Chapter 336: Waking Up In a Cell

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"Is this the Immortal Realm...? I don't quite recall what happened after confronting Lucifer, but I likely already ascended, right...?"

A hoarse, raspy voice hummed within the confines of a damp and cold prison cell.

With a dozen hard iron bars acting as the reminder that Azmodeus was no longer the strongest, he was left to sit and meander around in his thoughts.

While sitting on a marble slab bench with a pondering look, he noticed that he could feel... He could feel the cold seeping out of the moisture contained within the hanging bench. It was a feeling that had eluded him for far too long—it made him feel oddly human...

This feeling led to Azmodeus noticing something else that was also rather peculiar.

"My left ear; I have gone deaf in it..."

After fully accepting what the Infinite Evolution System said all that time ago, he realized that he would slowly but surely lose everything. And there was absolutely nothing he could do to prevent it...

"Well, shit...! No use staying in such a glum mood; I might as well check out my system interface and see just how much has changed! There must surely be something in there that will clear the clouds and brighten the day...! Surely..."

Putting the depressing thoughts to the back of his mind, Azmodeus called upon the Infinite Evolution System, and an illusory blue holographic screen answered his call.

BLING!

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{[Infinite Evolution System]}

[Host: Azmodeus]

[Race: 2nd Order Loot God - 0.01% Nourishment]

[Lifespan: Infinite]

[Cultivation: Grade 1 Half-Immortal (Initial)]

[Battle Power: Grade 1 Half-Immortal (Early)]

[Immortal Power: 0.1]]

[Evolution Essence Bank: 0.1 Immortal Evolution Essence]

{[Assimilated Evolution Traits/Qualities]}

[Cultivation Talent: White Tier Immortal (Initial)]

[Spiritual Roots: Crystallized Embryo] (Rank: ???)

[Singularity Coalescence: White Tier Immortal (Initial)] →

(All exterior aspects of existence have been converted into this singular Trait]

{[Immortal Lines:]}

[White Tier: 1]

[Cultivation: Grade 1 Half-Immortal (Initial)]

[Battle Power: Grade 1 Half-Immortal (Early)]

[Immortal Power: 0.1]]

[Evolution Essence Bank: 0.1 Immortal Evolution Essence]

{[Assimilated Evolution Traits/Qualities]}

[Cultivation Talent: White Tier Immortal (Initial)]

[Spiritual Roots: Crystallized Embryo] (Rank: ???)

[Singularity Coalescence: White Tier Immortal (Initial)]

{[Immortal Lines:]}

[White Tier Loot Lines: 1]

{[Loot Halos:]}

[Red Tier Loot Halos: 1]

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"Hmm... Why are there only Red Tier Loot Halos?" Azmodeus asked as he looked at the pop-up screen with a questioning glint in his gaze. "What happened to the rest of the Tiers?"

[Ding! The system automatically converted all your Loot Halos upon ascension. After all, none of the lower-ranking Halos would have any effect on Loot Acquisition in the Immortal Realms. In fact, the system did your ungrateful self a favor by converting all your Loot Halos into a single Red Tier Loot Halo.]

[Ding! The host should be grateful!]

"Is that so...?"

Azmodeus's face suddenly became far darker than before, and he was starting to feel the urge to take this cocky system interface to a recycling station. But showing remarkable restraint, he held himself back, instead focusing on his surroundings.

"Hmm... This place... I mean, it's quite obviously a dungeon. But what I don't understand is why I woke up in one..."

[Ding! The Host was likely locked up!]

"Nah fucking shit, smartass!"

While clicking his tongue in frustration, Azmodeus looked away from the annoyingly smug system interface. In the process of turning his head to the left, he saw something utterly mind-boggling.

Looking through a window that separated the room from the outside world with a few metal bars, he glimpsed into something that seemed far too surreal for him...

"This place... It really is the Immortal Realm," Azmodeus muttered to himself as he watched ethereal entities of untold magnificence soar through the skies and zip off into the distance. "Their cultivation; I can't even begin to glean into their depths..."

It was terrifying to imagine, but he truly had become one of the weakest beings in the world.

Even little Immortal children were more powerful than he was...

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