Chapter 427: The Form of the Formless - 427
The mere thought of it was making his blood boil. Long ago, he could not even have imagined fighting an equal fight, not to mention a true battle where he may even lose out.
At one point, what was inside of Galaxy clusters had scared him, but there had been no reason to fight. They were like rocks, unintelligent no matter how strong or dangerous.
But now, he was going to a true fight. Even Zhou Fan could not stop the smile from appearing on his face.
As his excitement increased, his Qi began to spill out uncontrollably. Every step he took, it was like he was gaining momentum. He took Leaf off of him and planted him in the pot he had prepared.
Then, he began moving. He walked towards the other side of the universe, and every step he took began to shake the sky as his speed increased.
The true gods and gods of the universe watched as he departed. At first, his steps could be comprehended by everyone, but by the tenth step, each step was shaking the Zhou Filament. None could even comprehend the level of power he was showing.
He was not doing it completely on purpose. Though he was letting himself go in anticipation, he did not truly mean for his steps to be so powerful.
It was just that, as he walked, he randomly comprehended a movement technique, and as he understood it, he had to admit it was incredible.
He called it the final battle steps. It was a comprehension technique that came from his understanding and anticipation.
As he moved faster due to the final battle steps, he soon disappeared from the Zhou filament and his power stopped shocking everyone as they could no longer see him.
As for Zhou Fan, he was traveling to the other side of the universe. His steps were surprisingly fast. The final battle steps moved him at a speed he would have never thought of.
As he walked, he began to breakthrough. He had long fulfilled the Qi requirement. All that remained was starting the action of breaking through.
He also stopped restricting his comprehension of the cosmic dao. The remaining bit was understood, and Zhou Fan finally calmed down from his excitement. He was back to his usual self. As he looked around, he understood everything.
"I see. Incredible. Truly incredible." He couldn't help but admire everything around him. The universe seemed to be finally understood in its truest form.
All around him, freely flowing around, occupying the entire universe, were colorful threads. These threads had every color. This was the cosmic dao.
"I could never find the Cosmic Dao because there was not quite anything to find. The Cosmic dao is everywhere at the same time."
He looked around, but everywhere he seemed to look, the Cosmic dao was there. In the truest sense, the Cosmic Dao was the universe.
Zhou Fan never stopped walking as he looked around and surpassed the sage realm. He felt a danger descend upon him, but he ignored it.
"I can see you. No need to act, let's start."
Although it could be said that the Cosmic Dao was the universe itself, that was not the entire truth.
The Cosmic Dao had no form, or rather, from Zhou Fan's understanding, it was the form of the formless.
However, as something formless, he just had to give it form in his mind.
He closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them, the Cosmic Dao was no longer so formless. In front of him was a giant, colorful ball. It held all colors in existence.
Swirling around it were threads. These were like the Cosmic Dao's arms and legs, though there were countless of them.
As Zhou Fan looked at the ball, he could not help but feel a little pressured.
"It seems I'm a bit out of my league."
Although the Cosmic Dao was not a cultivator and had no cultivation, it held power. Unfathomable power that Zhou Fan could not truly understand.
Zhou Fan chuckled "Regardless, it's too late to turn back now. At least I didn't try to fight it back then."
He remembered when he first tried to reach 100% comprehension of the Cosmic Dao, though that in itself was wrong.
The difference between 100% comprehension and 99% comprehension was infinitely greater than the difference between 0% comprehension and 99% comprehension.
Even now, it was not as if he fully understood the Cosmic Dao. Zhou Fan arrived on the other side of the universe, and although the Cosmic Dao had no intelligence, it was as if it had been waiting for him.
A thread moved. It was simple and it felt slow. Zhou Fan raised his hand and punched out with Chaos Qi, but the thread simply dispersed. The thread and his punch were equally matched.
Zhou Fan knew this would not be easy at all.
Many of the countless threads merged as an attack countless times greater than the last swept towards him. Zhou Fan felt an immense sense of danger and stopped holding back at all. This was not a sparring match, he truly went all out.
His Chaos divine physique bursted out as Chaos Qi seemed to fill this area of the universe.
He punched out, and the thread was pushed back and dispersed, but countless threads the same size followed.
There were no fancy techniques used. At this level, techniques had no effect. The Cosmic Dao was simply an existence. It just attacked without any thought at all.
Zhou Fan's entire body was covered with Chaos Qi as he moved around. Their battle did not harm space. The Cosmic Dao could be considered the universe, and the universe would not injure itself.
Zhou Fan did not either. He had already been at the sage realm and gained "one with the universe". Now, he was in a new, unnamed realm.
Zhou Fan circled around the Cosmic Dao while fighting. He wore a cloak of Chaos Qi and used a level of power he could not comprehend. Yet, for some reason, it was not enough.
Chapter 428: Chaos Qi - 428
There were no flashy effects, just a pure fight of power versus power. As Zhou Fan fought, he fell into deep thought.
He needed something to change, or he would lose. Chaos Qi was the only Qi he could fight with. All of the other Qi's were simply inferior products no matter their specialty. Chaos Qi was the combination of all of it.
Zhou Fan studied the Cosmic Dao while fighting. He gradually began to understand it.
He began to mutter to himself.
"The Dao that can be understood is not truly the Cosmic Dao. It is just like an idea that can be expressed in words is not an infinite idea."
"This Cosmic Dao is the source of all things. The mother of all."
"It is the mystery of mysteries."
"The Cosmic Dao seems constant and never exhausted. It never loses power or shrinks. Is it truly infinite?"
Zhou Fan was struggling to understand. He needed Qi to fight, and he was running out of Qi. Yet, for some reason, the Cosmic Dao did not seem to lose anything as it fought.
He just could not understand it. Why?
As he fought, he began to comprehend more.
"The Cosmic Dao dulls its own sharpness. It breaks its own bonds. It dims its own brightness. It is peaceful, it is eternal. Where did it come from? It is older than everything."
As he muttered, Zhou Fan seemed to fall into a trance. At some point, he failed to even understand what he was talking about.
"A room has four walls, but its usefulness is in the empty space between them."
"That which weakens was once strong. That which falls was once high."
"It is all colors, but it is also colorless. It is the form of the formless. The image of the imageless. Its face cannot be seen from the front, nor its back from behind. Where did it come from? Where is it going?"
Suddenly, Zhou Fan stopped moving and all sound seemed to vanish from the universe.
"What?" He suddenly said.
His body was hit by a thread and launched backwards.
He had fallen into a trance. He understood it. It was the Cosmic Dao's trap, or rather, the trap was the ability to comprehend it.
Perhaps, if he had not snapped out of it, he would have assimilated into the Cosmic Dao without even realizing it.
Zhou Fan moved and dodged the next thread. He was severely injured. There was a deep horizontal cut along his stomach.
Zhou Fan dodged again.
He had been in a trance, but he had felt as if he had also understood something. It was the amalgamation of his comprehensions which went far beyond 100%. It was something that could only be understood through interacting with the Cosmic Dao itself.
"I will name this after you." Zhou Fan said as he stepped forward. In an instant, he seemed to change. The gray of the Chaos Qi surrounding him seemed to fade.
It became unseeable, colorless, formless.
"Supreme technique: The Dao."
Zhou Fan raised his arm and all of his Qi moved to it. For the first time, it was as if the Cosmic Dao reacted. It was like a twitch, but Zhou Fan saw it.
"The Dao begets one." Zhou Fan brought his arm down.
An endless, vertical sheet of Chaos Qi appeared. It seemed to split the universe from top to bottom, though not going out of its boundaries.
'The Dao begets one, or rather, the Dao begets the beginning, Chaos Qi.'
The endless sheet of Chaos Qi had also split the Cosmic Dao. Perhaps only because he had given it form, but Zhou Fan felt as if he had heard a large roar of anger and pain.
However, he wasn't done.
"One begets two."
The endless sheet of Chaos Qi seemed to split. The one turned into the two as two lines seemed to split the universe up and down. The Cosmic Dao was "Split" into three pieces, though the giant ball did not seem to truly move or be affected.
Yet, Zhou Fan could hear it. Once again, the Cosmic Dao had made a sound. He was harming it.
'The two represents opposites and balance. Yin and Yang. Fire and water. Life and death. Light and Dark. Everything has an opposite, no matter how obscure.'
Zhou Fan continued.
"Two begets three."
This time, the two split into three, but not three endless sheets.
This time, one was below, it wad green. One was above, it was blue. One was in between, and it vaguely held the form of a human. Three represented the earth, the sky, and life.
This time, the cosmic dao was not even touched, yet it seemed to roar even louder in Zhou Fan's ears.
This was an attack of the essence of an existence. As long as something existed, it would be harmed by the three.
"Three begets all things."
The three collapsed as Chaos Qi turned into the countless Qi's that all cultivators used. Each Qi was like a rain of incomparably sharp drops. Zhou Fan's outer world, as well as his divinity were released and used to the fullest extent.
The Cosmic Dao truly screamed. The entire universe shook and even true gods and gods could hear it, though they passed out bleeding from every hole in their body.
Zhou Fan was not affected, it was only a scream.
The giant colorful ball that was the Cosmic Dao seemed to change at that moment.
Suddenly, it spoke. "You filthy unfilial trash."
Zhou Fan understood. It was the Cosmic Dao, and all life existed within it. If it wanted to, it could easily take on the attribute of intelligence.
It was now no longer simply a formless energy. It had intelligence.
"I am the mother of all things, yet you dare to oppose me! I am the creator! I am responsible for everything you've ever created! Even that cultivation of yours was a result of me! You couldn't have done it without me!" It screamed in anger.
Zhou Fan shook his head and attacked, yet, nothing came out. Zhou Fan's face warped into shock.
"Didn't I just say it. Chaos Qi. You are truly a fool. I AM CHAOS QI!" The Cosmic Dao seemed to scream as Zhou Fan was shot backwards without being able to resist.
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