Zhou Fan appreciated the hard work that all of the true god realm and god realm cultivators had put in over the years.
As a result, he brought all of them together for the grand opening of the upper realm. For now, it was more of a lounge area and cultivation area instead of a higher world, but it was simply a hastily made prototype.
After all, around 90% of the ground was made of clouds. That did not mean that there was no dirt. The size of the land in the upper realm was bigger than multiple galaxies.
All of the cultivators marveled at the upper realm. After a few years of relaxing, they all got back to work. There was no point in any of them cultivating.
Before leaving, Ying Xiong made a branch of the cosmic sect. He named it the upper cosmic sect.
As they all left and continued creating, Zhou Fan sat far above them all and watched while working on technique pathways.
Leaf had been wrapped around him the entire time. After cultivating during the era of infinite cultivation with a 10,000x boost and the time since then, he had reached the peak of the nascent soul realm. Just the nascent soul realm. Zhou Fan could barely comprehend the speed given Leaf's talent.
Throughout all of time, no cultivator, whether human, beast, or plant, had ever taken as long to cultivate as Leaf. Not even a fraction.
Zhou Fan had a feeling that Leaf's lifespan was even greater than his. He played with Leaf for a while while observing the creation of worlds. Soon, he was working on the technique pathways once again.
He had truly thought of a great idea.
A trillion years passed. Zhou Fan felt as if he was getting closer to the end, but it was hard to put a percentage on it due to the many different sections of development. Some were completed in a few years, while some may take even longer than a trillion years.
The comprehensions that went behind this were not something that a normal person could comprehend.
Many great talents had been born in the trillions of years that the worlds had been created, though they did not experience the era of infinite growth.
Ying Xiong had halted his work on worlds every time that a new student joined the cosmic sect.
Sadly, Zhou Fan had not seen any talents worthy of becoming his disciple. Perhaps once the creation of worlds finished and creatures were spread throughout the entire filament it would be easier to find worthy disciples. It would also be easier for the cosmic sect. After all, if the creation of worlds went as planned, then countless living beings would be born every single second. It would be a difference of millions of times, billions of times, or even greater.
Another trillion years passed, and another, and another, for 3 trillion years.
The cosmic sect had gained many more disciples, not many of which would ever reach the god realm.
Lu Wei came and met Zhou Fan at this time. Lu Wei had been one of the people who had entered the true god realm during the era of infinite cultivation.
Today, he came to challenge Zhou Fan.
"Uncle, I've been waiting a long time for this day. I challenge you to break my barrier." He said with a smile.
"If you insist. Start." Zhou Fan said.
Lu Wei rolled his die, and received a bunch of Qi.
"Sorry. Next time." Lu Wei said as he rolled his die again with the Qi he had regained.
His muscles bulged as his physical strength doubled.
"Sorry. Next time." Lu Wei said as he cultivated for a few minutes to get his reserves above the halfway point.
"Alright. Here we go." Lu Wei said as he rolled his die again.
This time, a barrier appeared around him. As a cultivator in the true god realm, it was extremely sturdy.
Zhou Fan reached out and put his finger on it. He used the strength of a peak true god realm cultivator, but there was not even a reaction.
Next, he used the physical strength of a peak outer world realm cultivator. The barrier rippled and began cracking, but it seemed as if it would hold for a while.
"You may have the greatest innate gift ever. It provides the most incredible defense I've ever seen, as well as doubled strength and instant Qi." Zhou Fan said, complimenting Lu Wei.
He then used the basic physical strength of a 1st level sage realm cultivator, and the barrier around Lu Wei shattered into pieces. He had not even used Qi.
Lu Wei seemed saddened, but he had expected it.
"As long as you know how great I am." Lu Wei said as he left happily.
As Lu Wei left, Zhou Fan wondered how powerful he was. He was now in the sage realm, and he had never truly tested his strength. In fact, he had not done so in a while.
If he had not strengthened space, then any of the true god realm cultivators could have completely destroyed space, much less him.
Due to the changes at the sage realm, he could use infinite strength without breaking space, but there had never seemed to be any reason to test his strength.
He sighed and shook his head. He would test his strength when he fought the cosmic dao.
A few years later, a report reached Ying Xiong's ears. In a far off supercluster, a god realm cultivator had died.
He was shocked beyond understanding and went off in that direction.
He headed towards the forbidden land, the home of the destruction race. Long ago, during the era of infinite cultivation, they had not been excluded at all.
However, instead of seeking Zhou Fan, they hid within the forbidden land and waited for one moment. The moment that the king of the destruction race faced the great attractor of the forbidden land.
The king of the destruction race did not reproduce by going into the black hole, but had instead shown power greater than it, although he did not attack or destroy it.
Ying Xiong and the other true gods and the gods had never entered the forbidden land as it was not in the direction they had first begun developing in.