Even with Ying Xiong's current strength, it would be impossible for him to instantly kill the king of the destruction race, even though he would absolutely win.
The destruction race had gained a new true god.
When news of this spread, the righteous faction could not help but feel humiliated. It had happened right under their noses, but they had never imagined that the destruction race would be so bold.
After this event, the area around the true god ascension arena was heavily fortified and layered with arrays.
Still, as always, the universe continued on.
Ying Xiong spent most of his time cultivating in the core realm of the great world, but on this day, he came to see Zhou Fan.
Zhou Fan looked at him as Ying Xiong spoke. "I keep having a feeling that you are going to do something big soon. I don't know what will happen, but I would like to request something before you do anything crazy."
Ying Xiong was still very respectful, much more so compared to before his reincarnation, but he seemed more relaxed on this visit. Since he had gained more memories upon entering the true god realm, it was not surprising.
"And what would that be?" Zhou Fan questioned.
"I would like to be able to reincarnate whenever I want. The same conditions would still apply." He asked.
Zhou Fan looked at him funny. "And why do you think that you have earned such a thing?"
He was genuinely curious as to why Ying Xiong would ask for such a thing.
"I can follow any condition or order that you have for me. I can also accept any limitation you put on the ability. This is my path, I can feel it." Ying Xiong said seriously.
Zhou Fan thought for a moment before speaking. "Your path? You believe that reincarnating over and over again is your path?"
"I do. I have done many things and have had many passions. Buddhism, the cosmic sect, teaching others, but this is different. I can feel that this may be the final destination of my growth." Ying Xiong said with passion.
Zhou Fan fell into thought. "Leave for now. I'll call you when I'm ready."
As Ying Xiong left, Zhou Fan fell even deeper into thought. To be honest, he was quite interested in what Ying Xiong could achieve through this path, but it would naturally need restrictions.
After a few days, Ying Xiong was called and met Zhou Fan.
Zhou Fan looked at him seriously. "I have come up with a possible path for you, but you must choose to accept or not accept now, without knowing anything about it."
"I see." Ying Xiong fell into deep thought.
After a while, he steeled his resolve. "Can you at least tell me the name of this path?"
"The path of rebirth."
Ying Xiong closed his eyes and made the difficult decision. "I agree."
Zhou Fan looked at him with a rare moment of indifference in his eyes.
"I hope you won't regret this path. As long as I live, so too will you."
Zhou Fan waved his hand, and Ying Xiong felt his body shoot far away. His mind went blank as he was shot off.
When he finally cleared his mind, his body felt different. Then, information poured into his mind.
"The path of rebirth. Upon dying, everything achieved, including impact on the universe, good or bad, and especially cultivation, will be turned into points upon judgment by the river of rebirth. The next reincarnation will be based on the points obtained. Talent can increase or stay the same, but never decrease. Keeps the thousand buddha divine physique. Obtains few memories at god realm and true god realm. Eternal life has been achieved."
This was the gist of the information in Ying Xiong's mind.
It would be very difficult to increase talent upon rebirth. As for what a river of rebirth was, Ying Xiong had no clue.
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The river of cultivation was a large and constantly moving river with an end, yet no end. To the side was a small path of water. It was the soul disconnect path.
Also to the side, branching off of the main river, was a new path. The path of rebirth, reserved for only one person, Ying Xiong.
He would cultivate like all others who followed the main river, but there was a new set of rules applied to him.
It also signified Ying Xiong's eternal life, whether he wanted it or not. Lifespan could not kill him anymore. Only two things could kill him, and only one seemed possible.
One, Zhou Fan could kill him. Two, someone in the future, who surpassed Zhou Fan, could kill him. But would such a day come?
Although this was asked for by Ying Xiong, would he truly be willing to live an eternal life? At the very least, it would be a help to take away most of his memories upon death.
While Zhou Fan had not surpassed lifespan, he was able to stop Ying Xiong's soul from losing its lifespan as long as it was younger than he was. Naturally, it would always be younger than him.
This was not an ability that could be cultivated by an ordinary cultivator, whether in the same realm as Zhou Fan or above.
This was an ability that only Zhou Fan wielded. Another example was creating life. How many had successfully done so, despite being gods and true gods.
It was not as simple as, high cultivation = being able to do something. It seemed on an entirely different level.
Even Zhou Fan did not understand why he could do so many things that others could not. He could only make guesses. Being the first cultivator, Chaos Qi, etc, but it was all just a guess in the end.
As Ying Xiong stood in space silently and thought about the changes, Zhou Fan shifted his attention away from him.
The creation of worlds first stage was more complete than before, though it was unknown when it would finish.
Most created areas had simply been created. There was still a need for life and balance in the worlds.