The years in the Demonic Grotto were lonely and desolate. An eternal deathly stillness shrouded the entire expanse of Purgatory.
A considerable time had passed since Shiheng had completed his secluded cultivation, achieving the complete fusion of the three-element variant laws of Fate, Destruction, and Death.
During this time, Shiheng had never left his cave abode, devoting himself entirely to adapting to his combat strength and refining his moves.
After the complete fusion of the three elements' laws, his foundations and reserves had undergone a qualitative transformation. His ordinary combat strength had settled firmly at the peak of the Seven-Star Fiend level, far beyond his former limit as a Six-Star Fiend. The four-element divine power interwoven within his original body was dense and refined, and the variant laws no longer showed the slightest rejection or conflict. Every strand of divine power contained the combined might of three supreme profound mysteries.
Day after day, he repeatedly honed his trump cards, continually working out the threshold for the maximum explosive power of his Heavenly Manifestation ability and refining the lethal formation formed by the combined attacks of his four Life-Bound Battle Blades. He engraved every new connection between laws, every rhythm of attack, and every transition between offense and defense into his divine soul, turning them into instincts that required no thought.
At the same time, he continued refining the harmony between the three elements' laws, thoroughly digesting and absorbing the vast reserves accumulated over twenty years of seclusion and transforming them into tangible battlefield strength.
Now, Shiheng carried the weighty pressure of a Seven-Star Fiend in his every movement. Ordinary low-ranking Fiends and Lowgods needed only to sense his aura to tremble in fear from the depths of their divine souls.
Having undergone a complete transformation, he truly possessed the substantial