Ye Li - 540

This silhouette was unseeable by almost all beings in the universe. Only the path creators would be able to see it, and only those that had reached the peak.

The fact that a simple mortal could create something invisible to even sage realm cultivators was a feat that may never be repeated.

Of course, Ye Li himself could not see it, but even if unintentionally, he had in fact created it.

Ye Li began to age, and as he lived by Karma, the silhouette above him slowly strengthened. 

At the age of 80, Ye Li was on his deathbed. His lifespan was reaching its end, earlier than plenty of others.

However, Ye Lie did not feel any fear. He had seen through this world long ago. He laid on his deathbed, completely alone. His path was his alone, and he would not walk it with anyone, regardless of whether someone wished to join him or not.

Ye Li's consciousness began to fade in and out. In his final moments, he thought of Karma. He reaffirmed everything he had understood in his life, merging it into one thing.

There was another reason that Ye Li did not feel any fear. It was because he knew that he would not die here. His Karma did not end now.

As all of his thoughts and beliefs seemed to merge, his body began to change. His aged body filled with wrinkles began to clear up. His hair grew back onto his head. His consciousness seemed to awaken again.

He stood up, looking the same as he did 60 years ago.

Without waiting, he walked out of his room and left the hospital. There were no surprises, only Karma. 

He began to go around, living anew. Now, he had made Karma tangible. Around his finger, a gray spiral rotated. Karma was ever moving and ever changing. Now, it was time to grow his Karma.

To Ye Li, there were two ways to do this. One, continue living and experience Karma. Like he had done his entire life, his Karma would slowly grow through his own karma.

However, there seemed to be another option now. He could take Karma. Not just from humans, or living beings in general, but from rocks, or grass. Everything could have Karma, even if living beings had far more. For example, if a rock was used in a murder, it would have Karma.

Ye Li walked along a crowded street and saw a man that caught his attention. He could feel it clearly. This man deserved to die.

Ye Li tapped him with his finger as he walked past. The man stopped, and his life seemed to flash before his eyes. He fell, and before he hit the ground, Ye Li had taken all of his Karma. By doing so, there was nothing left of the man. Ye Li's Karma had visibly strengthened through this person. Although he could not compare to Ye Li's Karma on a time for time comparison, it was still useful.

The street cleared up as people yelled in shock. As Ye Li walked away, he saw police show up, and some people, presumably his Wife and daughter, cried while looking at him.

Ye Li left, unremorseful, and found others. He mainly focused on killing those with immense bad Karma, but he did not discriminate too much. 

He took every opportunity he could to take someone's Karma without being caught. Regardless of whether or not he was stronger than anyone on this world, he felt that there was something higher than this.

The universe had to be bigger, and if it was, it would be best to maintain a low profile throughout all of his life.

After all, he believed in Karma, in cause and effect. If he never revealed himself, then he could never be found.

Ye Li spent twenty years taking Karma. His world had begun to fear some sort of disease going around, but nobody suspected for even a moment that these people were all being killed.

After twenty years, Ye Li felt that he was ready. His Karma had increased by a lot. The invisible silhouette, though as unseeable as ever, had grown clearer and more powerful.

Ye Li let the Karma spiraling around his fingertip begin to spiral across his body. His Karma was being rapidly consumed, but his body was changing. It was growing more powerful, and capable of more things.

When Ye Li's transformation had ended, he was countless times stronger than before. Even if there were cultivators on this world, most could not match him. 

This was only a growth in overall physical abilities. The only thing magical about him was Karma.

Living in the shadows of his world, Ye Li increased his consumption of others' Karma. Now, the world truly began to panic. Tens of people would randomly die everyday. In public, in their homes, or working, they would simply fall over and be dead by the time they hit the ground.

After his transformation, Ye Li was able to take Karma from afar. All he needed to do was shoot out a spiral of Karma at a person.

With his enhanced eyesight, he could do this from tens of thousands of feet away. The growth of his Karma seemed slow, but it was actually incredibly fast. 

A hundred years later, Ye Li had transformed a few times and had grown to be a completely different individual.

It was time to get rid of this world's Karma. Ye Li raised his hands high and slammed them down. 

With a smack, his Karma spiral moved at the speed of light, moving through all living beings of this world, and even the world itself.

After one minute, the Karma spiral returned. Ye Li looked around. There was nothing left. All humans or other living things had no more Karma, all of it taken away by Ye Li. Even the planet itself had died. It turned into a truly dead planet, filled with nothing but Karmaless dirt.

Ye Li remained, the only living being. His Karma was boiling, increasing immensely in an instant.