Azi had perfectly fused all the laws, profound mysteries, and experience of the God of Nightmares, but he had not obtained sufficient power from the Mother Nest. His body had only been transformed to a level equivalent to a lower-tier Mid-God, and his divine power had barely reached the level of a High-God. To truly become the God of Nightmares, he still needed time to digest what he had gained before returning to the Mother Nest to replenish his power.
Given Azi's current condition, he would probably need several dozen years and several visits to the Temple of Inheritance before he could truly become the new God of Nightmares. Before obtaining sufficient divine power and a sufficiently powerful divine body, even if he had mastered all of the God of Nightmares' divine arts, he would be unable to cast some of the overly powerful ones.
Yet judging from Lin Qi's current signs, he would likely raise his body's strength in one stroke to the divine-body level of an upper-tier High-God. His divine power, too, would likely gain the strength of an upper-tier High-God all at once.
One still needed several decades to truly become the God of Nightmares, while the other could immediately attain the power of an upper-tier High-God. Compared side by side, Azi and Lin Qi clearly were not on the same level.
Mu Wei smiled smugly, while the God of War stood nearby, vigorously scratching his head and mumbling indistinctly, "What luck! That bastard Mu Wei! Let me tell you, if you can't satisfy me like this Lin Qi, I'll strangle you to death and pick another batch of God-Chosen!"
With a cold snort, the God of War shook his head. "Besides, in that divine war, more of my subsidiary gods and subordinate gods died than anyone