Chapter 558: Karmic Shackles - Backlash - 558
Yhwh was glad that his path was so straightforward. For the next million years, he spread his faith farther and wider than ever before.
The only issue was that he usually needed to make a personal appearance at a world or an organization for there to be any quick effect. Otherwise, it would be harder for his power of faith to grow.
After ten million years of expansion, Yhwh neared the sage realm. His name was known throughout the entire universal sector. Even outside of it, he was known, there was just not as much faith.
Unknown to the oblivious Yhwh, at the Cosmic Sect, something was happening.
There were countless members of the Cosmic Sect after so much time, and even a million was a small number, much less a thousand. However, a thousand beings, each at least at the God realm, gathered at the center of the Cosmic Sect. They did not gather with good intentions.
All thousand formed a tight circle, and from within their bodies, Karma spirals shot out. One thousand Karma spirals swirled around inside of the circle, eventually condensing into a giant Karma spiral. At the same time, these thousand beings shouted out loud, their voices alerting the entire Cosmic Sect.
"The Unknown had arrived!"
As they shouted, the giant Karma spiral expanded to an even greater size, directly surpassing the size of an entire galaxy. It shot into the distance, able to be seen by every being in the Cosmic Sect. As it traveled, it directly collided with a large portion of the Cosmic Sect, tearing a large hole and stripping countless beings of Karma, many of which had great talent or cultivation.
A long and large path of shattered space and desolation was left as a circle formed. Stepping out of the circle and into the Cosmic Sect was a man with an indiscernible face. Looking at him, it was as if his face was made of static.
From each of his sides, two beings walked out, their faces also blurred, but a visible number on them. The numbers were three and four.
As they walked along the destroyed path, many beings appeared. The weakest among them was at the God realm, and there were multiple sages. Ying Xiong stood among them, looking at the three with clear anger and solemnity.
At the same time, around the universe, countless experts of the Cosmic Sect received summons. Using teleportation arrays, they quickly made their way to the Cosmic Sect.
Ye Li, the man in the middle with an indiscernible face, looked around unfazed. Only Ying Xiong posed a true threat. Of course, there were others that were extremely dangerous, but only Ying Xiong was unpredictable.
"Three and four, clear the weaker beings." Ye Li spoke out loud.
Those of the Cosmic Sect heard him as well.
Three and four moved out, each at the True God realm, but displaying a terrifying unseeable power granted by Ye Li.
Their purpose was not actually as combat power, but as evidence of the Unknown's existence. Ye Li's path would not end here, win or lose.
The idea of the Unknown was still useful.
None of the sages moved, all staring at Ye Li. Coming here, it was clear that he was extremely confident.
Ye Li didn't waste any time. This was only a part of the plan.
He stepped forward, blurring into oblivion. At the same time, Karmic shackles appeared on all of the Sages' wrists. Ying Xiong was wary. This was what Yhwh had told him about.
Ye Li appeared again, behind one of the Sages. A Karmic Sword shot out. The Sage turned around to face Ye Li, but was hit by an unseeable power and injured.
Ying Xiong yelled out. "He uses an invisible power different from ours. Attack him now, don't bother defending. Killing him is the only way to win. Full Offense!"
Hearing Ying Xiong, the Cosmic Sect did not hesitate.
All 33 Sages of the Cosmic Sect, including Ying Xiong, Third Eye Star Seer, and Star Spear Sky attacked at full force.
Ye Li did not falter. From within, something akin to an outer world or Mortal Dao burst out from him.
The Karmic Dao revealed itself, unseeable to anyone here.
Where there was a cause, there was an effect. Ye Li vacated the space, and as a result, someone else had to fill in for him. A random sage appeared where he had been, taking the attacks, including his own, while Ye Li appeared next to another Sage and shot out a Karma Sword.
Suddenly, from behind, Ye Li barely reacted to a punch. He twisted his head and moved away.
Ying Xiong's fist nearly scraped him.
Where there is a cause, there is an effect. Ye Li took a step, and as a result, he moved.
As if he had teleported, he appeared behind Ying Xiong.
Ying Xiong attempted to teleport.
Where there is a cause, there is an effect. Ye Li could not teleport. As a result, it was fair that nobody else could.
The Karmic Dao was extremely unreasonable to fight against, and nobody here could directly resist it. Ying Xiong was struck by a Karma Sword, but only suffered a small cut, his body enhanced by Star Qi and Buddhist Qi.
Ye Li thought to himself. "As expected. Winning right after reaching this level is impossible."
He began to focus on dodging attacks from the Sages. The fight seemed to shake the universe, space only not being destroyed due to the natural ability of sages, one with the universe.
However, the Cosmic Sect was not so lucky. It was reduced to shreds. Luckily, the countless beings here had escaped through teleportation arrays, Ying Xiong and the Cosmic Sects specialty.
A battle between so many sages had never been recorded in the history of the universe before.
From all over the universe, countless beings began to watch.
"It is time." Ye Li thought.
Looking at the wrists of these beings, the Karmic Shackles were half full.
"Before leaving, might as well kill a few."
Ye Li held his arms and legs out wide, his Karmic Dao condensing into his body.
All 33 Sages felt a chill.
Karmic Shackles - Backlash
Chapter 559: Cracking Sky - 559
Crack.
Simultaneously, the wrists of each Sage cracked. They had all been fully participating in this battle with all of their might. Even with such a brief battle, the Karmic Shackles had been half filled.
The cracks stopped all of the Sages in their tracks. The cracks began to travel up their wrists and crack their entire body.
Even Ying Xiong could hardly resist using all of his power. They had no time to focus on Ye Li.
Ye Li appeared behind a Sage while he was distracted, quickly stripping his Karma. He was able to do so for two more Sage before the effects of the Karmic Shackles disappeared, and so did Ye Li.
Ying Xiong looked around panting. The Painting on his back began to fully shine, but Ye Li had left.
Winning against 33 Sages was never part of the plan. With someone like Ying Xiong here, it was impossible.
Instead, it had merely been a way of attracting all of the Sages of the Cosmic Sect away from his true target. The three Sages he had stripped of Karma were a lucky gain.
Ye Li left the scene, and using a pre planned teleportation array, arrived not too far from his true target. He walked forward. There were no longer any guards here as all gods and above had returned to the Cosmic Sect. Nobody below that level would be sent to guard here.
Ye Li looked forward. He saw his target clearly.
There had been two options. One had been Earth, the oldest planet with the greatest Karma in the universe, besides maybe the universe itself.
However, through reading Karma, he learned that a powerful being known as the Buddha lived on Earth. He was able to guess that the Budhha was not a cultivator either, even if other cultivators believed him to simply have a unique technique or training method.
This is what remained. An unnamed place with unknown origins. However, it had existed longer than almost anything in the universe and its Karma was abundant.
Since he was not in a hurry, Ye Li shot out a Karma spiral, not to strip, but read Karma.
Far above it all, Zhou Fan looked down, unsure of how to react. Ye Li stood in front of the Manor, frozen in time to this day. Ying Xiong had been able to guess that this was related to Zhou Fan and had a few Sages nearby at all times.
The Manor represented a time of emotional instability in Zhou Fan's path, a time when he was unsure of things.
However, ever since abandoning his identity as human, he had no longer felt attached to the Manor and had not returned.
But would he let Ye Li strip its Karma? He was not sure.
Ye Li investigated the Manor. However, when his Karma got too close, it seemed to be frozen, unable to move. It could only disperse.
There wasn't some path creator's power here, but the level difference stopped the Karma from doing anything. It was like if Ye Li at the level of a True God tried to strip Ying Xiong's Karma.
However, after a few tries, Ye Li found that he could wrap around it and have his Karma slowly grind away at the defense in place.
The Sages of the Cosmic Sect would not be returning any time soon. As for Bad Karma #3 and #4, they had traveled back to the Fog Qi Domain.
After a year, Ye Li's Karma entered the Manor. When the Karma Spiral entered, it slowed down due to the stopped time, but the stopped time was not able to fully affect it.
Ye Li saw past the defenses and looked into the Manor. Inside were animals.
Ye Li was confused. What exactly was going on in here?
His Karma Spiral slowly moved and entered the Chicken. Ye Li began to read the Karma of the chicken, which was quite short, abnormally short.
He saw a being from the past. It was a cultivator, but none that Ye Li had ever known of.
Zhou Fan looked down from above. To save the animals, or to abandon his past emotions?
The thought only took a moment.
"Only children choose. I want it all."
He pointed down. Ye Li, not gaining anything from the Karma he had read, was about to strip the Karma of the Chicken, which was abnormally vast for a being frozen in time. It was even greater than a Sage.
Suddenly, the sky cracked. It was not a sky like the blue sky on a planet, or even space. The sky that cracked was that of the entire universe, a barely visible giant finger fell down. The entire universe saw this barely visible finger. Even in Mini Universes, space seemed to fold and show the scene.
The power of this finger was incomprehensible. There were fully realized path creators watching, but even they understood at this moment that they were not the strongest path creator.
Yoha watched in awe as his teacher took action. Yhwh watched in amazement. The Buddha looked on curiously. The God of Death stood still in shock. Ying Xiong sighed, long understanding the vast difference between him and Zhou Fan.
And Ye Li felt the power concentrated on him. It was as if the universe was collapsing on him.
Suddenly, something clicked. The figure he had seen when looking at the Qi beings' Karma and the figure he saw in the Chickens' memories seemed to line up.
The Giant finger silenced the universe as it fell, hitting the Manor. The Manor cracked, and everything within it was sent flying.
"We had a good time back then. Go out and live your own lives. Don't worry, they will be fulfilling."
The animals, now not frozen in time, heard these words before shooting out to random spots within the universe. With their cultivation, they would be able to survive even in space.
Ye Li stood rooted in fear as the finger dispersed, never touching him. He didn't even know what to think.
It seemed as if all of the oldest history in the universe was connected to this being. He needed to know who this was, and to start, he only thought of one target.
Ying Xiong.
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