Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 990 - 990 0591 Time to Deal with Emperor Jianwu_1

Chapter 990: Chapter 0591: Time to Deal with Emperor Jianwu_1 Chapter 990: Chapter 0591: Time to Deal with Emperor Jianwu_1 Chapter 0591: It’s Time to Deal with Emperor Jianwu

Qi Tian stretched greatly, feeling as if a massive mountain that had been pressing down on him had been lifted. Perhaps this was how Sun Wukong felt when he shattered the Five Elements Mountain that pinned him down.

Qi Tian was filled with an endless sense of emotion, but he also knew now was not the time for sentimentality. There were still many pressing matters awaiting his attention, especially now. Once these matters were taken care of, he would gain opportunities he had never even dared to hope for before, which would make his future ventures in the Imperial Family Secret Territory much more convenient and reduce a lot of trouble.

Qi Tian first approached Su Jinghan’s body. Not long ago, Su Jinghan had made him feel so pressured he had to be extremely careful even to breathe. Every action, every word spoken, had to be carefully tailored to Su Jinghan’s mood. But now, Su Jinghan’s soul had become fuel for the Heavenly Dao Engine. Although Su Jinghan’s body was still breathing, his heart still beating, and his pulse still present, his body was effectively a walking corpse.

At this moment, Qi Tian was not about to be courteous. He walked over and began searching Su Jinghan’s body. Su Jinghan’s Storage Bag, the magical tools he wore, and any items that radiated Spirit Force were all pulled off by Qi Tian and placed into his own pouch, becoming his personal belongings.

Su Jinghan, as the Chief Guard of Jianwu Palace, indeed had many valuable possessions. Not only were there many items, but they were also of high quality and great worth. The most valuable among these were the two magical tools at the Half-step Nascent Soul level, extremely powerful acquisitions that significantly enhanced Qi Tian’s strength.

Besides those, Su Jinghan left behind many other things for Qi Tian. Not to mention everything else, just the spirit stones alone were a substantial haul. There were over a million top-grade spirit stones, over five million middle-grade spirit stones, and even seventy to eighty top-grade spirit stones. Capturing Su Jinghan had significantly swollen Qi Tian’s pouch. Perhaps only the most exquisite magical tools couldn’t compare to the relics left by Master Ming Ren, but in terms of quantity, quality, and overall value, the items far surpassed those.

Qi Tian was naturally very satisfied with such spoils, but what pleased him most was the discovery of many tomes within Su Jinghan’s Storage Bag. Upon roughly flipping through a few, Qi Tian found that the information they contained was not something commonly found outside; they involved many secrets of the Imperial Family Secret Territory and Jianwu Palace. Having acquired them meant that he could avoid many detours and troubles in the Imperial Family Secret Territory in the future.

After stripping Su Jinghan’s body of everything, Qi Tian looked at Su Jinghan’s physical form and pondered how best to dispose of it.

The simplest and most trouble-free method, of course, was to send it to the Heavenly Dao Engine’s fuel chamber to be used as fuel. This approach was straightforward and clean, leaving no hidden dangers. Moreover, Su Jinghan was a practitioner at the peak of Mid-stage Gold Core Realm, and his body contained a vast amount of Spirit Qi, which would be a significant fuel source for the Heavenly Dao Engine. However, after some consideration, Qi Tian decided to put this aside for the time being. There were other uses he had in mind for Su Jinghan’s body.

Qi Tian looked up at the small space where Emperor Jianwu was hiding. The tiny opening that Su Jinghan had torn open was still there, not yet closed. Su Jinghan had deliberately left the opening, wanting Emperor Jianwu to witness how he would take possession of Qi Tian’s body and to crush Emperor Jianwu’s hopes of extending his own life through seizing another’s vessel. Little did Su Jinghan expect that leaving the entrance to the small space open would now provide such convenience to Qi Tian.

Qi Tian was not simply content with plundering Su Jinghan. Knowing he needed to establish a solid footing in the Eastern Capital City and the Imperial Family Secret Territory and having the power to deter others from coveting him, cutting off any possibility of beings like Emperor Jianwu attempting to seize his body was vital. To achieve this, he needed to find a strong backer within the Imperial Family Secret Territory. With such a backer, others would not dare to easily harm him, act recklessly against him, or treat him as a soft persimmon, to be pushed around and disposed of at will.

At this moment, there was no one more suitable to be his backer than Emperor Jianwu. Of course, how to make Emperor Jianwu his backer would depend on Qi Tian’s methods. He wanted a backer, not a boss who could govern and control his life and death.

Standing outside the crack to the small space, Qi Tian first used his Divine Sense to survey the inside of the space and found nothing unusual. The small space seemed very ordinary, as if it was easily accessible to anyone without any impediments. However, Qi Tian did not dare to assume that. It was, after all, the place where Emperor Jianwu hid to avoid Heavenly Punishment, so it was unlikely to merely be a cutoff space. There were probably other measures set in place, and without identifying these measures, rashly stepping into the small space would undoubtedly be courting trouble.