Desire bred ambition, and ambition made the vulnerabilities deep within the heart all the more apparent.
Some demonic cultivators had indeed been implanted with demon seeds, but thinking carefully about it now, had all of them truly been forced into it?
Of course, there was little point in pursuing the matter now.
Whatever the truth was, it no longer mattered. After all, who would care about the inner journey of the defeated...
The Savage Wilderness had changed greatly as well. The sect masters of most sects had been implanted with demon seeds and vanished in that flood of light, leaving many sects without a leader.
A leaderless sect would descend into internal strife, and the struggles within demon sects were especially fierce. Demonic cultivators with particularly strong baleful qi would even resort to ambushes and underhanded attacks.
It could be said that the entire Nine Provinces Continent was busy recuperating, while only the demonic sects knew no respite, remaining mired in chaos.
The Azure Mist Continent was among the continents that recovered fastest.
Perhaps because of its deep foundations, relatively few disciples had been implanted with demon seeds, so its losses were comparatively minor.
Generally speaking, so long as there were no great losses in manpower, material losses were fairly easy to make up for.
Thus, in barely ten years, the Azure Mist Continent had already begun to show signs of recovery.
The mountains and rivers that had once run red with blood had long since lost their bloody air. The rivers had become crystal clear, and verdant peaks rose in overlapping layers across the entire Azure Mist Continent.
The Azure Tide Sect had long since been fully restored, though the Enforcement Hall seemed to have gained a new area...
Many life-size stone statues stood on display there.
Though Shuang