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"Azmodeus…?"
A sweet and melodic voice resounded inside the Heaven Exploding Cave.
A short dragon girl with curves that were completely disproportionate to her small frame was seen leaning over the back of a man with long, crimson black hair.
"..."
Azmodeus ignored the soft sensation pressing against the top of his head as he asked, "Yes…?"
Nao Long's ear perked up at his response as she responded, "Wanna go for a walk!?"
"No." His response was instantaneous.
Her unruly tail stopped moving around after hearing his words as she asked, "Why not?"
"I'm cultivating right now-"
"You don't love me…?"
"You're correct, I don't-"
"Yay! I knew you loved me! Let's go right now, Az, Az!"
After having a conversation with herself, she pulled the unwilling man away from his cultivation mat and walked outside the Heaven Exploding Cave with a giddy expression on her face.
The minutes turned into hours, and the hours turned into months, as another 8 months passed by in the blink of an eye.
Azmodeus had already broken through to the Early Soul Transformation Realm, and thanks to his excellent foundation, his Essence Soul came out as an even higher quality than what it would have normally been if he broke through only using the Infinite Evolution System.
His fully developed Nascent Soul, mirroring his real body to a picture-perfect degree, now had a set of domineering body armor with red and black spiked edges on top of it.
This armor was the form his Essence Soul had taken upon being materialized and successfully achieving the Infant Development Phase.
His Essence Soul could transform back into its baby form at any given moment. However, for the multitude of applicable uses available when set up in this manner, Azmodeus decided to attach his Essence Soul to his Nascent Soul and improve the quality of his soul value as a whole.
On a side note, Nao Long had managed to progress quite a bit into the Early Void Refining Realm thanks to the assistance of all the condensed Qi that permeated the area around the Heaven Exploding Cave Abode.
She wasn't as much of an industrious one when it came to cultivating like the Azmodeus was, but she still found some time in between her snacking and fun to cultivate.
And since she was already pretty close to the Middle Void Refining Realm when Azmodeus found her, it should take no longer than a few years for her to breakthrough.
Nevertheless, today was a special day for the crimson-eyed man. After all, he was planning to use up all the Evolution Essence he had stored up over the years!
The only thing he was waiting for was the moment he felt that his Foundation had become absolutely flawless.
And through the use of a number of High-Earth Rank Pills normally only used by those in the Void Refining Realm, he was able to increase this solidification process to an unbelievable degree!
Just as his cultivation foundation's full consolidation was about to happe-
WAaaa…!
The crimson-colored aura exuding from his body reached an absolute zenith before dying down and dispersing evenly across his entire body, indicating perfect balance.
After a few seconds of reveling in the feeling of newfound controlled strength coursing through his body, Azmodeus decided to open up his system interface and begin his spending spree.
Upon seeing over ten quadrillion Evolution Essence inside his Evolution Essence Bank, he realized that he may have definitely gone a tad bit overboard when it came to killing a large number of Outer Deacons and below in the River Serpent Sect.
In fact, he had even managed to kill six Void Refining Realm Outer Elders who became a little too nosy and started to snoop around his cave abode.
However, it seemed that no matter how many Azmodeus killed, the higher-ups of this Evil Sect paid no mind.
It was almost like everything below a certain point was merely expendable for them…
Either that, or all the greedy Outer Deacons and Outer Elders were still hoping to obtain all the benefits from his Mirror Mirages for themselves…
In spite of that information, after perusing his system interface, Azmodeus decided to use up all of his Evolution Essence in one go!
After which, a bright blue and gold light flashed.
BLING!
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{[Infinite Evolution System]}
[Host: Azmodeus]
[Race: Human]
[Lifespan: 22/6500]
[Cultivation: Peak Stages of the Late Soul Transformation Realm.]
[Overall Combat Power: Peak Stages of the Middle Void Refining Realm]
[Level: 91]
[Evolution Essence needed for the next level: 3.5 Quadrillion]
[Evolution Essence Bank: 290 Trillion]
{[Stats:]}
[Strength: 320 Billion + 580 Billion + 950 Billion (1.85 Trillion)]
[Speed: 340 Billion + 930 Billion + 1.6 Trillion (2.87 Trillion)]
[Defense: 380 Billion + 720 Billion (1.1 Trillion)]
[Qi: 520 Billion + 670 Billion (1.19 Trillion)]
[Cultivation Talent: Absolute Peak-Heaven Rank]
[Spiritual Roots: Crystallized Embryo] (Rank: ???)
{[Assimilated Evolution Traits/Qualities]}
[Inherited Traits and Active Species Alterations:
[Stealth - Level 2] (G Rank)] → [0/1 Quadrillion]
[Mirror Mirage - Level 2] (G Rank)] → [0/1 Quadrillion]
[Super Strength - Level 2] (G Rank)] → [0/1 Quadrillion]
[Shadow Cleaver - Level 2] (G Rank)] → [0/1 Quadrillion]
[Speedster - Level 2] (G Rank)] → [0/1 Quadrillion]
[Fortress - Level 2] (G Rank)] → [0/1 Quadrillion]
[Spirit Animal - Level 2] (G Rank)] → [0/1 Quadrillion]
[Qi Storer - Level 2] (G Rank)] → [0/1 Quadrillion]
[Element Coalescer - Level 2] (G Rank)] → [0/1 Quadrillion] (Allows for easier combining of various elements derived from mortal laws.)
[Death Beam - Level 2] (G Rank)] → [0/1 Quadrillion]
[Cloud Shroud - Level 2] (G Rank)] → [0/1 Quadrillion]
[Various other Traits] → [Collapse] → [Overall Attribute Boost: G Rank]
{[Physique(s) and various external power augmenters]}
[Fire God Refining Physique (Partial - 2/10 upgrades)] → [0/100 Quadrillion]
[Body Refinement Physique (Peak-Sky Rank)] → [0/10 Quadrillion]
[Spirit Animal Physique (Peak-Sky Rank)] → [0/10 Quadrillion]
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After looking over his stats and various Traits and Physiques, Azmodeus understood that he had become ridiculously overpowered!
He had become so overpowered that the shadow of himself from over a dozen years ago could no longer be seen…
Just as that thought passed through his mind, a wave of power rushed over him. After which, everything he just dumped into his level and Traits finally gave their boosts!
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