"You must know much about the central region of heaven. I would like you to answer my questions properly in a way that I find satisfactory," Aldrian said as he looked at Rulleus with a slight smirk. Rulleus shuddered in his heart, and he did not dare to look directly into Aldrian's eyes.

Xarz, who had been watching how this proud prince acted since earlier, couldn't help but snort inwardly. His arrogant demeanor was nowhere to be seen, and his power or status could not be used here. He was no more than a cowardly prince who only relied on his privilege as royalty to act however he wanted.

In the midst of the pain and uncertainty of his own fate, at least he could see this brat face the consequences of his arrogance and decisions.

"What is it that your excellency wants to know? I'm afraid that I cannot tell much—"

"Ssh, ssh, ssh, that is not what I want to hear, your highness. I believe the questions I will ask are things you would know the answers to. I do not care that you are afraid of your father. What I care about is what you tell me after this," Aldrian cut Rulleus off, which made him grit his teeth.

"So now, let's start with the current situation in the central region of heaven. What is it like right now? Who is in charge of that place? And how is the devils' life and power there?" Aldrian asked.

Rulleus still felt hesitant to answer, but then a painful sensation suddenly rose from his soul. The moment he felt it, his body trembled and his eyes rolled back. His body grew tense, and his expression showed that he was truly in pain. After ten seconds, amidst the extreme agony, Rulleus finally opened his lips.

"I… talk… I… talk… please."

The pain in his soul finally stopped, and his body instantly went limp. However, because he was tied to the chair, he remained upright. He gasped as he took a deep breath. Saliva dripped from his lips, his eyes turned slightly red, and cold sweat rolled across his body.

After a few moments of adjusting himself, his expression regained clarity and he finally began to answer.

"This is the situation when I left in the central region of heaven more than two years ago. Since I left, the time that has passed there should be about three years, so I don't really know the current situation now," he answered with uneven breath.

"However, the situation at that time had not changed much. The devils were simply living our 'normal' lives as devils. But during that period, there was expectation and excitement because the plan for our god to descend was finally approaching. The journey for the devils to spread our influence and the faith of our god across the first heaven would become much easier. The Central Star Cluster in the Arbion Galaxy, which had been a stumbling block for many generations of devils, would finally be swept away by us."

"With the Central Star Cluster and the Arbion Galaxy falling into our hands, there would be no obstacle to spreading the devils' influence and territories to the southern side of the first heaven. It would be an easy journey, though it would still take time, yet we firmly believed that no real challenge awaited us in the southern part of the first heaven."

"The life in the central region of heaven for the devils is the best, as the environment there has already been shaped to our needs by many generations of devils who occupied that place. For non-devil cultivators, that place is a hell, and we doubt they could keep their lives or even remain sane once they step into it."

"The thick devil energy and the many strong cultivators compared to other regions of the first heaven, that place serves as our headquarters for the entire operation of the devils in the first heaven." Rulleus was still gasping from the aftereffects of pain as he paused slightly.

"The central region of heaven has many star clusters, and the population of the devils there reaches more than ten trillion, with millions of peak pseudo-immortal stage cultivators. Also, many people from the higher heavens descend there to help us in our plans and movements. This is only known by the higher-ups. In fact, my father is also from the higher heaven."

Hearing that, Aldrian did not change his expression, as he knew that higher-level cultivators from the higher heavens could descend to the lower heavens by sealing their cultivation down to the level allowed in that heaven.

That was how Long Shentian, Feng Xuanyan, and many others of his followers in the past were able to descend to the lower heavens and build all the preparations for his return.

But he was still surprised inside to learn that the vampire king was one of the higher heaven cultivators. He thought that Tarius must have placed more faith in the higher heaven's cultivators to manage the central region of heaven, as that was the most important piece of territory if Tarius wanted to dominate the entire first heaven.

Rulleus had said that many cultivators from the higher heavens had descended, and that troubled him. It was also a sign that the law of causality in the first heaven had been extremely weakened. Those invading gods, who were already masters of universes, must have been the ones weakening the laws of causality, as they were the only ones capable of doing so.

There was also a difference in treatment when it came to higher heaven cultivators descending to the lower realms between those outsiders and the indigenous people. His followers in the past, who were indeed indigenous people, had an easier process when descending to the lower heavens.

That was because of the strong karma they had already built with the universe, which caused the heavens of this universe to grant them a kind of "leniency."

However, it was different for those invaders who came from outside of the universe. They had no connection to this universe, and when they tried to descend, they faced much greater difficulty. There were many burdens and setbacks compared to the indigenous people.

The same also applied to indigenous cultivators of this universe who practiced cultivation technique originating outside of it. They received the same treatment as outsiders because by practicing what was from beyond this universe, they accumulated karma connection from outside the universe as well.

But there was one thing they could do to ease the burden or setbacks of descending. That was to weaken the heavenly laws, or the law of causality, in each heaven they wished to descend into. For this, only gods who had already reached the realm of Master of Universe could accomplish it.

That was why the information that many invaders had managed to descend was troubling. With the laws of causality weakened, reinforcements from the upper heavens could easily pour into the first heaven. At this moment, he thought that the laws of causality in the first heaven must be in far worse condition, since Tarius was even able to send his avatar to descend.

While Aldrian was thinking over the information he had received, Xarz's expression was already in shock as he heard something new. He had never known that the Vampire King was from the higher heavens, nor that many cultivators from above were mingling with them.

He then glanced at Aldrian, who did not seem particularly surprised, as if this information was something he had already known.

Seeing that Aldrian did not show much reaction, Rulleus continued.

"My father is one of the four overlords of the central region of heaven. They have held that position since before my birth, succeeding the previous generation of overlords."

"My father, along with the other three overlords who also came from the higher heavens, manage the four sides of the first heaven's operations for the devils."

"My father, the Vampire King, is in charge of the south. The east is under the Nine-Headed Hydra, the west is under the Spear Devil, and the north is under the Necromancer King."

"All of them are truly powerful cultivators, so strong that even a peak pseudo-immortal stage cultivator would have difficulty facing them. With them at the helm of the central region of heaven and managing the devils' operations across the first heaven, the devils have only grown stronger, and their influence has spread wider."

"Trillions of devils and the four overlords, since ancient times, we have maintained our grasp of the central region of the first heaven without anyone being able to retake it." Rulleus then stopped, grimacing as the aftereffects of the pain in his soul still stung.

Aldrian slightly nodded his head.

"I see. So I can guess that among your troops that I killed, there was at least one necromancer from the higher heavens, correct?" he said, which left Rulleus stunned, though he still answered.

"Well… yes. There were some among them who came from the higher heavens."

Aldrian finally knew why those dragon bones had appeared in the first heaven. The bones came from one of the dragon tribes that resided in the second heaven, the Silver Iron Dragon.

The Silver Iron Dragon tribe was only one of the many factions that had become his loyal followers in the lower heavens in the past. Their fate was now unknown, but he would not be surprised if they had already suffered the same fate as the Silver Lightning Dragon, extinction.

He could not help but grit his teeth in irritation, but he forced himself to remain calm. He took a deep breath and then looked at Rulleus.

"If I kill you, will your father come to me personally?"