Chapter 266: Zhou Galaxy - 266
Hearing Zhou Fan claim to have created the trident, Jack's eyes widened. He had been using his trident since his birth. It had outlasted both him and the entire mermaid race.
He had experienced many hard times, but his trident had always been there. It was Jack's most treasured possession. If he were to lose it, he would feel more grief than when he found out the mermaid race had been eradicated.
As Jack stared at him dumbfounded, Zhou Fan inwardly chuckled.
"Anyway, I'm sorry to hear about the mermaid race. As the person who gave them intelligence, it upsets me as well." Zhou Fan said with a smile, casually dropping another bomb on Jack's mind.
As of now, Jack was barely registering anything going on outside of his brain. He was connecting many dots that never seemed to make sense. In just an instant, he created many theories about just who Zhou Fan was.
"Are you the creator of the Zhou Galaxy?' He asked.
His eyes were still wide with shock even while asking the question.
"In one way, yes. In another, no. I didn't create the galaxy itself, but I created just about everything in it." Zhou Fan answered.
He had stopped caring about existing secretly a long time ago. In the past, it was more instinctual. He just felt better that way.
Now, however, he had truly grown up. As the strongest person in the universe, why would he need to hide himself or anything about him.
"Fun fact. I am also the one known as god by humans." Zhou Fan said as Jack was lost in his thoughts.
Just that single sentence caused Jack to think of many things once again.
He had become quite knowledgeable about just about everything there was to know. For example, he knew that the legends of an existence called god dated back to when humans were the only race in the universe, a fact that was discovered when the celestials and the humans met and talked about their history.
"Oh yeah. Do humans still believe in god? It has been a long time." Zhou Fan asked Jack.
Jack nodded in response. "They do." He added.
Eventually Jack broke himself out of his stunned state and gave Zhou Fan a bow.
"Thank you." He said simply.
While the sentence was short and basic, it contained the emotions of hundreds of millions of years behind it. Jack was truly grateful to Zhou Fan.
"Don't worry about it. If you really want to repay me, just answer some of my questions." Zhou Fan said.
"Of course." Jack responded.
"How is Anna?" Zhou Fan asked.
"Dead." Jack responded. "A few hundreds of millions of years ago, she and the grim reaper fought their final battle. Anna had been long fed up with him wreaking havoc across the Zhou solar system. You may not know, but at one point, the grim reaper established his own domain, giving birth to billions of skeletons and waging a war against the entire solar system."
"In the final battle, three planets were completely wiped out of life. Eventually, only Anna and the grim reaper remained. Perhaps it was in a moment of rage, but Anna burnt up all of her life force in exchange for a single attack. With it, an iceberg spanning multiple lightyears entrapped him and her. It gave off Ice and Death Qi so dense that nobody dared to go near it until quite recently." Jack explained.
"The attack using up her lifeforce was no joke. Only when Fairy Hong Yun broke into the lesser dao creation realm was the iceberg explored and their remains found. She melted the iceberg and gave them both a true resting place." Jack finished.
Zhou Fan nodded. It was a fitting end for one of the first celestials. Naturally, Fairy Hong Yun had given Anna a proper resting place. Anna was essentially her ancestor.
"In case you are interested, more such places were formed almost every time a tenth level space shattering cultivator died. Since nearly every single one died in battle, many self-destructed, taking down others with them and creating what is known as a forbidden area." Jack added.
Zhou Fan appreciated the information as he had no idea. There had not been many tenth level space shattering cultivators, and those who reached that realm had not self-destructed.
"What about the beasts?" Zhou Fan asked.
"Who?" Jack asked in confusion.
"Oh right. Xiaolong, Xuanwu, Bainu, and Zhuque?" Zhou Fan asked.
"You mean the legendary four divine beasts. I'm not sure. They disappeared long ago. They could be dead or in hidden seclusion." Jack responded.
"Regardless, the human race has survived this long because of the four divine beasts friendship with the humans." Jack added.
Jack's words had Zhou Fan confused.
"What do you mean? Is the human race in trouble?" Zhou Fan asked.
Although Jack had no part in it, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty hearing Zhou Fans question.
"Very much trouble. For a long long time, they had been suppressed to just a section of earth. Luckily, it had expanded enough for their area to be considered ok." Jack said.
For the first time since their conversation, Zhou Fan frowned.
"Luckily, a great talent was born among them. In the future, they should soar to the sky." Jack hurriedly added.
Hearing Jack, Zhou Fan remembered that he had given the human race's providence away and returned to his old expression.
"It's ok. I'm not upset. If anything, I would be mad at myself." Zhou Fan said. "Enough talk. Why don't we go and join the party?" Zhou Fan said as he walked away with a chicken leg in hand.
Jack followed with a nod.
If everything went right, then Zhou Fan would be able to see the new talent of the human race soon.
As Zhou Fan walked to the table, it got quieter. Luckily, Zhou Fan was very friendly and soon sat down with the group.
After a moment, he started getting asked questions.
Fairy Hong Yun was the first to speak. "What realm are you in, Sir Zhou Fan?"
Chapter 267: The Start - 267
"There is no need for me to hide anything from you. I am at the god realm. Above the lesser dao creation realm is the inner world realm, and above the inner world realm is the god realm." Zhou Fan answered.
Everyone had suspicions about Zhou Fan's strength, but hearing him actually say it, they couldn't help but be stunned.
He was two entire realms above them! It was something they could not even comprehend.
"Once you reach the inner world realm, you can travel to any place within the three galaxy clusters, which I named the Zhou supercluster. At the god realm, traveling becomes much faster and easier. Of course, this is using me as an example. I'm not sure how much weaker you all would be compared to me back then." Zhou Fan added.
The others nodded at his words. As someone so powerful, it would be weird if he was the same as them.
"So how long did it take you to become so strong?" Another person asked.
"I lost track of time long ago. My breakthrough from the 4th level of the god realm to the 5th level took 250 million years. I assume that I've been alive for more than 600 million years, but who knows." Zhou Fan answered with a shrug.
A few more questions were asked, but none were as interesting as the others.
"Who were your parents?" Fairy Hong Yun asked after a while.
This question caused Zhou Fan to think. No matter how hard he thought, only two silhouettes popped up. Their faces were unclear and unimportant.
"Back when all life was mortal, I was born. My parents died when I was young. Even before everything began, I had gotten over their deaths. Now, I cannot remember them at all. Nor do I want to or need to." Zhou Fan said.
Others may care about their parents' lives, but Zhou Fan's parents had never really influenced him at all. Even when he was young, they mainly fed him and clothed him. At every other time, he was free to do whatever.
It was not an unusual situation then, and it isn't one now. Many people in the group agreed, especially those from the demonic faction.
As far as the demonic faction was concerned, only oneself mattered. In that aspect, Zhou Fan agreed.
"If you are so powerful, how come you can't remember them?" One of the people asked.
"Although my memory is powerful, I tend to eventually forget things deemed completely unimportant. Ever since I started cultivating, the number of times I thought of my parents could be counted on one hand. You all are powerful as well. Do you remember every single speck of dust you see?" Zhou Fan countered.
With his explanation, everyone understood.
"It's about time for the actual youth galactic assembly to begin. One more question and we will start." Zhou Fan said.
"Have you ever had a wife or lover? If so, what happened?" One person asked.
"No I have not. Let's go." Zhou Fan said before standing up.
Everyone looked in anger at the man who wasted the question.
Instead of asking about the secrets of the universe, he actually dared to ask such a stupid question. Without a doubt, he would be beaten up later.
As Zhou Fan got back on top of the stage, Heaven appeared next to him and everyone got quiet.
"Next, the real youth galactic assembly will begin. In the same place you entered from, another door will appear. It will take you to a colosseum. Please enter the white door now." Zhou Fan said as he waved his hand, causing a white door that looked exactly like the last one to appear.
Without wasting time, everyone entered the white door. As they opened their eyes again, they found themselves in a colosseum stand.
All of the seats were white marble and there were two sections, a top and bottom row.
Without having to converse, the ten 10th level space shattering cultivators from the Zhou Galaxy, and most of the people from the Heaven galaxy went to the lower level. It still gave a perfect view.
Among those who came, only the 14 lesser dao creation realm cultivators from the Zhou galaxy, Tian Ren, and Bi Chong sat on the top row.
Although the row was big, there were only a hundred seats in equal distance from each other circling around the colosseum.
Tian Ren and Bi Ching sat next to each other, although they were a distance away, and the 14 lesser dao creation realm cultivators did the same.
The colosseum was completely enclosed, and all of the walls were perfectly designed. The walls themselves were jade green, with multiple pillars reaching the jade ceiling.
At some places, there were also gold ornaments. The stage was a perfect square with a clear, but seeable barrier around it.
In between the stage and the seats was a lower section made with stone. It would be where those that were in the competition but were not currently fighting would stand and watch.
On one end of the oval shaped colosseum, a large platform stood. It was not where people would fight, but where people would enter the colosseum. It was hugging one of the colosseum walls.
After a moment of quiet, a white door similar to the one they entered through appeared. Out of it walked two people.
Fairy Hong Yun, and another woman in red, much younger in age.
Seeing Fairy Hong Yun appear, everyone looked over to where she had sat down. The once filled seat was now empty.
Even Fairy Hong Yun was confused for a moment, but she regained her wits and walked the person beside her out.
"The first contestant, the child of Fairy Hong Yun, Hong Yen!" A voice said from the sky.
It didn't seem to come from anyone's voice, and was somewhat robotic.
The requirements for being a youth in the competition was simple. Have great talent, and be under 1,000 years of age.
Hong Yen was 950 years old, but she was still considered young in the Zhou galaxy. She barely made it into the competition.
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