174 The God Realm - 174

Although it was a problem, it could only be solved once he was stronger. Zhou Fan stopped thinking about it and once again started cultivating.

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800,000 years later, Zhou Fan reached the tenth level of the inner world realm. The overall increase in power couldn't even be compared to the previous times he broke through. He was many times stronger.

Before he had reached the tenth level, he had hoped that it would give him a hint about the next realm.

Luckily, his expectations were met. As he reached the level, he felt something within his inner world change. It was hard to describe, but it felt more complete. More final. He wasn't sure why, but it gave off a familiar feeling.

He thought long and hard, but still struggled to remember. No matter how good his memory is, sifting through millions of years of existence was extremely difficult.

Finally, it clicked. He had felt a similar feeling in the core formation, nascent soul, and soul formation realms. His inner world was going to assimilate with him!

It was just like his soul had long ago. He wasn't sure if it was because of the decision he had made to keep his mind, body, and soul as one, but there was surely some reason.

Perhaps if he had chosen to not make his mind, body, and soul one, he would be able to take out his inner realm and have a whole world of chaos Qi with incredible power at his command.

He wasn't sure which would be better. Although his inner world could only be described as a part of him, it could still be distinguished. It was much like his heart was a part of him, but it was still a heart.

If he and his inner world truly became one, however, that would change everything. His inner worlds power would no longer grow, but Zhou Fan's power would.

The decision he had made long ago may have chosen his entire cultivation path.

Although Zhou Fan was able to deduce that his inner world would become one with him, he didn't believe that merging would be the only part of the new realm. It would be more like something that happened when he broke through. The new realm would be something else entirely.

He thought for a while, but he would likely only find out when he got there.

Zhou Fan then closed his eyes and fell back into cultivation, ready for the change.

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A million years later, Zhou Fan hadn't broken through.

'This is ridiculous.' He thought to himself. 'I've just reached the 10% point! My inner world has just begun to move. How long is this da*n realm going to hold me off.'

Despite it being his longest seclusion time ever, he had only reached the ten percent point of his breakthrough. Not only had his inner world not combined with him, it had just moved for the first time.

'Perhaps it is because such a large change is about to happen?' Zhou Fan thought. 'Whatever, I've got plenty of time to waste.'

Another million years later, Zhou Fan reached the 20% point. In the last million years, his inner world began to crack. It had started shaking and was being destroyed. Zhou Fan didn't know if everything was going ok, but he didn't plan on stopping.

500,000 years later, his inner world finally broke. The very essence of the Chaos Qi within it had begun to seep into his body. As it did, it became one with him. The power was slowly increasing his strength.

After another 3 million years, the Chaos Qi within his inner world was almost completely within him. His power had increased by more than ten times, and his breakthrough was only 55% over.

After 2 million more years, the Chaos Qi within the inner world had been completely absorbed by him. Now only its shell was left. Zhou Fan was confused as to how the breakthrough was only 75% finished, but he cultivated patiently.

He soon got the answer to his question. The shell, or walls, of the inner world began to collapse and be sucked into him. He felt his strength once again increasing.

2.5 million years later, the inner world was completely gone. Now, only Zhou Fan remained. He had completely become one with his inner world and it was no more.

However, his breakthrough wasn't finished. He had thought it would be over, but it seemed that he had miscalculated.

Before he could think for too long, a change happened within him. Like space Qi had, once he reached the void traversing realm long ago, he felt a new power being produced by him.

It filled his body, mind, and soul. Zhou Fan couldn't tell much about it, but he could tell that like every other thing about him, it was gray. It wasn't Chaos Qi, but it took the color of it due to his affinity.

It also gave him a feeling. It was a feeling of superiority, and he almost couldn't control it.

The only word he could think of was 'Divine'. It gave off a similar feeling to his divine sense. He decided to call the new power within him 'Divinity'. As he started looking at that power, he felt something else change. It was his realm.

He had finally broken through once the divinity spread through his entire existence. He didn't know why, but he started remembering the past. It was a weirdly specific memory.

He recalled the time when a war between the truth empire and the boundless empire was ongoing. He also remembered when he stepped in and ended the battle, although not with strength.

Out of everything he remembered, he recalled standing on the city walls and hearing the people in the battle say something. It was a name for him.

'God'.

Perhaps it was because of the divinity, but he felt that the name god was actually very good. Therefore, he decided to name the realm after it.

After breaking through, Zhou Fan reached the first level of the god realm.