The heir of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace stood above the Council of Elders in status, second only to the Palace Master.
The heir was equivalent to the Holy Son of other top sects. It was just that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had so many prodigies that it had further divided them into detailed ranks.
Ordinarily, although the Holy Son of any sect possessed an extraordinary position within the sect and the Lineage, he could not completely surpass the elders.
But the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace was different.
A hundred thousand years ago, during the age when the Holy Lords roamed the world, the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had drawn a clear line between the Holy Lords and ordinary prodigies and Holy Sons, forcibly dividing the prodigies into numerous ranks: Young Masters, Spirit Sons, Holy Sons, Dao Sons, God Children, Imperial Sons, and so on.
To raise the Holy Lord's status within the Devil Palace, the Imperial Son's position had been set above the Council of Elders, second only to the Palace Master.
This rule had been supported by every martial artist in the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace ever since the Imperial Son system was established a hundred thousand years ago, and it had never changed to this day.
Although Lin Bai had previously been an Imperial Son of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, he had never acted in that capacity. Whether dealing with the elders of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace or ordinary disciples, he had never put on airs.
But now.
Lin Bai had thoroughly put on the airs of an Imperial Son of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, forcefully pressuring Elder He Gongji to bow his head and admit his mistake.
He Gongji gave two bitter laughs. "And Lin Bai must be thinking that everything was