Chapter 253: Upgrading The Spiritual Island

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After a few minutes of quantum travel, Azmodeus finally made it to the approximate coordinates of the Core of a 1st Layered Plane of Infinity.

When he arrived at this radiantly sparkling location, he moved faster than a blink as he grabbed the core and disappeared from his spot.

After he left, all of reality started to crumble and fall apart, as taking away the universe-sized Core was akin to ripping away the heart of a human.

Because of this decisive action taken by Azmodeus, countless dimensions rapidly corroded before assimilating into the void.

At the end of this process, the Single Layered Plane of Infinity was no more...

However, the one who caused this all to happen could hardly care less about such miniscule amounts of destruction, as he only truly cared about himself.

With the repeated altering of his emotions, only an instinctual drive to strive remained. And though this might sound sad for most, for him... it was all he needed..

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ZIP!

Azmodeus zipped through many layers of the Quantum Realm, seeing a number of First Layered Planes of Infinity on his way up. He also saw a large number of Half Layered and One and a Half Layered Plane's of Infinity. However, not a single one of them mattered to the current him, so he took his singular core and vacated this infinite dimension.

FWIP!

When Azmodeus arrived back in the outermost layer of the Starry Plane, the first thing he did was take out the Infinity Core.

"Hmm?"

He noticed that the size had already adjusted to this higher plane of existence, which made things a lot easier for him.

WHOOSH!

His hands moved around the Infinity Core as he made sure it was of sufficient quality. After confirming that it was, he took the Spiritual Island out of his Dantian Space.

Following this action, he floated the Infinity Core to the Spiritual Island.

When Azmodeus opened his eyes, he was back inside the little dome-like island.

Contrary to the last time he was here, there was no longer a deafening silence. It was instead replaced by the chirping of birds and insects as well as a slight humming that seemed to resonate with the world.

*Thud! Thud!*

Azmodeus took firm steps onto the ground, curious as to just how sturdy it was.

However, after understanding that he would never be able to inflict even the slightest amount of damage, his actions ceased. After which, he looked toward the spot with a sparse amount of sand.

Quick strides were made as he moved over to this anomaly, bending down in a swift fashion.

"What exactly are you...?" Azmodeus looked the sand particles up and down but was unable to find any difference between their molecular makeup and that of regular sand.

If this place is indeed a section of a higher world, then why does everything seem so normal...?

The first thing he thought of was the Qi, as it would surely be of higher quality if the Spiritual Island was indeed a piece of a higher world. However, after noticing no difference in Qi density between here and the Starry Expanse, his theories started to fall apart.

"Is this truly part of a higher world...? Or am I just imagining things, and it's actually a product of the system?"

Azmodeus pondered the matter for quite a while as time passed unimpeded-

"Wait... time..."

That extremely complex concept was what made him think about possible discrepancies in time between here and the Starry Expanse.

This thought led to him leaving the island as he set a timer using some form of advanced technology. Putting the timer on a nearby asteroid, he then went back to the Spiritual Island.

Azmodeus waited a few minutes within the island, allowing time to pass.

When he figured it was time to get out and test his theory, he left the Spiritual Island, went to the timer, and picked it up.

Upon looking at the units indicated on the holographic screen, he realized something utterly mind-blowing...

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