Chapter 539: Karma - 539
"Hello?" Yhwh said.
The being in front of him had something akin to a halo on his head and four pairs of white wings on his back. Yhwh recognized him as a member of the well known angel race.
They were a race that owned an entire universe, similar to the Ipth, but far more powerful.
It was said that their most powerful being was beyond any known cultivator.
Yoha walked up to him. "It seems you practice a power different from cultivation. Mind if I take a look?"
Yhwh was shocked. No matter how powerful, nobody had ever recognized that he was truly not a cultivator. He had also avoided saying that he wasn't as time passed.
The fact that this Yoha could tell at a glance showed that he was even stronger than a sage.
Yhwh's thoughts tracked back as he remembered the legendary figure of the angel race.
He spoke his thoughts aloud. "Are you that legendary being of legend from the angel race?"
Yoha nodded. "That should be me."
Yhwh stood up and bowed. This was a powerful person that he could not compare to.
Yoha stopped him. "Just treat me like a curious bypasser. I can recognize that you're a good person and have no ill intentions towards you."
Yhwh nodded. If Yoha wanted to harm him, nobody could stop him.
Answering Yoha's earlier question, Yhwh held out his hand. On it were a few golden threads. Yhwh didn't know if Yoha would be able to see it, but Yoha's eyes lit up immediately.
"Incredible. As expected, I can't hardly understand it." Yoha said.
Yhwh stood still as Yoha looked at it. After a while he sighed. "That's enough. I'll have to ask you if you can talk to me about this once you reach my level."
Yhwh nodded. "If I ever were to reach such a level, I'd be glad to talk to you."
Yoha thanked him. "You belong to a special category of beings throughout the entire universe. As long as you do not die or forsake your path, you are destined to reach the absolute peak."
Yhwh thanked him for his words, though he didn't quite understand everything. Since he didn't ask any questions, Yoha didn't plan to explain himself.
After this, Yoha excused himself. "I don't want to interfere with your path too much. I'll go now."
Yhwh did not stop him, and Yoha left. As he left, Yhwh secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Although Yoha seemed trustworthy, it was still hard to relax around such a powerful being.
For the Ipth patriarch, at least he could tell that he was overwhelmingly powerful. Yoha, on the other hand, seemed like a mortal no matter how much Yhwh looked at him.
In the residence, Zhou Fan was watching Yhwh from above. Suddenly, to his great shock, he felt something and averted his gaze.
"Impossible. Another path at the same time. Such a thing, its probability is basically zero." He mumbled.
Yhwh had not even fully grown yet, but another path creator had been born. And this one seemed far different from Yhwh.
The last two, Yhwh and Yoha, had created paths aligned to good, but this one had a deep darkness to it. Despite this deep darkness, there also seemed to be a light within, and Zhou Fan could barely see through this power at all.
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Ye Li had been born on a mortal planet. This planet truly contained nothing but mortals. He was human, but he didn't feel human. The technology level on this world was barely enough to go to space, and most of the innovation in this world was for money making purposes or entertainment.
This forgotten world had no access to the cultivation manual and no contact with any other beings outside of the planet. For all they knew, they were alone in the universe, despite having many stories of alien creatures.
At this time, Ye Li was still technically a child, though he was soon to be an adult and his maturity level had far surpassed that of any adult.
Ye Li felt inwardly disgusted at human emotions, and usually maintained an emotionless facade. He simply lived from day to day, but as he lived, he always felt as if there was something more.
Inside, he felt that there must be some sort of existence, human or nonliving, that existed above the world and the universe itself.
After a long time, he began to live by an imaginary existence. He called this existence Karma.
As he lived, he always felt that things were predictable. Everything seemed to be dictated by this imaginary existence he called Karma. People would take actions and be surprised at the results, while he would have known them from the moment the actions were taken.
This Karma of his was described as cause and effect, and as he grew, he began to believe more and more in this imaginary existence. As he reached the age of 25, living a boring life, he felt that it was his duty to take care of Karma.
This was when he took his first human life. The person was horrible, but the law protected him as long as he was not convicted.
Ye Li knew that he would be thrown in prison for killing this man if it was discovered, but he knew it wouldn't be. From the Karma, this man deserved to die. If anything, he would receive a good result, a good effect from this cause.
This was when Ye Li truly separated good Karma and bad Karma. By doing bad things, bad things would happen to you. By doing good things, good things would happen. There was Karma in everything, and it was not often based on good and bad. For the vast majority of the time, Karma was neutral.
Ye Li understood this and rarely partook in good or bad Karma.
Everything in life was dictated by Karma, or cause and effect. By working out, one got stronger. By jumping, one would fall. By breathing, one would live.
As he lived by this imaginary existence, Karma, a faint, invisible silhouette began to appear above him.
Chapter 540: Ye Li - 540
This silhouette was unseeable by almost all beings in the universe. Only the path creators would be able to see it, and only those that had reached the peak.
The fact that a simple mortal could create something invisible to even sage realm cultivators was a feat that may never be repeated.
Of course, Ye Li himself could not see it, but even if unintentionally, he had in fact created it.
Ye Li began to age, and as he lived by Karma, the silhouette above him slowly strengthened.
At the age of 80, Ye Li was on his deathbed. His lifespan was reaching its end, earlier than plenty of others.
However, Ye Lie did not feel any fear. He had seen through this world long ago. He laid on his deathbed, completely alone. His path was his alone, and he would not walk it with anyone, regardless of whether someone wished to join him or not.
Ye Li's consciousness began to fade in and out. In his final moments, he thought of Karma. He reaffirmed everything he had understood in his life, merging it into one thing.
There was another reason that Ye Li did not feel any fear. It was because he knew that he would not die here. His Karma did not end now.
As all of his thoughts and beliefs seemed to merge, his body began to change. His aged body filled with wrinkles began to clear up. His hair grew back onto his head. His consciousness seemed to awaken again.
He stood up, looking the same as he did 60 years ago.
Without waiting, he walked out of his room and left the hospital. There were no surprises, only Karma.
He began to go around, living anew. Now, he had made Karma tangible. Around his finger, a gray spiral rotated. Karma was ever moving and ever changing. Now, it was time to grow his Karma.
To Ye Li, there were two ways to do this. One, continue living and experience Karma. Like he had done his entire life, his Karma would slowly grow through his own karma.
However, there seemed to be another option now. He could take Karma. Not just from humans, or living beings in general, but from rocks, or grass. Everything could have Karma, even if living beings had far more. For example, if a rock was used in a murder, it would have Karma.
Ye Li walked along a crowded street and saw a man that caught his attention. He could feel it clearly. This man deserved to die.
Ye Li tapped him with his finger as he walked past. The man stopped, and his life seemed to flash before his eyes. He fell, and before he hit the ground, Ye Li had taken all of his Karma. By doing so, there was nothing left of the man. Ye Li's Karma had visibly strengthened through this person. Although he could not compare to Ye Li's Karma on a time for time comparison, it was still useful.
The street cleared up as people yelled in shock. As Ye Li walked away, he saw police show up, and some people, presumably his Wife and daughter, cried while looking at him.
Ye Li left, unremorseful, and found others. He mainly focused on killing those with immense bad Karma, but he did not discriminate too much.
He took every opportunity he could to take someone's Karma without being caught. Regardless of whether or not he was stronger than anyone on this world, he felt that there was something higher than this.
The universe had to be bigger, and if it was, it would be best to maintain a low profile throughout all of his life.
After all, he believed in Karma, in cause and effect. If he never revealed himself, then he could never be found.
Ye Li spent twenty years taking Karma. His world had begun to fear some sort of disease going around, but nobody suspected for even a moment that these people were all being killed.
After twenty years, Ye Li felt that he was ready. His Karma had increased by a lot. The invisible silhouette, though as unseeable as ever, had grown clearer and more powerful.
Ye Li let the Karma spiraling around his fingertip begin to spiral across his body. His Karma was being rapidly consumed, but his body was changing. It was growing more powerful, and capable of more things.
When Ye Li's transformation had ended, he was countless times stronger than before. Even if there were cultivators on this world, most could not match him.
This was only a growth in overall physical abilities. The only thing magical about him was Karma.
Living in the shadows of his world, Ye Li increased his consumption of others' Karma. Now, the world truly began to panic. Tens of people would randomly die everyday. In public, in their homes, or working, they would simply fall over and be dead by the time they hit the ground.
After his transformation, Ye Li was able to take Karma from afar. All he needed to do was shoot out a spiral of Karma at a person.
With his enhanced eyesight, he could do this from tens of thousands of feet away. The growth of his Karma seemed slow, but it was actually incredibly fast.
A hundred years later, Ye Li had transformed a few times and had grown to be a completely different individual.
It was time to get rid of this world's Karma. Ye Li raised his hands high and slammed them down.
With a smack, his Karma spiral moved at the speed of light, moving through all living beings of this world, and even the world itself.
After one minute, the Karma spiral returned. Ye Li looked around. There was nothing left. All humans or other living things had no more Karma, all of it taken away by Ye Li. Even the planet itself had died. It turned into a truly dead planet, filled with nothing but Karmaless dirt.
Ye Li remained, the only living being. His Karma was boiling, increasing immensely in an instant.
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