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One year was a long time for a mortal.
100 years was enough for an entire lifetime to go by, but for those in the world of cultivation, such a period of time was not even enough for a nap.
With 100 years having passed since the Divine Retribution was sent down by the heavens on the Phoenix Conqueror, many, many things had changed within the double-leafed faction that used to be made up of two single-leafed factions.
And for those inside the Heaven Exploding Cave Abode and Fallen Immortal Mountain, nearly 750 years were forever gone from the timeline...
This resulted in countless improvements to the cultivations of every resident of said secluded area—an area still located within a corner of the massive Emonius Sect.
In 750+ years, Azmodeus's cultivation had long since achieved the Middle-Comet's Passage Realm. However, it didn't stop with just that, as the Late Comet's Passage Realm was right around the corner!
It would likely be no more than a few weeks until he achieved the Late Comet's Passage Realm—a breakthrough that would allow his illusory comet to appear even more prominent than before.
One might wonder how it took so long for the Monstrous Genius to reach such a stage, and the truth was that <1200 years to achieve the Late Comet's Passage Realm was considered something that only those with extreme Cultivation Talent could accomplish.
With his Cultivation Talent progressing into the Early Planet Forger Rank, it was only appropriate that his cultivation was at such a speed.
Furthermore, one must remember that Azmodeus had yet to enter the Starry Expanse, leaving him as one of the only ones inside the Astral Plane to have talent within the Planet Forger Rank!
This would normally not be possible unless one was lucky enough to be born with a high enough level Spiritual Root. But in his case, there was no limit to the degree to which his Cultivation Talent could be taken!
After all, the number of people he assimilated the Physique's of came out in the thousands per day, with hundreds of millions of Mirror Mirage's constantly on the lookout.
There was no telling where his cultivation talent would be by the time he left the Astral Plane. But by his calculations, it should take no more than 3 thousand years for his talent to achieve the Peak Planet Forger Rank.
He wanted more... More and more until there was nothing left to acquire...
It was with this mindset that he stood on a high reaching cliff that overlooked the whole world like there was nothing higher than him.
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Azmodeus turned his cold, piercing gaze through the countless armored figures roaring at him from below the cliff, as this was the result of his efforts over the last thousand years.
HOOORAAAH!
The bellows of the Azura's, Vermillion's, and numerous other Platinum Rank figures reverberated with utmost fervor, as not a single one of them possessed a countenance that wasn't borderline insane.
WAAAA!
RUMBLE!
Their combined auras violently fluctuated, causing the deep valley they resided in to tremble and quake.
As they became lost in their own fervor, the expressionless man above deeply pondered a topic of note while appearing like nothing short of an aloof god among men.
After eradicating all the troublesome heroes of my sect, including the heroes who were after Jia Lei, only the Zealots are left.
And it is with this unquestionably faithful legion that the next step truly begins...
A step which will wipe the disgusting smirk off that Goddess of Sh*t watching an illusion of my territory from beyond the heavens.
She sits completely unaware that I've already put a blindfold over her conceited gaze...
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