"Can he turn black into white with a single decree? It won't be that easy!"
"Tell those Buddhist Sect fellows to keep their people steady and spread the truth. We can use this chance to undermine imperial authority and ruin the Jiang Family's incense offerings!"
The Demon Sheep Venerable spoke through gritted teeth.
Spread the truth... Purple-Patterned Woman felt that those words sounded rather strange together.
Still, she quickly agreed and left with the Black-robed Youth.
Yet just as they were about to retaliate, traces of several top-tier demon factions suddenly appeared across the provinces.
These demon factions raised their banners high, summoning mountain spirits, river monsters, and other demons to bypass the border cities, slip into the provinces, and attack the cities where Buddhist Sect disciples had gathered.
"The Buddha Master is dead! Great Yu is about to fall!"
"Our Demon Emperor has already killed your Buddha Master! Why haven't you surrendered yet?"
"Kill! Kill them all!"
These demon factions included remnants of the Dragon Gate and the Saint Palace, as well as the Ancient Demon Hall and the Star Moon Academy, whose influence spread far among demons and which taught techniques and educated demons, much like Great Yu's Hanlin Academy.
The Star Moon Academy had always remained neutral among the demon factions. Unlike the Great Void Realm's withdrawal into seclusion, the Star Moon Academy never took part in conflicts. Its well water never mingled with the Great Yu Dynasty's river water; neither encroached on the other. Yet this time, even it had descended from the mountains and gone to war with Great Yu.
The leaders of these invading demons were all Great Demons of the Three Immortalities Realm, second only to the Demon King elders within the top-tier demon factions.
They raised their great banners and ordered the