Total Divine War

Bottomless Abyss, the 136th layer, Molten Heart.

An Abyssal plane filled with volcanic lava, its skies blanketed by toxic volcanic ash.

The ruler of this Abyssal plane was an arrival from the Nightmare Civilization—the current Lord of Molten Fire, Jialete. He was an Abyss Lord comparable to an Intermediate Divine Power, and within the Molten Heart plane, his strength rivaled that of a Greater Divine Power.

The Giant God Crystal Wall System could accommodate only five Greater Divine Powers, but Abyssal sovereigns who temporarily gained combat power equivalent to Greater Divine Powers through the blessing of the Abyssal Will within their own territories did not count toward that number.

Likewise, powerful lifeforms such as Hundred-Armed Giants, who possessed no Godhead or Divine Profession but had combat power comparable to Greater Divine Powers, did not count toward that number either.

Of course, although such combat power did not count toward the limit, there would not be many of them.

At the center of the enormous Molten Heart Magma Lake floated a crimson landmass spanning over ten thousand square kilometers. The Lord of Molten Fire's palace stood at its center, shaped like an enormous Balor's skull. Two massive demon horns burned with raging flames as they pierced the dim gray heavens.

As the palace of the sole ruler of the Molten Heart plane, it was normally visited by no powerful demons other than the Lord of Molten Fire's many fire demon subordinates, such as Balors. Yet today, several hundred powerful demons from various layers of the Abyss had gathered here.

Demons danced wildly within the palace. The Lord of Molten Fire, his entire body wreathed in green flames, sat upon the lava throne at the head of the hall and looked down at those below. Not far away stood another equally massive