The devils and demons that had lost faith in Kai Syaoran were led by a powerful devil who had reached the seventh step of cultivation, placing him at the top of the power rankings in Continuum City.
Millions of years ago, this man's ancestor entered the monolith and emerged with her bloodline optimized to its greatest potential. To everyone's shock, it turned out that this ancestor, a woman, was a remnant of the Nightmare race that had once dominated the second layer of hell and spread fear throughout creation.
From that day on, her descendants were all born as Nightmare Devils.
They had multiplied over the years, and now they comprised over half of the population of Continuum City.
