Heavenly Baleful Protector, Earthly Baleful Protector, Blood Baleful Protector, and the others were all subordinates painstakingly cultivated by the Devil Master, each one utterly loyal.
Even without the restraints of soul restrictions, they had always maintained a measure of reverence and loyalty toward the Devil Master.
Now that the Devil Master was dead, they were leaderless.
It was instead difficult to predict what they would do next.
Would they scatter like monkeys when the tree fell, each going their separate way?
Or would they gather the Holy Demon Sect's experts and swear to avenge the Devil Master to the death?
Lin Fei naturally hoped that Heavenly Baleful Protector and the others would each go their separate ways.
That way, when he returned to the Holy Demon Secret Realm, he would not have to fight Heavenly Baleful Protector and the others to the death.
He would only need to break through the Holy Demon Secret Realm's spatial barrier and return inside Treasure Vase Mountain to be safe.
"While Python-Sparrow Demon Patriarch and Gold-Devouring Insect King are recovering their cultivation, I'll carefully examine the Devil Master's memories again."
"The destruction of the Demon Court back then was all orchestrated by the Devil Master..."
Back then, the Devil Master had only been at the Earth Immortal Realm. He endured humiliation and bore heavy burdens.
He taught the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art to the Demon Race, seemingly helping them cultivate a great number of powerful experts.
In truth, he was cultivating his first batch of sacrifices for himself.
Using the Self-Manifesting Heavenly Demon Curse, the Devil Master caused a Heavenly Demon to suffer backlash from its inner demons. While it was too occupied to care for itself, he severely wounded it, then devoured and refined it.
Only then did he break through in one