Cultivation 1.3 - 405

Some creations were designed in the shape of giant beasts such as dragons or phoenixes, while others maintained a traditional form.

Some creations seemed completely random no matter how you look at it.

One of the creations that Zhou Fan found the most interesting was a creation made up of multiple galaxy sized creations that resembled his statue in the cosmic sect.

Zhou Fan's favorite was a creation in the shape of a winding yellow dragon surrounding a giant mountain.

Each scale gave off a degree of luxury.

Although Zhou Fan had not been confident in creating a galaxy before, that had changed after entering the sage realm. It would still take a lot of time, up to thousands of years, but it was not even close to impossible.

Some cultivators had borrowed his power to create galaxies, though that had taken them millions of years for each galaxy due to not being able to use all of Zhou Fan's power.

3 trillion years later, Ying Xiong sat in front of Zhou Fan with his legs crossed. Zhou Fan's hand seemed to have pierced through Ying Xiong's body, but he was currently changing his meridians.

"Technique Pathways? A new creation I assume." Ying Xiong said.

"Indeed. The technique pathways are so small that it is impossible for anyone below the god realm to use their full potential, but it will increase the strength of everyone who uses them." Zhou Fan said.

"What is the theoretical maximum increase of power?" Ying Xiong asked.

"Around 10 times if you perfectly use them. They can affect any technique, and certain pathways can only be used with a certain type of technique or Qi." Zhou Fan explained.

"Interesting." Ying Xiong said as Zhou Fan's hand left his body.

"I've divided technique's into 3 types. Normal techniques, which are basic techniques that anyone can use that may also use technique pathways. Comprehension techniques that are based on the comprehension of the mortal dao or cosmic dao. Finally, special techniques, which can be unique, unusual, or out of the ordinary. The cosmic support art can be considered a special technique." Zhou Fan said.

"I see. I'll try to make this common knowledge. Can you explain technique pathways?" Ying Xiong asked.

"Technique pathways are intertwined and connected to your meridians. There are billions of them. By channeling Qi through some of the technique pathways while using a technique, the technique's power will be affected. Some pathways can cause harm alone, but show great effects when paired with other pathways. Only god realm cultivators would be able to use individual pathways, while anyone below that would only be able to use a group of them at once due to lesser control." Zhou Fan explained. "That's about all."

"Alright. I'll test these out and see what I can do." Ying Xiong said before leaving.

Ten thousand years later, he came back. 

"There are too many different combinations to try, but I've luckily managed to increase the strength of one of my techniques by 2x by following a pathway." Ying Xiong said as he sat down.

"Consider yourself lucky to have already gotten that much. It will be harder as you progress." Zhou Fan said.

"Are you going to give them to all other life?" Ying Xiong asked.

"In due time. I need to make sure of some things." Zhou Fan said.

"Then I will await the day." Ying Xiong said as he bid farewell.

Zhou Fan began to think about things as he waited. His thoughts were mostly focused on updating cultivation 1.2.

A million years later, cultivation 1.3 rolled out to the universe and the river of cultivation churned.

The upper limit of cultivation was made the 10th level of the true god realm, and technique pathways were added.

Of course, the upper limit did not mean much. There was not a single person alive besides Leaf who had the talent to continue cultivating in the true god realm. Even Ying Xiong would be very unlikely to see the 2nd level of the true god realm.

Zhou Fan increased Heaven's cultivation to the limit and had no worries. Heaven did not go around playing with his power. He was responsible to the point that Zhou Fan felt pride that he was his son.

More important than the upper limit increase was the addition of technique pathways.

The cosmic sect let fliers rain down to all worlds with living creatures in order to inform them. With the words, "Quotes by the origin god" on the cover, nobody felt it was unbelievable.

In an instant, the focus of the universe, especially cultivators at the end of their talent, seemed to shift to technique pathways. There were many combinations possible, to the point that it was nearly incalculable, but with almost all life focused on it, there were naturally some who got lucky and immediately achieved success.

The luckiest among them actually matched Ying Xiong's power increase at 2x.

No two techniques would use the same pathways, nor would two people have the same pathways in the same order.

This was hardly a legacy that could be passed down. Although seeing the way another person used their pathways for a technique could inspire some, it would not always help.

The only shortcut would be to have someone far more powerful than you deduce some things from your pathways, though even a god could only barely help a person.

Zhou Fan watched over all the worlds as the technique pathways were being trained. He wondered how they would affect the future.

A few billion years later, there were many who had comprehended technique pathways to a satisfying level, but nobody had yet to even increase the power of a technique by 3x.

That was a good thing. If it could be mastered so easily, then Technique pathways would not mean much.

Zhou Fan crossed his legs as he considered what to do next. The creation of worlds were still ongoing as it was not even a slightly quick process. Still, Zhou Fan could see that the universe was becoming much more lively.