The First Cultivator - Changing Existence
Chapter 861 - 861: Universal Consciousness - 861

After eating five, a figure appeared in front of Monty. It was Ye Li, as calm and composed as always.

Monty stopped, looking at him warily. Clearly, even he did not dare take Ye Li lightly.

Ye Li looked at him and smiled. "Please, continue. Don't worry about me."

Despite his words, Monty did not dare advance so much as another inch.

The smile on Ye Li's face was not a genuine one. Anyone, mortal or Immortal, could tell that it was the smile of someone itching to commit a massacre of unimaginable proportions. Although Monty knew he had the backing and protection of Zhou Fan, he was truly scared at this moment. After thinking for a moment, he turned around and went towards another location.

Ye Li sighed and began the process of recreating what had been destroyed. But due to how intricate and complicated each of the creations devoured were, it would take him multiple Sage Years. This was one of the weaknesses of this method of growth.

Monty had yet to have his fill, and went towards the God of Death's area. He devoured five large creations meant for harvesting the power of Death before the God of Death appeared, and as creepy as he was, scared Monty off.

Monty next moved towards a few random creations, and after a while, disappeared. This appearance of the Leviathan was over, and many heaved sighs of relief.

Multiple Path Creators suffered today, but none more than Ye Li and the God of Death, who would have to spend a few Sage Years regaining what they had lost. But this was nothing more than a slight inconvenience to them.

Hundreds of thousands of Sage Years passed. Zhou Fan had a feeling that the next time he broke through, a new Era would begin. He didn't exactly have any proof, but after comprehending Divination, he had occasionally gotten gut feelings about things. Most were unimportant, but this was not.

Zhou Fan was beginning to approach the Peak of the Universe Immortal realm. His progress on creating a way to locate a Universe after creating it was also coming along quite well. He already had a few ideas he was planning to try out soon. After ten thousand more Sage Years, Zhou Fan's plan was finally complete.

He still had to test it out, but this was his best chance of succeeding within the next millions Sage Years.

He exited the Universe and entered the blankness. As usual, there was nothing around him, literally. It didn't matter if he walked out or created the Universe right here. Since there was no space, it had no effect whatsoever. He pointed his finger out, and a sphere of Chaos Qi began to expand. Within it was the Power of Space and the Power of Time. They entwined and moved around the sphere of Chaos, rapidly constructing walls. Before long, a small Universe was formed. It was around the size of the Universe before it had ever expanded, which was not a significant amount to him at all.

He walked inside. With only time and space present, it was quiet and a little boring, but with Zhou Fan's power connected, it would exist as long as he did. But this was on the condition that it maintained connection with him eternally. Naturally, he could not assure such a thing with absolute certainty.

He did two things next. First, he aligned this Universe's time with the Main Universe. He had gotten it down almost perfectly after such a long time. The fish also helped quite a bit.

Second, he created a body. This body looked exactly the same as his, but without any features or life in it.

He then gave it a bit of his power. Although only a bit, it was instantly as powerful as a Celestial Immortal. However, it did not have the slightest intelligence or instinct. That was where a certain someone came in.

"Sorry to ask this of you."

"No need to apologize. I am happy that after so long, I can be useful to you again, father." Heaven responded.

His soul took over the body and it awoke. Naturally, Zhou Fan had carried his soul inside of his body while he moved through the nothingness.

Zhou Fan nodded. There was no one else more suited to this than Heaven, who had been in charge of things his entire life. And even if there was, Zhou Fan wouldn't trust them like he trusted Heaven.

"I've fulfilled the goal now, you know." Heaven said with an uncontrollable smile.

"What goal?" Zhou Fan asked.

"I am now a Universal Consciousness." Heaven said.

Zhou Fan's memories flew back to when such a thing seemed truly unimaginable.

He smiled as well. "Indeed. It seems my goal was fulfilled."

After a moment, he got onto the most important part, maintaining a connection to this Universe. Otherwise, the moment he left it, it would disappear forever and he would never be able to find it again.

This part was complicated, but seemed simple in nature.

Something appeared on the forehead of Heaven's new body. It was a gray sphere, Zhou Fan's emblem.

It resonated with Zhou Fan, and an invisible line was formed between them. Unless someone or something stronger than him severed this connection, it would remain forever. And he had no plans of allowing anyone to surpass him.

The connection was intricately created, and it required his full power to create. But once it was there, it was easily maintained. Even if he was near death, it would remain. There was also a subsidiary connection to the Universe itself. Even if Heaven somehow died and his body was destroyed, he would be able to find the Universe again.

The reason he had created a body and not simply brought Heaven in his body was because the body he created was maintaining the Universe. As long as it existed, the Universe would never collapse.

A source of power would remain within the Universe, even if Zhou Fan was in trouble. In other words, the body represented a Source.