Azterlan was a Legendary "idler" who had already lost his ambition!
After an exchange of attentive conversation, Punk clearly realized this.
In fact, given the current state of the Multiverse, Legendary Mages of the Hermit faction like Azterlan were the most numerous and common. Under the threat of the River of Fate, they had lost their dreams of advancing and even their will to resist. In the eyes of these recluses, as long as they obediently followed the rules of fate, they could live for a very, very long time—freely and happily.
After all, in this era of "Legendary Island, vanished divine thrones," the Legendary tier was more or less the peak of power in the entire Multiverse. As Legendary powerhouses, as long as they did not, like Punk, go around stirring up trouble and provoking the River of Fate, their immense strength was more than enough to protect themselves in this cruel world. Not to mention anything else—if they hid in some remote Minor Plane, their theoretically limitless lifespans and power to pluck stars and seize moons would certainly be enough to let them live until they no longer wished to live.
And over a life so long it was nearly boundless, a Legendary powerhouse could always find plenty of things that interested them, as long as they looked.
For example, they could establish an ideal little world like Azterlan had. After all, Legendary-tier powerhouses who could alter laws did not need to concern themselves with something like "common sense" when creating all sorts of wondrous worlds. They could grow flowers and plants, teach a few students, or even disguise themselves as ordinary people and play at role-playing... If nothing else worked, they could imitate certain ancient dragons and sleep for hundreds of thousands of years. That would be