MC left the ground. This should mean one of two things:
a) airspace above abode counts as "staying home"
b) above the ground (maybe above mansion walls) counts as being out
I am guessing its A, otherwise title makes little sense (wasted 156 chapters). Assuming so, then it should also include [directly] below ground. More interestingly, does the airspace have to follow the mansion? As in, would a funnel/inverted cone shape (MC might be able to "compress" the world somehow) also work?