Following the cultivator at the Late Stage of the Celestial Immortal Realm from the Blue Sea Empire being stopped by an equally powerful demonic cultivator who had been lying in wait for just this exact situation, the state of the Blue Sea Empire showed no sign of improving, as the overall strength of the combatants involved in the struggle at the empire's borders had already reached the limit of what the Blue Sea Empire could send out without directly compromising the overall safety of their core territory that was constantly being eyed by the other major powers from the region.
Because of this, even though the old ancestor of the Blue Sea Empire wanted to send out more people or even go to the borders himself to try and deal with the demonic cultivators, he couldn't. Placing the Blue Sea Empire in a rather awkward position, as they did have a lot more strength to spare, but no way to use it without potentially giving their enemies a chance to strike them from behind.
