Chapter 405: Cultivation 1.3 - 405
Some creations were designed in the shape of giant beasts such as dragons or phoenixes, while others maintained a traditional form.
Some creations seemed completely random no matter how you look at it.
One of the creations that Zhou Fan found the most interesting was a creation made up of multiple galaxy sized creations that resembled his statue in the cosmic sect.
Zhou Fan's favorite was a creation in the shape of a winding yellow dragon surrounding a giant mountain.
Each scale gave off a degree of luxury.
Although Zhou Fan had not been confident in creating a galaxy before, that had changed after entering the sage realm. It would still take a lot of time, up to thousands of years, but it was not even close to impossible.
Some cultivators had borrowed his power to create galaxies, though that had taken them millions of years for each galaxy due to not being able to use all of Zhou Fan's power.
3 trillion years later, Ying Xiong sat in front of Zhou Fan with his legs crossed. Zhou Fan's hand seemed to have pierced through Ying Xiong's body, but he was currently changing his meridians.
"Technique Pathways? A new creation I assume." Ying Xiong said.
"Indeed. The technique pathways are so small that it is impossible for anyone below the god realm to use their full potential, but it will increase the strength of everyone who uses them." Zhou Fan said.
"What is the theoretical maximum increase of power?" Ying Xiong asked.
"Around 10 times if you perfectly use them. They can affect any technique, and certain pathways can only be used with a certain type of technique or Qi." Zhou Fan explained.
"Interesting." Ying Xiong said as Zhou Fan's hand left his body.
"I've divided technique's into 3 types. Normal techniques, which are basic techniques that anyone can use that may also use technique pathways. Comprehension techniques that are based on the comprehension of the mortal dao or cosmic dao. Finally, special techniques, which can be unique, unusual, or out of the ordinary. The cosmic support art can be considered a special technique." Zhou Fan said.
"I see. I'll try to make this common knowledge. Can you explain technique pathways?" Ying Xiong asked.
"Technique pathways are intertwined and connected to your meridians. There are billions of them. By channeling Qi through some of the technique pathways while using a technique, the technique's power will be affected. Some pathways can cause harm alone, but show great effects when paired with other pathways. Only god realm cultivators would be able to use individual pathways, while anyone below that would only be able to use a group of them at once due to lesser control." Zhou Fan explained. "That's about all."
"Alright. I'll test these out and see what I can do." Ying Xiong said before leaving.
Ten thousand years later, he came back.
"There are too many different combinations to try, but I've luckily managed to increase the strength of one of my techniques by 2x by following a pathway." Ying Xiong said as he sat down.
"Consider yourself lucky to have already gotten that much. It will be harder as you progress." Zhou Fan said.
"Are you going to give them to all other life?" Ying Xiong asked.
"In due time. I need to make sure of some things." Zhou Fan said.
"Then I will await the day." Ying Xiong said as he bid farewell.
Zhou Fan began to think about things as he waited. His thoughts were mostly focused on updating cultivation 1.2.
A million years later, cultivation 1.3 rolled out to the universe and the river of cultivation churned.
The upper limit of cultivation was made the 10th level of the true god realm, and technique pathways were added.
Of course, the upper limit did not mean much. There was not a single person alive besides Leaf who had the talent to continue cultivating in the true god realm. Even Ying Xiong would be very unlikely to see the 2nd level of the true god realm.
Zhou Fan increased Heaven's cultivation to the limit and had no worries. Heaven did not go around playing with his power. He was responsible to the point that Zhou Fan felt pride that he was his son.
More important than the upper limit increase was the addition of technique pathways.
The cosmic sect let fliers rain down to all worlds with living creatures in order to inform them. With the words, "Quotes by the origin god" on the cover, nobody felt it was unbelievable.
In an instant, the focus of the universe, especially cultivators at the end of their talent, seemed to shift to technique pathways. There were many combinations possible, to the point that it was nearly incalculable, but with almost all life focused on it, there were naturally some who got lucky and immediately achieved success.
The luckiest among them actually matched Ying Xiong's power increase at 2x.
No two techniques would use the same pathways, nor would two people have the same pathways in the same order.
This was hardly a legacy that could be passed down. Although seeing the way another person used their pathways for a technique could inspire some, it would not always help.
The only shortcut would be to have someone far more powerful than you deduce some things from your pathways, though even a god could only barely help a person.
Zhou Fan watched over all the worlds as the technique pathways were being trained. He wondered how they would affect the future.
A few billion years later, there were many who had comprehended technique pathways to a satisfying level, but nobody had yet to even increase the power of a technique by 3x.
That was a good thing. If it could be mastered so easily, then Technique pathways would not mean much.
Zhou Fan crossed his legs as he considered what to do next. The creation of worlds were still ongoing as it was not even a slightly quick process. Still, Zhou Fan could see that the universe was becoming much more lively.
Chapter 406: Reincarnation - 406
Zhou Fan quietly thought as 10 trillion years passed. In that time, many assemblies had taken place in the upper realm and contribution points were spent.
Surprisingly, Ying Xiong had yet to buy anything ever since the first meeting. He had also stopped working with technique pathways and instead began to frantically create worlds. It was clear that he had a large request for Zhou Fan that was not something listed in the exchange.
Zhou Fan did not pay much attention to it. As usual, the creation of worlds was not yet finished, and it would not be for a long time despite many advancements in the area.
For example, some people had created techniques to speed up their creation. When using them with Zhou Fan's power, they were able to boost their speed greatly.
Unsurprisingly, Ying Xiong was the number 1 pioneer in this area.
Zhou Fan slowly stood up and stretched. He decided to explore the rest of the universe since he had nothing better to do.
Even for him, moving around the universe was a long task, but after a billion or so years, he had mapped out everything. There were not any surprises. The greatest attractor was the only thing that Zhou Fan really paid attention to in the entire universe.
With the entire universe mapped out, Zhou Fan finally had an accurate view of all of existence.
There were 8 universal sectors. Within them were filaments, and within filaments were superclusters or supercluster-like areas.
Universal sector 1, where the Zhou filament was located, held 11 filaments. Each one was about the size of the Zhou filament. He did not name them. He was satisfied with the Zhou filament. He would leave the rest to future cultivators.
Since he seemed to have a theme, he went ahead and named the universe, "The Zhou Universe".
It would take a long time for the universe to be populated, as seen by the current creation of worlds.
At the current rate, it would be a nearly infinite amount of time.
Zhou Fan wished that he had found some sort of bump in the sphere that was the universe, but there was none. The universe was a perfectly enclosed sphere.
There was nothing special out there, just the universe. The cosmic dao was not found, but Zhou Fan had long guessed that he could simply not see it.
Zhou Fan returned to the Zhou filament and began to cultivate. Since he had so much free time, it would not hurt to go ahead and reach the peak of the sage realm.
3 trillion years later, Zhou Fan entered the 2nd level of the sage realm.
61 trillion years later, Zhou Fan stopped cultivating. He had underestimated the sage realm. It had taken him this long to simply reach the 5th level.
This was by far the longest he had ever cultivated at once.
A lot had changed, but at the same time, nothing had. The creation of worlds was still ongoing, and progress had definitely been made, but it was not yet finished.
It was soon after he stopped cultivating that Ying Xiong came up to Zhou Fan and requested something with his contribution points.
"Really now. What a great idea, but do you really think that your current contribution points are enough for such a thing?" Zhou Fan asked.
"I don't know how difficult it would be for you." Ying Xiong asked.
"If you want everything, work hard for another hundred trillion years, as well as create more techniques to speed up the creation of worlds. Then, although the contribution points would still be too low, I will make an exception, just for you." Zhou Fan said.
"Thank you." Ying Xiong bowed solemnly and left.
When he was out of earshot, Zhou Fan laughed.
"As expected of Ying Xiong."
Zhou Fan shook his head and began to cultivate again in order to pass some time. Nothing needed his attention.
160 trillion years later, Zhou Fan stopped cultivating. He had entered the 7th level of the sage realm.
He had cultivated a bit over the hundred trillion year mark, but he was sure that Ying Xiong would understand. Especially since this was more of a favor than a reward.
When Zhou Fan descended from the sky, he saw Ying Xiong waiting for him.
"I'll assume you've taken care of everything you need to do." Zhou Fan said.
"I have. Everything will be handled upon my death." Ying Xiong said in a serious tone.
"Alright. Just to be clear. You want me to reincarnate you with better talent?" Zhou Fan asked.
"Yes." Ying Xiong responded.
"Alright. For that, I will set meridians ranked immortal god 2 and above on a scale and it will be randomly chosen from there. Second, you want to keep your divine physique?" Zhou Fan asked again.
"Yes. It is a part of me." Ying Xiong nodded.
"Alright. And finally, you want your memories. No can do. That's barely even reincarnation. How about this? You will be born with the name Ying Xiong and have a buddhist affinity. Upon reaching the god realm, and under the condition that you do it without my help, you will receive pieces of your memories." Zhou Fan negotiated.
"That works for me." Ying Xiong said.
"Alright then. Well. I guess this is goodbye." Zhou Fan said as he held out his hand.
Ying Xiong reached out his hand and firmly shook Zhou Fan's.
"It was nice knowing you. Thank you for all you've done." Ying Xiong said with a smile.
Zhou Fan smiled and a green spiraling portal appeared at his side.
Ying Xiong continued to smile as his body was dragged into the portal and he "Reincarnated".
He was born on a random planet, and his birth caused a phenomenon, though it was unseen by anybody who would recognize it as the painting on Ying Xiong's back.
Just like that, Ying Xiong died and was reborn, all in the pursuit of greater cultivation.
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