Zhou Fan walked around while Zhu Yi and Chen Jie followed.
"It's been a while. How have you been?" Zhou Fan asked.
Zhu Yi began to talk about his experiences, while Chen Jie later did the same. Even among those like Ying Xiong and Heaven, they were some of the strongest cultivators in the universe.
However, this was the end of their life. An Outer World realm cultivator has a lifespan of a septillion years. It was both extremely long, and extremely short.
"Seeing you one last time, Master, I am content." Zhu Yi said.
"I too am glad to see you again." Chen Jie said.
Zhou Fan nodded. "I don't have much to say. I suppose I'll send you off."
Zhu Yi and Chen Jie bowed deeply before leaving. With this, Zhou Fan's newest disciple was on his death bed.
In only a short amount of time, he would no longer be alive. As the two went back to fighting, enjoying the strength they had spent their whole lives honing, Zhou Fan once again sat under Leaf.
He thought countless thoughts as time passed. Soon, another septillion years passed. The only people alive that Zhou Fan knew were Heaven, Ying Xiong, and the Buddha.
Time seemed to pass much quicker without any sort of time limited connection.
An octillion years soon passed. Zhou Fan had been finished thinking for a while. He was only waiting for a new path maker to appear.
There really wasn't much he could do any longer besides wait. The universe, after so much time, had been filled with living beings and organizations.
In fact, the cosmic sect was no longer the absolute peak of strength. A new organization had emerged, rivaling them. They were known as the Outsiders. Each member had come from one of the mini universes. Although the Mini universes initially did not have anything to do with cultivation, cultivators had entered and taught it to many.
With the mini universes being under the Great Dao, Qi was automatically split and cultivation was possible. It was different for the Mini universes not covered by the Great Dao. Cultivators rarely entered due to only Chaos Qi existing within.
Over time, countless powerful beings had emerged from the Mini universes with access to cultivation. Different from the Cosmic Sect, there were no humanoid beings.
The Outsiders were not really opposed to the Cosmic sect. There was no need for any wars at this time. Even if there were fights, they were only for fun.
Since he had nothing to do, Zhou Fan simply watched and waited. Soon, ten octillion years passed.
This time period became notable. No path creators were born, but an extremely talented cultivator was.
He outshone even those like Ying Xiong and Heaven. All watched as he progressed along the path of cultivation.
He was now known as Sage Fushang, the first Sage realm cultivator. Seeing a sage realm cultivator appear, Zhou Fan gave Heaven 1st level sage realm strength, but only on the condition that Heaven did not interfere in much.
Heaven had never really interfered, and he agreed easily. For a long, long time, Heaven had owned a filament, now filled with Heavenborns that he watched over.
He was somewhat like a weaker Zhou Fan, though he had much more interest in the Heavenborns than Zhou Fan did in other life.
Sage Fushang was a well respected being throughout the universe. He simply built the Sage palace and taught others. He had helped many cultivators break through bottlenecks, including Outer World realm cultivators.
Although ages had passed, there were still a few beings that knew of Zhou Fan's existence. Three exactly.
Ying Xiong had become quite close to Sage Fushang, even guiding him a bit in his earlier years. After all, Sage Fushang was a human.
Eventually, Ying Xiong told Sage Fushang of an existence known as the Origin God.
It was hard for Sage Fushang to believe, but it answered the question of how so much came to be.
This is where Zhou Fan is now, watching as Sage Fushang sat right above the Greatest Attractor.
Sage Fushang had been trying to contact him for a while, trying many different methods. Zhou Fan decided to speak to him.
A circle appeared, and Sage Fushang quickly entered. As he walked through, he saw the residence, Leaf, and Zhou Fan.
"You must be the Origin God, right?" Sage Fushang asked.
"Just call me Zhou Fan." Zhou Fan said. Being called the Origin God felt outdated.
Sage Fushang nodded.
"So, do you have a request you want me to fulfill?" Zhou Fan asked.
Sage Fushang nodded. "I know that you control cultivation. I request that you finish the path."
Zhou Fan understood that Sage Fushang wished for more realms. After all, there was currently nothing after the 1st level of the Sage realm.
"I suppose there's no harm in it." Zhou Fan said.
The River of Cultivation appeared, shocking Sage Fushang. He could feel the power coming off of it.
Zhou Fan began to extend the River of Cultivation for others. Previously, there had been something akin to a dam there.
Now, it was released.
Cultivators could now, theoretically, go so far as to the peak of the Great Dao realm.
Sage Fushang bowed deeply and excused himself. He did not want to bother Zhou Fan any longer, especially not after making such a request.
As Sage Fushang left, Zhou Fan looked at the River of Cultivation. He had not changed it in a while.
Since he had already done this much, he decided to make some more changes.
First, he allowed people to comprehend his Great Dao, just as the Cosmic Dao had allowed back then. This would help a lot of cultivators.
Second, he added a bloodline system. Powerful cultivators that reached the Sage realm could pass down talents, techniques, divine physiques, ect, through their bloodline. Of course, this had some restrictions and chance played a role.
Finally, he made it so that all cultivators could choose their path at the Nascent soul realm. They could stay to the normal cultivation path, or be like Progenitor Ke and choose the soul disconnect path.
This path could also reach the Great Dao realm.