Chapter 77: Lesser Dao Creation Realm - 77
Although fish started to form in the lake, the evolution didn't stop there. While some of the fish species started to evolve towards water, some of them started to evolve towards land.
It only took an hour for a fish to grow a leg and another hour for it to walk on land.
After a month of observation, the sea life seemed to have evolved to its max. There were many different species of fish. There were also sharks, octopuses, eels, and even things that could only be described as mythical.
For example, there was a spot in the ocean where a giant octopus lived. It was hundreds of feet big and would easily destroy any ship on earth. It seemed that some micro organisms had better evolving talent than others. Another example was a great big shark. It was perhaps the only other sea creature that could go neck to neck with the giant octopus.
However, that was only if you ignored the giant water spider at the deepest depths of the ocean.
As for land animals, they were just starting to really evolve. An animal similar to the lion was created not too long ago, but things were still evolving.
As he observed this, he realized that all life had talent. And it wasn't just cultivation talent. Some life had the potential to evolve into huge predators, while some would stay as rabbits and mice.
Xiaolong and the other beasts were prime examples of peak existences.
Very quickly, a year passed. In that time, the land animals and sky animals stopped evolving. There were many different species with different variations. Some were similar to animals on earth while some were completely different.
Like in the ocean, a peak existence had been born on the land. However, there was only one. A giant creature with two wings and a scaly body which dominated the sky and the land. It slept in the world's biggest mountain and its territory was the entire land.
It had once attempted to expand its territory to the ocean, but was stopped by the giant octopus. Even so, it started to defeat it at some point. It only retreated when the giant shark, sensing a threat to its area, cooperated with the giant octopus to push the creature back.
While Zhou Fan watched, he decided to call the creature a dragon. Although it was very different from Xiaolong, there were too many similarities.
There was no doubt that they were both dragons, just different species of dragons.
As for who was stronger, there was no doubt it was this new dragon. After all, it was technically born from Zhou Fan. That caused it to be the size of a mountain. Even the ocean beasts would wipe the floors with the other beasts.
It was simply unfair. If Xiaolong had been born from Zhou Fan's finger, then it would be different. But he wasn't.
That didn't mean he would never win. With cultivation, their difference in strength would close up. Although Xiaolong would lose if they were both mortal beasts, he may not lose if they were both nascent soul realm cultivators.
After all, the advantage of being born from Zhou Fan would be lost as they continued to cultivate.
Although everything had evolved, Zhou Fan was disappointed. Even though there were mythical beasts, there was no race like humans. Thinking deeper, it was likely that the reason humans could be born was due to the Dao that resided in the world.
In that case, Zhou Fan would need to create a mortal Dao like the one on earth to be able to create a similar race. Unfortunately, that was impossible for the current Zhou Fan. Even if he had fully comprehended earth's mortal Dao, he wasn't strong enough to create his own.
He may not be too far, however. He estimated that if he broke through one more realm and comprehended the cosmic Dao as far as that realm allowed him, he would be able to create a mortal Dao!
It seems that he would be spending a while in the world. Not that he was complaining. The world Zhou Fan built was beautiful beyond measure. Not to mention that it was a planet bigger than earth. In fact, it was 5 times bigger than earth.
Since the biggest mountain range was occupied by the dragon, Zhou Fan decided to cultivate in the core of the world. When he saw his sword, he realized that another benefit of the mortal Dao was that it could power the array forever. With that, he would get his sword back.
Zhou Fan let out a quick smile before he started to cultivate.
100 years soon passed.
Zhou Fan broke into the 5th level of space shattering and his strength increased a lot. He didn't pause as he continued.
Another 300 years passed quickly.
Zhou Fan just broke into the 10th level of space shattering and stood up. He didn't know if there would be a big breakthrough, but he wasn't going to risk destroying the life he had just created.
Zhou Fan shot into space and moved 1000 lightyear's away before he started cultivating again.
500 years passed and Zhou Fan opened his eyes. He had just broken into a new realm. Because of what he was going to do, Zhou Fan named the realm 'Lesser Dao creation'.
There were no fluctuations when he broke through, but his current power was much, much greater. Although he was itching to test his powers, Zhou Fan stayed where he was and started to comprehend the Dao.
1000 years passed by. Such an amount of time was even significant to Zhou Fan. He had spent almost half of his life in his current seclusion. That didn't even include the previous time spent breaking through realms! Zhou Fan finally opened his eyes. A myriad of colors shot out and Zhou Fan's body seemed much more majestic than before.
That was due to his comprehension of the Dao that reached 5%.
Chapter 78: Zhou World - 78
With his new breakthrough, Zhou Fan was confident in creating a mortal Dao. Although eager to test his strength, the knowledge of the Dao was filling his entire mind. He was unable to resist the urge to express that knowledge by creating a mortal Dao.
He instantly appeared at the core of the world he gave life too. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the core. He then crushed it into dust, maintaining the coreless word with his own power.
He then used all of his power and knowledge in order to form a small gray sphere where the core once was. As he poured more Qi and knowledge into it, the gray core started to expand.
Before it reached half of the size of the old core, Zhou Fan was nearly depleted of Qi. In a frenzy of desperation and slight madness that the knowledge filling his mind caused, Zhou Fan opened his mouth and started to suck Chaos Qi from the universe. A storm was caused by the rapid absorption of Qi by Zhou Fan. If not for his subconscious protection, the world would have been grinded to dust.
Blood started to pour from Zhou Fans' cracked skin and his eyes as he attempted to form the Mortal Dao. He was almost on his last breath when he finally stopped. In an instant, the cracked space and the storm fixed itself and ceased.
Zhou Fan was panting on the ground as he stared at the big gray core floating in the center of the world. He was unable to even heal himself as he slowly slipped into unconsciousness.
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Zhou Fans' closed eyes snapped open. He had spent the last year unconscious and healing due to his heavy injuries. It was a miracle that his cultivation wasn't hurt.
Zhou Fan stood up and looked at the gray core floating in the air. He felt a connection with it that he had never felt in anything else before. It was as if the core was a literal part of him.
Even with just a glance, Zhou Fan was able to tell that he had full control of the core, as if it was his arm. Even so, he let it float there. He had nothing to do with it and even if he did, he would endanger the structure of the world now that it had fused with it.
Zhou Fan looked forward to the future of the world now. Since it had fused with his mortal Dao, it was something that would grow as Zhou Fan did. That also meant that he needed to protect the world. If it was ever destroyed, he would be seriously injured. Far more injured than he was previously.
Another thing to note was that the core was identical to his. It seemed that he instinctually made it the same. Of course, it was much stronger than his core.
After staring at the core for a while, Zhou Fan laid hundreds of formations around it. Although he had said that he would be injured if the world was destroyed, it was more accurate to say that he would be injured if the core was destroyed. Also, as long as the core was intact, the world would live on.
Before leaving the core, Zhou Fan decided to name the planet. It would likely be with him for a long time. After thinking, he decided to call it the Zhou world.
He then left the core and journeyed to the top. For some reason, the journey up took much longer than before. Zhou Fan even sped up when he didn't reach the top after a minute had passed.
He eventually decided to release his divine sense and teleport to the surface. When he appeared, the sight that greeted him was unexpected. Vast lands expanded past eyeshot. Great trees stood near Zhou Fan.
The only problem was that trees that big had never existed on the Zhou World. Zhou Fan once again released his divine sense across the world, this time taking a moment to see what was happening.
In an instant, Zhou Fan was dumbfounded. The Zhou World which once could only be considered a medium size planet had grown much bigger. The stars that once towered over the planets were now only equal in size to the Zhou World.
With his new breakthrough, such a size wasn't something too incredible for him. Even so, Zhou Fan couldn't get over the fact that the planet had grown so much. Naturally, only one thing could have caused it. Zhou Fans mortal Dao.
The planet must have grown in size because it wasn't able to hold that much power within it. Although astonished, Zhou Fan quickly accepted it. Unusual occurrences weren't uncommon to Zhou Fan at this point.
Not to mention, the world getting bigger was the only unusual occurrence. There were still only four great creatures and they hadn't grown or anything. None of the animals had gotten much bigger, nor had there been any new species.
The only difference with the animals was that the populations had increased. The increase wasn't anything outstanding either. In fact, Zhou Fan would need to personally act in order to fill the world with animals. Most of the current world was empty due to the sudden increase in size.
The supreme beasts were having a blast with the increased size, however. After looking around and admiring the beauty of the new world, Zhou Fan got to work.
He first tested his new power after breaking into the lesser Dao creation realm. He was now able to move at 10,000 light years a minute! Although tempted to explore the rest of the galaxy, Zhou Fan didn't. He had too much to do on the Zhou World.
As for his strength, Zhou Fan didn't even test it. He may end up destroying the solar system if he did. The next order of business was to increase the world's population. Once again, the world was covered in life Qi, sparing only the four supreme beasts.
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