It was actually a massive spike of heart demons across the Alliance. It took Qing and other organizations coordinating to avoid possession on a scale rarely seen.
The Sanctuary Empire received some blame for it but since they worked hard to resolve it, the grumbling stayed just that.
The Divine Sword Sect also received heavy criticism due to how they handled the outed Fiend thralls and agents as well.
If not for the constant attacks at the Line, things would have escalated but they had lost too many people to be focused on it for long.
Lind held many meetings to regulate the issues and even Linghu offered some insights on the Laws that reacted to Fiends to his wives for something more permanent but outside of the Law Binding setup, it was difficult to create artifacts or structures to replicate the feat of the Law Binding itself.
