Chapter 567: Old Floating Building - 567
This included help from the Caretakers, especially the leader of the three, who was incredibly strong. Among all cultivators, he was only below the past Ying Xiong and the leader of the Outsiders.
He was on the same level as the current leader of the Cosmic Sect, the one in charge until Ying Xiong recovered. Most of the Mothers strength had come from him.
The current leader of the Cosmic Sect was one of the quieter Sages. It was unknown whether he had truly gone all out so far as he was not too interested in worldly affairs. To put it simply, he did not care much about the idea of human unity or the Cosmic Sect in general.
He had one desire, to "Replace the Universe with his own".
Zhou Fan considered him as one of the cultivators most likely to become a path creator.
His possible path was similar to when Zhou Fan created a universe in his chest.
A "Universe", though not nearly complete or vast, existed in his body.
Though called a universe, it was a technique derivative of Ying Xiong's Cosmic Support art that he used with his Buddha's palms.
The difference was, his technique would permanently create stars within his body. Changing space, his entire body was filled with countless stars.
The final goal of his was to create an entire universe within him and replace the current universe with his own.
His name had been long forgotten. He was simply known as "Sage Replacement".
However, with or without him, there were still ancient sages in the universe. For example, Sage Fushang. His strength was at the top, and as the first Sage of the universe he was well respected.
Although he had long stopped teaching others to help them become Sages due to the existence of Qi beings, he still continued to cultivate on his own.
Another ancient being, often ignored, was Heaven, who still did not get involved in anything. Heaven's cultivation had been raised to the peak of the High Sage realm, and Zhou Fan did not intend to raise him any higher than that.
He had talked with Heaven, giving him the goal of creating a path.
Heaven had stayed within a certain area, always managing the Heavenborns and growing them. Yoha, a Heavenborn himself, understood this better than anyone besides Zhou Fan.
Ignoring Heaven for now, most of the ancient beings throughout the universe were helping Yhwh grow his faith. The result allowed him to catch up with Ye Li.
They did not go to any lengths to hide this, though they did not show it off. They simply knew that Ye Li would find out. They had already created a profile of his abilities, including stealth, investigation, and unreasonableness.
Both Ye Li and Yhwh were at the peak of the Sage realm. In the entire universe, they could be considered the strongest below fully grown Path Creators.
Yhwh and all of those on his side waited for Ye Li. They could not do anything else.
Meanwhile, Ye Li, reading Karma, understood everything that was happening.
Seeing that Yhwh had caught up, he knew that there would be some trouble.
There were two enemies he cared about. The Outsider leader, and Yhwh. Nobody else was qualified to make him consider them.
Ye Li had considered many targets, and even considered staying put for a longer amount of time, but he feared that if Yhwh got too strong, Karma would not be able to hide him. He needed a boost, such as the one he had received from the Mother's Karma.
Even with almost all the information in the universe at his fingertips, Ye Li still struggled to find a good target.
Eventually, he settled. It would only be one of many targets this time around, but there should be no trouble attacking this species.
Yhwh and those against the Unknown had stationed beings at nearly every plausible target, but even they did not consider some. Even if they did, they did not have enough Sages to observe everything.
Before they even received word, the destruction race, an ancient race, was destroyed overnight. Only their members outside had survived to carry on the lineage. Nobody cared about the destruction race's disappearance. They were a scourge, only allowed to live since they had contained themselves.
What they cared about was the growth of Ye Li. It was clear that he grew stronger by killing others, especially ancient beings, and killing the destruction race surely had some meaning.
Ye Li did not return to the Karmic Cage. His next target had been chosen for him.
The entire Beast alliance, now consisting of four Sages, has been stationed at an important target.
"Are you sure? With this, our betrayal will be evident." The Giant Dragon asked.
"You have no use to me as spies. When I take care of this target, it will all be worth it." Ye Li responded.
The Giant Dragon did not hesitate too long. It only cared about succeeding. The methods were up to Ye Li.
The target that the Beast alliance was guarding was the home of the ancient celestials. The ancient celestials carried the bloodline of some of the first celestials in existence.
However, what Ye Li truly cared about was not them, but what they lived on.
The alliance against the Unknown had assumed that only living beings increased Ye Li's power, a misconception purposefully guided by Ye Li.
However, that was only part of it.
The ancient celestials lived on top of what appeared to be a floating building. Zhou Fan had stayed in it in the Zhou World for a long time. Ye Li did not know this, but he could feel its immense Karma.
It was a desired target.
Naturally, the building could not have survived so long naturally. It had been preserved, repaired, and after countless years, eventually lived on as an artifact.
None knew its origin, and Ye Li did not have to know. He would strip it of its Karma, strip the ancient celestials of their Karma, and leave.
Chapter 568: Banishment - 568
The four beasts watched as Ye Li took a step forward towards the ancient celestials.
There was no surprise. Among the ancient celestials, there was not even a Sage. Ye Li actually spent longer stripping Karma from the building than from the entire gathering of ancient celestials. It was a gain that surprised even Ye Li.
He then left with the four beasts. It took a while for it to be discovered that the ancient celestials had been destroyed.
By then, Ye Li had already reached another target.
Ye Li took Karma from a total of five targets, which included the destruction race and the floating building.
He would have done more, but through Karma, he had received news that stopped all of his plans.
A legendary being had come out. Yoha, stepping out of his mini-universe, declared that the enemy who had been wantonly killing and destroying everything was banished from the Main universe.
Yoha did not usually get involved in many matters, but he too understood that Ye Li was a threat. Since Zhou Fan had not killed Ye Li, he would not do so either, but that did not mean that he would let Ye Li freely move around.
He respected Zhou Fan, but they were beings at the same level. He was not a subordinate.
Seeing Ye Li's actions, Yoha personally declared his banishment. He had gone too far. Ye Li had not expected this at all. He also did not know what the outcome of this banishment would be.
First, he went into hiding. He did not dare do anything, completely focusing his Karma on hiding.
The Karmic Cage in the Fog Qi domain dispersed, leaving those who had lived in Heaven experiencing darkness for the first time, and those who had lived in hell seeing a possible future.
Ye Li stayed hidden well. After all, his power was quite good at it. However, in the end, after a million years, he heard a noise and saw a blinding light up above.
"You're quite good at hiding. What's your power? Concealment? I can't guess. Wanna tell?"
Ye Li looked up at Yoha calmly. "How did you find me?"
Yoha responded simply. "There are no invincible powers, only invincible people. It's a simple difference in level. So where do you want to go?"
Before Ye Li could speak, Yoha shook his head. "Nevermind. You don't get to choose."
An unstoppable hand reached down and grabbed Ye Li by the neck. Yoha stepped forward, and his speed increased to unimaginable levels. Within seconds, he was standing in front of a gate.
It was a desolate gate. Behind it was one of the universes not covered by Zhou Fan's Great Dao.
Yoha never gave Ye Li another chance to speak. "Off you go. Don't come back unless you're confident you can kill me."
This was the last sentence Ye Li heard before entering the universe.
A few moments later, Yhwh saw Yoha appear in front of him.
"He has been taken care of." Yoha said.
"And the Unknown?" Yhwh asked.
"There's no such thing. It was all fabricated. He would have surely won if I had not intervened. Become stronger. The next time he comes back, I fear I won't be able to stop him single handedly."
Yoha turned to leave, but Yhwh spoke again. "Why not just kill him?"
Yoha spoke without turning around. "Because my teacher doesn't desire him dead yet."
Yhwh could hardly believe that Yoha had a teacher, but Yoha had already left.
With Ye Li gone, the universe seemed at peace again. The Sages guarding ancient things such as the Upper realm returned.
Such a dangerous enemy had been handled just like that, shocking everyone involved. They were even more shocked when Yhwh explained that the Unknown had been a lie. Everything Ye Li had accomplished was truly unbelievable.
The four beasts, who had learned of Ye Li's banishment, managed to act like they had been attacked and defeated by Ye Li, unable to send out a message before the ancient celestials were killed.
It worked well. Beings from the Karmic Cage soon appeared as well. The Bad Karma's had been killed by Ye Li, as such a thing required only a moment, but other beings from the Karmic Cage survived and found beings from the Cosmic Sect.
They explained where they had been and what had been happening. A lot was put together to guess Ye Li's power, but it was still not so simple.
At the very least, they knew how to take preventative measures if he were to ever come back in the future.
It was unknown what would end up happening in the Mini-Universe he was banished to.
Perhaps he would be unable to progress along his path and stay stuck forever. Perhaps he would come back after reaching the peak.
Regardless, when Yhwh reached the peak of his path, he planned to find and kill Ye Li once and for all. No matter what, he wanted Ye Li dead.
Yhwh continued to grow his faith, now without worry. He no longer received the direct assistance of everyone, but he had already gained a lot from it. His faith continued to grow, especially now that it was in different areas.
However, Yhwh himself soon found issues, not with his path itself, but issues from those who had previously helped him. The Ipth patriarch came to meet him.
"I'm sorry, Yhwh, but the Outsider leader has sent me with a message. Please keep your faith out of our universal sector."
Yhwh was both surprised and not surprised. No ruling power would want those under them to have faith in a being other than them.
Yhwh agreed, and later on, he received the same message from an envoy of the Cosmic Sect.
Of the eight universal sectors, he was no longer allowed to spread his faith in two. In other words, a fourth of the universe was now out of his faith's reach.
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