This time, Lu Bing's answer that the people of the three Imperial Palaces were all focused on pioneering was considered normal, not surprising at all. Even if they were to redirect their energies back, that would have been an unusual move.
After all, the struggle for authority among them was never a matter of overnight. Their conflicts could alternate in advantage, one suppressing the other, but achieving a true victory was not so simple.
For those many Taoist Monarchs hidden behind the Heavenly Court, they did not wish for the Jade Emperor, this Heavenly Court Emperor, to govern heaven and earth, command all heavens, and hold all authority, threatening their existence. That's why they supported the rise of the other Imperial Honors, to divide and seize the authority of the Jade Emperor.
