After seeing off the five Thousand Province rulers, Old Wen returned to the room and saw Lin Bai standing by the window with a troubled frown.
"Who could have expected things to turn out this way?"
"Plans never keep pace with change!"
Lin Bai stared at the streets outside, his face grave.
Old Wen stepped forward to comfort him. "Emperor Child, there's no need to worry so much. This was completely beyond anyone's expectations."
"No one could have imagined that the Duanmu Family would strike so ruthlessly, even going straight to a full-scale massacre."
"And they slaughtered innocents without any evidence. That was something I never expected either!"
Old Wen was not lying. If he had known beforehand that the Duanmu Family would be so overbearing and tyrannical, he would have stopped Lin Bai earlier.
"It's fine. There's still room to turn things around!" Lin Bai sighed. "It's just a pity... so many innocent martial artists, families, and sects lost their lives for nothing because of this."
Old Wen said quietly, "So the Emperor Child feels guilty over this matter. Then you needn't keep it weighing on your mind."
Lin Bai asked in surprise, "What do you mean, Old Wen?"
Old Wen smiled. "The families and sects destroyed by the Duanmu Family may not have been entirely free of responsibility or wrongdoing."
"If one investigated carefully, more or less, they would all have done something wrong to the Devil Palace."
"Emperor Child, let's not mention those minor families and sects. As for the great families and major sects that control multiple provinces, do you really think they never contacted the Demon Subjugation Alliance?"
"Star Palace, the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Zhou Family, the Li Family, and Qinghe Island all insist that they have nothing to do with the Demon Subjugation