The Lightning Qi Being watched Ye Li spit out blood and take a few steps back, fear apparent in his eyes.
Ye Li took a moment to compose himself before looking at the Lightning Qi Being. "I tried to view your earliest past. I nearly saw something, but it seemed that a powerful being prevented me from seeing it."
The Lightning Qi Being was stunned hearing Ye Li's ability to view the past, but he focused more on the being Ye Li was talking about.
Even for the Lightning Qi Being, it was difficult to remember its first memories. It tried to do so, and it clicked.
"You saw the creator."
Ye Li was confused. "The creator of what?"
The Lightning Qi Being responded. "The Creator of the Great Dao. The Great Dao is an existence that watches over us Qi Beings."
Ye Li found it hard to believe. The Qi Beings themselves were second to only a few in the entire universe. The Great Dao already seemed to be an unfathomable thing, but there was a creator even above that. Ye Li began to feel as if the universe he knew was only the surface.
The Lightning Qi Being spoke more. "I actually don't know too much. After all, I've only seen him that once, and I didn't even remember until now."
Ye Li asked a question. "Is there any being older than you Qi Beings that may know of this creator?"
The Lightning Qi Being thought for a moment before speaking. "Ying Xiong. Human."
"Who's that?"
"One of the oldest living beings in the universe. Every time he dies, he is reborn. You can find him at the cosmic sect."
Ye Li noted this, but such a thing was not a priority. First, he needed to grow his strength.
He looked at the Lightning Qi Being. "What happened to the Lightning from earlier?"
Hearing his words, the Lightning Qi Being remembered why he had come.
"Yes. The Lightning here is a phenomenon produced by my Lightning Ball. Theoretically, even absorbing the lightning should not drain anything, but you somehow managed to crack it. What exactly is your power?"
Ye Li did not answer, and the Qi Being understood. "Alright. Regardless, don't absorb any more lightning here."
Before Ye Li could say anything else, the Lightning Qi being was gone. Ye Li sighed and left the Qi domain. Regardless of what he wanted, he could not face a Qi Being at this time.
However, when the time came, he would be sure to strip their Karma. As the most ancient beings in the universe, each one's Karma would be immeasurable.
Ye Li did not enter the normal areas of the universe, but entered another Qi domain, the poison Qi domain. Like the Lightning Qi domain, it was nearly impossible for any beings to survive here that weren't in the main area where beings were taught.
Throughout this entire Qi domain, there was poison gas. Even a God realm cultivator would feel uneasy within at certain areas. The only living beings below the God realm were beings made of poison. They were much like the lightning beings in the Lightning Qi domain, suited only to this environment.
Ye Li found a location and began to take the Karma from the poison mist. It was thinner than the Karma from the lightning, but still very effective. Ye Li continued to consume the Karma of the poison mist for nearly 100,000 years.
As that much time passed, he felt the poison mist thin. Not too long later, he met the Poison Qi Being. He did not interact too much, only saying that he would leave after being told to do so. There were a few Qi domains that were considered forbidden zones like the last two.
Ye Li visited the next one, the Heat Qi domain. Since its formation, an intense heat has constantly plagued this area. Even a God realm cultivator would feel parched in some areas under this heat.
Ye Li began to strip the Karma from this heat. In some way, all Qi domains had a Qi that covered the entire area, but these few forbidden zones had them constantly affecting the domain.
Ye Li moved to a few more Qi domains before he stopped going to only forbidden zones. Next, he went to one of the most interesting Qi domains, the Death Qi domain.
The only living beings were skeletons, but there were skeletons of many beings. There was also Death Qi that took form in the shape of planets and stars.
The Death Qi domain was known for the feeling of sheer power it gave off. The Death Qi made it seem as if, at any time, any being could be drowned to death.
There were also legends that the Death Qi being had been growing stronger, something unique to it. He had naturally learned this through reading Karma.
Other Qi beings had stayed with the same strength their entire lives, but the Death Qi being had supposedly broken that rule.
Specifics were unknown, but the Death Qi being rarely made an appearance. This was one of the reasons that Ye Li had come here. Not being seen often, it was reasonable to assume that the Death Qi being would have a higher tolerance to the consumption of the surrounding Death Qi than other beings.
Regardless of whether such a conjecture was true or not, none of the other Qi beings had harmed him, and Ye Li didn't see why the Death Qi being would be any different.
Ye Li moved around the Death Qi domain, piercing planets formed from Death Qi and all the life on them, stripping away their Karma and increasing his strength.
He continued in this way for ten thousand years. Suddenly, his Karma warned him. Ye Li dodged to the side, but all he saw was an approaching black stick hitting his forehead and knocking him unconscious.
When he woke up, he found himself wrapped up in black chains. Looking around, he was in some sort of jail cell.
The walls were tainted with blood and bits of flesh. Ye Li couldn't understand what was going on.
Outside of the jail cell, he heard approaching footsteps. He looked up, and a humanoid being wearing a cloak of Death Qi stepped into his vision.