The next day, Baijue remained with the Baihonghe clan, gathering the clan elders together to elect a new patriarch.
The elders fully supported Baijue's decision. They had long known that Baijue was the Nine-Tails' pre-ordained successor to the position of Demon Lord, so ever since Baijue began following the Demon Lord, they had kept a very low profile and even started grooming the next patriarch in earnest.
Now that Baijue had broken through to Rank Eight in a single bound, becoming the absolute foremost figure in the entire Demon Clan second only to the Nine-Tails, it was naturally understood that he could step down from his post as patriarch.
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