After a year of being put through their paces, everyone gradually accepted his superiority.
Perhaps they could defeat the Demon Emperor through a prolonged battle of attrition, but they could also see that even then, he still had not used his full strength.
They all knew this perfectly well.
Demon Emperor Daochen possessed a Golden Crow Body.
For the Demon Race, the Golden Crow's true form was the strongest.
Yet even at the most difficult moments, Demon Emperor Daochen had never revealed his true Golden Crow form.
That left everyone utterly convinced.
Who could possibly match such a powerful Demon Emperor?
Although losing left a bitter taste in their mouths, they also recognized their own weaknesses and began making up for them.
Over the following period, they all worked to hone themselves.
The others watched their battles.
Many gained insights and broke through.
Even more were shaken. It turned out that reaching the Heavenly Dao Realm did not necessarily make them a match for the Demon Emperor.
Still, they were satisfied.
Previously, the gulf had been too vast. How could someone in the Saint Realm possibly compare with someone in the Heavenly Dao Realm?
Now, however, three hundred of them could trade blows with the Demon Emperor.
Forcing him to bring out one technique after another over the course of a year was already tremendous progress.
As time passed, more and more Heavenly Dao Realm experts emerged.
When they reached the ninth year, all two thousand of them had finally broken through to the Heavenly Dao Realm.
Meanwhile, the Primordial World developed rapidly, and the number of Saint Realm Experts surpassed the hundred-thousand mark.
Such rapid progress during this period was largely due to the Demon Emperor bringing out all his Energy Blocks.
Originally, he had intended to let things