Kaido's return to the empire was unexpected but welcomed. With a figure very close to both the life mage and death mage, both sects were willing to listen to his words, especially since he was the only living gold realm master affiliated to their sects. At first, Kaido's appearance brought about great fear as people assumed the death mage and Life mage would soon return and only death will follow. But even when they realized the death mage and Life mage didn't tag along, the fear didn't vanish still. Since the death mage and life mage were not ready to return, the one carrying out the senseless slaughter will most likely be their closest friend, the sun cosmic spirit host.
But to their greatest surprise, none of that happened. Even the members of the death and life sect who were expecting Kaido to battle Ahika and force him to bring out the injured Francis and Diana were disappointed as well.