Chapter 322: Continuity - 322
By remembering that space dust always seemed to be around black holes, Zhou Fan came up with a theory.
'There's a possibility that when a black hole devours a certain amount of matter, it will spit the matter back out in the form of space dust.' Zhou Fan thought.
That made a lot more sense than assuming that black hole's completely destroyed everything they sucked in. If that was the case, then it would mean that the universe would eventually cease to exist as all the matter would be completely gone.
However, if the black holes expelled space dust in one way or another, then the universe was simply recycling the materials that would later create something new.
The new enlightenment seemed to stimulate Zhou Fan's understanding of creation. Before, the understanding of creation had focused on the aspect of life and permanently creating things.
With his new realization, the understanding of creation extended to things such as rebirth and continuity.
He suddenly felt as if he could destroy anything and create something else with its remains. He could crush a star only for it to be reborn in the next moment.
It didn't give Zhou Fan that much of a power boost since he could already destroy most things and create almost anything out of the remains, but it was a valuable comprehension he had made.
Seeing that star's creation was interesting to Zhou Fan, but it also gave him more questions.
How was a galaxy formed? What about a galaxy cluster? A supercluster? What about black holes? The universe itself?
He had always been curious, but had never really voiced his curiosity.
Then, Zhou Fan had a realization.
'Can I create black holes with my current power?' He asked himself.
Zhou Fan immediately tested it out. He waved his hand towards the star and manipulated some black hole Qi.
On the surface of the star that was millions of times bigger than Zhou Fan himself, a small black swirl no bigger than a human head appeared. In an instant, the nearby surface of the star began to be pulled.
As more and more of the star was sucked into the black hole, the black hole grew in size, not due to the star it was absorbing, but from the increasing amount of Zhou Fans Qi it was receiving. Soon, it was thousands of times bigger than Zhou Fan and halfway through absorbing the star.
Before long, the star was gone, replaced by a black hole a hundredth of its size. Surprisingly, Zhou Fan did not see the black hole expel any space dust.
However, in his mind he sensed that the black hole he had created was sending him some sort of signal.
The signal informed him of what was inside the black hole, which was almost an entire star of space dust.
Zhou Fan could freely move the space dust in or out at will since the gravitational pull of the black hole was controlled by him.
This was not the result that Zhou Fan wanted. As the black hole was created in a fashion similar to a technique, it was not a real black hole. Without Qi, it would eventually disperse.
Zhou Fan needed to use the understanding of creation to create an actual black hole in order to see its effects.
Zhou Fan took the space dust out of the black hole and had it shrink to its original size before dispersing the black hole.
Then, with the understanding of creation, he easily recreated the star forming process. The addition to the understanding of creation surprisingly helped a lot in the process.
Before long, an equally sized star was in the same place as before. Then, Zhou Fan waved his hand and another black hole appeared that looked exactly the same as the earlier one.
This black hole, however, was slightly different. It was created with Zhou Fan's understanding of creation. In other words, it was like a real black hole had just been created.
Unlike before, Zhou Fan got no feedback from the black hole and could not control its gravity through a direct connection. Of course, he could easily halt its gravitational pull with his own power.
The black hole was easy to create since it was so small, but it was also not very powerful at its size without Zhou Fan's Qi.
At best, it would be able to kill a lesser dao creation realm cultivator.
The black hole began to devour the star, but it was clearly slower compared to before. Still, before long, the star was gone and the black hole was a hundreth of the star's size.
Surprisingly, there was no release of space dust. Zhou Fan flew in space confused until he felt some fluctuations in the distance.
He looked to an area a hundred thousand lightyears away, which wasn't that much to him, and saw space warp for a second. Then, a small amount of space dust appeared. Zhou Fan's eyes widened as he realized what happened.
Before he could think, he felt more fluctuations and saw more space dust appear far away in different areas. After a week passed, Zhou Fan saw half of the matter that had been swallowed by the black hole expelled as space dust. The black hole had also gotten noticeably smaller.
Now, it showed no more signs of expelling any more space dust.
Zhou Fan was able to conclude how space dust was expelled from black holes. Teleportation. Somehow, black holes were able to teleport space dust away from their gravitational reach.
By expelling half of the space dust that the black hole devoured, the universe could continue growing. The matter that did not leave the black hole increased its size and would be released if something ever happened to the black hole, such as a collision with another black hole or being sucked in by a great attractor.
A lot was explained by the experiment, except for how the black hole was able to teleport the space dust. Zhou Fan decided to inspect the black hole.
Although the black hole looked 2D from the light it reflected, Zhou Fan had enough power to see that its true form a sphere.
Zhou Fan tried something he had never done, which was entering the black hole.
Chapter 323: Black Hole Experiment - 323
Zhou Fan walked up to the black hole and placed his hand flat on it. It was not his first time coming into direct contact with a black hole, but it would be his first time entering one.
By exerting a little bit of force, Zhou Fan's hand went through the black hole as if it was a sticky goo.
Zhou Fan had to focus on stabilizing his surroundings at all times while slowly entering the black hole.
If not, the moment he tried entering, the black hole would do something ridiculous like explode or begin to twist and turn.
A black hole's very existence was defined by attracting things, yet when a power it could not break down touched it, it would do everything in its power to get away from that power.
Unfortunately for the black hole, Zhou Fan's power had surpassed it in every way possible. Even the bit of cosmic dao within the black hole was insignificant to Zhou Fan due to its relatively weak power and size.
Soon, Zhou Fan's entire body was engulfed by the black hole. The black hole was in no way small. Its size could be compared to earth from long ago, before Zhou Fan ever left it.
Therefore, once he got the hang of moving through it without disrupting it, Zhou Fan increased his speed.
Before long, he was flying at a satisfactory pace. Without much time passing, Zhou Fan felt that he was about to enter the core area.
Whether or not there was something in there, Zhou Fan did not know.
Of course, he could have used his divine sense at any time to instantly tell what was going on. His divine sense had become strong enough to easily ignore the power of a black hole.
However, Zhou Fan usually refrained from doing such things. If he simply used his divine sense to do everything, there would be nothing to do for himself.
He could have also just teleported to the center if he wanted.
Zhou Fan's hand was still held out in front of him when he felt it reach a different area. Before long, his head also entered.
Surrounding Zhou Fan was complete darkness. There was not a single ray of light anywhere near the area he was in.
Luckily, cultivators quickly transcended the need to use light to see. As a true god, it would be shameful if he had to rely on such a thing to see.
The area Zhou Fan was in was around as tall as himself and about twice his height in width. In the very center of the small area was a tiny pebble made up of every color there was. Of course, it didn't actually give off any light due to the black hole, but the fact that its color could be seen regardless was testament to how powerful it was. Zhou Fan was immensely surprised at its presence. He did not even feel anything happen. He was unaware of how it got there.
Naturally, it was a piece of the cosmic dao. A solid piece. It was tiny, but Zhou Fan could sense that it was very powerful.
He could also detect an invisible and undetectable string that likely connected the tiny piece to the real cosmic dao. Sadly, although he knew there was a string, Zhou Fan could not tell where the string actually was.
Despite seeing the cosmic dao piece, Zhou Fan did not forget his original purpose. He created a wooden plank inside the black hole and teleported it just outside.
Soon, the black hole sucked the wooden plank up and Zhou Fan felt it traveling through the black hole. As it traveled, it was being ripped apart down to its deepest components. By the time it made it to the area where Zhou Fan was, it was no longer a wooden plank, but a completely dismantled substance that Zhou Fan referred to as space dust.
As it entered the area that Zhou Fan was in, Zhou Fan felt a sliver of Qi come from the cosmic dao piece and the space, which had already been extremely weakened by the black hole's gravitational pull, was easily broken. In an instant, the space dust was teleported away.
Zhou Fan understood what was happening. It was a surprisingly smart and efficient process. The black hole would pull things from outside to its core, dismantling it completely along the way. Also, just by existing it would weaken the space within it due to its gravity.
Then, once the dismantled space dust entered the black hole, the piece of cosmic dao would take advantage of the weakened space and teleport the space dust away for very little cost requiring very little power.
Of course, along the way the black hole itself devoured some of what it pulled in, allowing it to increase in size.
It was a very interesting process.
Now satisfied, Zhou Fan destroyed the black hole, and the piece of cosmic dao with it. The cosmic dao had entered his black hole without his permission, so Zhou Fan felt that it was very reasonable for him to destroy it.
In an instant, Zhou Fan felt a little bit of power surround him. However, once the power sensed his strength, it dissipated.
Although the cosmic dao exhibited beast-like tendencies, there was a very clear difference. The difference was that the cosmic dao did not have any emotions such as pride or greed.
As long as Zhou Fan was strong enough, he could take up a large amount of area with his mortal dao without the cosmic dao caring.
Still, Zhou Fan had a feeling that at some point, it would see him as a threat and attempt to eliminate him.
Luckily, it was not doing so yet. Just based off of the fact that Zhou Fan could not tell where the string was or how the piece of cosmic dao even appeared showed that he stood no chance against it.
For now of course. Zhou Fan always planned on elevating his mortal dao further. Doing so would naturally put him against the cosmic dao at some point. It was only a matter of when, not if.
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