Merely a Worm - 404

The spectating cultivators were all shocked. All of the surrounding space was quiet for a long time after the battle ended.

Many were worried about Ying Xiong, while others were thinking of what they had seen and heard.

"Did he say the power of the origin god?" A true god realm cultivator asked after a while.

"I think so, but what does it mean?" 

"Could it be that the origin god gave the worm the power to defeat Ying Xiong?"

"No, impossible. It is said that Ying Xiong and the origin god are friends. Why would he want to get rid of Ying Xiong? Even if he did, he could do it himself with the flick of a finger." 

"It must be that the worm had somehow stolen the origin god's power!"

"Of course! Brother, you are truly intelligent."

"In that case, should we beat him up?"

"Wait wait wait. Are you all saying that the origin god's power can be stolen. That seems like an insult to the origin god, does it not?"

"Fellow daoist, calm down. You're going to get us killed."

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Far away from the battle and the spectators, Zhou Fan looked at the worm with surprise. 

To think that it could use Chaos Qi to attack, even if it was not its own power. Anything was truly possible.

It seemed that his divinity had evolved it and somewhat fused with it long ago, and when his divinity upgraded upon reaching the true god realm, it experienced another evolution and fused some more.

Although that would very likely be the end of the worm's evolutions even if his divinity was upgraded again, to be able to fuse with Zhou Fan's power was not something casual.

"To think that such a casual action long ago would affect the future of today." Zhou Fan sighed and chuckled.

It did not matter if the worm was able to somewhat use the power of Chaos Qi. It could barely do so at the cost of risking its life, and after Zhou Fan had strengthened the final layer of space, Chaos Qi was no longer a huge threat.

Above all else, if the worm continued to use the power, it would eventually fully die.

Chaos Qi itself was a poison to cultivators both with an affinity and without an affinity for it. Only the combination of the Chaos Divine physique and the affinity was enough to support the power of Chaos Qi.

While Chaos Qi existed everywhere that Zhou Fan's mortal dao did not, it did not pose a danger to cultivators unless they somehow managed to absorb the Qi.

The Chaos Qi, fueled by their own power, would completely destroy them.

Of course, it was currently impossible for any cultivator to absorb Chaos Qi.

Zhou Fan stopped paying attention to the battle area and focused on the technique pathways again.

Many many years later, Ying Xiong and the worm privately met on a barren planet. By now, they were both fully healed and back to normal.

Ying Xiong looked deeply at the worm.

"With that power, along with mine and all the other true gods, we could break past the formation of the destruction race." Ying Xiong said.

"It could, I am confident, but I refuse. I do not care about the destruction race. Even you could not kill me if I did not want to die." The worm responded.

"The destruction race's goal is to destroy, it is obvious from their name. What is the point of living in a universe with nothing?" Ying Xiong asked.

"There is no point in trying to convince me. You know not the struggles of an untalented animal. The only reason I got here today is due to the divinity of the origin god. Even my meridians were upgraded due to that divinity. Perhaps if the origin god were to ask me, I would, but he clearly doesn't care about the destruction race. As for you, you are nothing more than outdated trash. Your era will soon pass." The worm said spitefully, as if letting out all of its grievances.

"You cannot hate me for my talent. I was born with it, and I came this far without dying. You should at least understand that and be reasonable." Ying Xiong attempted to convince.

"It's a good thing I'm merely a worm. I'm not a reasonable person." The worm said as it turned around and left.

Ying Xiong simply sighed and continued creating worlds. As the worm had said, it was unreasonable. It was far too difficult to convince such a person.

"In that case…" Ying Xiong's eyes flashed as he thought.

After a moment, he shook his head. Killing the worm would not be an easy task. He just hoped that it would not harm the human race. Otherwise, he would have to truly act.

3 trillion years passed as Zhou Fan continued working. He felt that he was getting close to the end. 

Even he could not help but feel some anticipation.

"Soon."

As Zhou Fan continued to work and work, the creation of worlds was showing great results.

The space in the filament was not as simple as a flat area. There was left, right, forward, backward, up, and down.

It was the difference between 1000x1000 to get 1,000,000, and 1000x1000x1000 to get 1,000,000,000, but on an even more exaggerated scale.

Many things were considered in the creation of worlds, and planets were not the only thing created. Using Zhou Fan's power was a great benefit.

Some people surrounded supercluster size multi-layer creations behind barriers and had hidden them away.

Entire civilizations equal in population to all of the living beings in the universe could live in those creations without even knowing that there was a wider universe.

Along the way, many low-visibility screens were added. Low-visibility screens were meant to essentially "Fog Up" the universe and stop cultivators from seeing everything from far away.

After all, in space, a cultivator could look in any direction almost infinitely. These were just a small few examples of the various creations that had been built over trillions of years.