"Was he afraid that the Astral Realm Will would ultimately punish him?" Zandin had wondered at the time.
In truth, the Three Kings of Decay, like the Evil Tide Supreme, all possessed the ability to advance to Level 9 at any time!
If they could advance, they would have done so long ago! Why wait until now?!
The three Level-9 Beings in the history of the Decayed Civilization had proven through their actions that this path was impassable.
Even that Level-9 Being from the history of the Radiance World—why had it left behind... a Burial Shroud?
Zandin and the Enlightenment Prophet were entirely different kinds of people.
The God of Destruction never tangled himself up in too many twists and turns when considering matters.
He simply wanted to use his iron fists, use his own strength, to carve out a way out for himself!
Since the Enlightenment Prophet had taken the initiative to contact him this time, the God of Destruction hit it off with him at once, and they formed an alliance.
From that day onward, the Decayed Civilization gradually began shifting the focus of its development.
It slowly withdrew its strength from the Across the Astral Realm Strategy and invested it in preparations for Dimensional Hegemony.
Another major difference between the Decayed Civilization and the Evil Tide Civilization was that the former was not a top-level civilization that worshipped strength above all else.
Take the Evil Tide, for example. Since the Darkness God was currently the strongest, if he raised his banner now, the vast majority of the Evil Emperors of the Evil Tide Civilization would definitely follow him. Those low- and mid-level Evil Tide creatures would likely become even more fervent.
For the Darkness God, obtaining the title of Civilization Leader would be just that simple.
But