There was also the inner world realm cultivator that had been imprisoned. The prisoner had been draining his blood, and with Yao Mun's special methods, he had been able to use that blood to grow.
The final method involving his growth was actually the power of Heaven. When fighting against Tian Fu, Tian Fu had used every last ounce of power in his body to "Kill" Yao Mun.
As the successor of Tian Ren and the number 1 follower of Heaven, his body had contained the power of Heaven, even if just slightly.
When Tian Fu used all that power, some of Heaven's power had mixed with the Qi used to destroy Yao Mun. Yao Mun had managed to use the Qi in a split second to help preserve some of himself.
It had taken unfathomable luck, methods, perseverance, and talent for Yao Mun to revive and cultivate to such a level.
When it came to reviving, a technique that Yao Mun had created with the combination of mere chance and inspiration from Bi Chong made the greatest contribution.
He had been able to preserve his energy inside of a ball and put it into multiple cultivators around the world. The ball contained his Lifeforce, and with the mystical technique that even he did not truly understand, he had been able to preserve a copy of almost everything in the balls.
The balls had been passed down through generation and had absorbed energy from millions of cultivators, once again contributing to the growth of Yao Mun's cultivation.
All in all, to revive, it had taken the use of a technique created by chance and some inspiration, the Qi of Heaven, and incredible luck. He had finally revived through the blood of the prisoner.
All in all, in order to reach the peak of the inner world realm, he had needed the combination of his eye, the Qi from millions of generations of cultivators, an inner world realm cultivator that had had one of the balls passed down by his ancestors, and most recently, the talent increasing technique.
Even then, Yao Mun was still missing a few memories, but it was nothing compared to Ying Xiong. He was also not missing anything that important. He remembered everything he needed to.
His change in personality had been as a result of being defeated by Tian Fu and, at one point, truly dying.
For Yao Mun, even with all of his talent and luck, breaking through to the god realm with immortal king 1 rank meridians was still impossible. He needed to go up another rank at least.
For the king of the destruction race, Yao Mun had clear value, especially since he had once almost defeated Ying Xiong at the same level.
Understanding that it would be nearly impossible to hunt down more god realm cultivators within a quadrillion years, he made a sacrifice.
In 1 on 1 battles to the death, Yao Mun killed 50 destruction race god realm cultivators, each with more talent than the last, before finally achieving immortal god 7 rank meridians.
Yao Mun kneeled. "Thank you lord. This is enough."
The king of the destruction race waved his hand. "As long as you can reach the true god realm, anything is ok. I'm even considering sacrificing a true god to help you raise your meridians in the future."
Yao Mun lowered his head even more. "This one will loyally serve the destruction race for quadrillions of years, even if it causes my death."
The king of the destruction race laughed. "I wish everyone was like you. Cultivate well. Come back when you reach the peak of the god realm."
Yao Mun nodded and left.
Trillions of years passed, but to the current powerhouses of the universe, it was as if a minute had passed.
Far below the hideout of the destruction race, a tribulation came and went. Yao Mun entered the god realm, but he did not leave.
He cultivated diligently, only leaving to kill for blood and, as he did so, practice his techniques.
The blood was basically useless as it was from those below the god realm, but Yao Mun simply enjoyed killing.
It was around 4 quadrillion years later that Yao Mun once again met the king of the destruction race, now as a god realm 10 cultivator.
The king of the destruction race clapped his hands. "Even with talent, not many can reach such a level. I have an opportunity here, and it will only be if you choose to risk life and death that you will receive it. Fight to the death with the one of the weakest true gods of the destruction race, one with immortal god 3 rank meridians."
Yao Mun did not need to think for a second before nodding his head.
Lin Zhenwu clapped again. "Brave and bold. Come out."
From the curtains of darkness surrounding the room, a true god realm cultivator came out. At the sides, almost all of the true gods of the destruction race were watching, including the 3 high lords.
A sword formed from Qi appeared in Yao Mun's hand as the true god realm cultivator launched at him with killing intent. After all, they were both fighting for their life.
As Yao Mun held the sword up, three of his limbs, excluding only his right arm, weakened and seemed to deflate. He had sacrificed the souls of three of his limbs. Long ago, he could only sacrifice up to 50% of his soul if he was absolutely risking death. Now, after so many years of practice and creating techniques, he could safely sacrifice up to 60% of his soul, though any more would kill him instantly.
Yao Mun moved forward and brushed past the true god realm cultivator, who's eyes widened.
His head flew off of his body. He would not have died so quickly if he did not underestimate Yao Mun. Even cultivators of the destruction race could be careless and arrogant.
The king of the destruction race, Lin Zhenwu, clapped his hands with glee as Yao Mun absorbed the true gods blood.
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Authors note: Chapters 427, 428, and 429 will be released at the same time for a better reading experience.