Chapter 190: The Crimson Terror
The mountain in question managed to keep its simple exterior over the years. Even while surrounded by an ostentatious-looking palace like the one that was set up in the new headquarters of the Heaven Exploding Faction.
After spending so long in the Emonius Sect and elevating its status to a whole new level, Azmodeus figured it was time to move locations. Which was why he eventually decided to move into a pocket dimension called the \'Crimson Dimension\'.
It was a dimension that he created and placed down above a conquered Double Leafed Square, which used to go by the name of \'Lapson Althos\'.
This name was something that Azmodeus quickly changed to the \'Central Square\', aiming to keep things simple.
The Central Square was the true headquarters of the Heaven Exploding Sect, while the Crimson Dimension was more of the Sect Leader\'s home.
Considering its grandiosity, it was befitting of the place where the Crimson Emperor resided.
But regardless of how nice it was, really only You Mei, Chi Wu, and the rest of the Heaven Exploding Sect\'s Core Members stayed in it out of pure convenience.
Azmodeus, on the other hand, preferred to stay in his Heaven Exploding Cave Abode and cultivate or hone his mastery over professions and runes.
It was this very cave abode that he was ascending the steps of right at this very moment. But there appeared to be a straggler who took it upon herself to tag along…
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"Weren\'t you planning to explore the Evendale Square with Li Na and Rou Tian? Why are you here right now?" Azmodeus inquired, his strides already taking him to the wide entrance of his cave abode.
Chi Wu squished her face to get away from his scent as she asked, "You don\'t want me here…?" Her eyes glossed over as she wrapped her slender arms even tighter around his waist.
Azmodeus thought over his response to this question...
He eventually reached a conclusion and said, "Yes, I don\'t want you here. I want to cultivate."
"You say you want me to join you for all eternity??" Chi Wu\'s beautiful blue eyes widened as she flashed a brilliant smile before saying, "I knew you wanted to marry me, Az, Az. But I didn\'t think you\'d be this desperate… You\'re naughty…"
"No, I said to go away."
"Fine, fine, I\'ll join you in your cultivation session, but only because you begged me to…" Chi Wu lightly shook her head, as she felt a little bad about the visible desperateness of her man.
"Go away," Azmodeus murmured while getting into a lotus position on his specially made Planet Rank cultivation mat.
"You need to know some restraint, Az, Az. But since you insist, I guess I\'ll sit in your lap and cultivate instead of cultivating over there." Chi Wu spoke these words while having already snuggled her plump butt into his crotch.
"..."
Azmodeus gave up on getting the woman to leave him alone.
He realized that this cultivation session would be a test of mental fortitude on more than one level.
But regardless of his troubles, time continued to pass inside the Crimson Dimension, and at a pace of 10:1, time flowed even slower in the outside world.
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Autumn became spring as 20 years passed by in the blink of an eye.
Azmodeus achieved the Middle-Adamantine Rank a few years ago, allowing his body\'s durability and overall fortitude to tremendously improve.
Furthermore, his cultivation successfully increased from the Middle Comet\'s Passage Realm into the Late Comet\'s Passage Realm, making his total Battle Power improve even further!
On the note of his Battle Power, the system informed him that it had already surpassed the Early Planet Forger Realm. This meant that he finally overcame the Battle Power bottleneck which prevented him from achieving a new level of strength!
With this achievement, the amount of power he wielded extended further than any Square Ruler within countless Septillions of miles could hope to compare to. And with the addition of his perpetually developing professions, there was no telling just where his value truly stood in the Astral Plane.
However, one thing was made certain, and that was the fact that he was rapidly gaining speed on the Goddess of Light.
It may take hundreds of years, or it may even take thousands, but there would eventually come a day when he would be able to wipe the conceited smirk right off her face.
That day would not be today, and it would not be tomorrow, but it would most definitely come.
Even so, Azmodeus still had to follow the order of due process and overcome the Tier 2 Double Leafed Square\'s first. And it just so happened that one of his subjugated Square Rulers came back with some rather interesting information concerning one of such Tier 2 Double Leafed Factions.
It was a Square that went by the name of \'Sunsmite Empire\' and contained a number of Amethyst warriors as well as countless Adamantine Experts.
Now, this empire would typically be viewed as a problem for one trying to overthrow the hierarchy. But for one sir, Crimson Devil Lord, the distance between his Square and this 2nd Tier Square could be measured in the diameter of a universe²⁰.
This meant many things for Azmodeus, but most of all, it indicated a target for which to strive toward!
With all teleportation arrays going inactive in the Heaven Exploding Sect\'s Territory, he had all the time in the world to exceed the level of a 2nd Tier Double Leafed Square.
He had to surpass Squares that possessed Experts capable of rivaling those who had formed Dwarf Stars inside their Dantian Space—Amethyst Rank Experts!
Beings who were even qualified enough to eradicate 1 and a half Layered Plane\'s of Infinity if they so wished to!
For reference, a 1½ Layered Infinity Plane was one that transcended the bounds of layers of infinity like the world of Prometheus and the countless other worlds that were destroyed by Azmodeus on a daily basis.
However, said plane\'s were not yet at the level of a 2nd Layered Infinity Plane like the Astral Plane, as they were somewhere in between the middle of both ranks. One could even say that 1½ Infinity Plane\'s were in the process of transforming into 2nd Layered Infinity Plane\'s.
This was where the power level of those in the Dwarf Star Transformation Realm came into play.
It was said that no matter how many Planet Forger Realm Lord\'s or Single Layered Plane\'s of Infinity one threw at a Dwarf Star Transformation Realm Expert, no amount of harm would be brought to the latter…
In fact, the chasm that lay between the Planet Forger and Dwarf Star Transformation Realms was many dozens of times wider than the difference between the Moonlit Path and Planet Forger Realms. This usually meant that one had to spend tens of millions of years, if not hundreds of millions of years, in order to break through!
There were, of course, a few exceptions to that statement.
A few of such situations were those born to unique and mysterious races like the Starchild and Voidling Races. All of whom were rumored to come out of the womb in the Dwarf Star Transformation Realm, some even starting out in the realms beyond it!
But regardless of where anyone in existence started their journey, they would all be surmounted by the Anomaly before long…
That was his destiny—the destiny of the one who would later be known as the Crimson Terror—one who would etch his name into the history books!