However, just as everyone had originally intended to abandon the Dao Sect and choose Emperor Donghua's side, Qin Huang raised his hand to quiet them, then spoke in response to your words.
Sure enough, Qin Huang had remained silent because he clearly had other ideas. His plans differed from yours, however. Though he also wished to unite the other worlds that had been coerced, he did not intend to directly remove himself from this affair.
Qin Huang thought this not only because he believed that even if the worlds being forced joined hands, they would not possess the absolute strength to completely stay out of it. Taiqing Immortal Emperor was also a factor.
Qin Huang did not possess your "foreknowledge and foresight." He could not predict the future, and did not know that Taiqing Immortal Emperor would still be without any news several million years later. From his perspective, the possibility of finding Taiqing Immortal Emperor was still very great.
And even if Emperor Donghua flew the banner of searching for Taiqing Immortal Emperor, the Dao Sect was still closer to Taiqing Immortal Emperor. Thus, even if the several united worlds possessed the strength to transcend the conflict between the two sides, Qin Huang still did not believe it was a good thing to fall out with the Dao Sect so quickly.
Therefore, after gathering the strength of several worlds together, his ultimate plan was to pressure the Dao Sect while still choosing to stand on its side. But choosing a side did not necessarily mean assisting with all one's heart. Qin Huang believed they could outwardly obey while inwardly defying the Dao Sect. If war truly broke out, you could casually find an excuse, claiming that important matters had arisen within your worlds and that you could not send