[In the five thousandth year, you prepared for two hundred years, bringing yourself to peak condition before pushing open the Abyssal Gate once more.
After entering the Abyss, you charged straight at Zhu Lu.
With your previous experience and the further advancement of your cultivation realm, you actually fought Zhu Lu to a stalemate this time.
The very first collision between the Space Great Dao and the Way of Destruction sent a faint tremor through this layer's Great Dao Laws.
You fought fiercely for an entire month before Zhu Lu barely managed to gain the upper hand with the support of the Abyss Laws.
You shook your head regretfully, tore open space, and temporarily left the battlefield.
Several days later, Zhu Lu found you again. By then, you had adjusted your Great Dao and plunged into battle with him once more.]
[In the five thousand one hundredth year, after fighting Zhu Lu on and off for several decades, you gained the upper hand completely.
Over the next twenty-odd years, you repeatedly inflicted wounds on Zhu Lu that could not heal quickly.
When your battle reached its hundredth year, Zhu Lu had finally weakened to the point where he could no longer contend with you head-on.
Dragging his grievously wounded body along, he fled into the Second-Layer Abyss.
In just a hundred years, you had defeated Zhu Lu without using the Domain Formation.
Such a resounding victory left you feeling thoroughly exhilarated.
After this battle, the Demonic Beasts in this layer of the Abyss fell all but silent as cicadas in the cold. Not a single one dared look you in the eye.
You were quite satisfied with the outcome, though you felt you had not quite had your fill.
What left you a little more disappointed was that your progress