Ten thousand fathoms beneath the Death Demon Cavern lay its deepest reaches, the Central Forbidden Zone.
This was the seat of power for the entire Demonic Grotto, the supreme domain that governed its countless prisons.
Layer upon layer of dark rock stretched across the void. Countless ancient, weathered demonic sealing patterns entwined heaven and earth, locking down the entire region. Every prison, dungeon, and hard-labor zone in the Demonic Grotto, from top to bottom, fell under its command and administration. No one could overstep its authority.
Compared with the chaos of the lower levels and the deadly riots of the middle levels, the Central Forbidden Zone held not the slightest clamor.
Only an undying silence shrouded its age-old darkness.
At the same time, a supreme majesty that suppressed the entire Demonic Grotto and cowed every prisoner and overseer lay heavy between heaven and earth, unmoved by the years, unchanged through the ages.
The master presiding over this supreme forbidden domain was the true highest authority of the Death Demon Cavern-the Demonic Grotto Chief Overseer, who governed every prisoner and overseer and controlled all its rules and order.
At the center of the void floated a pitch-black Eternal Demon Throne.
The throne was carved with savage abyssal beast patterns and covered in mottled traces of time's erosion. It had stood there for untold tens of thousands of years, exuding an imperious aura of looking down upon all living beings and commanding life and death.
An aged, stooped figure sat cross-legged upon it in silence, utterly motionless, as though he had become one with this dark world.
A tattered, worn black demonic robe wrapped his withered body. Long, snow-white hair hung loose, covering his shoulders and most of his face.
His frame appeared frail and decrepit, as though a fierce gust of