Following in-depth audits and statistics compiled by the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King across all camps, the military was suffering from severe personnel shortages, with almost eighty to ninety percent of posts vacant.
The reasons for such drastic shortages went beyond Fairy Weining's earlier bloodbath; they also stemmed from the earlier pacification campaign against Ruoshui and Yang Jian twice wreaking havoc across the Heavenly Court.
Coupled with Fairy Weining's decree, officers and soldiers across all camps who had previously faced punishment were thoroughly purged from their original units.
Chapter 301