Lightning Qi Being - 550

It used up a bit of Karma, but it was nothing he couldn't ignore. Ye Li hardly needed to look around for a moment before confirming his arrival in the lightning domain. Outside of the teleportation hub, Ye Li saw constant flashing lights and booms.

No matter how much time passed, lightning was always ongoing. The Lightning here never stopped, and it formed one of the most dangerous Qi domains in the universe.

Unless brought here automatically, no being under the God realm dared to enter this place. Although extremely rare, random strikes of lightning could be strong enough to injure even a god realm cultivator.

Even the weakest lightning strike here could kill an unprepared Void Traversing realm cultivator.

This was another reason that Ye Li wanted to stay here. 

Ye Li officially entered the Lightning Qi domain after leaving the teleportation hub, which sat on the very edge of the Domain.

Ye Li felt eyes on him the moment he entered. Although he didn't seem to have any cultivation, this was more intimidating than if those looking at him could see through him.

Ye Li moved forward at a speed befitting that of a True God realm cultivator. He traveled very far, only stopping when he found one of many planets made of pure lightning. Rather than be called a planet, it could be better described as a ball of lightning. 

Living on this ball of lightning were living beings, though each one was made of lightning and hardly had any real form.

Ye Li did not do anything to this ball of lightning just yet. Instead, he simply entered the planet and stayed on it, hidden from the beings on it.

Here, he began to fully recover. Although he had long recovered his surface injuries, he still had a bit of a way to go before he could recover fully.

He stayed here for a few years before recovering. Upon doing so, he left the planet and began to increase his Karma. The countless strikes of lightning each had Karma, the stronger it was, the more Karma it had.

Ye Li became a sort of lightning rod, attracting lightning towards him and stripping it of Karma.

This method worked even better than he had thought it would.

Every single second, multiple lightning strikes would come near him and be stripped of Karma.

Seeing its effectiveness, he stayed in the same spot for a hundred thousand years. Suddenly, the lightning seemed to slow. 

Ye Li ws confused. Wasn't this lightning all natural? If so, then it should be able to continue forever, just as it had for countless years in the past. 

Meanwhile, inside of the main area of the Qi domain, the lightning Qi being opened its eyes. Something was wrong.

It immediately checked the most important thing, and its eyes widened in confusion and fury. The lightning ball, a treasure it had nurtured for countless years, had developed a crack. 

This lightning ball was so small that a mortal human could theoretically hold it in his hand. However, it was extremely important to the Lightning Qi being, and extremely powerful.

This lightning ball contained a vast amount of its power. Although Qi beings did not really have desires or a need for greater strength, they still experimented with different things, somewhat to pass time and somewhat to develop new possibilities.

It was said that if they could go so far as to create their own path, they would meet the creator of the Great Dao, the one above all beings.

Of course, the Lightning Qi Being didn't have any hope to accomplish that much, it simply regarded the Lightning ball as an experiment, hobby, and holder of power.

Now that it had a crack in it, the Qi being's power would weaken for a long period of time. If the crack continued to develop without the Qi being taking action, it could receive permanent injury.

The Qi being looked around. It instantly noticed the source of the commotion. A being attracting lightning. Somehow, it had managed to harm the lightning ball.

The Qi being did not immediately attack or react aggressively, but simply moved towards the being.

As Ye Li continued to attract lightning, the lightning suddenly stopped. Before Ye Li could even form a thought, lightning appeared in front of him.

He initially thought that it was another strike, but the bolt of lightning remained still. Ye Li could feel a gaze, and understood that this was a living being, and a powerful one at that.

A Karma spiral moved towards the being, but upon hitting it, the Karma spiral stopped. It couldn't pierce through the being. 

The Qi being suddenly felt a sense of discomfort and moved to the side. The Karma spiral moved past, and Ye Li dispersed it.

"No cultivation. Could it be?" The bolt of lightning mumbled, catching Ye Li's attention.

He felt an intense gaze, though this being did not have eyes.

"Do you walk the path of cultivation?"

Ye Li thought for a moment before shaking his head. He didn't feel any hostility or killing intent, and Karma didn't warn him about danger.

Ye Li felt curiosity coming from the being. 

"Alright then, use your power on me. I will weaken myself." The Qi being said.

Ye Li was surprised, but agreed. "Alright."

The Qi being did as he said and weakened himself.

Ye Li sent out a spiral of Karma, not to strip the being of Karma, but to read its past.

The Karma spiral smoothly entered, and Ye Li caught a glimpse at the Qi Beings past.

Ye Li searched for the earliest memories. After all, he knew that Qi beings were some of the oldest living beings in the universe, and this creature was most likely the Lightning Qi Being.

Ye Li saw a brief sight of a small universe, when he suddenly felt dread. Even his Karma began to act wildly, as if it could feel fear.

Ye Li's mind was replaced with an image, transmitted through Karma. This image traversed Time and Space, locking on to him.

It was a pair of calm eyes. These eyes replaced the entire universe, and everything in existence. It looked down as if the universe was a game, as if everything was a small speck to it.

These eyes only existed for a moment, but it was thoroughly ingrained into Ye Li's mind for the rest of his life.

Ye Li understood that the "fear" he had experienced before, even the "fear" of Karma, was a mere joke.

Seeing those eyes, Ye Li felt true fear for the first time in his life.