The Center of the Universe - 364

Although he had made great changes in the Zhou supercluster, he did not plan on changing anything within the other large areas. After all, they barely had any life in them, and that was if they had life at all.

Zhou Fan planned to once again leave the Zhou supercluster in order to continue exploring the universe, but he decided to go back to the cosmic sect for a moment before that.

He didn't plan on staying too long, it would just be a brief visit. As soon as he returned, Ying Xiong appeared in front of him and began to ask questions.

Most of them were concerning the changes in the Zhou supercluster. When Ying Xiong learned that the Zhou galaxy had been moved far away from him, his face changed a bit.

Although he had spent a lot of time at the cosmic sect and considered it his home, the Zhou Galaxy was still where he was from. There was also the Buddhist sect.

"Don't worry about that. I'll set up a teleportation array so that you can travel back and forth." Zhou Fan said when he heard Ying Xiong's concerns.

Only then did Ying Xiong manage to stop worrying about the changes. Since Zhou Fan had asked him before he had left, Zhou Fan handed the man two maps.

One was a map of the new Zhou supercluster, while the other was a map of the now explored universe.

"I don't think that you'll be able to do anything with the universe map, but since you were interested, here." Zhou Fan said. "Also, the entire supercluster is now explorable if you are interested."

Ying Xiong nodded, thanked him and walked away, allowing everyone else to finally meet with Zhou Fan.

Zhou Fan talked with all of them for a while, including Hei Ren, before sending them away and leaving the cosmic sect once again.

It wasn't long before he was standing far away from the Zhou supercluster. He liked looking at it before, but it was much more beautiful now.

Zhou Fan was able to reflect on his cultivation journey thus far.

He had started as a simple mortal, became the first cultivator, and grew stronger and stronger.

He had gone from someone who could not even destroy a tree with a punch to someone who could rearrange an entire supercluster, and if he put in a bit of time and effort, destroy it as well.

"Cultivation truly is a wonderful thing." Zhou Fan couldn't help but say to himself.

After a few minutes, Zhou Fan flew away from the Zhou supercluster and made his way towards more unexplored regions of space.

An unexplainable feeling had been welling up within him. It was as if he was being urged to continue, as if he was nearing the end of all known things.

Although he felt that there was a possibility of the universe being infinite, the urge within him seemed to be informing him otherwise.

After nearly 40,000 years, he had marked down yet another filament of space. As he continued moving, he suddenly began to feel an attraction.

One could even call it a great attraction. No, beyond even that.

Zhou Fan shot forward at full speed. Within him, the urge was saying that he was going the wrong way, but Zhou Fan could not resist himself. The attraction he felt was similar to that of a great attractor, but clearly much different. Much stronger.

He flew past what he imagined to be another filament before it finally came into sight. A giant white sphere, similar to a star, but bigger than anything Zhou Fan had ever seen.

As he laid eyes on it, Zhou Fan knew. 

"This is the center of the universe." He said in wonder.

There was no other way to describe the feeling. It simply felt as if the giant white star was the center of it all.

It gave even Zhou Fan a feeling of danger, but not quite a feeling of death. If he was correct, it would be in the lower levels of the outer world realm in terms of power.

As Zhou Fan stared at it and got used to the majestic feeling it gave off, he finally realized that while he was right, he was also wrong.

The giant white star was, with no doubt, at the very center of the universe. Nothing could tell Zhou Fan otherwise.

However, it was not the peak of all power. There was no special feeling that the cosmic dao gave off. The cosmic dao was the true supreme existence of the universe.

Still, there was no doubt that the giant white star was the single greatest celestial body that Zhou Fan would ever come across within the universe. Its size was similar to that of an entire filament. It was truly unimaginable.

Still, the universe could survive without it. The cosmic dao was the hidden ruler of the universe, and the white star was merely its false appearance.

Of course, that was all metaphorically speaking. The cosmic dao was not sentient or intelligent. At best, it was like a wild beast running off of instinct, but Zhou Fan felt that it was more like a program or a robot. 

Otherwise, it would have already killed Zhou Fan due to his potential and strength.

Zhou Fan decided to name the white star, "The Greatest Attractor". It was a simple name, but it accurately described it.

He did not plan on doing too much with the greatest attractor at this point in time. After all, the feeling within him had not been quenched at all, and had instead grown stronger.

Zhou Fan turned around from the greatest attractor and began to travel in a straight line, taking only the minimum amount of time to note down the areas around him.

Since the feeling within him was not quenched when he saw the center of the universe, perhaps he needed to reach the end of it.

Zhou Fan traveled at his peak speed.