[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress":3,"chapter-evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-369":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Evolution: From Little Devil to Devil Empress",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1080058,1395,"Chapter 369: Hollow City","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-369",369,"\u003Cp>Liora closed her eyes and silently digested the memories of her opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her having advanced to a Greater Devil, it had become far easier to obtain memories useful to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coupled with the difference in strength between her and the hunched man, Liora was able to obtain the information she sought pretty quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she opened her eyes, she couldn’t help but let out a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t expect it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although thousands of years have gone by in the Demon Weapon World, less than a year has passed in the Demon World.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the time difference between the two worlds this big?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora was not surprised by the existence of the time difference itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was perfectly normal for the time in different worlds to flow differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone a difference of thousands of times, even if millions of years were equivalent to a mere moment, it wouldn’t be completely out of the ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, since she was not used to such a situation, it took a few moments for Liora to recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After she accepted this fact, she shifted her focus to the rest of the information she had just obtained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This information was very valuable, exactly what she needed to navigate through the Demon World at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The amalgamation of creatures that I created has indeed caused chaos in the 173rd layer of the Demon World.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over the past few months, thousands of cities and millions of Devils have died in its hands. The more it kills, the more destruction it seeks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly because of that and its bloodthirsty nature, that creature has been named ’Catastrophe Devil’ by weaker Devils.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Catastrophe Devil had become widely known by now, and even Lesser Devils were aware of its existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its many slaughters had brought fear to most Devils, plunging the Layer into chaos as they scrambled to find ways to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result of such chaos was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many Devils had already left the 173rd Layer and chose to escape into other Layers, unwilling to return before the Catastrophe Devil was killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This didn’t mean that the creatures in the Layer had become less, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the news of the Catastrophe Devil’s existence spread, many Devils from other Layers were alarmed and travelled here, hoping to reap some benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man that Liora had just killed happened to be one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through luck and his own special bloodline abilities, he had managed to trace the Catastrophe Devil back to this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, feeling that the Catastrophe Devil might have left a treasure or inheritance behind, he hastily came here to collect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest was history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the greed that the man had displayed and his earlier mindless behavior, Liora couldn’t help but shake her head in disapproval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare a mere True Devil meddle in the affairs of Archdevils? Isn’t this person simply seeking death?\", she let out a sigh, feeling that this person was bound not to live for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he hadn’t died at her hands today, it would only be a matter of time before he died at the hands of someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unwilling to investigate the thinking process of a True Devil for long, Liora lowered her head and glanced at the Gate of the Hollow within the gap of the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the hunched man, she knew that the so-called Catastrophe Devil had not left anything of value behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no such thing as inheritance or hidden treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was this place not a land of opportunity, but it was, in fact, quite dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this was where the Catastrophe Devil had been born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew if it had left any power behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, any sudden movements in this place might cause the Catastrophe Devil to notice something amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, and knowing that there was no benefit to be had, Liora did not linger here for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking a final look at the gate below, and engraving the remaining auras into her memories, she finally left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>--\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The structure of the 173rd Layer of the Demon World was fairly simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devil cities were scattered along the continent, with the strongest among them, those with a Greater Devil in charge, being known as true cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides them, the only other special landscapes were the four forbidden areas and the Hollows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The process of the formation of the former was unknown, but Hollows were known to emerge because of the Ruler’s, the Hollow Ancestor’s, influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This structure was something that everyone in the 173rd Layer was familiar with, and no one, including Liora, had ever doubted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Liora discovered something astonishing upon returning this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piece of information had appeared in her mind the moment she returned to the Demon World and had revealed the truth of this Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing many kilometers above the ground, Liora stared at the vast continent below and discovered that it looked endless even from this high in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she had become a peak Greater Devil and was thousands of times stronger, Liora could still not see the end of the 173rd Layer, as if it stretched infinitely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a discovery might have stunned her at any other time. However, Liora had neither the time nor the will to admire the scenery at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her entire focus was on the world floating in the distance, or to be more accurate, on the enormous city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hollow City—a giant city attached to the 173rd Layer, with essence higher than an ordinary higher-level world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the information that had appeared in her mind, the Hollow City was the real hidden center of the 173rd Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Greater Devils and stronger beings had access to it, while the city was invisible to weaker beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I used to believe that the Devil cities built by Greater Devils were truly vast and almost nothing could match them. But now, I realize that those cities are nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this what a city built by an Ancient Devil looks like?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Using an entire higher-level world as a material to build a city. What a great undertaking...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she was far away, Liora could glimpse into the city’s information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giant buildings of all kinds and types, creatures powerful enough to shatter worlds with ease, and precious treasures that were enough to transform a mortal into a terrifying existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of the above could be seen everywhere in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>",1076,"2026-06-03T10:39:03.948Z",1,"novelbin.me","813ff3043631dcca04a58baa79876fe562531a963af47930c324f569dd2f6f15","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-270","evolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-chapter-269",482,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fevolution-from-little-devil-to-devil-empress-cover.jpg"]