At first, the Immortal Alliance had some restraining influence on the cultivators who were gradually losing their sanity, and the Immortal Cities of the Various States were relatively safe.
However, as the confrontations intensified and both sides saw red, the prohibitions of the Alliance ceased to be effective.
Words would hardly be exchanged before cultivators would fight to the death in the midst of the city.
In the beginning, the punitive Array Techniques within the cities were still effective. The towering Dharma Transmitter Statues would cast down white beams of light, annihilating cultivators who violated the laws.
But as the number of deadly fights amongst cultivators increased, even the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals began to have significant reservations.
It would only selectively activate the city's Great Array.
This tactic of not holding the multitude accountable undoubtedly encouraged the cultivators' frenzied fighting behaviors.