Chapter 398: The Era of Infinite Growth - 398
After thinking for a while, Zhou Fan understood that he desired to see the entire universe enter an unprecedented age of cultivation and expansion. He wanted the universe to truly develop until its very boundaries were reached.
If he let it slowly move by himself, it would take an uncountable number of years. However, if he acted actively, then the amount of time would only be a fraction of the natural time.
Zhou Fan silently began to plot.
30 years later, high above the core realm, Zhou Fan sat with Ying Xiong and Heaven. Behind them were thousands of representatives from powerful sects and other organizations.
Right now, the scene was being transmitted to every single corner of the universe. Whether it was mortal or inner world realm cultivators, they were all watching or participating.
Zhou Fan spoke, the entire universe's attention on him for the first time.
"My name is Zhou Fan. I am also known as the origin god. I am the creator of cultivation, as well as every place with life in this universe besides earth. I was born countless years ago and have risen to become an unparalleled cultivator. Today, I declare my intentions unto the universe. An unprecedented era of cultivation will emerge. Mortal or god, all will receive teachings and all will have fair treatment. I will now usher in the Era of Infinite Growth." Zhou Fan said.
Not to mention the entire universe which had just entered an uproar, even Ying Xiong and Heaven were completely shocked by his words. They had known he was planning something huge, but this…
Zhou Fan had publicly declared himself as the creator of cultivation and said that he would help all life cultivate. It was an incredible promise.
Zhou Fan had no plans to hold back either. He would truly do his best for the cultivation world, no strings attached. He was itching to develop the universe, and this was the only way.
Zhou Fan opened his mouth and began to preach the mortal dao and the cosmic dao at the same time. Only those who had comprehended the mortal dao would be able to hear the cosmic dao. At the same time, his voice naturally increased the speed of cultivation by 10,000x. Those with lacking talent also felt as if a clear path was showing them the way.
Even mortals with no meridians suddenly felt a warm feeling appear in their bodies. When Zhou Fan said no holding back, he meant no holding back.
The restrictions of the river of cultivation were lifted, allowing people with incredible talent to freely grow. With the 10,000x boost, they were soaring to the peak every step they took.
Cultivation bases soared unrestricted. Even Ying Xiong felt the effects. Only Heaven could not cultivate, but Zhou Fan raised his cultivation to the 1st level of the true god realm.
Still, Heaven began to comprehend the cosmic dao under Zhou Fan's words and fell into a trance.
For the first time in history, the entire living universe stopped and cultivated. Only once a person reached the absolute peak that their talent would allow did they wake from their trance.
Some tried to attack those still in the trance, but felt an overwhelming horror envelop them at the mere thought. This caused peace to be present throughout all worlds.
The changes did not affect just humanoid species, but beasts, supreme beasts, and even plants.
Leaf was in floating soil next to Zhou Fan, cultivating at 10,000x the speed, though he was still going slow.
Over the years, countless powerhouses were born. Right now, the equivalent of a billion years of cultivation would take 100,000 years at most.
Zhou Fan stopped a billion years later. As soon as he stopped speaking, the entire world exploded again. Countless people had been born and lived as the voice continued. To many, it was a natural part of life, but it had suddenly stopped. At the same time, the cultivators stopped cultivating and stood up, bowing towards the sky.
Not a single person had been under the effects the entire time. Generations had passed as people cultivated.
People only stopped when reaching the limit of cultivation or when reaching the limit of their talent.
Zhou Fan looked behind him. All those now present were at the true god realm. There were 1,000 people.
Zhou Fan's release of the restrictions had squeezed every last drop from people's talent. Therefore, even people that would have normally struggled to reach the god realm could reach the true god realm due to Zhou Fan.
Ying Xiong looked around at the cultivators. He had no doubt he was the strongest among them all, as there were very few faces that he did not recognize. The rest had come from the cosmic sect, and only 1 person had been born with enough talent to be accepted into the cosmic sect after all this time.
Most of the cosmic sect's disciple's had entered the true god realm. Ying Xiong himself had nearly reached 100% comprehension of the cosmic dao, though the river of cultivation stopped him at 99.9% completion.
Zhou Fan got up and looked around. All those who saw him, besides Ying Xiong and Heaven, looked at him with absolute reverence. They had complete faith in him, more than any parent or teacher would receive. It was accurate to call him their god.
As their god, he gave an order out.
"Go and create worlds. Ask me for all of the materials you need. Each world should be huge, and each one will be personally completed by my power. Those who create worlds will receive great rewards. It is also possible for you to borrow my power to create worlds."
His words were heard by all those in the god realm and the true god realm.
To get materials, approval, or use a bit of his power, all one had to do was use a special technique imparted to them by Zhou Fan.
They would get on their knees and pray. With the system that Zhou Fan had set up, his mortal dao would automatically filter them all and give what was necessary and approve what was good.
Zhou Fan nodded at Ying Xiong and Heaven before disappearing and appearing at the top of the Zhou supercluster. He wanted to do multiple things.
One, observe the universe's development, and two, create a new change in cultivation. It all started with techniques.
Chapter 399: Technique Pathways - 399
What were techniques? This was a common question asked by all and answered by many. The most common answer was, "A way to display strength".
However, what if a person went deeper into it. To Zhou Fan, most techniques were simply different ways of shaping Qi. There was hardly any actual difference if one ignored size and Qi cost. However, there were many variations with different uses, and many could do things that others couldn't. Some people could also display greater power with certain techniques due to resonating with them or having an affinity.
Only techniques that were created with the profoundness of the mortal or cosmic daos had any true difference in them. Otherwise, most were just different ways to use Qi.
What Zhou Fan wanted to create was a true way for techniques to be different in their very essence.
As for how, his inspiration was from meridians, the most important organ in humans.
Meridians were like tunnels in the body, and he planned on creating billions of tiny branches of these tunnels.
They would be called technique pathways. This was not a short term project, and its effect would nearly be on the same level of the creation of the river of cultivation, which it would be a part of.
These technique pathways would have to perfectly resonate with both the bodies of all creatures, as well as the universe and Qi itself in order for the project to be successful. The most important part was making sure that this was not an outside power, but a power that a human truly controlled and could not simply be taken away from them. It would also need to be possible for people to use techniques the same as now. The technique pathways would simply be a deeper study into the usage and creation of techniques.
In short, Zhou Fan was creating what could be called an organ on the level of meridians.
Zhou Fan closed his eyes as his mind moved rapidly. At the same time as he closed his eyes and thought, a portion of his thoughts had been split off in order to observe the creation of worlds.
Even Ying Xiong and Heaven moved out in order to create worlds. Although they were his friend and son respectively, he had no plans to freely reward them, especially after helping Ying Xiong reach the true god realm, something that he may never have done himself.
As for what the rewards were, they could be anything. Increased talent, weapons, materials, techniques. The possibilities were endless with Zhou Fan.
A billion years passed, and Zhou Fan realized just how big the projects he was taking on were.
The creation of worlds was naturally something huge and incomparably far reaching. Progress would take forever. He would also need to populate those worlds, though that could be done at a later time. At some point in the last billion years, he also began transporting true god realm cultivators around the filament using his power. This way, the creation of worlds would spread out in an even greater size. As of now, he was containing it to the filament, but it would absolutely expand in the future, though it would be very very far in the future.
As for the creation of technique pathways, he had made essentially zero progress. He was not making something loosely. This was going to be one of the masterpieces he would be proudest of for all of eternity.
Therefore, every part had to be perfected by him. As his strength increased, he would also update the technique pathways with the river of cultivation and the expansion of his mortal dao. Their profundities would always be on the same level as his cultivation.
100 billion years passed and Zhou Fan felt that he was 1% complete, though he had no idea if that was accurate. He could be done in another billion years, or it could indeed take 10 trillion years.
The creation of worlds was going well. Having a thousand true god cultivators was indeed useful. There were also 50,000 god realm cultivators helping as well, though they mostly designed the worlds after their creation.
With just a little effort from Zhou Fan, the universe could indeed become a completely different place. From 2 god realm cultivators to 50,000 in a billion years.
Imagine if someone had invested in god realm stocks before that.
As of now, the total land created was multiple times more than the great world, though it was simply many much smaller areas. Despite being called small, all of them could compare in size to a galaxy.
Most were desolate, with simple dirt, water, and a star or two around them. Some had grass and basic life. Some had been completely turned into a new world with beasts and some humans.
All of them would be completed later. As of now, the foundation of it all was being completed like a wave.
Zhou Fan closed his eyes as a trillion years passed. Much had changed, but to all the god realm cultivators and above, it was but a small fraction of their lifespan. God realm cultivators could live for a quadrillion years, while true god realm cultivators could live for a quintillion.
In comparison, a trillion years was a thousandth of a god realm cultivator's life span and a millionth of a true god realm cultivator's lifespan.
At this time, Ying Xiong and Heaven came to see him with a suggestion. Most of the worlds all stood on the same level, and they both believed that there should be a sort of higher realm for god realm cultivators and above. Zhou Fan had this idea as well, though he had imagined it on a larger scale.
He personally moved out, and soon, at the top of the filament, endless clouds appeared. Inside those clouds was a whole different world with 5x the cultivation speed. It was the size of a galaxy cluster, just like the great world, though it was almost entirely made from clouds.
The only way to enter was by being in the god realm. Zhou Fan gave this place a name.
"The upper realm."
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