"Exactly. If the enemy comes by stepping on the star positions, they can make up for their own shortcomings and gain far more power than usual. That was also what I concluded after studying the opposing Heavenly Dao." Zhao Qian said.
I admired Zhao Qian's diligence. Even though the enemies who had come this time were nothing more than scattered stragglers, she still treated them with such importance. That showed just how lacking we would be when we crossed blades with the opposition. Moreover, the great powers neighboring the Creation Heaven might also become our potential enemies. Faced with a newly risen force and established evil foes, they might very well choose to swallow up the new force to protect themselves. Even if that alone was not enough for self-preservation, bringing the Creation Heaven's empress along would at least give them some capital for negotiation with their enemies. That by itself was reason enough.
With so many interests at stake, I had no choice but to reconsider our current, brutal position.
The Nine Heavens, wrapped within the Creation Heaven, needed to grow like a chick inside an egg. The Creation Heaven outside was both the yolk and the shell, protecting it from direct impact. But the outside forces were not gathered around a single plane; they were distributed around the entire Creation Heaven. Thus, whoever wanted to attack the Creation Heaven only needed to feel that the potential benefits were rich enough.
With such a low threshold, it was practically like picking up money off the ground. If I imagined that my own position was too secure, I would truly be acting like a frog in a well, blinded by its own greatness.
"Our enemies won't be few, and they'll be watching us from every direction. They may invade at