Just as the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace had anticipated, Saint Elder Duanmu Peng indeed had no intention of giving up the territory of Yaotai Thousand Provinces.
After all, this truly was a once-in-a-millennium opportunity.
The Devil Palace had rebuilt its mountain gate, inherited all the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect, and even obtained parts of the territory of the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley.
The Devil Palace's current territory could be described as incredibly vast.
Yet within such a vast territory, there were only twenty or thirty thousand-province regions that truly produced abundant resources.
There were no small number of families and sects affiliated with the Devil Palace, and those twenty or thirty thousand-province regions were absolutely insufficient for so many families and sects to divide among themselves.
And at this very moment, Lin Bai had suddenly parachuted in as the Devil Palace's Imperial Son, becoming a thorn in the side and eyesore to the First God Child and the Shi Family.
Lin Bai desperately needed the recognition and support of the Devil Palace's various affiliated families.
Under such circumstances, the Devil Palace's top families naturally possessed the right to negotiate conditions with Lin Bai.
Resources and benefits that had once been difficult to obtain in the Devil Palace could now be acquired with ease.
Yaotai Thousand Provinces was one such example.
If Lin Bai had not still needed the support and allegiance of the Devil Palace's various families, then according to the Devil Palace's usual rules and logic, it would absolutely not have been so easy for the Duanmu Family to obtain Yaotai Thousand Provinces.
But now, the Duanmu Family had obtained ownership of all Yaotai Thousand Provinces from Lin Bai without expending much effort at all.
Once Yaotai Thousand Provinces fell into the