Goodbye Heaven - 313

When Tian Fu opened his eyes, he was staring at a white ceiling. Tian Fu recognized the room as a hospital room in one of the Heaven sects hospitals.

From his right, a familiar face stepped forward.

"You're finally awake." Lernean said.

Tian Fu attempted to nod, but he could not move his body.

"Don't try to move. You were beyond seriously injured on the battlefield. In fact, there should be no chance of you surviving, but you did." Lernean said.

Tian Fu blinked in response.

"Let me explain everything that has happened. First, you killed Yao Mun. He is gone for good. Sadly, Bi Chong and I were equally matched, with him even slightly overpowering me. Luckily, he retreated upon sensing Yao Mun's death." Lernean explained.

Tian Fu forced his mouth to open so he could speak.

"Don't worry. I'll take care of him soon enough." Tian Fu strugglingly said.

Lernean's face seemed to say, 'Sure you will', confusing Tian Fu before he spoke.

"Did I not mention that you are beyond seriously injured. Look down." Lernean said.

Tian Fu struggled to look, but he soon saw that his left arm was completely gone.

"That is a permanent injury. Not even Doctor Ket could heal it. Don't know why, but that's how it is. Besides that, you are too weak to feel it now, but your body has been permanently weakened. I assume it is because you forcefully used the technique that killed Yao Mun despite not having any Qi left. By the time I arrived, you were bleeding from every inch of skin on your body." Lernean explained.

"You may not even be able to beat me anymore, much less Bi Chong." Lernean laughed.

Tian Fu felt sadness at his words. Without strength, he would not be able to lead the Heaven sect.

"However." Lernean said. "You will recover some of your strength as a lot of time passes. According to Doctor Ket, when you are fully recovered, you will be able to display a strength similar to Bi Chong and Tian Ren. Although you had far surpassed them during that battle, being as strong as Tian Ren was should be enough to lead the sect, right?" 

Tian Fu managed to nod in relief.

"Well, I'll go now. Get well soon." Lernean said as he left.

Soon, Tian Fu fell asleep. Over the next year, he steadily recovered from the battle. Soon, he was able to get up and walk. His battle strength was barely at the nascent soul realm, but he would get stronger. Once he got to cultivate again, that would also help.

Not long after being able to walk again, Tian Fu left the hospital for the first time since the battle.

As he arrived outside, he saw thousands of people looking at him with admiration and respect.

Along the streets was a huge festival held in his honor. For the first time since Tian Ren's death, Tian Fu was able to truly smile from the bottom of his heart.

After 100 years, Tian Fu's strength had recovered to the void traversing realm. After 500 more years, Tian Fu's strength finally finished recovering. He was equal in strength to when he was previously at the 5th level of the space shattering realm.

In other words, he was as strong as Tian Ren of the past. Following his recovery, a ceremony was held giving Tian Fu the title of the sect master of the Heaven sect.

He was also finally allowed to meet with Heaven again.

Bi Chong and the beast race ended up retreating to ten planets, one of them being the main beast world. Of course, they did not leave without taking every resource they could, and even destroying some that they could not. 

Those ten planets were highly guarded and set up with teleportation arrays that allowed Bi Chong to quickly move over.

Pushing the beast race any farther would be near impossible, even with Lernean and Tian Fu. But they would deal with that in their own futures.

Zhou Fan stopped floating in space and began to fly. He had just finished up watching the Heaven galaxies story.

'A good ending this time I suppose.' He said to himself.

He was ready to finally depart from the Heaven galaxy. Everything he needed to do had been done, and wasting any more time was pointless.

Before leaving, he decided to give Heaven a visit.

Teleporting, he soon arrived in front of Heaven.

"It's about time for me to go." Zhou Fan said.

"I figured." Heaven said reluctantly.

Zhou Fan had allowed heaven's body to be manipulated by Heaven from now on, so Heaven was currently in the appearance of a wise old man.

"Will you ever come back?" Heaven asked.

"At some point yeah. But a lot of time will pass between now and then. At least hundreds of millions. Maybe billions of years." Zhou Fan said.

"Then can I ask you a question? I've always been curious." Heaven asked.

"Sure." Zhou Fan said.

"Do you think you will reach the peak of the universe in terms of strength? If you think you will, how long would that take?" Heaven asked.

"That's a good question. I've never thought of it." Zhou Fan answered while holding his chin.

"I don't know if I can give you an exact answer since I don't know how big or powerful the universe is, but I can tell you that it will happen. There is no chance of failure." Zhou Fan replied. "Perhaps 5 or 6 more realms, maybe more, maybe less, I really don't know."

"Well that makes me feel like an ignorant ant, but I appreciate the answer." Heaven said.

"Don't worry about it. On a grand scale, you're about as much of an ignorant ant as I am." Zhou Fan said.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Fan spoke again.

"Goodbye Heaven. Make sure to not be too overbearing with your beings." Zhou Fan said.

"Goodbye father. May we meet again." Heaven said as Zhou Fan flew into the distance.