You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

[Even for some Hell Lords who have a friendly cooperative relationship with both sides, it might just be a matter of giving a greeting.]

[No price to pay.]

[And by paying a negligible price, one can ensure that their soul is reborn into a specific demon family with superior fighting bloodlines, thus gaining an extremely high starting point.]

[Given a choice, perhaps it was due to the high regard for the War God Agris, or perhaps it was based on an assessment of the talents and potential of the Lava Demon race.]

These high-ranking lords of hell all made the same choice: they were all reborn into the lava demon race.

Lava demons are naturally drawn to fire and power, possess formidable physiques, and have an indomitable fighting spirit. They are considered one of the races in the Abyss with the greatest potential to master the rules of pure strength.

[After all, to use this wisp of soul to walk the path of divine rules, one must naturally rely on the method demonstrated by the only successful individual so far, a method highly compatible with the Lava Demon's talent.]

Therefore, the bloodline of the lava demons is a perfect match for them!

They aspire to use the bodies of lava demons as a foundation, combining their knowledge as hellish lords with their understanding of the rules, to attempt to ignite their own pure flames of battle, destruction, or divine fire.

This matter ultimately could not be completely concealed from the powerful beings native to the Abyss, especially the Lava Demon God, the supreme ruler of the Lava Demon race.

[When this second-tier abyss demon god was astonished to discover that several super geniuses, born with incredible affinity for the rules and soul strength, had appeared in his race in a very short period of time, he was shocked.]

[Given the recent global climate, it's obvious what's going on.]

Furthermore, from the very essence of these divinely bestowed souls, He faintly emanated an ancient and obscure aura that even He found unsettling.

In His understanding, this was simply inconceivable.

[How could a second-tier Abyss Demon God, who wasn't even considered top-tier among the Abyss Demon Gods and had been painstakingly cultivating his own little territory, have so many descendants who were clearly of extraordinary origin and could become the ancestors of so many top-tier True Gods?]

Is this trend considered a resurgence of an ethnic group?

[Within the ancient consciousness of the Lava Demon God, tainted by lava and sulfur, churned this heavy and ominous question.]

Watching those prodigies he sensed grow at an unbelievable speed, displaying a level of understanding of rules and profound cunning far beyond their years, he felt no joy at the impending rise of his race. Instead, a chilling coldness spread along his rocky spine.

This sudden and concentrated surge of geniuses involves a level of power far beyond what He, a second-tier demon god, could comprehend.

In the Abyss, a world of survival of the fittest and fraught with danger, excessive luck often foreshadows annihilation.

In a sense, the Lava Demon God, guided by his divine instincts, sensed that the entire Lava Demon race was in danger of being swept into an unknown vortex, becoming cannon fodder, or even being wiped out.

These reincarnated beings, bearing the soul imprint of top-tier true gods, are themselves a source of unstable explosion.

[Once their true identities or purposes are exposed, or if their experiments on the Path of Rules within the Abyss cause uncontrollable changes, the Lava Demon race, serving as both the vessel and the cover, will be the first to suffer.]

The wrath of the Abyss's will, and even the potential cleanup by the forces behind those reincarnated beings—any one of these scenarios could destroy the foundation of His people that He has painstakingly built over many years.

After all, as a demon god who had struggled to survive in the abyss for many years, He knew very well that the supreme and great will of the abyss detested anything that escaped its control.

[Especially the Path of Rules, a path of power that completely bypasses the Abyss's authority system, reveals an extreme degree of fanaticism in its rejection.] [The successful defection of the Heart Demon God and the Star Demon God has made the Abyss's will extremely wary.]

Now, within the territory of His Lava Demon God, one after another, promising individuals seemingly destined for the path of divine rule have appeared. This is tantamount to dancing on a minefield of the Abyss's will.

[Once detected, even if only suspected, the entire Lava Demon territory could be completely wiped out by a purifying storm unleashed by the will of the abyss, to eliminate any potential threats.]

This fear kept the Lava Demon from eating or sleeping.

As he thought about it, his chaotic thoughts involuntarily drifted towards that name.

【Aglius!】

That child initially didn't attract much of His attention; He was merely a relatively outstanding junior whom He happened to glance at among the countless observing eyes scattered across the vast lava ancestral land.

[One of the children whom I casually cared for in the ancestral land with a wisp of my own avatar seems to possess some talent and a tenacious fighting spirit.]

Who could have predicted that this seemingly ordinary descendant of the lava demon would quietly escape the abyss and now become a God of War of Rules?

[It seems this child indeed possesses opportunities and decisiveness far exceeding His imagination.]

[Aglius's success, on the one hand, filled the Lava Demon God with a strange, complex feeling of pride.]

However, this successful example is probably one of the main reasons that has attracted this group of uninvited guests.

[Aglaus was like the first person in the darkness to raise a torch and successfully navigate the labyrinth; his figure attracted countless followers and imitators who yearned for light but might bring even greater darkness.]

To be honest, the Lava Demons are determined to cultivate another powerful demon god for their race, and are willing to expend resources to do so, secretly keeping an eye on potential offspring.

But He truly hadn't expected that fate would play such a cruel joke.

Instead of growing steadily according to His plan, the younger generation of the race has produced a true god of rules who not only breaks away from the Abyss system but also commands the respect of even the will of the Great World.

This has completely exceeded His control and understanding, heading down a path that He cannot predict and is powerless to intervene in.

This is absolutely unbelievable!

After the initial shock, all that remained was a profound sense of powerlessness and awe of the unknown.

He realized that in the grand scheme of things and the battles between top players, he, as an ancestor, was as insignificant as a speck of dust.

But since I can't figure it out, I'll stop thinking about it for now!

The long demon god's life taught the Lava Demon God a lesson: when faced with cataclysmic changes far beyond its own level, things it cannot comprehend or resist, excessive thought and worry will only hasten its demise.

Survival is the first priority. (End of Chapter)