The Abyssal Plane.
On a subterranean river that ran through every layer of the plane, a boat built entirely from bones drifted down from upstream.
The Ferryman poled the boat along, giving Illidan Stormrage an endless account of the customs and inhabitants of each layer. Seeing how intently he listened, the Ferryman felt secretly pleased.
Yang Ming had sent Illidan Stormrage to the Abyssal Plane as a spy. Having only just arrived, he was fumbling in the dark, knowing nothing about the place. Far from irritating him, the Ferryman's long-winded introduction delighted him. Drawing on his formidable memory, he quietly committed everything to memory, intending to compile it into a report and send it to Yang Ming.
Then he heard the Ferryman continue:
"The emperor of the Abyssal Plane's sixth layer is the Sage Emperor. He belongs to the Wise Clan, a race with exceptionally powerful control abilities, renowned throughout the Abyssal Plane as its foremost masters of control. Moreover, the Wise Clan possesses the power to control other abyssal races. Thus, even emperors and races stronger than the Sage Emperor and the Wise Clan are unwilling to provoke them, for fear of bringing disaster crashing down upon their heads."
"The emperor of the Abyssal Plane's fifth layer is the Scythe Emperor. His race is unknown. He possesses tremendous speed and the ability to traverse space, fighting like a master assassin: if one strike misses, he retreats a thousand miles away. He is the Abyss's renowned king of the night, with an exceptionally powerful ability to deliver killing blows."
"The emperor of the Abyssal Plane's fourth layer is the Devil Emperor. He is an Abyssal Demon Puppet. The Abyssal Demon Puppet Clan possesses the strongest physical defenses in the Abyss. As their strongest member, the Devil Emperor is said to