With the two jointly holding power, things appeared fair on the surface. Yet from another angle, Lingxiao Palace had still won. After all, Ling Jiuxiao's cultivation had reached the Quasi-Emperor level. Even if he had forcibly broken through to the Immortal King Fifth Realm, he could still easily suppress Bai Chongwen in terms of strength. Thus, Lingxiao Palace's local advantage remained; it was merely that, with Bai Chongwen keeping him in check, Ling Jiuxiao could not go too far in arranging the defenses.
In the 779,317th year, because the initial probing had gone exceptionally smoothly, the Devil Master of Taihuan Jiyao Heaven learned that the World Passage connecting Qinghe Heaven and Earth to them was weak. He swiftly gathered a force, with nine Demon Kings leading the charge, intending to break through the western defenses. Afterward, they could wreak havoc in Qinghe Heaven and Earth while coordinating with the demons of Extreme Wind Heaven and Earth in the southern region.
If both Demonic Worlds could gain a firm foothold, then even if they could not completely crush Qingming Hetong Heaven, they could still plunder this heaven and earth and reap no small harvest.
However, though the Devil Master of Taihuan Jiyao Heaven had a fine plan, the Demon Kings did not get along. Before the Change of All Heavens, many Demon Kings had deep blood feuds with one another. Asking them to lay down their hatred and work together wholeheartedly in such a short time was difficult.
Moreover, no matter how persuasively the Devil Master spoke, the first to answer his summons were only demons from his own faction. The Demon Kings of the other regions were all old foxes and had no desire to be the bird that stuck its head out.
They understood that whoever first struck the