Regarding the struggle for Qi Luck as a sovereign power, Lu Yuan did not intend to rush.
First, he planned to push out two avatars, designed to distract and deceive others, to occupy two territories— that would be quite sufficient.
There was no need to expand the territory all at once; that manner of greediness was unsightly and likely to provoke hostility from the surrounding forces.
After all, there was only so much land; if you took more, I would have less.
If the Taiping Dao took all the neighboring small countries, what would the western Immortal Sects and the Qing Immortal Sect think?
Oh!
We fight here, battling over a single country or territory to the death.
While the Taiping Dao hides behind and scavenges for easy pickings.
What does this make us look like?
And what exactly are your intentions?
Aaah, the classic scenario where the clam and the crane fight while the fisherman profits, huh?