Sword Emperor of the Astonishing Sky

While listening to Li Guxian's words, Lin Bai was also thinking.

Just as Li Guxian said, Lin Bai has come this far and can no longer retreat.

Even if he wanted to retreat, there were countless people supporting his back and forcing him to move forward.

The first are Wang Zhengyang, the Holy Son of All Saints Mountain, and Chu Junyou, the Crown Prince of Chu. The reason why they are willing to support the Nine Nether Demon Palace to make a comeback, apart from the reasons of other great warriors, is largely because Lin Bai is currently the emperor's son of the Nine Nether Demon Palace.

They had clearly told Lin Bai that since the Nine Nether Demon Palace's comeback could no longer be stopped, they hoped that someone they were familiar with and whose character and background they knew would become the future ruler of the Nine Nether Demon Palace.

Because they know Lin Bai inside and out, and they know that after Lin Bai becomes the future Palace Master of the Jiuyou Demon Palace, he will definitely not act recklessly.

Even if Lin Bai acts recklessly after becoming the ruler of the Demon Palace, they can legitimately come and give him some advice based on their relationship with Lin Bai.

If the "First Son of God" becomes the ruler of the Demon Palace, it will be a huge problem.

Although Wansheng Mountain and the State of Chu did not know much about the "First Son of God", they could see that this person was the kind of person who did things without thinking. Once he became the one in charge of the Demon Palace, who knew how much trouble he would cause.

The next are the Qiye Divine Sect and Phoenix Valley within the territory of the Qiye Divine Sect. These two major sects hope that Lin Bai will become the ruler of the Demon Palace. After all, this is directly related to their life and death.

Lin Bai once made a promise to them that as long as he was in the Demon Palace, he would not break his promise.

"But the emperor's son doesn't need to have such great psychological pressure."

"At present, I can still hold on for a while. At least within a thousand or hundred years, my life span won't be a big problem."

"Of course, it is not ruled out that I think the emperor's son is more suitable to be the ruler of the Demon Palace, and I will take the initiative to propose abdication."

Lin Bai smiled and nodded. The Lord of the Nine Nether Demon Palace knew very well that Lin Bai did not want to stay in the demon world.

Whether to stay in Chu State or in the Nine Nether Demon Palace, this is not Lin Bai’s real idea.

Therefore, the Lord of the Nine Nether Demon Palace clearly told Lin Bai that even if he wanted to leave the Demon Realm for a period of time one day, he could do so within thousands or hundreds of years.

The Lord of the Nine Nether Demon Palace nodded repeatedly and said, "In that case, the matter of the Chunyang Sect has come to an end. The Emperor's son and the Goddess Li Guxian should return to the Demon Palace headquarters in Huanglong Qianzhou first."

"Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing, please arrange the matters of the 'name change ceremony' as soon as possible and announce it to the world as soon as possible."

"We don't have much time, so we will try to get everything done within half a year."

After arranging the name change of "Seven Nights Divine Sect Territory", Jiuyou Demon Palace continued:

"With the affairs of Chunyang Sect and Phoenix Valley concluded, Fantian Sect and Baitian Sect will definitely take action."

"Before returning to the Demon Palace headquarters, Goddess Li Guxian must make arrangements for the frontline affairs to guard against sudden attacks from the Fantian Sect and the Baitian Sect on the Jiuyou Demon Palace."

Li Guxian nodded slightly and said:

"I have arranged for the troops of Phoenix Valley and Chunyang Sect to come to the rear of Fantian Sect and Baitian Sect's territories."

"The armies of Chunyang Sect and Phoenix Valley don't need to take action. Just stationing them on their borders will be enough to put tremendous pressure on them."

"If the Chunyang Sect and Phoenix Valley want to attack our Jiuyou Demon Palace, the armies of the Chunyang Sect and Phoenix Valley will be able to break through their mountain gates within a month."

"If I were the Fantian Sect or the Baitian Sect, I would never do such a brainless thing."

Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing suddenly laughed and reminded Li Guxian:

"What if there are brainless people among the people in power in their sect?"

"We have to be on guard too."

"There is one more thing. The Demon-Slaying Alliance has been doing a lot of evil in the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect."

"It is very likely that the Fantian Sect and the Baitian Sect will bring the Demon-Slaying Alliance over to fight against the Jiuyou Demon Palace together."

"We have to guard against this as well."

Li Guxian fell silent and thoughtful after hearing this. It was obvious that she was also thinking about the Demon-Exterminating Alliance.

The Lord of the Nine Nether Demon Palace said loudly: "The Demon-Slaying Alliance is just a mob, it's harmless."

"As long as we can check and balance the Fantian Sect and the Baitian Sect, the Demon-Slaying Alliance will naturally collapse."

Li Guxian nodded and said:

"As the Palace Master said, our current focus should still be on the Fantian Sect and the Baitian Sect."

"But since these two major sects did not take the initiative to attack, it is not easy for us to take the initiative to launch a war of destruction against them."

"I hope that Fantian Sect and Baitian Sect can turn back from their mistakes, so that we can save a lot of effort."

The high-level meeting of the Jiuyou Demon Palace ended quickly, and information from all parties began to be gathered. The situation in the territory of the Qiye Divine Sect was gradually becoming clearer.

After the meeting, Lin Bai and Li Guxian walked out of the Yunzhou secret room and returned to the plywood.

It is very troublesome for the Jiuyou Demon Palace's army of millions of people to move on a large scale.

Even though teleportation arrays were prepared along the way, it would still be a waste of time to mobilize all the troops back to Huanglong Qianzhou.

Lin Bai asked: "Will the army of Jiuyou Demon Palace return to Huanglong Qianzhou?"

Li Guxian shook her head and said, "Not really."

"Brother Di Zi, which dynasty's army have you ever seen that has millions of soldiers stationed around them?"

"Even within the imperial capital of Chu, there are only the nine legions of the Zhaoxing Division and the Imperial Guards."

"Without a transfer order, the armies of the eight military kings of Chu cannot enter the territory of the 'Eighteen Imperial States' without permission."

"This is to ensure that these troops stationed near the imperial capital will not suddenly rebel."

She smiled as she looked at the army of the Nine Nether Demon Palace that was slowly moving forward, and laughed softly:

"The same goes for the army of the Nine Nether Demon Palace. They will not be directly deployed back to Huanglong Qianzhou."

"They will disperse to other territories."

"But for now, they need to go to the border of the territory occupied by the Jiuyou Demon Palace and be responsible for resisting the Fantian Sect and the Baitian Sect."

"Also... the guard change at Yongye Pass will also begin."

When it comes to deploying troops, Lin Bai is naturally not as proficient and experienced as Li Guxian.

However, Lin Bai was still very curious and asked, "Does the Nine Nether Demon Palace also have troops stationed in Yongye Pass?"

Li Guxian nodded and said, "When Senior Brother Di Zi was at Yongye Pass before, he should have seen it. It was the Nine Nether Guards who were responsible for the army stationed at Yongye Pass."

"But after the war between Chunyang Sect and Phoenix Valley broke out, I dispatched the 'Nine Nether Guards' back and reorganized them into the 'Nine Nether Army'."

"The army currently guarding the Eternal Night Pass is the 'Heavenly Palace Guards', one of the eighteen guards under the Nine Nether Demon Palace."

"They were originally responsible for guarding the mountain gate area, but now the Demon Palace Master and the Saint Elder have appeared in the Demon Palace headquarters."

"With two warriors at the level of great supernatural powers showing up in public, other villains naturally dare not act rashly. I will dispatch the Heavenly Palace Guards to the Eternal Night Pass!"

Even though Lin Bai is not very clear about the overall strength of the Nine Nether Demon Palace at present, he also knows the name of the "Eighteen Guards of the Demon Palace".

The 'Eighteen Guards of the Demon Palace' are the most powerful armed force within the Nine Nether Demon Palace. They are responsible for hunting down traitors, guarding the borders, protecting the core leaders inside and outside the sect, etc.

When necessary, they will immediately form an army and go on expeditions!

Li Guxian smiled and said to Lin Bai: "By the way, among the 'Eighteen Guards of the Demon Palace', there is also a guard team that belongs to Senior Brother Di Zi, and is specifically designed to protect Senior Brother Di Zi's safety."

"Although their number is small, each of them is a top expert."

"This guard is the 'Dragon Guard'."

Lin Bai thought about it seriously. Many times when the surrounding space was broken, he could capture the figures of many high-level warriors standing in the void.

I think this group of people are the so-called 'Dragon Guards', who are specifically here to protect Lin Bai's safety.

Li Guxian glanced at Elder Wen and Taoist Yu You, and chuckled, "At present, Elder Wen should be the leader of the Dragon Guard."

"Daozi Yuyou should also be considered a member of the Dragon Guard."

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Upon hearing this, Mr. Wen smiled and nodded, without saying much.

Daozi Yuyou also agreed after hearing this.

Lin Bai smiled bitterly and said, "How come 'Dragon Guards' is almost the same as the designation of some armies of the Chu State?"

Li Guxian smiled and said, "This is also normal. When the Nine Nether Demon Palace dominated the Eastern Region of the Demon Realm 100,000 years ago, what did Senior Brother Dizi think they could rely on?"

"Is it because there are many powerful people in the Nine Nether Demon Palace?"

"Or is it that the Nine Nether Demon Palace is well-trained?"

"Actually, neither of them... The fundamental reason why the Nine Nether Demon Palace really rose to prominence a hundred thousand years ago was because it established a system."

"This system does not rely on nepotism or favoritism, and does not rely solely on talent and martial spirit to judge a warrior's level."

“After this system was established, many warriors with low talents were given important positions by the Saint Sovereign, and the Saint Sovereign promised them generous gifts.”

"In the long run, the Demon Palace will naturally become stronger, because it allows many low-level warriors to see the hope of being promoted to high-level warriors."

"Although the Demon Palace failed 100,000 years ago, many of the systems left by the Demon Palace have been improved and inherited."

Li Guxian paused here and then said to Lin Bai:

"For example, the 'Thousand States System' formulated by the Demon Palace divides a thousand states into eleven sects or families for management."

"And the Demon Palace only needs to manage this family or sect."

"This system is still being passed down in the Eastern Region of the Demon Realm until today."

"Except for the Eastern Region of the Demon Realm, the Southern Region, Western Region, and Northern Region do not have this system at all. Their sense of boundaries is very vague, so it is easy for some quarrels to occur."

Li Guxian's narration made Lin Bai nod his head repeatedly. Many things left over from the Nine Nether Demon Palace a hundred thousand years ago are indeed still in use in the Eastern Region of the Demon Realm.

This seems to be the difference between 'nepotism' and 'meritocracy'.

Even the present-day Chu State has the shadow of the Nine Nether Demon Palace a hundred thousand years ago, but the Chu State has not achieved as good a result as the Nine Nether Demon Palace.

The royal family still has the final say in the present Chu State. Although there are six divisions in the court, they do not actually have any real power.

However, the 'Thousand States System' formulated by the Nine Nether Demon Palace a hundred thousand years ago is indeed very convenient for the prosperous forces to control the key territories in various aspects.

Especially since the Eastern Region of the Demon Realm is so vast, it is not so easy to take over a territory.

…

After leaving the territory of Chunyang Sect, Li Guxian ordered the army to station in the territory he designated.

The army of more than five million was split into five armies, each heading towards a different territory.

Lin Bai and Li Guxian returned to Huanglong Qianzhou with some personal guards, as well as warriors at the Supreme Dao Fruit and Chaos Dao Fruit realms from the Jiuyou Demon Palace.

After entering Huanglong Qianzhou, Lin Bai and Li Guxian felt a little more relaxed. After all, this place was already within the area of ​​Jiuyou Demon Palace.

Li Guxian smiled and asked, "Brother Di Zi, if nothing unexpected happens, we will stay in Huanglong Qianzhou until the celebration of Jiuyou Demon Palace comes."

"Does Senior Brother Dizi have any other plans?"

Lin Bai shook his head and said, "I have been practicing with the Daluo Golden Pill for a while now, and I feel like I am about to break through to the middle stage of the Daluo Dao Fruit realm."

"I plan to practice hard for a few days after returning to the sect, and strive to break through the realm of cultivation as soon as possible."

"Besides that, there doesn't seem to be any other arrangements."

For a long time afterwards, Lin Bai used the "Daluo Golden Pill" day and night, trying to refine the pill with one mind and two tasks at the same time.

Finally, a few days ago, his cultivation slowly increased to the peak of the early stage of Daluo Daoguo realm, and he was only one step away from the middle stage.

Now that the affairs of Chunyang Sect and Phoenix Valley have come to an end, Lin Bai can spend the next two days recuperating in the Demon Palace.

Li Guxian chuckled and said, "That's good. Senior Brother Dizi must be quite tired from running around all this time."

Just at this moment.

Suddenly, in mid-air, a warrior was seen fleeing in panic, with a group of warriors chasing him from behind.

"stop!"

"You will definitely die today!"

Lin Bai and Li Guxian both heard the noise and couldn't help but look forward.

Li Guxian whispered to Lin Bai, "They are from the Demon Palace."

Elder Wen also added: "The people who escaped and the people who were chasing them were all warriors from the Demon Palace."

From their clothes, it was not difficult for Lin Bai to tell that they were all warriors from the Demon Palace.

But Lin Bai was a little confused. Since they were warriors from the Demon Palace, why would they kill each other?

"Stop them and ask what's going on?"

Lin Bai gave the order, and Daozi Yu You flew out after receiving it, stepped forward and stopped the young man who was fleeing in panic.

"stop!"

Daozi Yu You had a gloomy face. She stopped the fleeing warrior and asked in a cold voice:

"Who are you? Why are they hunting you down?"

The warrior was obviously frightened, and the moment he was stopped by Daozi Yuyou, he made a gesture to fight back.

But he quickly calmed down and asked, "Who are you, Senior? Was he also sent by the First Son of God to kill me?"