In the battle that annihilated the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province, the ancestors and elders of the Eternal Devil Sect held Lin Bai in extremely high regard.
Lin Bai possessed something the Eternal Devil Sect currently lacked: drive, decisiveness, and ruthlessness.
Just as Lin Bai had said inside the Eternal Palace, the Eternal Devil Sect's foundations and strength far surpassed those of the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province. If the sect's upper echelons had not been so weak and hesitant, they would never have allowed the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province to grow so powerful that they could stand against the sect as equals.
The Eternal Devil Sect had been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years and had deep roots throughout the Eternal Thirteen Provinces. Its foundations were profound, and powerful experts were as numerous as clouds.
In theory, with strength like that of the Eternal Devil Sect, even if it could not swallow the Crimson Moon Eighteen Provinces, it should never have been forced into such a desperate situation by the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province.
The Eternal Devil Sect's greatest problem was the indecision and procrastination of its upper echelons.
Such leadership was praised as "cautious and prudent," but in truth, it was far too careful. It only gave its enemies more room to develop.
The Eternal Devil Sect needed a leader like Lin Bai—ruthless and decisive, with the courage to act—to bring the sect's resources and foundations accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years into full play, expand its territory, and wage war across the world.
The Eternal Devil Sect's habit of worrying over every possible consideration had not developed overnight.
Beginning tens of thousands of years ago, when the Eternal Devil Sect's leaders began selecting their