Chapter 548: Karmic Dao - 548
Ye Li patiently waited for ten thousand years to pass. It felt like the blink of an eye to the current him.
Suddenly, he felt his Karma move. It was not caused by him, but some sort of natural reaction.
It seemed to point to the distance. Without hesitation, Ye Li moved in that direction. He did not alert anyone of his movement. The Star Harmonization Sect continued in a straight line, moving towards a different direction than Ye Li.
Yhwh still sat on a meteor, unaware that he was being approached. Unlike Ye Li's power, the power of faith did not have any instinct or divination like ability.
He only sensed Ye Li when Ye Li finally laid eyes on him.
He moved forward. Ye Li still wore the Sect Masters face with no intention to reveal his own.
Although Yhwh did not have any detecting ability, he had instinct. He could tell that something was different about Ye Li.
As Ye Li approached, Yhwh spoke. "My name is Yhwh. Who are you?"
Ye Li spoke in a low voice as he approached. "A wandering cultivator looking for a worthy opponent. Would you be so kind as to have a friendly spar with me?"
Yhwh pondered for a moment before speaking. "My abilities are rather unique. I can spar, but you may not gain anything from it."
Ye Li bowed. "All I ask is for an opportunity. Thank you."
Yhwh smiled and conjured up golden threads. He assumed Ye Li would be unable to see them as no other could without him purposely showing them, but Ye Li's eyes subtly changed.
He could not see much, but there were blurry golden threads appearing from this Yhwh.
Ye Li charged forward, seemingly having the intention to punch. Yhwh calmly stepped forward and manipulated the golden threads.
As Ye Li and the golden threads were about to collide, Ye Li rolled, slightly avoiding being touched. He pointed out a finger and a Karma Spiral shot forth.
Yhwh's eyes widened as he dodged to the side. He too could faintly see the power of Karma. The Karma spiral did not move in a straight line. As Yhwh dodged, it turned and pierced him from the back. Hidden Karma began to be implanted into him, but golden threads ravaged the Karma, destroying it.
Both of them paused standing in space. Yhwh was faintly panting, both from a sudden exertion and excitement.
"You can see my power?" Yhwh said.
Ye Li looked at Yhwh, his face betraying no emotion, yet inside, he too was excited. This was his opportunity to completely transform.
Yhwh's face hardened as he looked at Ye Li. "You don't have good intentions do you. Lying about being a cultivator, faking a spar. You are like me, unique, but you are also unlike me. You are an enemy, right?"
Ye Li did not speak, and Yhwh did not need an answer.
He had met someone like him, but it was as enemies. Yhwh did not hesitate, countless golden threads bursting out from within.
"I cannot allow an evil being like you to exist. Die for me."
Golden threads seemed to form a waterfall that roared towards Ye Li. Ye Li, of course, did not simply stand still and accept this.
This was a different fight from any other he had experienced. As he dodged to the side, he unleashed all of his Karma from his body, forming something akin to an Outer World or a mortal dao that formed around him.
This was a power he had formed, something only inferior to the Karmic Shackles Technique. Within the Karmic Dao, he was in control.
Yhwh was unable to instantly react. He was within the Karmic Dao. He instantly felt oppression.
He released his golden threads and they formed a palace around him. He was instantly isolated from the Karmic Dao.
The golden palace and the Karmic Dao directly clashed, the Karmic Dao encompassing from all directions and the golden palace unwaveringly standing against it.
Yhwh stepped in front of the palace on a golden path made of threads. He was more serious than ever before.
Ye Li was excited, and also more serious than ever before. Multiple Karma spirals shot out from him and attacked Yhwh. The golden palace formed an impenetrable defense. It was as if countless beings were holding up these walls in spirit.
Ye Li constantly attacked, but he lacked true direct offensive measures. Yhwh, on the other hand, had already created many. Neither power was directly suited to offense, but Yhwh's power was more so than Ye Li's.
Golden threads wildly danced as Ye Li relied on Karma to dodge. He was instantly put in a passive position. His Karma could not even reach Yhwh.
Luckily, Yhwh had no chance of hitting him like this. Karma was great at evasion.
This stalemate continued for years. Although it seemed like a pointless dance, both of them were highly talented. Every moment, they were comprehending that other.
Finally, Yhwh attacked in a different way. Fists were formed by the golden threads and punched towards Ye Li from all directions. These fists were all encompassing and it was almost impossible for Ye Li to dodge, normally at least.
This was within the Karmic Dao. Where there was a cause, there was an effect. Karma descended upon the fists. They didn't even have the chance to touch Ye Li before dissipating. Where there was usage, there was consumption. This was the unreasonableness of the power of Karma.
Ye Li moved forward directly in front of the Palace. He too had gained something from this time.
Karmic Sorrow.
Ye Li had stripped the Karma of countless beings, and this Karma, even if just a tiny fraction, stayed with him.
He had thought of this upon seeing Yhwh's walls that gave off a feeling of spirit defending against Karma.
He too had parts of countless beings.
Perhaps we aren't so different, Yhwh.
A finger appeared, pushing against the walls, causing them to shake. Karmic Sorrow.
Mournful wails appeared, covering the entire Karmic Dao.
Yhwh's face changed. This was more than an evil being. He could tell, this man had killed quintillions at least.
Chapter 549: Escape - 549
Karmic Sorrow formed a finger that directly pushed against the palace walls. Unlike before, the walls began to shake and crack. Karmic Sorrow was in no way a weak technique.
Naturally, Yhwh did not just stand there and let it happen. Golden threads appeared infinitely, fighting against the Karmic Sorrow. Faith and Karma directly clashed.
This clash only lasted a moment before both attacks ended. Ye Li pushed forward without a moment of hesitation. It was time.
As Yhwh began to strike out at Ye Li, something appeared on his wrists.
Karmic Shackles.
These shackles made of Karma took form. Even a mortal could clearly see them. Yhwh felt as if these shackles did not physically affect him, but affected him in some way he could not understand.
These shackles appeared as tattoos on the wrist, an outline present but the inside not filled in. Yhwh continued to strike out at Ye Li. Ye Li responded with a finger of Karmic Sorrow.
Both attacks clashed and dispersed. Yhwh looked down at his wrist for a brief moment and noticed a change.
Although only slightly, the outline of shackles on his wrist had been filled in. Yhwh was clueless, but he felt a sense of dread. He knew that if these shackles were fully filled, he would likely lose.
Yhwh closed his eyes for only an instant, but when he opened them again, he had completely changed.
Whatever this was, it would go away if Ye Li was killed. Yhwh pointed his finger in the air, and golden threads gathered above it.
You have a supreme move, let's see if you can withstand mine.
Countless golden threads gathered above the finger, forming a thin line, and eventually an arrow.
Ye Li felt an immense threat from this arrow.
He pointed out seriously, and multiple fingers of Karmic Sorrow appeared, heavily draining his Karma.
At the same time, the arrow was sent flying, tearing through space and hitting the first finger of Karmic Sorrow. Surprisingly, it seemed to slow down to a mortal arrow's speed after hitting the first finger of Karmic Sorrow.
For an instant, Ye Li thought that he had been mistaken, but suddenly, from behind the arrow, countless golden hands appeared.
They pushed the arrow forward. It sped up, now even faster than it initially was.
Another finger of Karmic Sorrow was hit. The arrow slowed again, then sped up faster than the previous two times.
This repeated, piercing through a total of 6 Karmic Sorrows before reaching Ye Li. In this time, Ye Li had tried to dodge, but no matter what, he could not.
Only a few moments had passed from when it was first fired. Ye Li, helpless, formed a dense shield from Karmic Sorrow and braced for impact. Suddenly, Yhwh appeared behind him, and the arrow split in two, the golden threads forming it moving around Ye Li and into Yhwh's palm.
A tiny sun appeared on Yhwh's palm. Ye Li's eyes widened in horror as the sun hit his hastily protected back.
Ye Li was sent flying, and the Karmic Dao collapsed. Ye Li, in the last instant, had used the Karmic Dao to shield him from that attack, but the Karmic Dao had never been for defense.
Ye Li only stopped flying after crashing into a few stars and landing on an abnormally powerful and large meteor.
Yhwh was right behind. And punched out with a golden fist.
Ye Li could barely move and watched as the punch approached.
He sighed. It wasn't finished, but this would have to do.
On Yhwh's wrist, the 1/3 finished Karmic Shackle suddenly disappeared. Yhwh's golden fist disappeared as cracks appeared on his body, coming from his wrist.
He coughed out blood. Ye Li watched, still not moving. The power of Karma was rapidly healing him, and a miniature version of the Karmic Dao surrounded him, increasing his healing exponentially.
It was a pity that the Karmic Shackles weren't completed. He would have won no matter what.
Unwillingly, Ye Li took one last look at Yhwh before leaving. Yhwh attempted to stop him, but Ye Li used Hidden Karma to hide himself and the power of the Karmic Dao to leave.
Yhwh could not catch up, especially without healing his injuries a bit.
Ye Li successfully escaped, though he was even more injured than Yhwh.
After a few years of recovering, Yhwh began to search for Ye Li. He even contacted the Ipth. His relationship with them was good. Even if he refused to become an Ipth in heart, the patriarch did not take it personally and instead maintained contact with Yhwh and occasionally helped him out.
This was the first time that Yhwh had truly asked for complete help, and the patriarch obliged. Unfortunately, they were destined to come up empty handed. If Karma was good at two things, they were hiding and erasing traces.
Just a day after the fight with Yhwh, Ye Li had stripped Karma from the entire Star Harmonization Sect to aid in his recovery.
This was also in order to avoid Yhwh's tracking. As a True god level being, he had access to plenty of the universe and could go just about anywhere he pleased.
After pondering, he decided to hide in the safest place. A place where, even if Yhwh found him, he could not act.
The lightning Qi domain, one of the countless domains in the universe. Ye Li picked this randomly, though, with Karma, there was definitely some benefit for him there. He would wait and see.
As a True God level being, he was exempt from having to use teleportation cards to go most places. However, entering Qi domains required a teleportation card for anyone, and it required a special version and a steep price.
It was one thing to naturally enter a Qi domain, but to enter through teleportation array, one had to have the consent of the teleportation hub.
However, Ye Li simply pierced an overseer with Karma and temporarily implanted Karma into him. This overseer was a god realm cultivator.
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