The entire imperial court governed thirty-six prefectures across Jiuzhou, and every single prefecture city was administered by an officially appointed True Monarch of the Heavenly Dao. Further down, the commanderies, counties, towns, and villages were all managed by county magistrates and underworld city gods, followed by river lords, mountain deities, land gods, and other enshrined deities.
Under normal circumstances, two neighboring prefecture cities minded their own business. For instance, Huaiyang Prefecture bordered Huaishan Prefecture, with the main stream of the Ze River flowing through Huaiyang, while only a minor tributary of the Huai River emptied into it.
Occasionally, evil spirits and fiends would wander over, but they never staged the continuous outbreaks seen in these counter-attack simulations. Even his father in this lifetime had lost his life to such fiends. After reading through the various archives and ancient texts in the Huai family, Shen Ping concluded that this situation could only mean one thing: something was wrong with Huaiyang Prefecture.
Chapter 627