For a time, the Demonic Alliance's sphere of influence was reduced repeatedly. Soon, under the interference of the Golden Elixir Masters of the Righteous Alliance, they were forced to defend only a single location.
Under these circumstances, the war between the Righteous Alliance and the Demonic Alliance came to a stalemate.
The remaining three Golden Elixir Masters of the Demonic Alliance were not easily defeated by the five Golden Elixir Masters of the Righteous Alliance, as long as they did not split up.
Similarly, the Righteous Alliance's five Golden Elixir Masters were also unlikely to be surrounded and killed by the Demonic Alliance's three Golden Elixir Masters, let alone more than one at a time.
As such...