Chapter 553: Good and Bad Karma - 553
Ye Li was still in the empty space that was once the Death Qi domain. He wasn't 100% sure what had just happened, but it seemed that the Death Qi being had evolved after using his Karma to hone itself.
At the end, it gave him the same feeling as Yhwh.
Ye Li was actually not upset about being captured by the Death Qi Being, or the God of Death as he had announced.
There had been a reason his Karma had not warned him in advance. This had actually not been bad for him at all. Training with the God of Death for so many years, he had gained a lot. Especially at the end, when the God of Death's own power began to form.
Although his Karma had not increased in quantity, it seemed to have grown in quality. The last few Karma spirals alone gave him an incredible boost in quality, and overall, he was far stronger than he was before.
There was nothing left in the remains of the Death Qi domain, only space itself. All the stars, planets, and other space stuff had been covered with Death Qi for many years and had become Death Qi. When the God of Death left, he had taken all of this with him.
After moving for a while, Ye Li left the Death Qi domain.
He did not go to any other Qi domains, and instead returned to the normal universe.
Being held captive for so many years, he had a lot of time to think, and had thought of a better way to increase his Karma than simply stripping it from every being he could. Since beings could create Karma through living, he would let people live. He would not blindly strip their Karma, but take the Karma they created through living and only strip their Karma right before they died. He would also manipulate their lives to produce more Karma.
To do this, the Death Qi domain was actually the best place to build at. After all, it was newly vacated. He only needed to leave in order to find life. He quickly stumbled upon a few planets, most of them housing humans or other humanoid creatures, and a few housing beasts.
With a few quadrillion beings in tow, their planets wrapped in Karma, he quickly returned to the Death Qi domain and used a technique he had created.
"Karmic Cage."
A cage made of Karma, one that looked as if it would trap birds, formed, covering an extremely large area. He could naturally not use quadrillions of Karma spirals, each one staying around one life. Instead, he created the Karmic Cage. This did not have much use in battle, besides trapping someone for a moment, but it was not meant for battle.
It was meant to take the naturally formed Karma from beings and even non life such as planets and weapons.
He had taken a total of 100 planets. He put 50 on the left side, and 50 on the right.
This was where a split occurred. Two colors filled the cage, one on the right and one on the left.
On the right was a bright light, as if the sun was shining down upon all beings, and on the left was a darkness, as if all beings had been forsaken. The right side represented Good Karma, and the left side represented Bad Karma.
As time passed, those on the right experienced happiness, their lives constantly influenced by Karma, pushing them all towards success and love.
On the right side, there was constant war, hatred, and suffering. Karma pushed all these beigns to experience the most torturous lives possible.
Each of these two Karmas formed extremes. Ye Li sat in the middle, watching it all. He could feel his Karma growing no slower than when he went around stripping beings of Karma. Some of the beings in the Karmic Cage were mortals, but most were cultivators. The strongest among them had reached the Space shattering realm, but Ye Li planned to add even stronger cultivators.
Leaving behind the Karmic Cage, he once again left what was once the Death Qi domain and captured more planets and more life.
He returned to the Karmic Cage with all of this in tow, and left again. He repeated this process for a long, long time, until the Karmic Cage was filled up on both sides.
The size of the Karmic Cage was no smaller than a galaxy cluster, supported by the power of his Karma.
Inside, beings could not tell that they were in a cage, even when the strongest beings reached the Lesser Dao Creation realm.
They also could not tell that there was another side just next to them.
After filling up the Karmic Cage, Ye Li crossed his legs and in between both. He was not only receiving vast amounts of Karma every single second, but he was also comprehending Karma by watching these beings live.
On one side, he saw a happy family with smiles and without worries. On the other side, he saw an 11 year old child rip his entire family in half due to being accidentally infused with immense killing intent by a powerful being.
On one side, he saw an introverted boy with difficulty forming connections grow, fall in love, and live a happy life. On the other side, he saw a similar boy kill everyone around him to survive.
There was so much to learn here, even from mortals.
There was one particular mortal on the bad side that caught Ye Li's attention. His entire life had been filled with nothing but negativity and despair, yet he remained firm in his life.
Ye Li focused on him. Karma had killed everyone around him in horrible ways. Everything he had valued had been taken or destroyed. Everything he tried to do went wrong.
Like all others, he had at first despaired and nearly given up, but he seemed to see through something one day.
He no longer felt despair or got angry. He tried things knowing they would fail. He formed connections knowing that everyone would die.
One day, Ye Li saw something within him. Through his influence and being influenced by Karma his entire life, this boy had comprehended Ye Li's path. He had learned Karma.
Chapter 554: Bad Karma #1 - 554
This boy could naturally not use Karma like Ye Li, but he had indeed begun to walk the path of Karma. Ye Li had never really even thought about teaching other beings his path. It seemed impossible, as one would have to comprehend Karma themselves. Although it was countless times easier due to Karma influencing their lives every single second, it was still difficult beyond words.
Ye Li watched on as the boy lived. As time passed, he noticed that the boy's path of Karma was different from his. He had comprehended bad Karma. After all, that was all he had ever experienced.
However, perhaps even with Ye Li's manipulation of Karma, there was still all sorts of Karma within the Karmic cage. After all, although trapped and forced to endure bad Karma for a lifetime, the beings in the Karmic Cage had been given the opportunity to comprehend Karma. No matter who or what, everything had Karma, and even Ye Li could not control it all. If he could, then he would be even more powerful than Zhou Fan.
Perhaps Karma had a clearer path beyond the Great Dao realm than cultivation.
Still, despite all Karma existing everywhere, the boy had only comprehended bad Karma as it was far more present than any other.
He had no idea that he had comprehended any sort of power or path and continued on as a mortal, suffering his entire life.
As he neared death from old age, the rarest way to die in the bad side of the Karmic Cage, Ye Li brought him out.
Ye Li saw use in him. The boy was confused, but did not show much emotion. It knew that, regardless of what happened, it would always end up bad.
Ye Li did not put on any show, simply sitting in space the same way as he had always done while watching the inside of the Karmic Cage.
The boy, now a man, looked at Ye Li.
"No matter who you were in the past, you are now Bad Karma #1, understand?" Ye Li said.
The man did not respond, looking at Ye Li blankly. Ye Li waved his hand, and a scene appeared in front of the man. It was a random scene going on in the good Karma side of the Karmic cage. Ye Li let it play for a few minutes and removed the screen.
The man, previously indifferent, now had tears pouring out of his eyes. He was not sobbing, but he felt as if everything was wrong. He was envious, he was hateful. He was able to understand that not everyone suffered as much as him from that one scene.
Much less emotionless than before, he looked at Ye Li.
"Go out and work for me. If you are satisfactory, this can be you."
The man, moved, kneeled. "Bad Karma #1 greets senior."
Ye Li taught Bad Karma #1 how to strip Karma. Bad Karma #1 failed, and Ye Li had to attach some of his Karma to Bad Karma #1 in order to allow him to use the Karma spiral and strip Karma.
Besides this, he also gave Bad Karma #1 something he had been experimenting on. A ball of Karma was implanted into Bad Karma #1's chest.
This contained a fair amount of Ye Li's power, and it allowed for a few things. First, Bad Karma #1 would be able to travel the universe quickly, a little bit slower than a god. Second, if Bad Karma #1 were to ever die, this would strip all of his Karma before his death and send it back to Ye Li, ensuring no loss. Finally, it allowed the power and speed of Bad Karma #1's Karma spiral to increase when necessary, reaching a maximum of the peak of the Inner world realm, and possibly able to affect a weak god realm cultivator.
After all of this, Ye Li planted Hidden Karma into Bad Karma #1. This would stop him from spreading any information in the worst case scenario.
Finally, Ye Li threw Bad Karma far away. He would travel throughout the universe, stripping as many beings of Karma as possible.
Just one Bad Karma #1 was not enough to have any great effect, but if one could come, it was not impossible for others to do so as well. Ye Li watched the inside of the Karmic cage for a long time, nearly forgetting about Bad Karma #1.
Meanwhile, after many years, Bad Karma #1 had been captured.
Standing above him, Yhwh.
"Yes. This is similar to that guy's path. Patriarch, we need to interrogate him." Yhwh said.
Bad Karma #1 looked up in unwillingness. He needed to strip Karma so that one day, he too could experience good Karma. However, he knew that his life was in these peoples hands. He had already been defeated.
Yhwh looked down towards him. "Let's try this the easy way. Who are you?"
Bad Karma #1 sighed. He thought to himself, 'in the end, you were right, Karmic Master.'
He opened his mouth, intending to say the word Karma, but what he had known would happen indeed happened.
The Hidden Karma within him silently moved. His power had been granted by Ye Li, and it took nearly nothing for Hidden Karma to completely change his Karma.
Bad Karma #1 spoke. "The unknown shall never reveal themselves. Lord Memory shall take it all."
Saying this, the Karma within Bad Karma killed him instantly, leaving Yhwh and the patriarch stunned.
They looked at each other, their gazes turning solemn. They did not doubt what Bad Karma #1 had said, not because it made sense or because there was evidence supporting it, but because of the look on his face. Completely resolute, and looking at them mockingly. This sort of look could not be faked or forced.
"The unknown. Perhaps there is something behind Ye Li. Perhaps something bigger than we can currently understand is going on." Yhwh said.
Back at the Karmic Cage, Ye Li received the Karma of the now dead Bad Karma #1. It had increased by a lot, more than double. No doubt, it was a benefit. However, compared to the gains he had made from the Karmic Cage, it was small.
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