The many Daoists Qiuquan on Celestial Xia's side all wore grave expressions as they watched every movement within the worlds.
Whenever an Origin Xia treasure fled, a streak of treasure light would rise. It looked as though the treasure was escaping at tremendous speed, but that was merely an image reflected upon the Heavenly Order. More precisely, the treasure was both here and not here; once this process manifested, its outcome was already destined.
If they forcibly intercepted it at that point, they would only seize a few wisps of treasure aura. They could not truly keep the treasure behind.
Of course, this was not absolute. If Celestial Xia's power were strong enough to suppress Origin Xia's entire Heavenly Order, it might still be possible. In truth, Celestial Xia had seemed capable of directly intercepting treasures before precisely because of this—Celestial Xia had indeed held some advantage at the outset.
But that advantage was still insufficient to topple Origin Xia's Heavenly Order in one stroke.
Thus, if they wished to intercept the treasures now, they had no choice but to find a way to restrain Origin Xia's Heavenly Order. This was also why Lin Tingzhi had initially proposed waiting until the cycle turned before making their move.
At that time, Origin Xia's Heavenly Order would suffer a powerful backlash from the Heavenly Dao. Though it would last but an instant, their chances of success would rise by several degrees.
Besides that, there was another opportunity.
That opportunity lay before them now. When a world was destroyed and its treasure was compelled to shift away, it would inevitably cause slight turbulence in the Heavenly Order. It could not possibly leave no trace at all.
If they caught that gap, there was also a chance of achieving their purpose.
Celestial Xia's forces