Chapter 565: Mother - 565
Ye Li had gotten used to his power being unseeable and untouchable by others. Now that his power seemed to be getting less and less untouchable and unseeable, it was hard to get used to it.
It wasn't necessarily unreasonable that his power could be affected. It was actually unreasonable that his power could not be seen or touched in the first place.
Ye Li began to treat the giant human as a Path Creator. Meanwhile, the giant human was surprised as well
She was the mother of all humanity. Usually she did not have intelligence as she was simply a Great Attractor. However, there were two situations where this could be changed.
One, when Zhou Fan gave her intelligence, and two, when she had been slowly taken care of and grown, eventually developing some intelligence of her own. Usually, she remained in a dormant state, but when the two sages used the return to origin, she was awakened and strengthened. She was not a cultivator as she lacked the ability to cultivate, but it was not impossible for her to do so in the future.
The caretakers, who had been growing and taking care of her for countless years, were confident that one day, they would be able to transform the "Mother" into a true living being.
As for how she had pushed back the Karma Spiral, it had to do with the current state of humanity and the universe, somehow connected to her.
The Great Attractor was the origin of humanity. Through some accident, a part of her finger was taken off and fell onto earth. The result was humanity, and after humanity, other life was naturally formed.
Being connected to humanity, as humanity grew, so did she. It was something similar to providence, but also different.
Providence was a pity from the universe towards species, affected by the history and power of a race, while the Great Attractors growth came from the advancement of humanity throughout the universe. To describe it best, it was a sort of natural reward.
If one raised good children, the children would take care of them when they were old, and if a Great Attractor created a race that spanned the entire universe and was immensely powerful with deep history, then they would receive a level of natural power as a result.
Thinking deeper, this could also be called a part of Karma, or cause and effect, which showed just how much potential Ye Li's path had. It was terrifying. If he could grasp all of the Karma in the universe, Zhou Fan wouldn't even be able to resist. His death would be assured.
However, if he could do such a thing, he would already be above the Great Dao realm regardless. At the very least, Zhou Fan would stop Ye Li if he ever managed to begin going that far.
This was also Karma. Ye Li was evil, so if he grew too strong, Zhou Fan would stop him to prevent Ye Li from trying to harm him.
Zhou Fan shivered thinking about the true depths of Karma as he watched the battle between Ye Li and the Great Attractor unfold. He paid attention to the invisible silhouette above Ye Li. Its true purpose was still unknown.
Ye Li flew high as another Giant Karma spiral appeared. Within it were many tiny Karma spirals.
The Mother chopped the Karma spiral in half, but failed to see the tiny Karma spirals within it.
They entered her body, creating countless Hidden Karma swords.
"He is strong, young one. Join the other two." The Mother said.
The human on her shoulder bowed and spoke. "Return to Origin."
His body turned into green specks of light that flew into the Mother.
At this point, Ye LI felt a sense of pressure from the Mother, somewhat even greater than that which Ying Xiong had caused.
Ye Li had no wish to experience a draw or defeat, so he backed away and signaled to the Mother that he wanted to stop fighting.
The Mother did indeed stop for a moment. Kindness was in her eyes as she stared at Ye Li.
"I apologize for my actions. I have been stressed out for a while. I've been looking for information on a being that is behind a lot of ancient things, and I was hoping to get them here. I did not know about you, or I would have come peacefully." Ye Li said.
The Mother smiled. "It's alright, young one. Tell me, what do you want to know? I should know it."
Ye Li hesitated, looking up at nothing, before speaking.
"An extremely ancient and powerful being, perhaps one of the first in existence. He created a manor, and should have existed before Ying Xiong."
The Mother thought for a moment, speaking out loud. "Ancient and powerful? Hmm, could you be talking about unfilial child Zhou Fan?"
Ye Li did not know. "Can you tell me about him?"
The Mother smiled. "As long as it relieves your stress. Unfilial child Zhou Fan was one of the first beings to ever exist, existing on a planet now called earth. When he was young, I used to watch him, but he eventually reached a point where I could not gaze onto him. This was when I more or less had zero intelligence, only "watching" him because he was human, a race made of me, and quite special. He created something called cultivation, does that ring a bell?"
Ye Li paused, hardly able to formulate another thought. His shock was like that of Yhwh's.
Creating cultivation? Impossible?
Ye Li had created his own path, but to surpass the path of cultivation, could he ever?
He had never even thought of cultivation as a path like his. It was like Qi to him, a part of the universe. It was like this for almost all beings in the universe.
Even to Ying Xiong, cultivation had always existed.
"Do you know anything else about him?" Ye Li asked.
The Mother shook her head. "As I said, I didn't have much intelligence back then. It is hard for me to remember that much. I just know he hasn't visited."
Ye Li nodded. "Then, if you wouldn't mind, could you let my power into you so that I can see the past?"
The Mother hesitated. "I'm not so sure? It seems dangerous."
Ye Li shook his head. "Not at all. Trust me, I am human after all."
Ye Li had understood the Giant Human seemed to be the creator of humanity and had immense love for humanity. In that case...
Chapter 566: What Does Humanity Have to do With Me? - 566
If the humans were still here, then they would have stopped the Great Attractor from allowing Ye Li to do such a thing, but since they were gone and the Great Attractor had little intelligence, it was simple enough.
"Haven't you hurt many humans?"
"That's a rumor. I've never hurt humans, though I must admit I have hurt others."
After a few moments of hesitation, the Great Attractor nodded. "Fine, but only for a little."
Ye Li nodded and a Karma Spiral slowly moved towards the Great Attractor. Without issue, it entered her.
It moved around inside of her for a few moments, making her a little uncomfortable.
However, this was all she felt. Assuming Ye Li was looking at her past, she relaxed her guard.
As for Ye Li, he was not stupid enough to once again try and look into the Karma involving the powerful being. Perhaps he had been spared before, but he did not want to try his luck again.
Just as the Great Attractor let her guard down, Ye Li snapped.
In an instant, the dormant Karma Spiral activated, stripping the Great Attractor of Karma. The Great Attractor reacted almost instantly, making the Karma Spiral bounce off of her.
However, that single moment had provided Ye Li with Karma equivalent to that of fully stripping five normal sages.
It was not the majority of the Great Attractors Karma, but it was still an extremely large amount. Her eyes dimmed, clearly losing more than just some Karma. Years of work from the caretakers were reduced to nothing as the Great Attractor seemed to have even less intelligence than before.
Green specks of light exited her body and formed a human on her shoulder. His eyes were furious, far more furious than a normal living being should ever be.
It was as if Ye Li had just smacked his revered mother in the face.
"You disgusting fool! Do you even understand who you're harming? This is the origin of humanity! No human should even imagine harming such a holy figure, evil or good!"
Ye Li looked at him with disdain. "What does humanity have to do with me?"
As he spoke, multiple attacks tore through space and came towards him.
Ye Li, prepared, disappeared.
At some point, the Cosmic Sect had detected him, and he had detected that they had detected him.
Most likely, Third Eye Star Seer could directly detect him with such a small distance as long as he did not completely hide his Karma.
Regardless, the gain today made up for his battle with Ying Xiong and more.
Through preplanned teleportation arrays, Ye Li returned to the Karmic Cage. It had grown greatly over the many years, slowly being honed and grown as Ye Li gained Karma.
It had gotten to the point that random beings had managed to stumble upon the Karmic Cage. Of course, they were all cleanly taken care of.
Ye Li sat in the center of it all and digested his gains. Everything was going well, as it had always been destined to be.
For the time being, he would lay low. Once he reached the peak of the equivalent of the Sage realm, he would act again.
Yhwh continued his path smoothly as well. All he needed was the faith of others, and he had long known how to get it most effectively.
The entire universe knew of him by now. He had the equivalent of half of a universal sector believing in him. His influence could be described as just below the Cosmic Sect and the Outsiders.
He also had more and more powerful believers, though none had touched upon the level of a sage.
His strongest believer was at the early levels of the Outer World Realm. Still a cultivator rare throughout history, but nothing crazy.
Not much could be said about Yhwh's path besides that it was simple and easy to follow. There was nobody competing for the faith of these people, as he was the only one that walked this path.
He also did not need to kill or harm anyone, he just needed their faith. He could peacefully grow, bringing only joy to others.
It was a rare path that not only did not harm, but helped others. All those connected to Yhwh could feel him by their sides at all times.
Calamities were avoided, lives were saved, countless people that would have died were saved by Yhwh's power of faith. As time passed, more and more people would be born and grow to a high cultivation level. Those who would have died early on in life would now be able to fulfill their potential.
The lowest death rate in the universe was in the area that Yhwh's faith had spread throughout. This made it even easier to gain the faith of those outside this area.
Even those that didn't believe in him, such as sages or people in other universal sectors, respected him immensely for his actions and the peace he brought to others.
He was a complete opposite of Ye Li, someone who brought only death and destruction.
Years passed.
It was a tiny amount of time for cultivators, but to Ye Li and Yhwh, it felt like an entire life.
The level of the Sage realm was not so easily surpassed. Only after a hundred million years of laying low did Ye Li reach the Peak of the Sage realm. Dealing with some matters and creating different ways to use Karma, he spent an additional 10 million years preparing himself. This included comprehending Karma on a deeper level.
Surprisingly, Yhwh was able to actually catch up. It was not only due to increased effort on his part, but on the part of the Cosmic Sect and the Outsiders.
Yhwh had completely come clean about his path. Some had been shocked, while others had accepted it. They also understood that the enemy was also like this.
With his secret out, Yhwh received the assistance of countless beings to spread his faith.
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