"That young imperial sovereign really had no shortage of tricks. Even when doing evil, he had to find some lofty-sounding excuses." Sui Shen Yao said angrily.
"So that was how it was... Now I understood." An Ning nodded gravely, then asked in confusion, "But were they really so certain that all the Divine Treasury Clan Celestials were in the old capital?"
Li Tianming shook his head. "That young imperial sovereign didn't care about those thousand-plus Divine Treasury Clan imperial sovereigns at all. If he truly intended to investigate, he definitely wouldn't have started with the old capital, much less needed to seal it off."
"He didn't care?" An Ning frowned.
"That's right." Li Tianming's gaze narrowed slightly. "The only thing he truly cared about was suppressing my Imperial Dao. That was the fundamental purpose of this trip."
"Then if he doesn't investigate those Celestials, isn't he afraid they'll join forces with some Divine Treasury Clan members and strike back in the future?" An Ning asked doubtfully.
"At least until he suppresses my Imperial Dao, he won't bother with them. There's no rush for him." Li Tianming paused before continuing, "Those thousand-plus Divine Treasury Clan Celestials had just been defeated and were in retreat. What they needed most was time to recuperate. They could never return to kill their way back in the short term, and they couldn't affect the young imperial sovereign's mining of Divine Treasury Stones at all."
"So he's finally bared his fangs completely and is starting to target us?" Aurora asked gravely.
Li Tianming sneered. "He bared them long ago. He was just more restrained at first. There were too many eyes from the Heavenly Emperor Sect, so it wasn't convenient for him to directly suppress and retaliate against me with violence."
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