As soon as Wang Qi spoke, everyone understood his meaning.
After all, if the words have reached this point and someone still doesn't understand, their intelligence might as well bid farewell to cultivation.
Zhen Chan furrowed his brow and said, "Are you saying that the Holy Emperor Venerable knocked down their cultivation, but it's not actually destroying their mana, rather... requisitioning their mana?"
Wang Qi nodded: "I have been perplexed. Since the ultimate goal of the Holy Emperor Venerable is to refine the entire Human Dao, then the stronger certain individuals within this Human Dao, the better—at least for him. Therefore, I couldn't understand why he would knock down the cultivation of his subordinates."
Zhen Chan nodded: "Indeed... if purely to restrict their breakthrough, there are several methods like sealing, imprisonment, forced labor, and so on."
