The Demon Prince's dharma form had almost covered all the skies of one of the Nine Lands of the World. The entire region of Demonic Path Hot Sand had been completely obscured by demonic qi above the firmament.
Sky, earth, ocean, the Gale Layer, even the underground below—ubiquitous darkness had eroded all things.
By all reason, Heavenly Patrol Officers should have come to make trouble by now.
However... more than twenty Heavenly Patrol Officers were already lying over there, so no one came for the moment.
The fall of so many fourth-rankers had caused a severe deviation in the surrounding celestial timing.
Mars entered the Gourd, more than thirty degrees north of the ecliptic; having hooked, it moved onward, its radiance trembling and blazing like the Five Dou. Venus suddenly trespassed upon the Wolf Star, which lay south of the ecliptic.
It appeared in the daytime, crossing the heavens and vying with the sun in brightness. At worst, it transformed into a Demon Star. The essence of Jupiter transformed into a Broomstar, the essence of Mars into a Heavenly Thief, the essence of Venus into a Heavenly Dog, the essence of Mercury into a Crooked Arrow, the essence of the sun into a Comet, and the essence of the moon into a Broom.
The entire world had warped because of this. The flow of all qi had been cut off, and the Demon Prince's presence filled every inch of space. In an ordinary world, this would probably have been a world-ending calamity.
Under normal circumstances, third-rankers should have acted by now.
Unfortunately, the demons and shamans had already reached an agreement. In this matter, aside from those directly involved, no force above the fourth rank would intervene.
Then...
It could even be said that if third-rankers did not act, no