The turmoil in the Tai Ming Demon Zone continued. Some powerful Grand Commanders had each gathered a group of weaker followers, ruling their own territories as though they had become semi-independent strongholds.
The Grand Commanders loyal to Supreme Ming had likewise been forced into a wait-and-see stance, repeatedly requesting audiences with Supreme Ming.
Yet, with no response forthcoming, their hearts grew increasingly anxious.
The Eastern War Zones of the Wuji Divine Palace and the Nanming Divine Hall launched all manner of surprise raids, harassment, and even direct pushes against the Tai Ming War Zone. Lacking unified command, the Tai Ming Demon Zone was often unable to attend to one thing without neglecting another. As time passed, the situation naturally deteriorated further and further.
Fortunately, Grand Commander Longxue had secretly acquired quite a bit of intelligence. Together with the demon consorts he dispatched to put out fires everywhere, he barely managed to hold back the Immortal Clan's fierce advance.
Yet because he had to deal with the internal strife in the Tai Ming Demon Zone and rush around putting out fires, Longxue's carefully planned bait operation was postponed again and again. He never found a suitable opportunity to put it into action.
As the Tai Ming Demon Zone descended into chaos, the other war zones also seemed to be affected. Friction along the border between the Immortal and Demon Realms gradually became more frequent. Conflicts in some regions intensified by the day, eventually even developing into localized wars.
In just a few hundred years, several large-scale battles broke out between the major war zones in the eastern Immortal Realm and those of the Demon Realm. During that time, the Immortal Emperors overseeing command were successively forced to take the field to suppress them.
As the flames of war spread, the situation