Through Chao Yushi's unhurried account, a little-known secret gradually unfolded before Lin Bai and Fallen Immortal.
A trace of reminiscence showed in Chao Yushi's eyes. "This matter has to be traced back to the beginning."
"Wolf Marquis, Princess, you should both know... The Nine Underworlds Demon Palace was once immensely powerful. It nearly unified the Devil Realm Eastern Region and became the supreme existence of the eastern region."
"But later, for many reasons, the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace became the public enemy of the eastern region's martial artists."
"In the end, it stirred up an earth-shaking, once-in-an-age war throughout the eastern region."
"That was the war that destroyed the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace ten thousand years ago."
"During that war, practically every martial artist in the eastern region took part."
"From powerful cultivators who had surpassed the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm to minor martial artists who had only reached the Divine Pill or Heaven Martial Realm."
Lin Bai listened carefully to Chao Yushi's words and seized upon a key point... For many reasons, the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had become the public enemy of the eastern region's martial artists.
Lin Bai had already guessed this much.
The Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's becoming the public enemy of the eastern region's martial artists definitely could not have been merely because the palace was ruthless and heartless.
The most widely circulated claim in the Devil Realm Eastern Region, and the one most widely accepted by its martial artists, was that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's cruelty and lawlessness had caused widespread resentment among the eastern region's martial artists, ultimately sparking a war.
But in the Devil Realm, there were no shortage of sects and lineages that were "cruel and lawless." The Nine Underworlds Demon Palace was neither the first nor the last.