Chapter 3044: 1002

Unless Zhou Tian was on the brink of death and found a kindred spirit in the child, under no circumstances would Zhou Tian consider nurturing that child. Just like before, although Zhou Tian might cultivate a group of powerful individuals due to certain plans, those living beings were merely tools selected by Zhou Tian. Perhaps in the future, they would become powerful due to Zhou Tian’s help, maybe even the backbone of the Abyss World’s future. But in any case, at that time, Zhou Tian had no intent to truly see those living beings as disciples.

Thus, since Zhou Tian simply regarded that child as a tool, it was naturally impossible for him to waste much energy on the child. Without any intention to truly cultivate the child, merely recognizing the child’s value, Zhou Tian directly transferred the abyssal power and its related information into the child’s body using his ability.

In such circumstances, although Zhou Tian did not lay any foundation for the child, making it seem nearly impossible for the child to reach the pinnacle, due to the enormous energy Zhou Tian infused into the child’s body, as long as the child could properly utilize it, Zhou Tian believed it wouldn’t be difficult for the child to become a powerful individual.

Though it seemed Zhou Tian’s actions weren’t very ethical, the reality was, if Zhou Tian hadn’t acted this way, the child’s highest achievement would likely have been becoming a wise strategist, and due to the child’s origins, the child might have only been a mere military advisor of some local power.

In contrast, after becoming Zhou Tian’s tool, the child gained strong abilities at that time. With power, regardless of the child’s future, at least in the near term, the child had the capability to become a dominant figure. Thus, Zhou Tian didn’t consider himself harming the child; rather, he felt the child should have been grateful to him.

Of course, Zhou Tian didn’t intend for the child to act this way; after all, as long as Zhou Tian achieved his own goals, it was enough. When he witnessed the child receiving the power he had transferred and would soon recover, Zhou Tian had no intention of seeing the child again and chose to leave.

The conditions had been set by Zhou Tian for the child; now, the child possessed power stronger than most living beings in the world at that time. If the child performed well, Zhou Tian could even help further enhance the child’s strength. With near-invincible power in that world already in place, as long as the child possessed enough wisdom, becoming the ruler of that world was genuinely possible.

As long as the child eventually reached a high position, even without full support, as long as the child didn’t abandon the power Zhou Tian granted, Zhou Tian’s plan could still be considered successful.

Zhou Tian neither needed power in this world nor the faith of those living beings; he was far more greedy than the living beings of that world. Either he wouldn’t achieve his goal, or once Zhou Tian accomplished it, it effectively meant that world had already fallen under his control.

Zhou Tian didn’t need to engage in power struggles; as long as abyssal rules continued to infiltrate the world’s rules, Zhou Tian could achieve his goal then. Although the plan was unlikely to succeed, its concealment was beyond everyone’s expectations.

Even an average Divine King might not comprehend the meaning behind Zhou Tian’s actions; therefore, even if some living beings saw certain actions of Zhou Tian, they probably could not understand the purpose behind Zhou Tian’s actions at that time!

Hence, although Zhou Tian’s plan was extremely challenging to realize, under those conditions, the likelihood of facing obstruction when Zhou Tian initiated that series of actions wasn’t too high. In that situation, what Zhou Tian needed to do was to leverage his advantages to achieve his goal, beyond which nothing else was within his consideration.

As for that child at the time, Zhou Tian saw the child as a living being with a decent talent; if cultivated well, the child’s future achievements wouldn’t be too low. Even if Zhou Tian had no intention to nurture the child wholeheartedly, by forcibly enhancing the child’s strength, Zhou Tian still held high hopes for the child. Under those circumstances, as long as no accident occurred, Zhou Tian believed the child wouldn’t face danger that quickly.

After all, the place Zhou Tian arrived at was a very remote small town, and given the situation of that small town, it was rare for any powerful presence to pass through that spot. And although the child didn’t seem to be someone who would act recklessly with newfound power, even if the child did so, considering the location, Zhou Tian believed the chances of the child encountering danger were nearly zero.

Anyway, since the child was unlikely to face danger, and Zhou Tian still merely regarded the child as a ’tool,’ in such a situation, though Zhou Tian wouldn’t intentionally harm the child, he also wouldn’t stay peacefully by the child’s side just because he had chosen the child, acting as the child’s caretaker.