He Ping had to admit that this old man was a formidable persuader. The information he had revealed had indeed moved him.
Naturally, though, he remained deeply wary.
This wariness was something He Ping had cultivated over the years. He did not trust others easily, so he took the initiative to question Ji Changli.
"Regarding this proposal, Fellow Daoist Ji, apart from destroying the Temple of Myriad Laws, you must have other intentions in seizing a Heavenly King incarnation, no?"
"Of course."
Ji Changli did not deny it.
"By making use of a Heavenly King incarnation, one could also stir up storms within the Divine Court, throw the situation into chaos, plunge the world into disorder, and shatter the Divine Court's rule into fragments... In truth, among the various factions, some have already learned of the predicament facing the Nine Heavenly Kings. There are people secretly plotting to make a move against the Heavenly King incarnations."
The Divine Court had never lacked ambitious schemers and separatists. Once the restraint of the nine Heavenly King magnates above—and the Lord of the Divine Court—was gone, they immediately began to stir. Sooner or later, they would erupt completely and turn the Divine Court into a total mess.
Moreover, the nine Heavenly King incarnations were not their true bodies in the end. Their power and wisdom were both limited. If True Immortal-level experts found a weakness, they would have a chance to refine them into their own external incarnations.
Had the true bodies of the nine Heavenly Kings still been around, no one would have dared attempt such an outrageous defiance of the Dao. But now that the nine Heavenly Kings had all departed from the Divine Court's future timeline, those brimming with ambition naturally began to stir.
"The Immortal Palace and the Other