After Qin An finished speaking, Emperor Xuanwu fell into thought. A full incense stick burned before he came back to himself and let out a long breath.
Emperor Xuanwu frowned and tapped a fingertip lightly against the table. "If I understand you, we could turn the rift into a trap. We'd lure the Heavenly Demons in one at a time, then kill them one by one."
"That way, our kingdom would have the strength to deal with each Heavenly Demon. We could kill them gradually without having them all swarm through at once. But would this actually work?"
That was the plan Qin An had just proposed.
The rift had always been there, and Heavenly Demons might descend through it.
Rather than leave it as an unknown danger, they could find a way to make it something they could control and keep everything in their own hands.
The means of controlling it was exactly as Emperor Xuanwu had described.
They would station a large force at the rift and quietly widen it a little. Once the Heavenly Demons discovered it and entered one by one, they would destroy them with the force of a thunderbolt.
That would keep the Heavenly Demons from appearing together while allowing them to kill every last one.
Emperor Xuanwu thought the plan was feasible, but its execution required careful consideration.
Most important was how far they could open the rift before Heavenly Demons began swarming through instead of entering alone.
How strong would the Heavenly Demons be when they appeared? Could their side handle them? These questions concerned the fate of the Great Qian Kingdom. They could not afford the slightest carelessness.
Emperor Xuanwu's grave manner was only natural.
Qin An thought for a moment. "For now, this is our only option. Rather than let