The Form of the Formless - 427

The mere thought of it was making his blood boil. Long ago, he could not even have imagined fighting an equal fight, not to mention a true battle where he may even lose out.

At one point, what was inside of Galaxy clusters had scared him, but there had been no reason to fight. They were like rocks, unintelligent no matter how strong or dangerous.

But now, he was going to a true fight. Even Zhou Fan could not stop the smile from appearing on his face.

As his excitement increased, his Qi began to spill out uncontrollably. Every step he took, it was like he was gaining momentum. He took Leaf off of him and planted him in the pot he had prepared. 

Then, he began moving. He walked towards the other side of the universe, and every step he took began to shake the sky as his speed increased.

The true gods and gods of the universe watched as he departed. At first, his steps could be comprehended by everyone, but by the tenth step, each step was shaking the Zhou Filament. None could even comprehend the level of power he was showing.

He was not doing it completely on purpose. Though he was letting himself go in anticipation, he did not truly mean for his steps to be so powerful.

It was just that, as he walked, he randomly comprehended a movement technique, and as he understood it, he had to admit it was incredible.

He called it the final battle steps. It was a comprehension technique that came from his understanding and anticipation.

As he moved faster due to the final battle steps, he soon disappeared from the Zhou filament and his power stopped shocking everyone as they could no longer see him.

As for Zhou Fan, he was traveling to the other side of the universe. His steps were surprisingly fast. The final battle steps moved him at a speed he would have never thought of.

As he walked, he began to breakthrough. He had long fulfilled the Qi requirement. All that remained was starting the action of breaking through.

He also stopped restricting his comprehension of the cosmic dao. The remaining bit was understood, and Zhou Fan finally calmed down from his excitement. He was back to his usual self. As he looked around, he understood everything.

"I see. Incredible. Truly incredible." He couldn't help but admire everything around him. The universe seemed to be finally understood in its truest form.

All around him, freely flowing around, occupying the entire universe, were colorful threads. These threads had every color. This was the cosmic dao.

"I could never find the Cosmic Dao because there was not quite anything to find. The Cosmic dao is everywhere at the same time."

He looked around, but everywhere he seemed to look, the Cosmic dao was there. In the truest sense, the Cosmic Dao was the universe.

Zhou Fan never stopped walking as he looked around and surpassed the sage realm. He felt a danger descend upon him, but he ignored it.

"I can see you. No need to act, let's start."

Although it could be said that the Cosmic Dao was the universe itself, that was not the entire truth.

The Cosmic Dao had no form, or rather, from Zhou Fan's understanding, it was the form of the formless.

However, as something formless, he just had to give it form in his mind.

He closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them, the Cosmic Dao was no longer so formless. In front of him was a giant, colorful ball. It held all colors in existence. 

Swirling around it were threads. These were like the Cosmic Dao's arms and legs, though there were countless of them.

As Zhou Fan looked at the ball, he could not help but feel a little pressured.

"It seems I'm a bit out of my league."

Although the Cosmic Dao was not a cultivator and had no cultivation, it held power. Unfathomable power that Zhou Fan could not truly understand.

Zhou Fan chuckled "Regardless, it's too late to turn back now. At least I didn't try to fight it back then."

He remembered when he first tried to reach 100% comprehension of the Cosmic Dao, though that in itself was wrong.

The difference between 100% comprehension and 99% comprehension was infinitely greater than the difference between 0% comprehension and 99% comprehension.

Even now, it was not as if he fully understood the Cosmic Dao. Zhou Fan arrived on the other side of the universe, and although the Cosmic Dao had no intelligence, it was as if it had been waiting for him.

A thread moved. It was simple and it felt slow. Zhou Fan raised his hand and punched out with Chaos Qi, but the thread simply dispersed. The thread and his punch were equally matched.

Zhou Fan knew this would not be easy at all.

Many of the countless threads merged as an attack countless times greater than the last swept towards him. Zhou Fan felt an immense sense of danger and stopped holding back at all. This was not a sparring match, he truly went all out.

His Chaos divine physique bursted out as Chaos Qi seemed to fill this area of the universe.

He punched out, and the thread was pushed back and dispersed, but countless threads the same size followed.

There were no fancy techniques used. At this level, techniques had no effect. The Cosmic Dao was simply an existence. It just attacked without any thought at all.

Zhou Fan's entire body was covered with Chaos Qi as he moved around. Their battle did not harm space. The Cosmic Dao could be considered the universe, and the universe would not injure itself.

Zhou Fan did not either. He had already been at the sage realm and gained "one with the universe". Now, he was in a new, unnamed realm.

Zhou Fan circled around the Cosmic Dao while fighting. He wore a cloak of Chaos Qi and used a level of power he could not comprehend. Yet, for some reason, it was not enough.