Mother - 565

Ye Li had gotten used to his power being unseeable and untouchable by others. Now that his power seemed to be getting less and less untouchable and unseeable, it was hard to get used to it.

It wasn't necessarily unreasonable that his power could be affected. It was actually unreasonable that his power could not be seen or touched in the first place.

Ye Li began to treat the giant human as a Path Creator. Meanwhile, the giant human was surprised as well

She was the mother of all humanity. Usually she did not have intelligence as she was simply a Great Attractor. However, there were two situations where this could be changed.

One, when Zhou Fan gave her intelligence, and two, when she had been slowly taken care of and grown, eventually developing some intelligence of her own. Usually, she remained in a dormant state, but when the two sages used the return to origin, she was awakened and strengthened. She was not a cultivator as she lacked the ability to cultivate, but it was not impossible for her to do so in the future.

The caretakers, who had been growing and taking care of her for countless years, were confident that one day, they would be able to transform the "Mother" into a true living being.

As for how she had pushed back the Karma Spiral, it had to do with the current state of humanity and the universe, somehow connected to her.

The Great Attractor was the origin of humanity. Through some accident, a part of her finger was taken off and fell onto earth. The result was humanity, and after humanity, other life was naturally formed.

Being connected to humanity, as humanity grew, so did she. It was something similar to providence, but also different. 

Providence was a pity from the universe towards species, affected by the history and power of a race, while the Great Attractors growth came from the advancement of humanity throughout the universe. To describe it best, it was a sort of natural reward.

If one raised good children, the children would take care of them when they were old, and if a Great Attractor created a race that spanned the entire universe and was immensely powerful with deep history, then they would receive a level of natural power as a result.

Thinking deeper, this could also be called a part of Karma, or cause and effect, which showed just how much potential Ye Li's path had. It was terrifying. If he could grasp all of the Karma in the universe, Zhou Fan wouldn't even be able to resist. His death would be assured.

However, if he could do such a thing, he would already be above the Great Dao realm regardless. At the very least, Zhou Fan would stop Ye Li if he ever managed to begin going that far. 

This was also Karma. Ye Li was evil, so if he grew too strong, Zhou Fan would stop him to prevent Ye Li from trying to harm him.

Zhou Fan shivered thinking about the true depths of Karma as he watched the battle between Ye Li and the Great Attractor unfold. He paid attention to the invisible silhouette above Ye Li. Its true purpose was still unknown.

Ye Li flew high as another Giant Karma spiral appeared. Within it were many tiny Karma spirals.

The Mother chopped the Karma spiral in half, but failed to see the tiny Karma spirals within it.

They entered her body, creating countless Hidden Karma swords.

"He is strong, young one. Join the other two." The Mother said.

The human on her shoulder bowed and spoke. "Return to Origin."

His body turned into green specks of light that flew into the Mother.

At this point, Ye LI felt a sense of pressure from the Mother, somewhat even greater than that which Ying Xiong had caused.

Ye Li had no wish to experience a draw or defeat, so he backed away and signaled to the Mother that he wanted to stop fighting.

The Mother did indeed stop for a moment. Kindness was in her eyes as she stared at Ye Li.

"I apologize for my actions. I have been stressed out for a while. I've been looking for information on a being that is behind a lot of ancient things, and I was hoping to get them here. I did not know about you, or I would have come peacefully." Ye Li said.

The Mother smiled. "It's alright, young one. Tell me, what do you want to know? I should know it."

Ye Li hesitated, looking up at nothing, before speaking.

"An extremely ancient and powerful being, perhaps one of the first in existence. He created a manor, and should have existed before Ying Xiong."

The Mother thought for a moment, speaking out loud. "Ancient and powerful? Hmm, could you be talking about unfilial child Zhou Fan?"

Ye Li did not know. "Can you tell me about him?"

The Mother smiled. "As long as it relieves your stress. Unfilial child Zhou Fan was one of the first beings to ever exist, existing on a planet now called earth. When he was young, I used to watch him, but he eventually reached a point where I could not gaze onto him. This was when I more or less had zero intelligence, only "watching" him because he was human, a race made of me, and quite special. He created something called cultivation, does that ring a bell?"

Ye Li paused, hardly able to formulate another thought. His shock was like that of Yhwh's.

Creating cultivation? Impossible?

Ye Li had created his own path, but to surpass the path of cultivation, could he ever? 

He had never even thought of cultivation as a path like his. It was like Qi to him, a part of the universe. It was like this for almost all beings in the universe.

Even to Ying Xiong, cultivation had always existed. 

"Do you know anything else about him?" Ye Li asked.

The Mother shook her head. "As I said, I didn't have much intelligence back then. It is hard for me to remember that much. I just know he hasn't visited."

Ye Li nodded. "Then, if you wouldn't mind, could you let my power into you so that I can see the past?"

The Mother hesitated. "I'm not so sure? It seems dangerous."

Ye Li shook his head. "Not at all. Trust me, I am human after all."

Ye Li had understood the Giant Human seemed to be the creator of humanity and had immense love for humanity. In that case...