Lin Bai's words cast a layer of frost over the faces of the several family heads and elders present.
Because they knew very clearly that every word Lin Bai had spoken was true—there wasn't a single lie among them.
If Lin Bai lost in his struggle against the First God Child, then the First God Child would inevitably become the Devil Palace's Imperial Heir and the future Palace Lord of the Demon Palace.
Once the First God Child became the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace, it would be tantamount to Shi Renshan and the Shi Family "indirectly" taking control of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and monopolizing its power.
As everyone knew, the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's current upper-level structure was composed entirely of the Nine Great Palaces and the families behind them.
It was no exaggeration to say that the families of the Nine Great Palaces controlled nearly two-thirds of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's resources.
Moreover, the Nine Great Palaces were continuously cultivating successive generations of talented disciples for the Nine Great Families.
Even when a martial artist within one of the Nine Great Palaces did not belong to their family, the palace family would still use "marriage alliances" or "cultivating death warriors" to win those palace prodigies over to their side.
Once the Shi Family took control of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, the other families were all certain that the Shi Family would never coexist with them.
Even if the Shi Family did not act against them at first, sooner or later, the Shi Family would swallow them up one by one.
Even if it did not "swallow them up," the authority of the other eight Divine Halls would still be hollowed out by the Shi Family.
Just as Lin Bai had said, even if