Outer World - 360

Once he was far away from the Zhou supercluster, Zhou Fan prepared to test out his strength.

He focused on the gray sphere in his chest, and released it passively. A gray sphere burst out of his body and moved even faster than he could if he did not use teleportation.

It only stopped after covering a space as big as a galaxy cluster. It was only in its passive state, but without Zhou Fan holding its power back, it would almost destroy the final layer of space.

As his outer world remained extended, he felt that he was much closer to his surroundings. It was as if, within his outer world, he was unstoppable. 

Without any delay, he could form an attack anywhere within his outer world. In other words, he could form an arrow of fire a galaxy cluster away from him without losing control of it or having any delay.

It was a godlike ability.

Surprisingly, that was not all. He could feel the Chaos Qi within his outer world resonating with him, as if it was itching to do something.

Zhou Fan could feel that, once he fully used the power of his outer world, the Chaos Qi around him and within him would cause a great change.

Zhou Fan did not want to do anything dangerous like breaking the final layer of space, but he did not have the reservarion to simply not use his outer world's power.

He was worried, but he refused to limit himself due to the final layer of space.

He felt the sensation within him and fully released the power of his inner world.

Zhou Fan's mind immediately entered a blurry and confused state. It was as if he was completely focused on something he didn't even realize was happening.

Instinctually, Zhou Fan was designing his outer world. It would not be something he created logically, but something that revealed his deepest thoughts and personality.

It would essentially be a materialization of everything about him. After nearly a minute, Zhou Fan snapped out of the confused state.

It took him a moment to realize what had happened, but he soon managed to put the pieces together and understand.

'I wasn't prepared for that. I can only hope that my outer world is useful.' Zhou Fan thought to himself.

He felt a little helpless, but also excited. He hadn't felt so curious in a long time.

His outer world was still in its passive state since he was only designing it when he activated it last time.

Only now would the first true activation of his outer world commence. He felt that feeling inside him, and fully released his outer world.

Instantly, outside of the gray sphere that made up his passive outer world, a giant humanoid figure appeared. Its body was even bigger than Zhou Fan's outer world, which was as big as a galaxy cluster.

It held out its hand and covered the outer world with it. It seemed as if the entire outer world was within its grasp, completely subdued by it.

The giant figure was a perfect replica of Zhou Fan, with gray clothes and gray hair. However, where the face should have been was just a few horizontal lines and an empty grayness.

It was like a statue without a face.

Zhou Fan was confused as he looked at the giant figure, but all of a sudden, a horrendous pressure descended, covering the entire outer world.

Zhou Fan was not affected, but he could still feel the immense power of that pressure. The universe around him could as well.

Instantly, all layers of space shattered and what laid beyond the final layer of space appeared. It was a hole as big as a galaxy cluster, the size of Zhou Fan's outer world.

When Zhou Fan saw it for the first time in a while, he felt that it seemed different, or rather, he could understand it more.

Whatever was beyond the final layer of space began to devour everything around it. With all the space shattered, that was Chaos Qi and Zhou Fan's outer world.

Zhou Fan could not even resist as his outer world was being devoured and destroyed. It was consumed and what laid beyond the final layer of space began to grow as if it was a black hole.

Whatever was beyond the final layer of space was also attempting to devour Zhou Fan, but his outer world was able to slightly protect him.

As he watched his outer world be devoured, for some reason, a feeling blossomed within Zhou Fan.

He didn't know how to describe it. Indignance? Hatred?

He did not know. Still, he instinctively put his hand out and imitated the figure's form.

As soon as he did, Zhou Fan could feel that he was wrong before. He had not truly activated his outer world. Only now did he do so.

The suppressive feeling given off by his outer world began to suppress even what laid beyond the final layer of space.

Zhou Fan could not completely push it back, but he was able to stop it from growing any further.

As he suppressed it, the name for whatever he was feeling sprung up in his mind.

'This is pure arrogance.' He thought to himself.

Unfortunately, his slight victory only lasted for a while, before an even stronger force bursted out. Zhou Fan was helpless in front of it.

Suddenly, threads of an infinite amount of colors descended, and the final layer of space began to reform.

The cosmic dao was taking action.

Zhou Fan felt that he could sense the cosmic dao struggling, but the final layer of space was soon sewn together by the threads, and the cosmic dao disappeared.

Zhou Fan deactivated his outer world and began to pant. Using so much power had thoroughly exhausted him.

Despite his exhaustion, the emotion that he was feeling the most was not fatigue, but relief and a slight bit of fear.

He was glad that he had not foolishly attempted to do something like challenge the cosmic dao.

He would not even know how he died.

As he began to recover, Zhou Fan could not help but think about his outer world.