is used to create the Divine Position doesn’t affect the quality of the Divine Position. If there was a difference, I didn’t see it because both the Divine Positions created with a rank 7 Metac and the Divine Position created with the rank 6 Divine Metac behaved exactly the same way after they were digested.’
’I guess it doesn’t matter why Divine Positions aren’t affected by the rank of the Divine Metac. What I need to deal with next is how to advance to rank 9.`
`Will the force organ be enough to take me to rank 9, or will I need a Supreme Metac for it? If the force organ can do it, I should need 8 Sivine Positions for it.’
’I should work on the two of them at the same time. But for now, what I need is a lot of lifespan to officially advance to rank 8.’
He spent a few more minutes after this making plans. Now that his strength is increasing, the things he has to do are changing, and the way he usually does some things will also have to change.
After making his plans, he looked up at the sky. He was looking specifically at the usual spot where a large hand usually descended from the sky.
As he looked up, memories of the times that colossal hand had appeared to kill him flashed through his mind. He remembered his fear and his panic as well.
A few seconds later, he exhaled heavily. Then he thought with determination, ’There is no need to worry about the inevitable. As long as I continue to do my best, even if I die, I will die without regrets. The only thing I can regret is living in slavery to another.’
The possibility of dying permanently is low for him because of the Rewind Metac and his ability as a Divine Being to resurrect. But the previous wielder of the Rewind Metac was also a divine being and likely a Dao Lord, yet they are nowhere to be seen.
If the Dao Lord of the Time Path could meet such an unfortunate end, then it is also possible for him to meet that unfortunate end. This is why he was so worried about fighting a Dao Lord.
But he has decided not to worry too much. Of course, this isn’t something he can do easily. After all, it is not the Dao Lords that he is really afraid of. What he is afraid of is dying.
The Dao Lords are capable of killing him, so he is afraid of them. He is afraid of dying, so no matter his feelings about Dao Lords, he has to be afraid of them, But once he becomes too powerful for them to kill, he will stop being afraid of them.