Before meeting Lin Bai, the Star Palace Master had already swept the Southwest Thirty-Seven Provinces clean.
Although some fish had slipped through the net and fled the territory, they were no longer worth fearing.
The rebels of the Southwest Thirty-Seven Provinces had been thoroughly eradicated by Star Palace.
This was the gift the Star Palace Master had prepared for Lin Bai.
To be honest, Lin Bai truly liked this gift.
He had grown sick of the wars raging inside and outside Devil Palace territory. The Star Palace Master's move had effectively helped him solve a major problem.
Moreover, when Lin Bai asked why rebels had suddenly appeared in the Yaotai Thousand Provinces, the Star Palace Master had also given a perfect explanation.
The Demon Subjugation Alliance had instigated it, and they had obtained evidence proving that the Demon Subjugation Alliance was indeed lurking behind the Southwest Thirty-Seven Provinces.
Thus, even if Lin Bai wanted to blame Star Palace, he had no reason to do so.
They had handled everything cleanly in public, leaving Lin Bai no handle to seize.
That instead left Lin Bai somewhat... surprised.
As expected.
Families capable of taking charge of major strongholds like the Yunhe Thousand Provinces and the Yaotai Thousand Provinces, which lie within Devil Palace territory, are indeed no simple characters.
No wonder Goddess Li Guxian had objected so strongly when I enfeoffed the Yunhe Thousand Provinces and the Yaotai Thousand Provinces to the He Family and the Duanmu Family.
It seems Goddess Li Guxian had long known that none of the families or sects capable of ruling these "major thousand-province strongholds" were easy to deal with.
First there had been the Guo Family, and now there was Star Palace.
The Guo Family had secretly opposed Devil Palace, but if Lin Bai had not