He had his own speculation on things and he had his own plans. And he is not afraid of the risk because the return is also great.
He had decided to walk the path until the end, so he will walk it until the end.
He had spent a few years in the Sealed World and he had spent several years on top of the last step, so, Earth had probably experiences probably countless of years. Even when he uses his Divine Law to see the people of Earth, it is blurry.
It is because the difference of Time.
Time wear down all things even faith and belief. Since Divine Law could sense the faith and belief in him, this is quite a good indication of Time had passes many years.
Azief sought to close that difference of Time.
He could not really return to Earth if the time difference is a few hundred years of even a decade. A lot of things would really mess be messed up.