"However, in recent years, the Demon Race had held fast to the Hundred-Demon Sea Cluster, with endless demon armies arriving as reinforcements. The war's progress had instead slowed considerably."
As Ancestor Tiansu explained at length, Chen Nianzhi gradually came to understand the current state of the war.
Ever since the Demon Race's grand formation had been broken, the Western Abyss Dragon Palace—now lacking a half-step Celestial Immortal combatant—had collapsed overnight. Even when the Heavenly Prison Race later came to its aid, they could not conceal their decline and had no choice but to switch from offense to defense.
The Human Race and Divine Race pressed their advantage, winning battle after battle. They breached more than a dozen Demon Race blessed lands and slew quite a few of the Demon Race's Earth Immortal ancestors.
Facing the pincer assault of the Human Race and Divine Race, the Demon Race later dug in at the Hundred-Demon Sea Cluster, relying on one blessed-land formation after another to wage a bitter struggle across these seas.
The fighting continued for several thousand years. The Demon Race constantly lost blessed lands and sea territories, yet with the strength of their mountain-guarding formations, the Human Race and Divine Race also suffered no small losses.
Thus, even after fighting to this day, neither side had fully determined victory or defeat.
At this point, Ancestor Tiansu said, "Fortunately, the Demon Race has been retreating without cease. By now, many demons have already fallen back into the Dragon Palace sea region."
"If this continues, we should be able to completely clear out the blessed lands within five thousand years and gather all our forces to besiege the Western Abyss Dragon Palace."
Chen Nianzhi nodded. As Ancestor Tiansu had said, the Human Race's four half-step Celestial Immortals had already surrounded the Western