Five days had already passed since Prophet Demon Master Qi Shu left.
After enduring three days of unbearable torment, Demon Emperor Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri finally breathed a slight sigh of relief upon receiving the latest news.
Within the three-day deadline set by Prophet Demon Master Qi Shu, even with Qi Shu personally taking action, they had failed to encircle and annihilate Ye Zhen's forces as promised.
When he had just received word that Ye Zhen's forces had vanished without a trace after escaping the carefully arranged encirclement, Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri's heart had turned ice-cold. He had nearly gone mad with anxiety.
If Ye Zhen's forces went on burning, killing, and attacking the territories of the lords who had pledged allegiance to him, then the rumor that Ye Zhen specifically targeted lords loyal to Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri would be completely confirmed.
Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri was certain that at least half, perhaps even two-thirds, of the lords currently pledged to him would leave.
All the advantage he had painstakingly built up these past days would then go down the drain overnight, sending him back to the starting line of the Succession Struggle.
Fortunately, just as Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri was living every day in dread, the latest news arrived: Ye Zhen's remnants had, across several million miles, consecutively burned, killed, and massacred five lords under Fifth Crown Prince Po Yue and Seventh Crown Prince Cong Yun.
The earlier rumor that Ye Zhen's remnants specifically burned and slaughtered the lords under his command collapsed on its own.
Under such circumstances, even though Ye Zhen's remnants had not been wiped out, the lords great and small under Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri finally felt at ease, and no one clamored about leaving anymore.
This miraculous