Before Aze fell to demonhood, he knew very little about the Cultivation World. The only person who usually spoke to him about such matters was Jin Xiu, who was not some great cultivator herself, so he could not clearly assess his current condition.
Even so, Aze possessed his own keen instincts. He could roughly understand the depth of his demonic cultivation—a path neither others nor even he himself found particularly likable.
Back in Nine Peaks Cave Heaven, he had defied the Dao of Heaven and Earth and gained new life. Though Aze had not acted, he had not feared the formation Nine Peaks Mountain had laid out in the slightest. After emerging, with heaven and earth stretching wide around him, the pain brought by the demonic thoughts in his heart had not lessened. Yet the feeling of being a heaven-defying celestial demon had weakened considerably.
Even so, merely through his senses, Aze knew that Lian Ping'er could not contend with him. It was not entirely a matter of strength, but rather that her mind and spirit found it difficult to stand against his.
Later, when the demonic shadow he had split off encountered Lord Lu and Niu Batian, Aze discovered that those two demons truly were formidable. After all, they had previously been able to briefly exchange blows with Lady Ying. Not only were their demon arts powerful, but their sharp instincts and abundant spiritual strength were equally formidable. They did not seem so easy for him to deal with after all.
This did not confuse Aze. Instead, as though he had sensed Heaven's will, he immediately understood. His power was divided into inner and outer aspects. The external demonic magical power mostly came from the Ancient Demon Blood. It was constantly growing stronger, but still required cultivation. His cultivation