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.
Chapter 336: Explanation - 336
A faint golden light and some buddhist Qi came out from behind the doors as he pushed them open. As he walked inside, the doors closed behind him.
In front of him was a long hallway with pillars on each side.
In front of each pillar was a cultivating buddhist. Even the weakest among them was in the space shattering realm.
Even as Zhou Fan walked down the hallway and his footsteps echoed, the cultivating buddhists remained still as if they were statues.
Soon, Zhou Fan saw another large pair of doors in front of him. Before he could even reach them, they began to open.
A familiar face, that of Ying Xiongs, greeted him. His bald head was shining with light from the background.
"It has been a long time since we last met." Ying Xiong said to Zhou Fan.
"Indeed. I'm surprised you remembered me since I messed with your memories." Zhou Fan responded.
"You clearly didn't put that much effort into it. Although everything is still blurry, I remember most of it." Ying Xiong said.
"I was nearby, so I came to check in on you. You sure are overwhelmingly strong." Zhou Fan said as he stared at Ying Xiong.
Not unexpectedly, Ying Xiong was at the peak of the lesser dao creation realm.
"I wonder what the term nearby means to you. Even now, I cannot sense your power. Could you please come in and at least satisfy my curiosity?" Ying Xiong asked.
"Sure. It's not like I've ever attempted to hide it." Zhou Fan said as he walked forward.
Ying Xiong walked away and they both entered a nearly empty room. The walls were white and in the center was a small table and two mats on each side.
Ying Xiong sat on one and gestured for Zhou Fan to sit on the other.
When they were both sitting, Ying Xiong began to speak.
"First, can you explain who exactly you are? I still don't understand it. Did you come from a place far away? Beyond our imaginations?" Ying Xiong asked.
"I did not. In fact, I too was born on earth." Zhou Fan said.
"Please go into depth." Ying Xiong urged.
"I was born on earth more than a billion years ago, when it was just a tiny planet that any space shattering realm cultivator could easily destroy. It was also a time when earth was a mortal world. A time when cultivation did not yet exist." Zhou Fan said.
"Incredible. We have some ancient records, but a time like that was not recorded. Please continue." Ying Xiong said with interest.
"One day, I simply began to cultivate. It was as if everything was suddenly clear and I simply began to do it. Along the way, I named all of the realms you used. Eventually, I ran into some special areas that contained other races such as dragons, phoenixes, and elves." Zhou Fan said, keeping the fine details to himself.
"After a while, I created the Huang Long academy and spread cultivation. Unfortunately, I soon realized that everyone's potential for growth was vastly inferior to my own. They simply could not reach the same heights." Zhou Fan explained.
"You see, in the beginning, there was only Chaos Qi. Only after I personally split it, something that only I can do, were the many Qi's brought into existence." Zhou Fan said.
"Chaos Qi?" Ying Xiong asked.
Zhou Fan raised his palm and a gray sphere formed. Ying Xiong studied it intensely.
"I try not to use it that much anymore since it is too dangerous, but it is my affinity." Zhou Fan said.
"Fascinating!" Ying Xiong said. "If this was split into the many Qi's that we all know today, then is Chaos Qi simply a combination of everything?"
"In a way yes, but it would be more accurate to say that everything is a lesser and incomplete version of Chaos Qi." Zhou Fan explained.
"Interesting. Please continue." Ying Xiong said.
"Soon after creating the Huang Long academy, I left earth and began to explore the galaxy. There was nothing much outside, besides a single planet that I became interested in. It is now known as the Zhou World." Zhou Fan said.
"Zhou Fan. The Zhou World! It's so obvious, why did I not make that connection!" Ying Xiong shouted.
"I may have a basic naming sense. I eventually created a race you know as celestials." Zhou Fan said.
"You mean you created life?!" Ying Xiong interrupted.
"Indeed. I suppose you cannot do such a thing despite being in the same realm that I was back then. I guess it is another benefit of Chaos Qi." Zhou Fan said. "For you, creating life would only happen in the god realm."
"The god realm?" Ying Xiong asked.
"After the lesser dao creation realm is the inner world realm. After the inner world realm is the god realm. Finally, the realm I'm at is the true god realm." Zhou Fan said.
Ying Xiong merely remained silent this time.
"Unlike you, I was able to release my mortal dao from my body and cover an area with it. In that area, Qi was automatically split for you people. At this point in time, my mortal dao has expanded to cover the entire galaxy and multiple galaxies surrounding this one." Zhou Fan said.
Ying Xiong nodded. "How far have you gone? In terms of space." Ying XIong asked.
"Beyond the galaxy are many other galaxies. The large group of them is called a galaxy cluster. There are 3 galaxy clusters, and the 3 of them together is a supercluster. I've explored more than a hundred areas as big as this supercluster." Zhou Fan explained.
Ying Xiong nodded blankly.
After a while, he spoke.
"So you truly don't mind telling me all this?" Ying Xiong asked.
"Well you don't seem like the type to spread it. Even if you do, what does it matter? Regardless of how talented you are, you will end up dead. Not long after, the entire universe will undergo a reset of life and all the records of the past will eventually fall to time. Nothing you do will ever affect me in any way." Zhou Fan said.
"So I am nothing but a bug to you?" Ying Xiong chuckled.
"It sounds harsh, but in a way, yes. Even if you reach the inner world realm, then the god realm, and even the true god realm, what will it matter. By that time, I will still be far beyond you, and you will reach your limit eventually." Zhou Fan said.
"I understand." Ying Xiong nodded.
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