Every Path Creator watching stared in shock at the gaping hole on the left of Yhwh's body. The only sound in the Battle Universe was of Ye Li's panting.
Yhwh looked down at his left side. His arm, as well as a third of his torso was gone.
It was an attack from a Path Creator. He could heal from a lot, but this would kill him.
Yhwh spoke. "So you all will be the first. I will remember your names in my heart."
In Universal Sector 6, there were many evil beings locked up. They had been locked up for countless years. Many had died in captivity, but some powerful ones with long lifespans remained.
Yhwh was speaking to himself, but his words were directed at a few beings in particular. One, to show his "Faith", had done countless evil things, eventually being captured.
Suddenly, he felt a Golden Thread move.
He shouted with ecstasy. "Lord!"
Then, a gaping hole appeared on the left of his body.
He shouted again. "Yes! Anything for my lord!"
At the same time, the same injury appeared on thousands of other beings.
All died quickly.
In the Battle Universe, everyone was shocked once again.
Yhwh's body, once fatally injured, was now magically healed.
Yhwh too began to pant. This was not an easy technique to use.
Ye Li was annoyed. Of course, how unlucky.
Although Yhwh had been healed, all three beings were still shocked at the power of Ye Li's attack.
Without being able to heal, Yhwh could have died from that attack.
Ye Li jumped back as Yoha and the Buddha looked at him.
The Buddha clasped his hands.
Two giant Buddha's palms appeared, centered on Ye Li.
At the same time, Yoha's wings flapped and he appeared above Ye Li. He pointed down, and a ray of Divinity shot towards Ye Li.
The Karmic Dao activated and Ye Li appeared outside of the Buddha's palms, avoiding the ray of light.
However, he still coughed up blood. In his current state, the attacks were not as simple to evade.
The attacks continued as Ye Li continued dodging, yet still slowly being injured further and further. Yhwh, who had been left to heal, joined in.
They knew of the Karmic Shackles, but they could not simply stop fighting. They just needed to kill Ye Li before the Karmic Shackles were filled.
Yhwh and Yoha had taken Zhou Fan's warning seriously. If it was just the two of them, who knew what would have happened, but with the Buddha, losing was impossible.
As time passed, Ye Li struggled more and more to dodge. He was waiting, and everyone here knew why.
Finally, the time came, and Ye Li was alive.
"Watch out for this." Yhwh shouted. They backed away and focused their power on resisting.
Ye Li activated the Karmic Shackles. "Karmic Shackles: Backlash".
A crack appeared on the three Path Creators wrists.
They felt an immense power trying to erase their existence. This was as a result of their constant actions, an application of Karma that seemed above all others.
Unexpectedly, another wheel appeared as they were resisting the backlash from the Karmic Shackles.
Yoha watched in shock as the same attack that nearly killed Yhwh was directed towards him.
A bright light glowed towards the attack, but it was pierced.
Just as Yoha believed he would be hit, a bell appeared around him.
The attack hit the bell, causing a loud ring that covered the Battle Universe.
The bell too was pierced after a brief moment, but Yoha was able to dodge the attack as a result.
The last time, it had pierced through three attacks.
Yet three attacks couldn't compare to two defenses.
Ye Li sighed. He had overestimated his current self.
He began to fade away, using Karma to hide and leave. He couldn't erase his Karma during battle as he was constantly creating Karma, but when leaving, it was simple.
Suddenly, a phantom covered the entire area. The Buddha stood, looking at Ye Li.
"Since you've come this far, don't bother leaving."
The Buddha held one hand over the other. The two hands moved towards one another, forming a hand cage.
The Phantom did this as well.
Ye Li was shocked. He could tell that within this cage, nothing could be hidden. The Buddha could see him right now.
Ye Li began to move out of the giant phantom. He was not truly trapped, only slowed down. But the main purpose of this cage was to sense him.
The Buddha turned his body and stepped forward, pushing his hand outward.
"Eliminate."
A buddhist light filled the cage, directly coming towards Ye Li. He was unable to avoid it.
Ye Li was pushed out of the cage by the attack, nearly dead.
He escaped, using the Karmic Dao to assist him.
Before anything more could be done, he was gone.
He could not leave the Battle Universe for now unless he wanted to be targeted by the powers imbued into it, including his own, but hiding was something he was able to do.
Whether the Battle Universe was empty or not was irrelevant. They could not find him because he hid his Karma. Even Zhou Fan could not find him right now.
After a few years, Ye Li was able to leave the Battle Universe. He had failed and lost.
His goal had been to take the Karma of a Path Creator, but it was unsuccessful.
Of course, they had to team up to stop him, but he would never find a time where he could truly fight a fair one on one.
As he left, he saw a being looking for him.
He wouldn't pay attention to other beings, but this one was a familiar one. The God of Death.
He was releasing his power. Everyone could see it, but Ye Li was able to see a message inside for him.
Ye Li was curious, but naturally did not go.
He spent a few billion years healing from the battle before going to the Death Universe, where the God of Death lived.
Although it was possible for others to see the message hidden within if they really tried, Ye Li did not fear such a thing.
First of all, he had activated the Karmic Shackles before the fight ended. The Buddha had been able to ignore it for a second in order to send out one last attack, but that was it.
Their injuries, while not as serious as his, were not easy to heal from. The power of Karma was able to create a lasting effect.
Second, even if they did see the message and attack him at the Death Universe, the God of Death was still there. If they teamed up, they would not necessarily lose against the three from before.
Ye Li entered the Death Universe and the God of Death was able to sense him instantly.
A giant bone ship appeared, with the God of Death standing at the front.
"What could you possibly want to talk to me about?" Ye Li asked.
"Path Creator stuff, of course." The God of Death responded.
Ye Li waited for him to continue.
"You see, our paths seem somewhat similar. I get my power from Death, while you kill beings as well."
Ye Li shook his head. "No. They simply die as a result of what I do."
The God of Death shrugged his shoulders. "Regardless, it doesn't matter to me. As you can tell, my Path is not something that any of those in the Main Universe want to see advancing. Our similarities lie not necessarily in our power, but how it affects beings. The outcome, regardless, is Death."
Ye Li spoke. "Skip to the part where you want something."
The God of Death's face could not be seen under his cloak, but it felt as if he was smiling.
"I want to slaughter Universal Sector 6."
Even Ye Li was shocked by his words. Universal Sector 6 was no ordinary Universal Sector. It had more beings than the rest of the Universe combined. If they were to slaughter it, rivers of blood would literally flow throughout the Universe.
"Such grand ambitions are not my style." Ye Li said, though he did not reject this plan.
"I know. You prefer to stay low and hide. However, this is a chance for both of us to reach the Peak. Even if we split it in half, it should be more than enough."
Ye Li agreed. He was tempted, extremely tempted, but such a thing would require immense… planning.
Ye Li realized and looked at the God of Death. "Even if we teamed up, it would most likely be impossible to succeed against those three, especially if they fought with their lives. What you need is not my fighting power, but my scheming."
The God of Death did not deny it. "So. What do you say?"
Ye Li could not stop himself from slightly smiling. "Let's begin."
Years passed since the fight in the Battle Universe and the meeting between Ye Li and the God of Death.
The injuries from the Karmic Shackles had been truly terrifying and difficult to heal, but all three eventually managed to heal it without issue.
The Buddha could be considered to have joined Yoha and Yhwh in their goal of defeating Ye Li. In order to protect Earth, his place of birth, defeating Ye Li was necessary.
Otherwise, it would be an eternal target.
The three tried to stay near each other, but they all had things they cared about and wanted to protect. The Buddha had Earth, Yoha had his Mini-Universe, and Yhwh had Universal Sector 6.
Each of these things were far away from each other, but they were Path Creators. Even going across the entire Universe would not take too long. They only worried that even a second would be too much.
Teleportation arrays would not help much. A teleportation array would have to be immensely powerful to teleport someone across the Universe.
That was why there were so many teleportation hubs around. Some only acted as a go between 99% of the time.
As always, it was impossible to find Ye Li or destroy something he cared about since he cared about nothing but himself.
They could not even protect potential targets as the places where they stayed were the greatest targets possible.
Trillions of years passed.
Yhwh had not really grown in power or variability during this time. It was impossible to grow his power of Faith any further.
Even if he gained more believers, the power of Faith within him had reached a limit and it would not fuse with his beings as the others had.
Of course, his faith still technically increased with new living beings, and as a result the quantity he could output was greater, but the quality was still the same.
He wasn't quite sure how to even theoretically go beyond this level. It was a struggle that all Peak Path Creators faced.
He imagined that if he had the Faith of another Path Creator, something special could happen, but it was naturally impossible to test that.
Not everyone was like Zhou Fan, who could sense new Path Creators as soon as they emerged. He simply had a level of control over the Universe, mostly through the Path of Cultivation, that allowed him to see everything.
After all, whether it was in the Main Universe, Mini-Universes, or even Universal Sector 6, Cultivation was practiced.
There were few places where it wasn't, such as Yoha's Mini-Universe.
With Cultivation being everywhere, Zhou Fan could naturally sense things everywhere. It was both hard to understand and easy to understand.
While no being cultivated his power of Cultivation, Cultivation itself was his creation, and an integral part of his path.
Zhou Fan was also waiting for the emergence of a new Path Creator, as well as for Ye Li and the God of Death to reach the Peak.
He had never really cared about the result of the fight for power between the Path Creators. He just wanted to surpass his current realm.
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