The Immortal Palace Celestial Court, due to simultaneously deploying massive armies for war in both the east and west, lost control over the twelve nations. However, the purses of the local celestial nobility swelled as various military expenses were withdrawn from the celestial treasury. As to who ultimately seized the resources and territories wrested away from the Immortal Palace by the disorderly troops, refugees, and demonic sects, no one would be able to track it down clearly.
Therefore, the imperial edicts from the Ziwei Enclosure could constrain fewer and fewer places, but the forces of the three enclosures' celestial nobility—the Grand Tutor's offices they supported—could command and mobilize an increasing number of troops and resources.
It was apparent that the power of the Immortal Palace hadn't truly weakened; rather, this power had just shifted from the Ziwei Enclosure to other places.
