After a bit more chatting, Ying Xiong brought up the idea of sparring.
"I've been the strongest in the galaxy for a good while. Nobody can match me, even if they all come at once. Can I spar with you before my arrogance gets too high?" Ying Xiong asked.
"Sure. Do you have any place in mind?" Zhou Fan asked.
"I have a general area in mind, but it's a bit far away from here." He responded.
"If it's in the galaxy, we can reach it in an instant." Zhou Fan said.
"Well then, let's just go to the outer edges of the galaxy." Ying Xiong said.
Before anything else was said, they both appeared in space. They were at the edge of the galaxy where Zhou Fan entered.
"Truly god-like." Ying Xiong said with a chuckle, although a faint feeling of fear blossomed within him.
Zhou Fan put his hand on his chest and sealed his cultivation until he was at the peak of the lesser dao creation realm.
The seal could be broken at any time, but it limited his power for the fight.
"I've sealed my cultivation and am now at the same level as you." Zhou Fan said to Ying Xiong.
"Then let's begin." Ying Xiong said with a smile as the clothing on his upper body ripped to shreds and a glowing tattoo was shown on his back.
"Buddha's palm." He said as he held his palm out.
He did not hold a single thing back from the start. The attack used the full power of his talent and divine physique.
Zhou Fan held his palm out and uttered the same words. Another buddha's palm shot out and collided with Ying Xiongs.
Unsurprisingly, Zhou Fan's buddha's palm soon fell apart and Ying Xiong's buddha's palm continued forward.
Zhou Fan had only casually released the buddha's palm, but that would have been enough to shatter any attack made by someone on the same level, besides Ying Xiong.
"You don't disappoint." Zhou Fan said as he held his palm forward again.
This time, he spurred his meridians and talent with the buddha's palm.
This time, the palms were equally matched. Soon, they both dispersed.
Ying Xiong stood there surprised.
"Without even using a divine physique's power, you managed to match my full strength. I admit that I must be inferior, but I will not give up. After all, if you do not have a divine physique, then that may be the limit of your power." Ying Xiong shouted as a cross legged buddha appeared and surrounded his body.
Then, a few more appeared and layered over the first one.
"Thirtyfold buddha phantom." Ying Xiong said.
Not only was his buddha phantom much more powerful than before, but it was also layered thirty times, increasing its power 30 times.
"Thousand buddha palm." He then said.
A shocking power burst out, layered by the equivalent of 30,000 buddha phantoms. Even Zhou Fan could feel its power.
If he continued to not use his affinity or divine physique, then Zhou Fan may only draw in the battle.
Of course, he could not allow such an outcome. Zhou Fan considered using Chaos Qi since it would not pose any threat to the final layer of space at the lesser dao creation realm, but he had never used his divine physique in battle.
As the buddha's palm stacked 30,000 times, although it did not display a power 30,000 times a normal buddha's palm, quickly made its way towards Zhou Fan, he closed his eyes and clenched his fists.
"Chaos divine physique." He said as he activated his divine physique.
He immediately felt an immense power bubbling within him, and he punched out without using any technique or talent.
In an instant, a gray fist popped Ying Xiongs attack like a balloon and instantly appeared in front of him.
Zhou Fan's attack had reached the peak inner world realm in terms of power!
As the attack collided with Ying Xiongs buddha phantom, he was knocked back and the phantom broke like an egg.
He spat out blood and broke space as he flew away. Zhou Fan hurriedly unsealed his cultivation and caught Ying Xiong, healing him as he was on the verge of death.
Zhou Fan had not expected that his attack would be so powerful with his divine physique. The punch he had thrown out was a casual one, and he could easily throw out thousands of them a second.
"Perhaps my talent is far beyond what I thought." Zhou Fan muttered to himself as he teleported back into the buddhist temple room with Ying Xiong.
He could have awoken him, but he allowed him to remain knocked out as he left. He was fully healed, of course.
With his mortal dao surrounding it, Zhou Fan was able to understand everything in the galaxy. He thought about where he should go next.
Sadly, the four beasts had died. They never managed to reach the lesser dao creation realm. Their lifespans ended long ago.
Zhou Fan felt slight sadness, but he had accepted death long ago.
Even if they had reached the lesser dao creation realm, they would have still died eventually.
Zhou Fan decided to go see Jack. He was at the deepest part of the ocean planet within the Zhou solar system.
He seemed to be drinking, perhaps due to his loss at the hands of Ying Xiong.
Zhou Fan teleported just outside his cave and knocked on the wall.
Inside, Jack almost fell from his chair as he coughed up some of his drink.
He had his divine sense extended outward a bit, but he still could not sense what or who caused the knocking sound. As someone in the lesser dao creation realm, the thought that someone could hide from him never crossed his mind.
A few figures entered his mind, but only one remained after a second.
"Come in." Jack said out loud.
Soon, as he had expected, Zhou Fan entered.
"I assumed that it was you." Jack said with a slight smile.
He was sitting on a large chair that could nearly be called a throne, a cup in one hand and a trident touching the ground in the other. In front of him was a small table.
His face had a full beard and he seemed extremely aged, which of course he was.
"Good to see you again." Zhou Fan said.