Even Yao Daogu and Zhao Fengxia, who were Eternal Elders, held high positions within the Devil Palace, and their lineages also possessed extraordinary status there.
It was no exaggeration to say that they were, in reality, among the Devil Palace's rulers.
Yet even so, when they faced Lin Bai, whose cultivation was lower than theirs, they were still intimidated by the aura of an "Emperor Child" emanating from him.
This was not fear of his strength, but fear of the "Holy Lord" from a hundred thousand years ago.
Simply put... Lin Bai had benefited from the Holy Lord's legacy. Back then, the Holy Lord had left behind too many legends under the identity of "Emperor Child," causing every martial artist in the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace to develop deep reverence and worship toward that title.
Even the Eternal Elders were no exception.
After all, before becoming Eternal Elders, people like Yao Daogu and Zhao Fengxia had once been prodigious martial artists of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. Having been steeped in the culture of the Devil Palace, their reverence for the "Holy Lord Emperor Child" had long been carved into their bones.
Lin Bai sat on the edge of the Floating Island, gazing at the busy figures of the martial artists below in the headquarters of the Devil Palace.
He neither spoke nor moved or reacted, as though he were an ancient god, coldly and emotionlessly watching over his territory and his subjects.
Only the whistling gale high in the sky, blowing straight toward him and stirring his hair and the hems of his clothes, showed that he was not a statue but a living man.
After waiting for roughly half an hour, Dao Child Yu You and Goddess Li Guxian finally arrived in haste and boarded the Imperial Palace.