The old king's death had undoubtedly made the Empire's situation somewhat turbulent, but all sides chose restraint. The reason was that the three major factions had never stated their positions.
The reason for this was that the three old immortals were the absolute controllers of the three major factions. At present, the three factions had reached an initial cooperation with Su Xiao. At least before the "Karmic Lock Ring" was dealt with, neither the three old immortals nor Su Xiao would allow the situation to descend into chaos. Their response was very simple.
If a faction secretly caused trouble at this time, intending to muddy the waters completely while taking advantage of the old king's death, those opportunists would first have to face the "Mechanical Divine Church," the "Imperial Royal Family," and the "Three Ministers"—the three major factions on the surface.
After a rebel faction successfully endured the slaughter of these three apparent major factions, they would develop the illusion that they had finally risen to their feet, and that from now on, the forces under their command would become the fourth major faction in this world.
At that point, one of the "Church of All Gods," "Soul Bell Tower," or "Rune Family" would make its move.
However, before the Empire was established thousands of years ago, all kinds of relationships had already become deeply intertwined. The existence of some factions was extremely subtle and peculiar. The three major factions found it inconvenient to act against them for reasons of interest. At such times, a Law-Destroying could not mind helping out.
Take our dear Imperial Grand Duke, Mr. Nicuniza Cray, for example. First, he was descended from the Imperial Royal Family. Second, several generations of his family had been believers in the Mechanical Divine Church. He was also the chairman