Very quickly.
The news of the collapse of martial experts at the shores of Taihu spread rapidly, soon reaching the ears of the court, also alerting the other deities of the incense fire across the world.
Of course, such rapid dissemination of news could not have occurred without someone's covert assistance in the background.
Apart from this bad news, another troubling tidbit was that Master Taiyi of Taihu City, along with the Jinyi Guard, began to take action once again. This time, his actions were bolder, with a two-pronged attack to break mountains and temples, causing the spirit monsters and deities of the incense along the way to flee in terror, not daring to confront them at all.
Some deities of the incense who couldn't escape had no choice but to kneel and beg for mercy.