The three Firebearers and their many Emperor Realm followers stared dumbfoundedly at the Divine Lord and the others.
It had grown again!
They swore that of all the worlds they had ever seen, none had been as strange as the one before them.
It had been struck by their fifty-seven Emperor Dao Realm experts, then suffered the Curse's devastating assault. It was one thing that it had not been destroyed.
But only two years had passed, and it had undergone another explosive surge in growth...
They were no fools. Judging from the reactions of the Nine Nether Demon Sovereign, the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor, and the others, their fifty-seven Emperor Dao Realm experts entering this world had indeed greatly slowed its development.
In other words, those Emperor Dao Realm experts had harmed the very foundation of this world.
Especially the Curse's subsequent strike—it had surely severed this world's vitality.
There was no questioning the terror of the Curse.
Even though this world had eventually generated terrifying Karmic Force and temporarily bound the Curse's hands and feet, its vitality had undoubtedly been severed.
When a person's vitality was severed, recovering from it was already extraordinarily difficult.
When a world's vitality was severed... recovering was even harder than for a person, because it meant the fall of an overarching trend.
Yet not only was this world unharmed, it had rapidly grown much stronger in the blink of an eye.
Firebearer Ling slowly said, "Other than Lord Shadow, I can think of no other reason."
He could no longer deny it.
In his view, Shadow had to be helping the opposing world grow.
After all, Shadow possessed such strength and ability, even if it was merely a clone.
Firebearer Xi fell silent for a moment before saying, "I cannot think of any reason