That was right. Maybe the Lord of the Universe couldn't kill Ling Tian—or, more likely, he couldn't bring himself to kill him. But he could use Ling Tian's friends and family as leverage. And as Po Qiong had said, this would also let him test in advance whether Ling Tian cared about them. After all, it would help the Lord of the Universe see whether Ling Tian could be controlled.
As they'd said, even if Ling Tian's strength was formidable enough to obtain Primordial Chaos Qi, that wasn't what the Lord of the Universe valued most. What mattered most was whether Ling Tian could be controlled. If Ling Tian couldn't be threatened, then even if he obtained Primordial Chaos Qi, he wouldn't hand it over. In that case, letting Ling Tian go would be pointless and would only waste a great deal of time and effort. The Lord of the Universe had spent all these years honing and nurturing Ling Tian, which had taken time, energy, and all kinds of resources. The fact that he had kept helping Ling Tian gather strange energy was proof enough.
The Lord of the Universe's warning to Ling Tian this time would show whether Ling Tian could be threatened and brought under his control, just as Po Qiong had said.
"Mm, it must be that." Xiao Shi nodded. Then he looked up at the sky and muttered, "The Lord of the Universe is way too devious. He even thought of this, and managed to test him at the same time. That's just..."
"It's only natural for the Lord of the Universe to act this way. If we were in his position, we'd also want to make sure we could control our target. Otherwise, all the effort we'd put in over so many years would