The first thing Zhou Fan did was not move forward, but to sit down and meditate. As previously stated, he had no clue where the Dao actually was.
It may not even have a single area of existence. Also, who knew if he could even reach it with his current strength.
There was an entire universe where it could be located. He doesn't even have the ability to leave the galaxy at this point in time.
Therefore, he could only start with trying to find a direction to go in. Zhou Fan went to the sun in the solar system he was currently in and sat above it.
He got into a meditation position and fell into the depths of his mind. Zhou Fan spent a long time in there, comprehending the very existence of the universe itself.
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100 years passed by in a flash. Zhou Fan finally opened his eyes not long after the century had ended.
He hadn't stopped meditating because he had found the location of the Dao, but because he couldn't comprehend it any further.
Once he had reached 1% comprehension, it was like a wall was blocking him. He spent ten years trying to get past it, but failed to even budge it an inch.
Zhou Fan could only relent and try to breakthrough before he continued to study the Dao.
The more of the Dao he comprehended, the more he wanted to study it. It gave off an irresistible feeling and Zhou Fan was starting to like it.
Even with just a 1% comprehension, he could feel that his power increased by at least 3 times. Not to mention that his cultivation speed would likely double.
Before leaving the solar system, Zhou Fan decided to cultivate a bit. He wouldn't spend too long, just enough time to increase his speed by a fair amount.
Before he even got up, Zhou Fan started to meditate again.
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50 years passed by quickly and Zhou Fan had just broken into the 3rd level of space shattering. He had luckily studied the Dao beforehand. Otherwise, he may not have even made it to the 2nd level in 50 years.
Standing up and stretching, Zhou Fan couldn't help but wonder how old he was now. It had been a while since he celebrated a birthday.
With some quick calculations, Zhou Fan came to the conclusion that he was around 366 years old. When he came up with the number, he thought he was mistaken and tried again, getting the same result as before.
Zhou Fan couldn't help but feel dumbfounded at his current age. He had lived more years than there are days in a year. He had surpassed three generations at least.
Anyone born at the same time as him would probably have great great grandchildren by now.
After thinking about how crazy his age was, Zhou Fan let out a small chuckle. His chuckle proceeded to get louder until it could be heard throughout the solar system.
Since no one was around, Zhou Fan had already lifted the restraints off himself. It took him a bit of convincing to even keep wearing clothes.
Zhou Fan stopped chuckling after a while and shot off from his location. His current speed had reached 50 light years a minute. Therefore, the journey to the next solar system only lasted a couple seconds.
Zhou Fan didn't even bother stopping as he continued forward. He flew past more than 20 solar systems before he finally found one that caught his eye.
In that solar system, there was a planet that seemed to be made out of the same material as his sword. Since he had broken through, Zhou Fan stopped in order to try and upgrade the sword.
He descended upon the planet and soon discovered that it was exactly the same as the previous one. It was made up of the black material inside and out.
Since he had already seen it twice, he assumed that there would be more in the universe. Therefore, he gave the material and the planet a name.
Black adamantium.
The material itself was named black adamantium while the type of planet was called a black adamantium planet.
It was a simple name without meaning, but Zhou Fan liked it.
After naming the metal and planet, Zhou Fan got to work. He stuck his sword deep into the ground while still holding onto it.
He then started to control the entire planet to enter into the sword. In a moment, the planet started to collapse. The black adamantium started to dissolve into a dust like substance before it flowed into the sword. The entire process only lasted 10 minutes.
When it was done, Zhou Fan was closely looking at the upgraded sword.
On the outside, nothing much had changed. On the inside, however, the sword was stronger than ever.
Zhou Fan waved the sword out like he did when he forged it. The power it gave off was just a tiny bit away from being able to cut space. Zhou Fan estimated that if he found another planet and successfully fused it and the sword, it would be able to cut through space.
Of course, whether or not he had the strength was a different matter altogether. Zhou Fan estimated that he would need to break into the 5th level of space shattering before he could fuse another planet.
The strength that was needed was no joke. Adding a new planet was like the difference between squeezing dirt together and squeezing a mountain together.
Even now, he could only successfully merge the planet and the sword by grinding the material into dust beforehand. Luckily, that didn't increase the strength any less than the normal method. It just took more time and effort.
After upgrading the sword, Zhou Fan moved onto the next solar system. He came upon many interesting things and passed through hundreds of solar systems in only a week. He was almost getting bored, but all of a sudden, his eyes caught a glance at the next destination.
There, a cluster of huge stars floated.