The bird's power was the Power of Space, and it had comprehended the Rule of Space. This meant that it could instantaneously move around the entire Universe without issue. However, the Celestial Emperor was able to appear in front of it time and time again.
Even Zhou Fan was unable to move this fast, showing just how incredible the scene happening was. Eventually, the bird teleported behind the Grand Empyrean.
The Celestial Emperor appeared, but did not attack it.
"Why are you attacking him? He is on our side." The Grand Empyrean asked.
The Celestial Emperor spoke through gritted teeth. "Do you have any idea what he has done in the future, how many lives were lost due to him?"
"It doesn't matter. This is not the future, and he cannot be held accountable for actions he has not even considered taking yet." The Grand Empyrean said.
Despite the Grand Empyrean's words, the Celestial Emperor hesitated to give up. "Please, just hear me out."
"No. I do not want to hear about the future."
The Celestial Emperor hesitated, but eventually turned around. "When you regret this in the future, don't say I didn't warn you."
Although the Grand Empyrean understood that his words had merit, she simply wouldn't kill the bird for action it had yet to commit. But she would surely pay more attention to it from now on.
With the Celestial Emperor leaving the Origin Civilization and the war temporarily over, Zhou Fan had time to plan his next steps. It would take too long to break through, so he needed to think of measures that could be completed in a reasonable amount of time.
He first started by strengthening the array that covered the Origin Civilization. Using the Rule of Growth, he strengthened it even more than before. All things inside of the array powered it, and that included the entire Origin Civilization. If Zhou Fan were to enter it while it was activated, it would produce a far stronger power than before.
Many other Path Creators took measures as well, but Zhou Fan paid the most attention to Ying Xiong's measures. He had started it long ago, before Zhou Fan had ever broken into the False Immortal realm, and was only now deciding to complete it. It was not perfect, but it served its purpose.
Ying Xiong called his creation the Underworld. It was named after the faction he had created, but it was actually an entire realm that existed at the bottom of the Origin Civilization.
Here, the souls of those who had died in the war could be recycled and put to use. Although there were always new souls being created whenever someone was born, Ying Xiong inserted the cycle of reincarnation into this natural process, which increased the birth rate of all beings even further.
Although the Celestial Emperor had spoken of a Race War Era, all of the Origin Universe was united in this time.
Whether or not it was a human being or otherwise, all were reincarnated after death. This did not mean that they would keep their memories, however.
Ying Xiong made sure that every soul that entered the Underworld and went through the cycle of reincarnation was completely wiped clean, essentially starting as a fresh new soul with no connection to its past life.
The process wasn't absolutely perfect, with a few occurrences of memories resurfacing or even completely taking over, but those were far rarer than even one in a trillion.
Overall, Ying Xiong's contributions could not be underestimated in the slightest.
He single handedly increased the growth rate of the Origin Civilization's population by two times. And if he could find some qualified beings to help him out, it could go even faster. It was too bad that none of the current Path Creators were suitable.
Ten years passed, when the Celestial Emperor appeared again.
"Although I had stopped the war, they are requesting to start it again. Since I don't want to interfere too much, I must allow them. However, the battle will not be exactly like before. Knowing the strength of the Origin Civilization, they are only sending in those below Immortality, and would hope that you can do the same." The Celestial Emperor explained.
Zhou Fan nodded. "It can happen, but since they want to play games, there must be rewards."
"That you must negotiate with them." The Celestial Emperor said before leaving.
Zhou Fan could roughly estimate their thought process. With Zhou Fan's contingency plan and the arrival of the Celestial Emperor, who was clearly partial to the Grand Empyrean's side, they quickly decided that this was no longer worth it.
They had little to no chance of obtaining the Origin of Cultivation. And it had reached the point where even a Celestial emperor had gotten involved. They would be stupid to blindly go to war. Plus, with Zhou Fan's strength and growth, it was quite terrifying to be his enemy.
Zhou Fan appeared just outside the Origin Civilizations array, waiting.
Soon, two figures appeared. They were the most powerful beings who had come, minus the old man on the scroll.
Zhou Fan could clearly tell that he would have no ability to fight them. He could only attempt to run away if they attacked, though he didn't really have anywhere to run to. Perhaps he could try his luck entering the clouds of time and going through the future River of Time.
Although a plan of escape formed in Zhou Fan's mind, he was outwardly calm.
"I heard about your talk with the Celestial Emperor." Zhou Fan said. The two nodded.
"We have decided that becoming your enemy is not in our best interest. Consider us not attacking now as a sign of sincerity. However, we must let a bit of battle go on. Otherwise, those from the future would be displeased." The demonic man said.
"Aren't your sects at the top of the food chain?" Zhou Fan asked.
"We are at the level below the top." The woman in blue began to say. "There are also the clans that have existed longer than we have records of, and the organizations beneath Celestial Emperors."