In the span of just half a month, the situation on the Primordial Continent underwent complex changes once again.
Previously, although the four imperial princes—Prince Li Ji Yuan, Prince Ning Ji Yuan, Prince He Ji He, and Prince Xun Ji Mao—had declared that they would crusade against the monarch-slaying Crown Prince Ji Ao, they had not actually made many moves.
Everyone had merely exchanged a round of verbal bombardment, with no real action taken.
They had all remained restrained.
Yet the so-called divine kingdoms suddenly sprang up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
These so-called divine kingdoms were not large. Most had once been outlying marquisates or even commanderies enfeoffed by Great Zhou.
However, each of these newly established divine kingdoms had a Heaven Temple Divine Being stationed behind it as its Grand National Teacher.
Unlike the Grand National Teacher positions that had been forcibly established, the Grand National Teachers of these divine kingdoms were basically all members of their respective royal clans.
Thereafter, these divine kingdoms began expanding proactively.
Their tactics were exceedingly simple: if the surrounding provinces and commanderies agreed to surrender and merge into the divine kingdom, so much the better.
If they refused, troops would immediately be sent to attack. Yet the true core of the fighting force consisted of Creation Realm Divine Beings.
Creation Realm Divine Beings personally carried out decapitation tactics.
Once the leaders were gone, the remaining armies were nothing to fear.
Thus, these tiny divine kingdoms, which initially occupied only one to several commanderies, began expanding at a breakneck pace. Under such circumstances, the previously separatist Prince Li Ji Yuan, Prince Ning Ji Yuan, Prince He Ji He, and Prince Xun Ji Mao could no longer sit still and made their moves one after another.
Across the entire Primordial Continent, especially