Demon Lord

Most of the time, the Abyss was clearly stratified, layered one atop another like stacked pancakes. It was obviously not a normal natural formation or geographical structure, nor was there any reason for it to be built into such a bizarre plane like a building.

"In truth, this was the nature of the Abyss—the result of endless plunder. Every layer was a world that had been plundered. Once an entire world slipped into the Abyss, it became a new floor of the Abyss."

For that reason, most Abyssal environments formed from other secret realms followed this same layered structure.

Such terrain naturally caused endless trouble for orderly societies. Transportation and environments differed drastically, while the constant collisions and transformations between upper and lower floors made even stable passages unrealistic, let alone the establishment of a relatively stable nation.

After all, even if there happened to be direct passages between Abyssal floors, they could not possibly be convenient "elevators" for going up and down.

Yet for biodiversity and environmental diversity, this multilayered structure was an enormous advantage. Not every Abyss was a hell of flame and fire. Descending a single floor might take one from a scorching hell into a Frozen World.

Of course, burning hells seemed especially favored by the Abyss. Such terrain occupied at least seventy percent of it.

And environmental diversity also meant diversity among living species. For a massive melting pot like the Abyss, home to countless creatures, such complex biological forms were necessary.

On the other hand, this floor-based terrain also made it convenient for the various Floor Lords to claim their own territories as kings.

Every Floor Lord was the local tyrant of their own Small World, free to set whatever rules they pleased. Their greatest strength lay in the fact that, after taking control