Amon rushed to Northern Wilderness Hill. Aside from observing the strength of those at the half-step Dominator Realm, assessing Heavenly Evil God's power, and interfering with Hun Tiandi to prevent Heavenly Evil God from dying the moment he revealed himself, his most important task was to tamper with Immortal Great Emperor's physical body.
After Heavenly Evil God broke free, Amon immediately came to the Earth Abyss, leaving an avatar within Immortal Great Emperor's body to erode the energy inside.
Of course, even Amon could not completely refine such vast spiritual energy in such a short time. But he only needed to refine a portion of it!
Then, while Mu Chen refined it, Amon refined it in parallel, maintaining a rate of erosion of the Great Emperor's spiritual energy that exceeded Mu Chen's.
Mu Chen's realm was not high enough. Even if Amon tampered with things right under his nose, he would not notice. This ensured that the spiritual energy Mu Chen refined had always been processed once by Spirit Worms!
Before Mu Chen, Xiao Yan had also refined a trace of Immortal Great Emperor's spiritual energy. He had suspected that the contaminating Whispers within might be related to Amon, but after Mu Chen, the inheritor of the "Immortal Body," also believed it was authentic Immortal Will, he dismissed his suspicions.
After all, he had not clashed with Amon many times and did not have a deep understanding of Amon's powers, so he trusted Mu Chen's judgment.
Deep within the Earth Abyss beneath Northern Wilderness Hill, Mu Chen sat atop a high platform, his palms pressed against Immortal Great Emperor's.
Vast power surged madly into his body like a flood, like a tsunami.
Even with the strength of his body, he found it somewhat difficult to bear.
He immediately summoned his