This won't do, that won't do; in the end, it could only come to nothing. They'd wait for Li Zhirui to face his Tribulation before taking action since there would be fewer concerns at that point—after all, the Devil Race definitely wouldn't be happy about a Divine Transformation emerging in the Li family.
Indeed, an Elder scattered his thoughts with this consideration, contemplating that once the Devil Race deployed a portion of their Great Devils and their strength weakened as a result, they could attempt to recapture the Great Void Province.
However, it was essential to quit while ahead, to first reclaim a part and then slowly, bit by bit, encroach further south.
And Li Zhirui, the focus of so many concerns, finally took the last step in the twenty-fourth year of his retreat!