Time passed as hours turned into days, days into months, and months into years...

Athan stayed true to his word as it's been ten years, but he was still in his cocoon form, trying to understand the Abyssal Void of Fabrication completely.

Seeing that, those six beings were also happy and were eagerly waiting for him to reach 100%.

Those Fear plane powerhouses wanted to meet Athan, but they didn't dare to disturb him.

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Tiana and others were slightly agonized for not being able to soak in Athan's presence and couldn't help but wish Athan to take a break in the middle and spend time with them.

But they didn't approach him because they knew that Athan was doing this for their sake.

Life is unpredictable, and if another such danger fell on them that was outside of Athan's ability to handle, then it would be devastating. So, he wanted to reach the Apex before enjoying his life with others to the fullest.

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