With the Idealist System, no matter how desperate the situation or how vast the gap in strength, there was always at least a sliver of a chance to turn things around.
Even if that possibility was infinitesimally small, it still existed.
Just like how Daigo had once faced Gatanothor, an opponent he could not defeat, yet had relied on the light within humanity's hearts to overcome Gatanothor.
Or like the Godslayer System he possessed, which was itself somewhat idealistic in nature.
The difference was that Daigo had relied on the light in the hearts of humanity on Earth, while they relied on their own convictions.
But Ying Zheng's Forging the Heavenly Court clearly did not possess idealistic power, because his strength itself came from the nation of Great Qin and everyone within it.
Life, strength, knowledge, technology... everything related to Great Qin's development was part of what formed the power of Forging the Heavenly Court, or rather, the dynasty.
Under such circumstances, what could it rely on to be idealistic?
Emotions? For the Emperor of a nation, emotions were the one thing that absolutely could not fluctuate too greatly.
First Emperor: "I merely wished to see how far I still am from such power."
First Emperor: "I have also prepared myself to die once."
The mission's share was one reason, but more importantly, he wanted to see how great the gap was between himself and experts like Shendu and Chen Hao, and what rank Great Qin needed to reach as a dynasty—or even an Imperial Dynasty—to rival them.
However, the fundamental reason he was willing to do this was that he had a means of preserving his life.
Unlike the other group members, who entrusted their lives to Bai Xuan's rescue, as the Emperor of Great Qin and a cultivator