Chapter 334: Superiority - 334
"They were what you would call the first humans." The great attractor said.
"They grew and became smarter, and over the years, many things were developed and grown. I believe it was about 50,000 years after them that you were born." The great attractor explained.
"How do you know when I was born?" Zhou Fan interrupted.
"How could I not have. I could feel you were different from birth, but I did not know why. I watched you grow. Before long, it became clear to me." The great attractor said.
"When I started cultivating?" Zhou Fan asked.
"Indeed. Now look at you. Even stronger than I, and without any limit." The great attractor said almost nostalgically.
Zhou Fan pondered over the great attractors words for a moment.
"When you said I seemed different, were you referring to my talent? Or could you somehow sense my future?" Zhou Fan asked.
"I naturally had no idea you would become so strong. I think it was the way you acted that drew my attention." The great attractor responded.
"Explain." Zhou Fan said.
"Well. Do you remember when you learned of your parents death?" The great attractor asked.
"Not really. It was a long time ago. Even then it did not change much for me." Zhou Fan answered.
"Exactly. When a young child's parents die, how many of them react like that? When a child's parents die, their world and everything they know crumbles around them. They are forced into the real world to work instead of play and fight to survive. But what about you?" The great attractor said.
"What about me?" Zhou Fan asked curiously.
"When you learned that your parents had died, I could not sense any sadness within you. Instead, you gave off a sense of superiority. It seemed as if the fact that they died disgusted you. You felt disdain for them." The great attractor explained.
"Really?" Zhou Fan asked. He could not remember such a thing.
"You may not have noticed it back then. There seemed to be no basis for you to feel superior before, but once you began to cultivate, you were truly superior to everyone around you. Feeling superior was the natural response then." The great attractor said.
"That's interesting." Zhou Fan said with a hand on his chin.
Before he could ask anything else, the great attractors given intelligence fell apart.
Zhou Fan moved and flew not too far away from it. Although the great attractor watching him long ago was interesting, he was more curious about the answer to the human race's creation.
'If its finger was able to mix with the cosmic dao and form life, then are the great attractors made from divinity? It would not be ridiculous since they have power equivalent to the true god realm, but they don't seem like they cultivated.' Zhou Fan thought to himself.
The great attractors were different from cultivators. They simply had pure and raw power, similar to a black hole. The fact that they could even slightly use Qi was interesting. Zhou Fan had never noticed it before, but upon looking closer, he could see that the branches that came from the great attractor were not giving out true life Qi, but an imitation made from Chaos Qi.
It was similar to how, although trees were made of Chaos Qi before he split the Qi's, they were still trees, not Chaos.
Zhou Fan took a much closer look at the humanoid great attractor with his divine sense, but he could not feel any divinity.
'It must have something to do with this particular great attractor. I can't mess with it too much since I might destroy the galaxy cluster by accident, but I should be able to take a closer look.' Zhou Fan thought as he got closer.
Before Zhou Fan even reached his target, he slapped his hand on his forehead.
'Like black holes, these things are also made from the cosmic dao.' He thought to himself.
He had become so used to the cosmic dao's presence that he had overlooked it.
If the cosmic dao could not create life, then what could?
Zhou Fan turned around and exited the center of the galaxy cluster.
Since he was so close to the Zhou galaxy, he decided to stop by for a visit. When he arrived, he was not surprised to see that its size had increased greatly. Even from far away, the Zhou world was clearly visible.
Zhou Fan flew into the galaxy, but soon stopped when he saw a flash of green light on one of the planets he had flown past.
Zhou Fan descended down to the planet in interest and soon stumbled upon an interesting scene.
Two cultivators at the lesser dao creation realm were playing chess on a giant chessboard.
The chessboard took up a tenth of the space on the entire planet.
One of the cultivators was a woman wearing jade clothing, while the other was an elegant looking man wearing white clothing.
As Zhou Fan floated above them, they looked up.
"Is that a new lesser dao creation realm cultivator? We've been away for a while, but I'm surprised to see a new one so soon." The woman in jade said to the man in white.
"He probably saw us down here and wanted to say hi. Let's not be rude." The man said before looking at Zhou Fan. "Hello friend. Come down, let's talk." He yelled.
Zhou Fan descended and floated on the same level as them. They were far apart to the eye, but for cultivators at their level, it was whispering distance.
"I've never seen you before. Who are you and where are you from?" The man asked.
"My name is Zhou Fan. I was born on earth." Zhou Fan said.
"Oh. Another lesser dao creation realm cultivator from earth. That's 3 now. They really are making a comeback huh." The man said with a laugh.
"You said you were born on earth, but are you a part of their faction?" The woman interrupted.
"I'm more of a wandering cultivator." Zhou Fan responded.
"So only 2 still. Guess that keeps things more equal." The man said.
Chapter 335: Chess Games - 335
After speaking, the man focused on Zhou Fan's face.
"How long ago were you born? Even though it's been more than five hundred thousand years since I left, I had kept note of all those with the potential to possibly reach our realm. You weren't one of them." He said.
"Would you claim to know everything that happens in this galaxy?" Zhou Fan asked.
"Of course not, I was just curious since you are from earth and there shouldn't have been anyone hidden there." The man shrugged Zhou Fan's question off.
"I've been alive a lot longer than you, that I can say." Zhou Fan said.
"When the universe first changed, only 14 lesser dao creation realm cultivators broke through. If you claim to be one of them, I would know you. If you were to become one after them but before me, I would still know." The man said.
He didn't seem aggressive, but genuinely curious.
"If I said I broke through before any of the other 14, would you believe me?" Zhou Fan asked.
"No." The man answered with a smile.
"Then I can't help you." Zhou Fan said.
"Whatever. It doesn't matter that much. Just one question, do you want to kill me?" The man asked.
"No." Zhou Fan responded.
"Then I'm sure we can get along. Do you want to play?" The man asked as he pointed at the chess board.
"Sure. If I win, would you mind answering some questions?" Zhou Fan asked.
"That seems reasonable. However, that means if I win you have to honestly answer one of my questions."
"Sure." Zhou Fan agreed.
The woman to the side waved her hand and her green chess pieces made of jade Qi dispersed.
The man waved his hand and his white pieces made of sound Qi dispersed. They then reappeared back at their starting positions.
Zhou Fan waved his hand and chess pieces made of metal Qi appeared on the board.
The man made the first move as he spoke.
"So is Metal Qi your main affinity?" He asked.
"No, but I like it more than many others." Zhou Fan responded as he moved a piece.
"Is it at least one of your affinities?" The man asked. "Sorry if I'm being nosy."
"I don't mind. You could say that I have an affinity towards metal Qi." Zhou Fan responded.
"That sounded ambiguous, but I'll ignore it." The man laughed.
The game continued on, but the man in white soon realized that he was completely losing.
With an open mouth, he asked Zhou Fan a question. "Do you play chess a lot?"
"Not really." Zhou Fan responded.
Before long, the man in white had completely lost. It had to be noted that the chess they played was completely different from mortal chess.
The board was a hundred squares by a hundred and there were many different pieces compared to normal chess. This changed the possibilities and made it much harder to calculate.
"I accept my loss. Ask away." The man said in dismay.
"Alright. Do you know of Ying Xiong?" Zhou Fan asked.
The man looked at him as if he was stupid.
"Of course I have. He is the strongest cultivator without a doubt. Not too long ago he even defeated Jack in three moves." The man said.
"Can you tell me where he is?" Zhou Fan asked.
The man was about to respond, but the woman off to the side spoke up.
"I'll tell you, but you have to beat me in chess." She said.
Zhou Fan nodded and the board reset. The woman in green did not believe it when Zhou Fan beat the man in white.
It had to be known that their last game had lasted 5 days, and was still going on when Zhou Fan interrupted.
Then, in just a few hours, Zhou Fan had completely defeated the man.
She simply did not believe that he had lost so easily.
In around the same time as the last man, she lost miserably. It was not her fault, Zhou Fan's mind was simply on a completely different level.
"If nothing has changed, then Ying Xiong should be at the buddhist temple on earth." She answered while still in shock.
"Alright then. I'll get out of your hair." Zhou Fan said as he flew away.
The man spoke as Zhou Fan flew away.
"Wait a moment. I'm known as the sound immortal Bai. She is the Jade immortal Chen. Can I ask for your title?" The man yelled.
"Calling yourself immortal is quite arrogant. I am the first cultivator, Zhou Fan." Zhou Fan said as he left.
Soon, Zhou Fan appeared in front of a familiar planet that had grown in size. Compared to the Zhou world, it was only half the size, but it was still huge.
As he floated above the planet, Zhou Fan could see a beam of light below. The beam was made of Buddhist Qi.
Assuming that the beam led to where he wanted to go, Zhou Fan flew down to earth.
In the center of a large plain even bigger than the original earth's size was a large temple. It was a fourth of earth's original size. Surrounding the temple was a makeshift city, but there were no permanent buildings. Instead, there were only tents, teepees, and such.
Zhou Fan walked through the makeshift city and towards the entrance of the Buddhist temple. All around him were buddhists.
Half of the people he saw were meditating. Soon, Zhou Fan's feet touched stone.
He walked on the busy platform that led to the entrance of the Buddhist temple. As he walked up the stairs, less and less people were around him.
Soon, he alone stood in front of a giant door with two guards.
"Halt. Do you have permission to enter?" The guard asked. Despite being a door guard, he had a cultivation of the 1st level of the space shattering realm.
"I should." Zhou Fan answered, although he did not know how he could prove it.
Without words, the guards moved their spears and stopped blocking the way. Zhou Fan assumed that not a single person would dare lie to enter as they would suffer a terrible fate.
Zhou Fan walked forward and pushed the doors open with his Qi before entering.
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