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80% The First Cultivator - Changing Existence / Chapter 572: Freedom Given - 572

Chapter 572: Freedom Given - 572

Yoha was surprised. "You can already talk about surpassing the Great Dao realm despite being in it."

Zhou Fan nodded. "I can, because as long as I have time, I will undoubtedly surpass it. However, is that the end of my path?"

Yoha hadn't thought about this. Even surpassing the Great Dao realm seemed like a fantasy.

"Even if it is the end of my path, I'll create a new one and continue even further. Ye Li could be of great help."

'Ye Li?' Both Yhwh and Yoha thought.

Yhwh blurted out. "So you would let such an evil and dangerous person live freely for such a small chance of helping you."

"It's more than that, of course." Zhou Fan said.

"Why?" Yhwh asked.

"That's none of your business. Let's just say he will help me at some point regardless. I won't interfere with any of your actions. If you can kill him, kill him. I don't care."

Yhwh didn't know what to say to Zhou Fan. 

Was his way of thinking wrong? It seemed more inline with the enemies, no, Ye Li's way of thinking.

Looking back, Ye Li was evil, but everything he did was not for the sole intention of causing pain or harm to others. He had always used it to help himself. Ye Li was selfish, not simply evil.

This Zhou Fan was also selfish. Perhaps it was something that happened after living for countless years.

"I heard about you from Ying Xiong. Despite having personally grown the Universe into what it is today, you don't care if Ye Li destroys all the life in it?"

Zhou Fan shook his head. "Don't misunderstand me. There is definitely a limit to what Ye Li can do until I get involved, but it is higher than I assume you would like. It's hard for you to understand, but as long as I'm alive, the universe will continue. Not just continue, it will grow even greater."

"So you're selfish." Yhwh said.

"If I was selfish, I would take all of your believers and let Ye Li take their… I would let Ye Li grow through their lives. He would instantly reach the Peak and this conversation would be meaningless. If I was selfish, I would let him kill you and grow through that. Then I would lock him up and force him to grow under my control. If I was selfish, the universe would completely exist under my palm and Path Creators such as yourselves would be nothing but a boost to my understanding, killed and tossed away as soon as they were no longer useful." Zhou Fan said, stopping himself from revealing Ye Li's power.

Yhwh remained silent and thought. On second thought, he wasn't quite like Yhwh. What he had explained is what Yhwh would do if he was in his position.

Yhwh's opinion of Zhou Fan went up again, reaching a level of respect for his elders.

Yoha, who had watched, finally spoke. "So you won't help at all?"

Zhou Fan thought for a moment. "I suppose I can on account of you all being good."

He looked at both of them solemnly. "The Ye Li now is not the Ye Li you banished. Don't fight him at the same level, even if you team up. You'll either completely lose or die with him. If you wish to kill him, don't let him reach the Great Dao realm, or even worse, the Peak."

"Will he reach your level?" Yoha asked solemnly.

Zhou Fan thought again.

There were multiple Path Creators at the Peak, but every one of them knew that Zhou Fan was the most powerful.

"If he doesn't, he may be close enough to defeat me with some luck." Zhou Fan said.

Yhwh asked a question. "Doesn't that make you worried? He will obviously be a threat to you, yet you're letting him grow. I can't understand it."

"At some point in my life, I began to feel something. You could call it arrogance if you want. I know I will succeed. No matter what Ye Li does, I will win. That is my confidence in myself that cannot be overshadowed." Zhou Fan said.

Both Yhwh and Yoha remained silent. Yhwh even gained a new sort of respect for Zhou Fan. Perhaps he was not simply indifferent or selfish at all. He was giving every being the chance to grow and live their lives, no matter how dangerous they could become. This was the freedom he had willingly given the Universe, something he did not have to give, yet had.

Perhaps he himself had been selfish. Perhaps he had simply been scared.

Yhwh and Yoha left. 

Zhou Fan, as always, continued watching them. He naturally also watched Ye Li, who had indeed completely transformed and had reached the High Sage equivalent.

Neither Ye Li, Yhwh, nor Yoha could sense his gaze at all.

After entering the normal part of the Main Universe again, Yhwh and Yoha began to search for Ye Li. 

They did not employ any help. Nobody would be able to help them regardless. 

Meanwhile, Yhwh's Faith continued to grow.

Yhwh had not fully satisfied Zhou Fan just yet. Only when he reached the Peak would Zhou Fan not have to watch him any more. 

Of course, he was more excited for when Ye Li reached the Peak.

He had not been lying or exaggerating earlier. Ye Li was on a different level from the other Path Creators. Zhou Fan could not exactly tell why, but he, like Zhou Fan, had reached a new level of Path Creator entirely.

Zhou Fan felt that when he understood this, he would have comprehended the first step in going beyond the Great Dao realm.

As for after that, what would be required was unknown. Perhaps he would be able to immediately break through. Perhaps there would be a hundred more steps, each as difficult as this one.

His path was endless, and he would surely continue to walk down it until the end. No matter what, he refused to stop walking.


Chapter 573: The Supreme of the Universe - 573

Yhwh and Yoha, as expected, never succeeded in finding Ye Li. They eventually gave up and stopped.

Yhwh returned to Universal Sector 6, while Yoha stayed nearby. Yhwh would continue to grow his strength while waiting for Ye Li to make a move.

Countless years passed. The two Path Creators prepared for a fight against Ye Li.

Billions of years passed. Universal Sector 6 was developing quickly. In the future, when sages arose from Yhwh's followers, it would become one of the strongest areas in the universe.

Trillions of years passed. Yhwh finally did it. Universal Sector 6 was filled to the brim with his believers. He reached the Peak, the limit of the Great Dao realm.

Now, his strength was truly at the top of the universe. He could even rival Yoha. 

More and more years passed. Universal Sector 6's growth rate had slowed down, mostly due to a lack of space for new beings. There was always more room no matter what, but some places couldn't be inhabited by weaker beings.

Yhwh had spent many years constructing something of a network throughout Universal Sector 6.

Technology, something mostly ignored, actually played a role in this network. Naturally, it was also combined with Yhwh's power of Faith.

This was something never done before. Communication was possible between even mortals filaments away from each other.

On some mortal planets, technology was a major focus. This was something never really seen before in the Universe. Any possibility of technological focused growth had been snuffed out by the creation of Cultivation.

However, in such a densely populated place, some were interested in pursuing technology. Technology had grown rather powerful already. Yhwh had used a bit of it, not because it was more useful than anything else, but because even mortals could freely use it.

Universal Sector 6 was the biggest and most connected place in the Universe.

After trillions and trillions of years, Yhwh had slowly begun to worry about Ye Li less and less. It seemed unlikely that he would suddenly appear after so long. He had not made any sort of move in a long, long time.

However, after many many years, one normal day, the sky shattered. It was far away from Yhwh, yet he could see it from the other side of the Universe.

A giant Karma spiral, incomparably huge, shot down onto the 1st Universal Sector.

If it fell, everything within it would be gone.

However, this attempt was destined to be thwarted.

A giant palm shot upwards. This was familiar to many powerful beings.

They had seen Ying Xiong use something like this. It was different, however. Ying Xiong used a Buddha's palm.

This was the Buddha's palm.

The Karma spiral and the Buddha's palm collided, shaking the universe. A battle between two Path Creators. Both of these beings were at the Great Dao realm, but one was at the Peak, while the other wasn't.

Yhwh and Yoha rushed forward immediately. Ye Li was back, and he had attacked without any wait.

As they arrived, they saw two beings facing each other in space. Ye Li did not hide his face any more. Any attempts to hide his identity or Karma was unnecessary. Those who could match him were few, and even if they knew things about him, it wouldn't matter.

Ye Li looked over and saw Yhwh and Yoha. His face was indifferent.

"Three here, but one is enough." He said.

To reach the true Peak, the amount of Karma Ye Li would need is incalculable. 

Perhaps it would take quintillions of years. He did not plan to wait that long. It was a short time to some beings, but not to him. There was always a possibility of an enemy appearing. Even with his Karma, he could not tell if there was a being above the Great Dao Realm.

If there was, he did not want that being to eliminate him. Only by reaching the Peak would he feel as if he could at least survive in this universe.

Though facing three Path Creators, he no longer feared them. They were on different levels, and not because they were at the Peak while he remained at the entrance of the Great Dao realm.

There was simply a difference in levels, most accurately described as a difference in their created powers. In this comparison, he was above them.

He had also changed a lot. Being banished, he had experienced Karmic Retribution. for countless years, he had experienced pain and suffering, all at the hands of his own power. This was his Bad Karma finally reacting. However, he also had good Karma as well. When the Karma finally canceled out, he had suffered for billions of years, but had comprehended something as well. 

This is what gave him the arrogance to act like this.

No speaking was necessary. Karmic Shackles appeared on the three beings' wrists.

The Buddha, not knowing how he had been dragged into this, sighed and began to fight alongside Yhwh and Yoha.

However, this would naturally not do. Four beings, each one capable of destroying the Universe, clashing among each other.

Zhou Fan was forced to take a step out. Otherwise, the universe would collapse, and the nothingness would come. 

None of these beings had experienced the true terror of the nothingness. This and breaking through were the only obstacles Zhou Fan faced nowadays.

This was a fight that not even Zhou Fan could easily interfere in.

The power of Karma shot forward. Towards it, Yhwh's powerful power of Faith attacked like a waterfall of Golden threads. A Divine golden light shined towards Ye Li. The Buddha also sent out a golden power. It was as if they were made to be on one side.

Suddenly, a green river appeared between all these powers. It poured down endlessly. All the attacks that were thrown out fell into the river and sank into the unknown depths.

Each being was shocked, and they all looked to the side, where the river began, yet did not begin, because it had no beginning and no end.

High above, standing on the river, Zhou Fan crossed his arms and looked down.

This image was etched into the minds of all beings watching, especially the Path Creators.

This was the supreme of the Universe, and his unmatched invincibility. Zhou Fan did not need to speak, his gaze was enough.


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