Chapter 221: The Battle's End - 221
As the million soul flame covered his sword, Bi Chong also gave off a level of power that he never had before.
The next part was simple.
Tian Ren swung his sword downwards with all of his might and Qi as he fell towards Bi Chong.
Bi Chong swung his sword up at the descending Tian Ren with all of his might and Qi.
As the two swords were inches away from each other, space shattered all around them. There had been many fluctuations in space during the whole battle, but due to the increased strength of the space within Zhou Fan's mortal dao, it had never so much as cracked.
Now, however, the space was actually shattering. Both people were at the 6th level of the space shattering realm, and others at that level would usually not be able to even crack the space in Zhou Fans mortal dao, much less shatter it.
Different from many others in the 6th level of the space shattering realm, both Tian Ren and Bi Chong had talent that rivaled anyone else's in the universe. Tian Ren was the first heavenborn and had been gifted a lot of power by heaven, while Bi Chong had a divine physique.
As the space shattered, the two mens attacks reached each other. There was no push or pull between the two men as their attacks had used up every bit of their Qi. Regardless of their attack strength, neither of them had the ability to move another muscle in their bodies.
When the swords finally displayed their power, Tian Ren's sword was cut through and Bi Chongs attack reached him. Bi Chongs Qi went through half of his body from the part of his shoulder closest to his neck to half of his leg, cleanly cutting through him.
While Bi Chong managed to cut through Tian Ren's sword, not all of the power on the sword was able to be neutralized.
Tian Ren had much better aim and his attacks' Qi went from Bi Chongs head to his stomach. As much of the power was dispersed, however, Bi Chong was not completely cut through and only a deep, large mark was left on his body. Many worms were also killed and a slight rainbow color could barely be seen within the center of his stomach due to the cut.
With the explosion and the shattering of space, along with the depletion of Qi, both Tian Ren and Bi Chong were launched backwards into the air like rockets and began to fall to the ground at a great speed.
While the fall wouldn't truly kill either of them, it wouldn't be pleasant.
As Tian Ren was halfway through his fall, a hand grabbed the back of his neck and carried him.
If Tian Ren was not unconscious, he would be happy to see Heaven. Not in a very good mood, Heaven had a rare frown on his face. He had grown quite close to Tian Ren and did like the state was in. After all, nearly half of his body was completely cut off and he was on the verge of death.
Although he tried to maintain neutrality, he didn't plan on letting Tian Ren die unless he was killed by another person's direct attack, not just from the injuries he suffered from an attack.
As for Bi Chong, Heaven let him fall into an unexplored forest below the mountain. He had no intention of saving him, but he knew that Bi Chong had a 95% chance of survival despite being passed out and in a state of Qi exhaustion like Tian Ren.
Holding Tian Ren, Heaven left the world and brought Tian Ren back to the heaven world. He wouldn't fully treat him, but he would make sure that he didn't die.
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Above the mountain within the final world, Zhou Fan appeared. In just a moment, he disappeared and reappeared next to Bi Chongs body. It was still mostly intact, but the worms which once constantly moved were now completely still.
Heaven may have not had any intention of saving Bi Chong, but Zhou Fan had a use for him. Therefore, he would not let him die for now.
As he did not know too much about divine physiques even to this day and didn't want to experiment on himself, he decided that Bi Chong would be the perfect subject.
After all, nobody would really miss him even if something went horribly wrong and he died. The beast world may be in trouble, but Zhou Fan would rectify his mistake one way or another.
As he didn't feel like touching Bi Chong for obvious reasons, Zhou Fan wrapped him in his Qi and took him to his shack.
Meanwhile, on a planet far far away, a worm with gray lines running through it suddenly started to squirm.
It didn't know why it had squirmed in the first place, but the worm felt as if something bad was happening far away. Soon, the squirms calmed down and the worm continued with its daily life.
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For both the members of the beast world and the heaven world, the next thousand years passed slowly. For the members of the beast world, their leader had disappeared. The alliance was starting to falter and the sense of unity between them was slowly fading.
As for the members of the heaven world, things weren't quite as bad. Tian Ren had technically returned, but he was seriously injured and had been passed out for a while.
Even when his injuries were healed he had remained passed out without anyone being able to tell why.
In any other situation, other groups would usually take advantage of the situation and try to kill Tian Ren or demolish the things he had created at least, but the existence of heaven was known and proven.
Any idiot that tried to do something like that would quickly be killed as to avoid heaven's wrath.
As the thousand years passed, Tian Ren finally woke up. He had only stayed passed out due to Qi exhaustion, so he had been physically fine for a long time.
Others couldn't regenerate quite like Zhou Fan, so the stronger they were, the worse the effects of Qi exhaustion. A space shattering cultivator's recovery time from Qi exhaustion could rival the current strength Zhou Fan's recovery time.
Chapter 222: Galactic Assembly - 222
Both the heavenborns and the other races on the heaven world were thrilled that Tian Ren finally woke up. Now, the exploration of the other worlds could continue.
While everyone else was excited about Tian Ren's awakening, Tian Ren himself was feeling worried. He wasn't sure what had happened after the final clash or how he appeared back on the heaven world.
He assumed that heaven was the reason he was in the heaven world, but he was more worried about the outcome of the final clash.
If both him and Bi Chong were incapacitated, then it could be considered a draw, but if only he had passed out and heaven had saved him, he would feel too much shame.
Meanwhile, above the beast world, Zhou Fan appeared holding Bi Chong by the back of the cloth covering him. He had finished his experiments with Bi Chong and Bi Chong had survived them without issue.
In order to properly experiment on him, Zhou Fan had to heal him, so Bi Chong was currently in a perfectly healthy state and would wake up from his passed out state as soon as Zhou Fan willed it.
As a bit of compensation for the experimentation on the passed out Bi Chong, Zhou Fan had also rebuilt the cloth that had covered him.
After considering the best approach to dropping Bi Chong off, Zhou Fan decided to simply place him in his house.
Although tensions had been rising ever since he disappeared, no one had gained the courage to enter Bi Chong's house without permission. Thanks to that, Zhou Fan was able to quietly return him without a single soul noticing.
With Bi Chongs matter finished, Zhou Fan went back to the shack, preparing to continue his studies. The studying of Bi Chongs divine physique had given him some insights that could be used to help him in his study of cultivation.
After a while, Bi Chong woke up and made his presence known. He too was unaware of what had happened after the final clash. What confused him the most was how he ended up in his house.
After racking his brain for a long time, he eventually gave up and prepared to continue the exploration of the worlds. Once he had discovered all of the planets before the final world, he would once again return, hopefully with more strength than before.
50,000 years passed very quickly.
Both Tian Ren and Bi Chong had colonized every single world before the final world, but they had yet to take another step into the final array.
Every now and then, they would stand in front of the array and stare at it for a while. Still, they had yet to step in again.
They both wanted to reach a much higher level of strength before going back in.
At the very least, they wanted to reach the tenth level of the space shattering realm. Such a step seemed to be close by as they were at the 9th level, but in reality, it would take an extremely long time for them to take that step.
Both men continued to increase the power of their organizations, until one day.
Both had been cultivating in seclusion, but something suddenly teleported on top of their laps, making them jump in fright for a moment.
The objects that fell into their laps were the same. Both men got letters.
The letters read "Dear Tian Ren / Bi Chong, you have been invited to join the first meeting of the galactical assembly. As the strongest member of your race, your presence has been formally requested."
Below the words were coordinates that led to places on their original worlds and a time a year from now.
It didn't take much thinking for them to agree. Not only were they curious, but they were also worried that whoever sent the letter would be offended if they didn't join. By their logic, someone able to teleport a letter into their room without being noticed whatsoever would be immensely powerful.
The letters were also confusing as they had never heard about anyone in the galaxy but themselves, but they decided to assume that they were ignorant. Tian Ren had already felt that his people and Bi Chongs people were not the only ones in the universe from Heaven's words.
Preemptively, both Tian Ren and Bi Chong made their way to the coordinates on the paper. As they had to pass through multiple arrays, it took a good amount of time to reach the location, but they made it in time.
Surprisingly, they weren't the only ones at the location. Bi Chong saw the patriarchs of the ten strongest races in the beast world, as well as the strongest supreme beast, while Tian Ren saw a couple patriarchs of some races and the strongest supreme beast.
After some conversation, everyone got along and waited until the time on the letter came.
At the exact moment of time on the letter, both groups on both worlds saw a blue light all around them. Without any of their knowledge, a teleportation array had formed!
Soon, both groups disappeared.
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As Tian Ren opened his eyes, he was shocked by what he saw. Around him were giant pillars and clear walls that allowed him to see that they were on a building floating in space.
Next, he turned his gaze to the left and was surprised to see Bi Chong appearing, along with many other beasts.
Bi Chong also noticed him, but they did not speak or even fight. They simply nodded their heads at each other, coming to a temporary agreement.
As they looked away from each other, they both looked forward.
Far in front of them was a set of stairs with red carpet that led to two men sitting on thrones.
Tian Ren clearly recognized the first one. It was a child dressed in a black and white robe.
However, the person next to Heaven was completely unknown to either Tian Ren or Bi Chong.
It was a man dressed in a gray robe with gray hair and gray eyes. Despite knowing that Heaven was almighty, Tian Ren still had a feeling that the man next to him was much more important.
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