Blackmail

It was only to be expected. The Lord of the Abyss had gained a resource-rich otherworld and obtained Chaos Crystals as well; there was no way he wouldn't use them to cultivate his trusted followers. Though the Abyssal Demons were also fond of infighting, and betrayal was a frequent occurrence, as long as a lord was strong enough to cow his subordinates, they would become his most loyal enforcers.

That was the law of survival in the Abyss. Those who didn't respect the strong deserved to die. And when facing someone stronger, they would instinctively feel fear and submit—until they believed themselves powerful enough to take that person's place.

To outsiders, this kind of treachery made the people of the Abyss Domain seem utterly heartless, but in truth, their environment had shaped them that way. Besides its many intelligent races, the Abyss Domain was home to countless powerful creatures. Within a race, only by constantly culling the weak and spurring on the strong could they hope to survive and endure.

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In truth, everyone knew the races of the Abyss Domain weren't particularly strong by nature. Take the Abyssal Demons, for example. They reproduced at an astonishing rate, and if they grew up like members of other races, an adult Abyssal Demon would normally be around Foundation Establishment level, about the same as a member of the Yaksha Tribe.

But in reality, no adult Abyssal Demon was below Golden Core level. The weak had already become food and nourishment for the strong in the conflicts that raged before adulthood, laying the foundation for the strong to grow even stronger.

It was this brutal internal struggle, this way of growing by devouring one another, that had allowed the Abyssal