Initially, Emperor Qian indeed thought about, by all means, emulating the predecessors to seize the Dao.
But later on, as Dadui stabilized, with the return imminent, and when various once-vanished information revealed the tip of the iceberg.
As the person who controls the most resources in the world, Emperor Qian naturally knew and could investigate the most things.
The more he knew, especially through contact in the Void with that figure and realization after comprehending Zhan Dao, the more he felt that those fools in Dali believed that the so-called Refining God Dao was merely about seizing part of a Divine King's Dao to directly open up the Refining God Dao.
Pure nonsense.
It's not that easy.
