Chapter 123: Exploration - 123
After he placed the book on the throne, Zhou Fan teleported back to the Zhou world. Although he was ready to go back into cultivation, he needed to wait some years before the Zhou Solar System finished expanding.
Until that time, he would have to find something else to occupy him. Zhou Fan thought for a while, and since it would take the Zhou World more than fifty years to expand, he could go out and explore the galaxy again. With his current strength and speed, he would be able to travel around the full thing within fifty years even if he took it slowly.
In the past years, Zhou Fan had been able to observe and draw a map of much of the galaxy. He had come to the conclusion that it was in the shape of a spiraling circle.
The earth was somewhere in the middle section, in between the core section and the outer section of the galaxy. The Zhou Solar System was very close to the earth on the map, but they were still many many light-years away from each other.
Although he was somewhat curious about the state of the planet, Zhou Fan wanted to hold off his visit to earth for a bit longer. Perhaps he would visit after he broke through to the realm after lesser dao creation.
Until then, he decided to go outwards towards the edge of the galaxy and then circle the peripheral until he had gone around it. After that, he would sweep the entire area by going around until he finally reached the center of the galaxy and found what lies there.
At a speed that may have never been seen before in the universe, Zhou Fan flew off towards the edge of the galaxy. Everytime he found a solar system or a lone celestial body, he would stop, explore the area, and write it down on his map.
In just a month, Zhou Fan made it to the edge of the galaxy. Behind him was a field of stars and planets while in front of him was an endless darkness with the only thing past it being other galaxies.
For the first time, Zhou Fan was getting a clear and uninterrupted view of a galaxy. Just like Zhou Fan estimated his galaxy looked like, the galaxy was a spiral circle with countless stars.
One difference was that the other galaxy had an overall red hue to it while his galaxy had a purple hue to it. It was by far the most beautiful thing he had seen. There were also other galaxies within view, but the red one was the closest and most interesting looking.
Zhou Fan walked out of the boundary of the galaxy for the first time and felt an immense chill. It was as if his body was encased in absolute darkness, without light or warmth.
To Zhou Fan, it wasn't very hard to withstand, but it was still an uncomfortable and weird feeling. He estimated that someone would have to be at the lesser dao creation realm to even survive in the space between galaxies.
He didn't stay within the area too long before he went back inside the galaxy. Although the galaxy could be considered huge, the space in between them was much much bigger.
If you lined up Zhou Fans galaxy side by side in the direction of the nearest galaxy, it would take more than a thousand of them to reach the other galaxy. For that reason, Zhou Fan decided to stay within the bounds of his galaxy for a while. He was in no rush to explore the rest of the universe and as long as he kept getting stronger, he would be able to traverse its entirety in a snap.
After his encounter with the area in between the galaxies, Zhou Fan stayed within the galaxy and went around the outside edge. The entire trip took a year to complete and Zhou Fan could say that he had explored 5% of the outer galaxy.
After he reached the same place that he had left the galaxy at, he went inwards and explored the next section of the galaxy, writing the entire exploration down and creating a map.
After 25 years, Zhou Fan had finally finished exploring the outer section of the galaxy. He had seen many interesting things and even discovered a couple things no one had known existed.
Zhou Fan double checked to make sure he had covered the entire area of the outer galaxy and went to the middle section, the same area that earth and the Zhou Solar System existed in.
Although he would pass by earth, Zhou Fan decided to stay a thousand light years away from it at all times and even block his vision from seeing the area.
He truly wanted to have a surprise when he returned in the future. No spoilers could be allowed.
Zhou Fan then explored the entire middle area, discovering a few more new things and mapping the entire area. It took him 15 years to do so. Next was the core area.
The core area took up 5 thousand light years of the galaxy and was about 5% of the total area. Even so, Zhou Fan was most excited to explore it. He could feel that within the core area was the secret to how the galaxy was held together.
Unlike the solar systems, it wasn't held together by a sun, but by something producing much more gravity.
Zhou Fan slowly swept the outside of the core area and slowly rotated his way towards the center. He took much more time and mapped much more carefully.
The planets in the core area were much bigger than the planets in the other areas. Even the suns were much bigger on average. Although there was nothing the size of the Zhou World or its sun, there were some things that came pretty close.
After 7 years, Zhou Fan finally made his way to the center of the core area. Blocking his path was a field of debris similar to an asteroid belt but much thicker. It was so thick that he was unable to see past it.
Chapter 124: Black Hole - 124
Zhou Fan didn't go out of his way in order to move the asteroid field away, but started flying through the openings within.
At first there was a lot of space to move around in and it took no effort to find a path forwards not blocked by asteroids. After Zhou Fan had flown 1000 miles, the asteroids started to thicken and increase. After another thousand, Zhou Fan had to look for a path through, although it was still very easy to find.
After ten thousand miles, it was starting to seem less like an asteroid field and more like a cave. After an entire light-year was traveled, Zhou Fan was unable to find a way through. Every inch forward was covered in rock as if it was a wall.
Zhou Fan started using Qi to make a hole through the thick wall and continued to fly towards the center of the galaxy. He continued to do so for another light-year until suddenly, there was no more rock.
Zhou Fan flew out of the wall and was greeted with a familiar sight. Stars and planets made up many areas in his vision and it seemed as if he had just left a cave and entered a galaxy.
However, there was one big difference. In the center of the area was a giant black sphere. It was tens of thousands of times bigger than the Zhou World and its sun combined.
Although it could barely be felt where he was standing or in most other parts of the galaxy, Zhou Fan could tell that it gave off an immense gravity that pulled everything towards it. Luckily, the giant black sphere didn't extend its reach too far and it seemed that only the hundred light-years around it were empty.
The rest of the galaxy was happily floating around it as if it was a sun.
Seeing the black sphere, Zhou Fan gave it a name. He called it a black hole. He called it that since it was black and looked like a circular hole in space if you didn't use your divine sense.
Using divine sense, however, would show its true form which was that of a sphere. Zhou Fan decided that he would explore it, but he would first explore the surrounding areas.
Like in the rest of the galaxy, Zhou Fan ventured around and added everything he found on a map. Throughout his entire journey, Zhou Fan had neither found a planet with life nor a planet capable of having life in the future without his intervention. There was absolutely nothing but rock and ores.
It didn't take too long before Zhou Fan finished with every part of the core area besides the black hole.
Zhou Fan floated in the last bit of space not majorly impacted by the black hole before moving forward and entering its domain.
He instantly felt a suction force strong enough to pull a tenth level void traversing cultivator towards the black hole helplessly start pulling him.
Of course, Zhou Fan ignored the force and started to fly towards the black hole without the help of the suction force. As he got closer and closer, the suction force increased.
Once he reached the halfway point between the planet nearest to the black hole and the black hole, the force was strong enough to pull a 4th level space shattering cultivator to their doom.
Once he reached the three fourths point, Zhou Fan felt the force increase dramatically to the point that a 9th level space shattering cultivator would be sucked in.
As he reached a mile before the black hole, Zhou Fan felt the force become strong enough to injure a first level lesser dao creation cultivator.
The black hole's strength started to seriously dumbfound Zhou Fan at that point. He never expected something that strong to exist within a galaxy. Even the oldest and strongest star going supernova may not be able to scratch someone at the lesser dao creation realm.
Zhou Fan couldn't help but imagine what would happen if the black hole exploded. Perhaps the entire galaxy would be devoured. After all, its strength would likely increase an entire realm.
Zhou Fan finally got within inches of the black hole and reached out his hand. Now, the black hole was using enough force to rip a third level lesser dao creation realm cultivator's hand to shreds, but Zhou Fan's hand didn't even move an inch.
Once his hand finally touched the black hole, it released a force much stronger than it had since Zhou Fan first saw it. Its strength seemed to soar and it started to try and rip Zhou Fan to shreds with the power of a fifth level lesser dao creation realm cultivator.
For the first time in a while, Zhou Fan looked serious. He instinctually clenched his hand into a fist, covered it with chaos Qi, and sent his most powerful attack towards the black hole.
The two forces collided and the black hole's power disintegrated instantly while Zhou Fans power shot towards it and landed on its exterior. As if it was a rubber ball, the black hole deformed and squished. The attack was nearly enough to destroy it.
Luckily, Zhou Fan pulled back in the last second and stopped his attack. Although a normal attack at the 7th level of lesser dao creation may not do that much damage, Zhou Fan had used an attack infused with Chaos Qi. Even the black holes Qi paled in comparison to Chaos Qi.
Speaking of black hole Qi, Zhou Fan had instantly comprehended it after he saw the black holes attack. It was the most powerful Qi besides Chaos Qi he had seen thus far.
After attacking the black hole, Zhou Fan started to observe it closer. He was quickly able to tell that it had a part of the cosmic dao inside it. Zhou Fan hadn't seen or encountered anything with the cosmic dao for a long time.
He had still been unable to comprehend any more than the 5% he had comprehended when he had broken into the lesser dao creation realm.
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