Outside of Kongxuan city, Ye Futian and his party continued to run without stopping. It was evident that Emperor Xia's Realm was more powerful than Emperor Li's Realm presently. Unless Emperor Li of Dali Dynasty himself was to give orders to wage war between the imperial realms and sent mighty ones to see to it, this was Li Yao's personal agenda.
Li Yao wanted him dead. As such, they needed to keep buying time, as that would have prevented Li Yao from accomplishing his objective.