The punishment for the Guo Family had been decided by Lin Bai long ago.
If the Guo Family suffered heavy losses during the operation to wipe out the Nine Sects and Seventy-Two Clans on the South Bank of the Yun River, then Lin Bai would let them off as long as they surrendered two-thirds of their foundation and resources.
If the Guo Family suffered no serious losses during the operation to exterminate the Nine Sects and Seventy-Two Clans, with all the family's top experts remaining intact, then a way would have to be found to weaken their strength.
The Guo Family was a "rebellious lineage." They could not be trusted.
But the Devil Palace's territory was currently embroiled in turmoil as well. Lin Bai could not simply slaughter the Guo Family and provoke even more unrest.
The situation was much like that of the Seven Nights Divine Sect.
Although the Seven Nights Divine Sect had declined, many lineages in this territory still supported them.
The Guo Family was the same in the Yunhe Thousand Provinces. They had operated here for ten thousand years and had sunk deep roots. Destroying them would inevitably arouse the resentment and hostility of many lineages on the North Bank of the Yunhe Thousand Provinces.
Thus, as long as the Guo Family agreed to send martial artists at the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm or above to the frontier to serve under Goddess Li Guxian, and surrendered two-thirds of their foundation, Lin Bai could show them mercy.
More importantly...the frontier war was growing desperate, and more experts and resources were needed.
"You can go make the preparations first."
After making arrangements for the Guo Family's ancestor, Lin Bai had the Guo Family and the others return to their ancestral land first to prepare the resources and