"Control the Qiongtian Jade? You're not joking, are you? I'm already struggling just to fight him, and you want me to try controlling the Qiongtian Jade? If he takes advantage of an opening, who's going to bear responsibility for that?" Li Poxiao asked with a furrowed brow. Everyone was currently proving the Dao through their cauldrons, and those cauldrons were meant to control the Qiongtian Jade. But at present, they could only control roughly half each at most. Everyone knew that controlling the Qiongtian Jade would allow one to prove the Dao and create the Genesis Heaven, but one still had to be capable of controlling it—especially under circumstances like these.
"Whoever controls the Qiongtian Jade first will be able to prove the Dao directly. How will you know unless you try? Just let him eat you while you focus on your own business. Don't pay attention to what he does!" I continued suggesting.
"Are you insane? That's a rotten idea! Even when I was at full strength just now, I couldn't do it. What makes you think I can manage it now? This is courting death!" Li Poxiao gritted his teeth. But seeing that I wasn't joking, he still trusted my advice. He immediately gave up continuing his battle with Lord Wanqi and instead released countless platinum-colored threads, which began extending endlessly.
"Hmm? What's the meaning of this? Could he be cutting off his own path to survival and giving up? Is he offering himself to me as food?" When Lord Wanqi saw Li Poxiao's posture, his face lit up with delight. He soon began devouring him even faster. Sure enough, after Li Poxiao abandoned defense and switched to controlling the outside world, Lord Wanqi's devouring speed surged, becoming no slower than when he had threatened him with puppets