The First Cultivator - Changing Existence-Chapter 799: Preparing for War -

"God of Creation? Is that some sort of realm?" Zhou Fan asked.

"No, it is a title. Throughout all of existence, cultivators take various paths to achieve and go beyond Immortality. However, some people don't follow the pre-made paths, but create their own. These rare beings are known as God's of Creation." The man explained.

Zhou Fan nodded. "Not just me, but all of these people are."

He gestured towards the surrounding Path Creators, who had been watching the proceedings with shock and surprise.

The man was shocked, but quickly calmed down.

"They say that the Origin Era was prosperous, with countless incredible talents being born. I suppose it was all true. You are the First Immortal, an unconfirmed, mythical being of the Origin Era."

Zhou Fan stopped him before he spoke any further.

"Don't speak about the future too much. It can only cause problems for me."

The man nodded.

Zhou Fan waved his hand, and all of the captives, save for the man in the Loose Immortal realm, died.

"I will allow you to try and return. If you successfully do so, spread my words around. Anyone who dares travel back in time to this era will be killed."

The man nodded, thankful that he would be able to keep his life.

He quickly left, entering a cloud of time. These clouds were connected to the future River of Time.

As the man entered, he sensed the flow of a river nearby. He grimaced in fear, but pushed forward. At least he had a chance of life entering the River of Time again.

As he entered the River of Time, he instantly regretted his decision. He could instantly tell that there was no chance of survival. He had left Zhou Fan's time, now submerged in the River of Time, without a discernible point of origin. Just as he was about to be erased from existence, a large hand pinched him by the head and dragged him out.

In a time far, far later than Zhou Fan's time, a man sat within a palace invisible to those around it.

It existed outside of time, where only the most powerful of beings could sense it.

In front of him was the Loose Immortal man Zhou Fan had sent into the River of Time. However, he was clearly not himself.

His body was constantly changing, some parts becoming young, some old, some disappearing and some turning to dust.

The man quickly read the Loose Immortal's soul, seeing his interaction with Zhou Fan. Moments later, the Loose Immortal faded away. Even the powerful man, who could reach into the River of Time and pull the Loose Immortal out, could do nothing to stop it.

"The creator of Cultivation. Ha! It is too bad that I can't go myself. If I went, the Universe would collapse and the blankness would consume me. Besides, one can travel to the past, but not the future. All those who have tried have ended up like him." The man muttered to himself.

"But if I can get the origin of Cultivation, forget becoming a Celestial Emperor, I could rule over existence." The man said with excitement.

All across existence, beings began to plot on the past, even if the man who had captured the Loose Immortal was a step ahead.

In Zhou Fan's time, the Path Creator's finally began to react.

First, Zhou Fan had broken into a never before seen realm. Then, beings from the future appeared.

It wasn't hard to tell that the two events were connected, even if not on purpose.

"Great war is coming." Zhou Fan said. "It would be best if all of you can break through. None of those beings had mastered a rule, and were so weak they couldn't even stand before me. Even that Loose Immortal would have been defeated."

It perplexed Zhou Fan. The key to breaking into the False Immortal realm lies in understanding a Rule. Without understanding a Rule, how were there beings in the False Immortal realm, and even above it?

Multiple ideas ran through his head, but they were all theories. Next time, he wouldn't suppress anyone with his control over Cultivation. Perhaps they would display their secrets then.

He did not want to learn about the future too much. He made this point known to the other Path Creators, and an agreement was formed.

They would put a restriction on their minds to avoid losing their path by learning of the future paths. It took only a year to set all of this up, in which nobody entered the Universe again. However, the clouds of time remained.

With the restriction on their minds, the Path Creators could begin preparing for war. Zhou Fan also brought in two figures with vast potential.

One was Heaven. The other was the mother of humanity. Neither had cultivated in countless Sage Years, but remained alive. Heaven would remain alive as long as Zhou Fan did.

The mother of humanity had her own method which impressed even Zhou Fan.

As long as a single human lived, so would she.

Zhou Fan could already see the beginning of a path within both Heaven and the mother of humanity.

He briefed them on the situation, and they naturally agreed to help. At an unprecedented speed, they established their paths. It only took them a year, as they had more or less lived their own paths for ages, only never solidifying them.

Heaven's path was called the Path of Heaven, and the mother of humanity created the Human Path.

They were not at the Peak, but were already at the level of a Sage due to their achievements in cultivation and ample experience on their respective paths.

All that remained was to let the other Path Creators break through and prepare for enemies to arrive.

Zhou Fan placed countless powerful arrays, not daring to take the enemies of the future casually, while Yhwh and a few other "righteous" Path Creators, moved all humans to the central Universal Sector, even moving the gates of the Mini-Universes.

Zhou Fan had initially planned to expand the Universe upon his breakthrough, which he felt he could do, but held back after sensing the Universe's reaction to the Loose Immortal.