Although fish started to form in the lake, the evolution didn't stop there. While some of the fish species started to evolve towards water, some of them started to evolve towards land.
It only took an hour for a fish to grow a leg and another hour for it to walk on land.
After a month of observation, the sea life seemed to have evolved to its max. There were many different species of fish. There were also sharks, octopuses, eels, and even things that could only be described as mythical.
For example, there was a spot in the ocean where a giant octopus lived. It was hundreds of feet big and would easily destroy any ship on earth. It seemed that some micro organisms had better evolving talent than others. Another example was a great big shark. It was perhaps the only other sea creature that could go neck to neck with the giant octopus.
However, that was only if you ignored the giant water spider at the deepest depths of the ocean.
As for land animals, they were just starting to really evolve. An animal similar to the lion was created not too long ago, but things were still evolving.
As he observed this, he realized that all life had talent. And it wasn't just cultivation talent. Some life had the potential to evolve into huge predators, while some would stay as rabbits and mice.
Xiaolong and the other beasts were prime examples of peak existences.
Very quickly, a year passed. In that time, the land animals and sky animals stopped evolving. There were many different species with different variations. Some were similar to animals on earth while some were completely different.
Like in the ocean, a peak existence had been born on the land. However, there was only one. A giant creature with two wings and a scaly body which dominated the sky and the land. It slept in the world's biggest mountain and its territory was the entire land.
It had once attempted to expand its territory to the ocean, but was stopped by the giant octopus. Even so, it started to defeat it at some point. It only retreated when the giant shark, sensing a threat to its area, cooperated with the giant octopus to push the creature back.
While Zhou Fan watched, he decided to call the creature a dragon. Although it was very different from Xiaolong, there were too many similarities.
There was no doubt that they were both dragons, just different species of dragons.
As for who was stronger, there was no doubt it was this new dragon. After all, it was technically born from Zhou Fan. That caused it to be the size of a mountain. Even the ocean beasts would wipe the floors with the other beasts.
It was simply unfair. If Xiaolong had been born from Zhou Fan's finger, then it would be different. But he wasn't.
That didn't mean he would never win. With cultivation, their difference in strength would close up. Although Xiaolong would lose if they were both mortal beasts, he may not lose if they were both nascent soul realm cultivators.
After all, the advantage of being born from Zhou Fan would be lost as they continued to cultivate.
Although everything had evolved, Zhou Fan was disappointed. Even though there were mythical beasts, there was no race like humans. Thinking deeper, it was likely that the reason humans could be born was due to the Dao that resided in the world.
In that case, Zhou Fan would need to create a mortal Dao like the one on earth to be able to create a similar race. Unfortunately, that was impossible for the current Zhou Fan. Even if he had fully comprehended earth's mortal Dao, he wasn't strong enough to create his own.
He may not be too far, however. He estimated that if he broke through one more realm and comprehended the cosmic Dao as far as that realm allowed him, he would be able to create a mortal Dao!
It seems that he would be spending a while in the world. Not that he was complaining. The world Zhou Fan built was beautiful beyond measure. Not to mention that it was a planet bigger than earth. In fact, it was 5 times bigger than earth.
Since the biggest mountain range was occupied by the dragon, Zhou Fan decided to cultivate in the core of the world. When he saw his sword, he realized that another benefit of the mortal Dao was that it could power the array forever. With that, he would get his sword back.
Zhou Fan let out a quick smile before he started to cultivate.
100 years soon passed.
Zhou Fan broke into the 5th level of space shattering and his strength increased a lot. He didn't pause as he continued.
Another 300 years passed quickly.
Zhou Fan just broke into the 10th level of space shattering and stood up. He didn't know if there would be a big breakthrough, but he wasn't going to risk destroying the life he had just created.
Zhou Fan shot into space and moved 1000 lightyear's away before he started cultivating again.
500 years passed and Zhou Fan opened his eyes. He had just broken into a new realm. Because of what he was going to do, Zhou Fan named the realm 'Lesser Dao creation'.
There were no fluctuations when he broke through, but his current power was much, much greater. Although he was itching to test his powers, Zhou Fan stayed where he was and started to comprehend the Dao.
1000 years passed by. Such an amount of time was even significant to Zhou Fan. He had spent almost half of his life in his current seclusion. That didn't even include the previous time spent breaking through realms! Zhou Fan finally opened his eyes. A myriad of colors shot out and Zhou Fan's body seemed much more majestic than before.
That was due to his comprehension of the Dao that reached 5%.