The First Cultivator - Changing Existence

"Due to the fact that there were a limited number of spots available, we were able to bring our sects to the Origin Era. If the Universe expands again, the sects under the Celestial Emperors may take action, though it is not completely certain." The woman explained.

"What about the ancient sects?"

"It is unlikely that they will participate at all. There are a few which most likely have existed since the Origin Era, and I'd doubt they would come to harm anyone from this time at all."

"There are multiple Universes in your time. How many sects on your level are present in each one?" Zhou Fan asked.

"There are different levels to different Universes. In the Main Universe, there are many Celestial Emperors, but in other Universes there may not be a single one. On average, there is one sect at our level in each Universe, though there are plenty of Universes without any sect at our level, like the Fire Spirit Universe where the path to the Origin Era first opened up. Only their top sect's founder is an outlier, which has allowed them to exist even during this chaos."

Zhou Fan nodded. "So you want the fighting to continue with those below Immortality?"

The two nodded.

"How about we make it interesting?" Zhou Fan asked.

The two looked hesitant, but let him continue.

"I remember a time when a war was happening among two people I watched from above. Their names were Guang Fu and Yao Mun. I want to implement a plan like that. Essentially, there will be targets to take over, and everytime one side takes over a target, the conquering side gets to make a reasonable request. How about it?" Zhou Fan asked.

The two looked at each other and nodded.

They could naturally imagine the benefits of receiving Zhou Fan's assistance.

After a few more specific details worked out, both sides left. Zhou Fan returned to the Origin Civilization and announced two things.

One, those below Immortality would continue to participate in the war. This time it would be different, and there would be many rewards worth all of the bloodshed. Two, those in the Immortal realms needed to begin the expansion of the Origin Civilization with the goal of inhabiting the entire expanded Universe.

Despite the fact that those below Immortality were more or less forced to participate in the war, there weren't many complaints, at least from reasonable people. Zhou Fan had negotiated this from a war where the entire Origin Civilization could be destroyed to a much more structured, reasonable, and beneficial war.

In addition, he also allowed Immortal realm beings to participate in the war efforts, they just couldn't fight. They could get rewards this way as well.

On the side of those from the future, they made a similar announcement. This confused many people, but they agreed nonetheless.

It would all take place on the large piece of land, which had been destroyed in many parts. Teleportation arrays led to it, and within a few years, a large, bloody war commenced.

It was by no means a friendly war. Although the battle to the death had been short, many lives had been lost. A lot of people throughout the Universe had lost family members and people that they loved.

Therefore, the battlefield was separated into three portions. One was an area where ordinary war occurred. One was an area where most of the matches were regulated more thoroughly and somewhat in a system of duels.

The final area was where the war of hatred was fought. Those on both sides who had either lost people they cared about or simply wanted to kill could be found here. It was also the biggest battlefield and gave the most rewards.

The Demon King quickly made a name for himself here. His Power of Slaughter was unusually effective, and he often bestowed others with a bit of it.

His power not only increased their strength by large margins, but also increased their killing intent and hatred many times over.

Rivers of blood ran rampant in this section.

While a deadly war went on, most of the Path Creators began to explore the expanded Universe. Explore wasn't really the right term, as not much but a bit of dust that had drifted over existed outside of the Origin Civilizations territory.

Instead, they expanded the borders. They could do this in many ways.

The most common way was headlined by a being known as the Path Creator of Earth, though his true form was that of a mole.

He could create large batches of dirt and stone, making him very useful. Luckily, he had recently broken into the False Immortal realm. He wouldn't have been much use otherwise.

Zhou Fan spent all of his time cultivating. The sooner he could break past the Earth Immortal realm, the better for all of the beings in the Origin Era. A time of peace passed for him and most of the Path Creators, though it was very different for those below the Immortal realms.

After a few Sage Years passed, the Origin Civilization's culture had almost completely aligned with the battlefields.

All the talents born on any path would one day venture out to the battlefield to prove themselves and earn rewards. Some sects even used sections of the battlefield as training grounds. Millions died everyday, and over the past Sage Years, an unimaginable number of beings had died.

Luckily, the natural birth rate of all the people in the Origin Civilization was increasing, and Ying Xiong's Underworld enhanced it even further.

A few legends had been born at this time, among which were some impressive Path Creators.

However, none had been great enough to change the balance of the situation. It would be nice if another Path Creator on the level of Ye Li and the Grand Empyrean was born, but that was unlikely. They were talents that transcended the bounds of luck or chance.

It was actually possible that nobody like them was ever born again. However, Zhou Fan believed that there would be somebody like that.

He was more interested in seeing if someone like him would ever come along.