Many demons in the lower realm wanted to go to the Heavenly Court and support the demons of Flower Fruit Mountain.
The mortals, however, were shocked by this, yet they did not support the Heavenly Court as everyone had expected.
The reason was that they had long since become disappointed in the Heavenly Court.
For so many years, the Heavenly Court had never cared about the mortal realm. At times, people from the Heavenly Court had even joined forces with demons and ghosts to oppress mortals, making the mortals even more dissatisfied with the Heavenly Court.
Thus, now that the Demon Clan was resisting the Heavenly Court, the mortals were inclined to side with the Demon Clan. Though they had no favorable impression of demons, they still hoped the Demon Clan would win this time and teach the Heavenly Court a harsh lesson, forcing it to wake up.
When the Dao Sect disciples across the Four Continents learned of this, they had originally wanted to support the Heavenly Court. After all, they were all descendants of the Three Pure Ones. But upon hearing that Goku was leading this effort, they hesitated.
The last time Goku and Uchiha Shin had joined forces with Dao Sect members throughout the world to deal with the Evil Spirit, the two had gained great standing among the Dao Sect disciples, who deeply admired them both.
Later, after Goku spread the evidence of the Heavenly Soldiers' crimes throughout the Three Realms, Dao Sect disciples everywhere fell silent. They no longer supported the Heavenly Court and chose to turn a blind eye.
They wanted to support Goku, but they could not do so. The Heavenly Court belonged to Lord Lao, and they had to show their patriarch some respect.
Now that their patriarch, Lord Lao, had not