The Battle's End - 221
As the million soul flame covered his sword, Bi Chong also gave off a level of power that he never had before.
The next part was simple.
Tian Ren swung his sword downwards with all of his might and Qi as he fell towards Bi Chong.
Bi Chong swung his sword up at the descending Tian Ren with all of his might and Qi.
As the two swords were inches away from each other, space shattered all around them. There had been many fluctuations in space during the whole battle, but due to the increased strength of the space within Zhou Fan's mortal dao, it had never so much as cracked.
Now, however, the space was actually shattering. Both people were at the 6th level of the space shattering realm, and others at that level would usually not be able to even crack the space in Zhou Fans mortal dao, much less shatter it.
Different from many others in the 6th level of the space shattering realm, both Tian Ren and Bi Chong had talent that rivaled anyone else's in the universe. Tian Ren was the first heavenborn and had been gifted a lot of power by heaven, while Bi Chong had a divine physique.
As the space shattered, the two mens attacks reached each other. There was no push or pull between the two men as their attacks had used up every bit of their Qi. Regardless of their attack strength, neither of them had the ability to move another muscle in their bodies.
When the swords finally displayed their power, Tian Ren's sword was cut through and Bi Chongs attack reached him. Bi Chongs Qi went through half of his body from the part of his shoulder closest to his neck to half of his leg, cleanly cutting through him.
While Bi Chong managed to cut through Tian Ren's sword, not all of the power on the sword was able to be neutralized.
Tian Ren had much better aim and his attacks' Qi went from Bi Chongs head to his stomach. As much of the power was dispersed, however, Bi Chong was not completely cut through and only a deep, large mark was left on his body. Many worms were also killed and a slight rainbow color could barely be seen within the center of his stomach due to the cut.
With the explosion and the shattering of space, along with the depletion of Qi, both Tian Ren and Bi Chong were launched backwards into the air like rockets and began to fall to the ground at a great speed.
While the fall wouldn't truly kill either of them, it wouldn't be pleasant.
As Tian Ren was halfway through his fall, a hand grabbed the back of his neck and carried him.
If Tian Ren was not unconscious, he would be happy to see Heaven. Not in a very good mood, Heaven had a rare frown on his face. He had grown quite close to Tian Ren and did like the state was in. After all, nearly half of his body was completely cut off and he was on the verge of death.
Although he tried to maintain neutrality, he didn't plan on letting Tian Ren die unless he was killed by another person's direct attack, not just from the injuries he suffered from an attack.
As for Bi Chong, Heaven let him fall into an unexplored forest below the mountain. He had no intention of saving him, but he knew that Bi Chong had a 95% chance of survival despite being passed out and in a state of Qi exhaustion like Tian Ren.
Holding Tian Ren, Heaven left the world and brought Tian Ren back to the heaven world. He wouldn't fully treat him, but he would make sure that he didn't die.
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Above the mountain within the final world, Zhou Fan appeared. In just a moment, he disappeared and reappeared next to Bi Chongs body. It was still mostly intact, but the worms which once constantly moved were now completely still.
Heaven may have not had any intention of saving Bi Chong, but Zhou Fan had a use for him. Therefore, he would not let him die for now.
As he did not know too much about divine physiques even to this day and didn't want to experiment on himself, he decided that Bi Chong would be the perfect subject.
After all, nobody would really miss him even if something went horribly wrong and he died. The beast world may be in trouble, but Zhou Fan would rectify his mistake one way or another.
As he didn't feel like touching Bi Chong for obvious reasons, Zhou Fan wrapped him in his Qi and took him to his shack.
Meanwhile, on a planet far far away, a worm with gray lines running through it suddenly started to squirm.
It didn't know why it had squirmed in the first place, but the worm felt as if something bad was happening far away. Soon, the squirms calmed down and the worm continued with its daily life.
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For both the members of the beast world and the heaven world, the next thousand years passed slowly. For the members of the beast world, their leader had disappeared. The alliance was starting to falter and the sense of unity between them was slowly fading.
As for the members of the heaven world, things weren't quite as bad. Tian Ren had technically returned, but he was seriously injured and had been passed out for a while.
Even when his injuries were healed he had remained passed out without anyone being able to tell why.
In any other situation, other groups would usually take advantage of the situation and try to kill Tian Ren or demolish the things he had created at least, but the existence of heaven was known and proven.
Any idiot that tried to do something like that would quickly be killed as to avoid heaven's wrath.
As the thousand years passed, Tian Ren finally woke up. He had only stayed passed out due to Qi exhaustion, so he had been physically fine for a long time.
Others couldn't regenerate quite like Zhou Fan, so the stronger they were, the worse the effects of Qi exhaustion. A space shattering cultivator's recovery time from Qi exhaustion could rival the current strength Zhou Fan's recovery time.