If Xu Xing hadn't known the eventual outcome of the Fate Deduction, Song Knife's actions at this moment might indeed have been considered broad-minded.
Just as the Emperor Purple Fate, Thief Who Stole the Dragon, had shattered, Xu Xing had once again glimpsed a corner of destiny. It was nearly identical to the previous Thief Official deduction.
In the first year of Tiande, he was compelled to accept the Immortal Sect's decree, which allowed the Song Family's Dragon Pulse to remain unbroken for Three Years.
In the fourth year of Tiande, Song Knife emerged from seclusion, having formed a first-class Pill.
Two more years passed. In the sixth year of Tiande, he finally unified the sixteen territories of Fengxi Country by exterminating the remnants of the Song Family's minor Dynasty. In the same year, Celestial Messenger Shui Hongyao arrived at the Shenjing Imperial Palace to escort him into the Immortal Sect.