Of course, this was beyond the Demon Race's expectations—and on a higher level, beyond the Jade Emperor's expectations as well.
The Jade Emperor had merely made a simple assessment of the situation. In the current Eastern Continent, the Demon Race, Human Race, and Asura Clan were ostensibly the strongest.
As the Demon Race's lackey, the Shadow Clan ranked ninth. Thus, the Jade Emperor had intended to use the Shadow Clan to restrain the Human Race. If things went well, they might even suppress the Human Race.
Once he had dealt with the Asura Clan, he could turn around and attack the Human Race. Then the Eastern Continent would fall into the Demon Race's hands—and thus, into his hands.
Of course, the vision was beautiful, but reality was cruel. He had never expected the Shadow Clan to be so utterly worthless, collapsing under the Human Race after just a single exchange.
And before even a month had passed since the Human Race launched its counterattack, it had already become a war of extermination. That was far too fast.
Damn it, even a war between two factions did not move this quickly, much less a war between two great races.
It had vastly exceeded the Jade Emperor's expectations. What he had not expected even more was that the Asura Clan was actually this powerful—so powerful that even he found them incomparably troublesome.
Everything stemmed from the Jade Emperor's excessive carelessness and arrogance. As the master of the Heavenly Palace, the most powerful force of the ancient era, he simply looked down on the various races of the present-day Eastern Continent.
So, without carefully judging the situation, he had launched a merciless slaughter against the Asura Clan without hesitation.
Had he investigated properly, this situation would never have arisen.
Elsewhere, Ye Lin looked