Whatever Lind imagined once he found a clue to his next layer, it was immensely slow compared to any other layer! He realized the extreme pressure of the Fiends, war, and survival all pushed him so hard that he put all he had into each advancement.
He was not alone in that explosive growth either. Many millions of ascenders not just from his old realms but all the lower realms had it happen.
After the main Fiend force died, the Bastard had still been known to be out there so no one truly slacked off in the higher echelons. The Divine Realms seemed to condense Mysteries left and right.
Now, after a few thousands of years of the Bastard's deaths, only the 6 elementals were still bursting on the scene. Even they were slowing down drastically the higher the realm.
From what the seniors had told him, it was much closer to normal in that regard. There was still a severe lack of people compared to before in the Divine Lands.
