The powerhouses who had stood unfallen for countless years within the sealed Demon Realm were all ancient behemoths of fearsome renown. Some were even terrifying beings who had followed Demon God Ye in battle across the three realms when the Demon Realm was first created.
Although the naked law of the jungle ruled here, with people scheming against one another, the weak serving as prey to the strong, and strength reigning supreme, this world had only one true master. No matter how formidable one was, no matter whether one was an ancient behemoth of fearsome renown or a terrifying existence left over from a distant age, everyone had to submit at his feet. Otherwise, they would face ten thousand deaths with no chance of life.
The first master of the Demon Realm had been Demon God Ye, who created it; that was already an ancient legend. The second had been the Demon God's legitimate son, Devil Lord Yi Ye; the third, Yi Ye's son, Devil Lord Er Ye; and the fourth, Er Ye's son, Sanye the Demon Lord. Apart from the first master, who bore the exalted title of Demon God, his descendants' titles had been lowered to Devil Lord as a sign of respect for the Demon God. Three generations of Devil Lords had ruled the Demon Realm, and in this generation, Sanye the Demon Lord was already the Demon God's great-grandson.
The Demon God's bloodline had been able to rule the Demon Realm down to the present not only because of the wondrous techniques and sacred tomes left behind by the Demon God, but also because, for the sake of his descendants, the Demon God had stripped the seventy-two Great Devil Kings under his command of their natal Primordial Spirits. Though nearly half of those seventy-two Great Devil