From Hua Qianshu's introduction, it seemed that the purpose of the Nine Great Palaces was to select and cultivate talented martial artists for the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
Hua Qianshu continued, "The origins of the Nine Great Palaces can be traced back to the One Emperor, Nine Saints of a hundred thousand years ago."
"Back then, how peerless were the talents of the One Emperor and Nine Saints? They swept across the Devil Realm, unmatched by anyone. In their later years, they even left everything they had learned throughout their lives within the Nine Great Palaces."
"Furthermore, when the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace expanded outward back then, most of the treasures and Dao Traditions plundered from the Devil Realm Eastern Region were stored within the Nine Great Palaces."
"That's why becoming a disciple of a Divine Hall was something every martial artist in the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace dreamed of."
Hua Qianshu looked toward the palaces atop those nine gigantic stone pillars, his eyes filled with longing.
Lin Bai asked curiously, "With Brother Hua's talent, entering the Nine Great Palaces shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Hua Qianshu chuckled and said, "When I was very young, I began my studies in the Nine Great Palaces under my father's arrangements."
"I was luckier than most. My father analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the Nine Great Palaces' assessments for me, allowing me to pass the examination smoothly and enter the Fifth Divine Hall, becoming a Divine Hall disciple."
"After several thousand years of cultivation, I went from an ordinary Divine Hall disciple to a martial artist of the Young Lord Tier, then a martial artist of the Saint Child Tier, and finally, to my current status as a Dao Child-tier martial artist."
Lin Bai asked with a smile, "A Dao Child! Since