Not time manipulation—something more fundamental. Azmodeus's mastery over soul, over the boundary between life and death, over the fundamental state of existence.
The dead Hierarchy Sovereigns returned.
All one thousand of them. Bodies reforming from nothing. Souls recalled from dispersion. Consciousness restored. Cultivation bases reconstructed.
They stood again, alive and confused, not understanding how they'd died and been resurrected.
"Infinite One Azmodeus!" they shouted in unison, recognizing their leader and bowing deeply. "We failed you!"
Azmodeus paid them no attention, his focus entirely on Aria.
A deep frown creased his face. He'd felt resistance during the resurrection. Something in his technique had struggled against an unknown force, made the revival more difficult than it should be.
What power was that? What Law allowed a Master-level cultivator—even one as monstrous as Aria Vance—to resist an Infinite cultivator's resurrection technique?
