As the saying went, before the troops and horses moved, provisions and fodder went ahead.
The Heavenly Court always followed procedure when conducting its affairs. Even at the Heavenly Court's speed, mobilizing troops required approval from the Great Heavenly Venerable, followed by processing through Tongming Hall, before the various government offices could coordinate the deployment.
The entire process took time and effort.
Moreover, this time it was Wuzhiqi and Nine-Headed Bird who had escaped their seals. These two demons were no ordinary Demon Kings: one was an Ancient Water Ape, the other a Nine-Headed Ferocious Bird. One misstep could plunge countless living beings into misery.
But this time...
The Martial Virtue Star Lord moved with outrageous speed.
The seals had barely broken, and the demon aura from the Northern Julu Continent had yet to drift to the South Heaven Gate, when his memorial was already submitted. No sooner had he submitted it than he led the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals down to the Mortal Realm, grandly proclaiming that speed was the essence of warfare and that he was going to suppress the rebellion.
Yet the fighting became an unusually drawn-out stalemate.
Reports streamed back to the Heavenly Court like flowing water: three thousand magic artifacts expended today, a hundred thousand spirit pills lost tomorrow, an application for merit to fund compensation the day after.
In short, the fighting was brutal, merit was being spent at a furious pace, and the demons remained perfectly alive and well.
Seeing this, the Great Heavenly Venerable issued a direct order: True Lord Erlang, Yang Jian, would serve as supreme commander, with the Three Altar Seas Assembly God, Nezha, as vanguard. They were to reorganize the Demon-Suppressing Army and immediately march against the two demons.
As the Holy Manifestation True Lord's brother-in-law, Chen Wei accompanied