If only Zhou Tian were killed, at that time it seemed to the Space God King that taking the divine emperor's treasure from Zhou Tian's hands should pose no problem.
Thus, perhaps at the very beginning, that Space God King really had the thought of fighting with Zhou Tian. But eventually, after witnessing Zhou Tian's tactics, he immediately dismissed his original idea and instead had the intention of killing Zhou Tian, not willing to take any risks.
However...
Although at the time that Space God King had such thoughts, and he seemed to have that kind of ability. Yet, when he was really about to deal with Zhou Tian, he quickly realized that Zhou Tian was far from as easy to defeat as he imagined.
Or one could say, the Space God King ultimately underestimated the strength of the divine emperor's treasure.
