The Abyss of Annihilation lay in eternal darkness.
There were no stars here, no light—only boundless void, and the Heavenly Slaves and Devil Race roaming through it.
Three thousand miles beyond the Heavenly Abyss Wall, a black fortress built from the wreckage of shattered stars floated in the void.
Inside the fortress, lamps burned brightly amid the dense Demonic Qi.
"It's been over a month."
The speaker was a devil more than ten feet tall.
He wore dark-gold Demon Armor. Six eyes grew on his forehead, each gleaming with the light of a different law.
He was the Six-Eyed True Demon King, one of the three Eighth Turn True Devil Kings guarding the Eastern Region of the Abyss of Annihilation.
A True Devil King was the equal of a Human Race Immortal King.
But in the Land of Ending, Human Race Immortal Kings were suppressed by the World Will and were generally weaker than Devil Race Powerhouses of the same rank.
"Those heaven-thieves are probably dead in there."
Another voice spoke up.
It belonged to a female devil with a sinuous figure and six pairs of transparent butterfly wings. Pink mist curled around her.
She was the Bewitching Butterfly True Demon King, also an Eighth Turn True Devil King, skilled in Illusion Arts and the way of poison.
The Six-Eyed True Demon King sneered. "You think the Heaven and Earth Origin Space is so easy to enter? Remember how mighty the Purple Thunder Immortal Emperor was? At the peak of the ninth turn, wielding the Purple Lightning Heaven-Piercing Spear, he carved his way through half the Abyss of Annihilation. And what happened? He entered the Origin Space and never came out."
The Bewitching Butterfly True Demon King chuckled. "And he wasn't the only one. Nearly a hundred heaven-thieves have broken