Ye Qiu kept making plans in his mind.
He did not care what things were like in the outside world.
Nor did he care how many people he had rallied behind him.
These were all external sources of strength.
And external strength could fail him at any moment.
Take the Head Dean of the Myriad Laws Academy, for example. If Ye Qiu had not demonstrated his terrifying ability to control the Great Emperor's Tomb, would the man have stood up for him?
Not handing him over to the Dragon Clan and the Immortal Gathering Tower would already have been an act of considerable conscience.
There was nothing wrong with that. It was a matter of weighing the costs.
The man had his own difficulties, too.
He was his own person, but he was also the Head Dean, tied to the overall interests of the Myriad Laws Academy and the countless associated families and factions behind it.
That was why Ye Qiu would never stake his trump cards on outside help.
As Lu Li had said, no matter the circumstances, the first person you trusted could only be yourself.
He now had two major trump cards. The first was his bloodline, which was about to awaken.
He had already sensed it in the Western Ridge. After reaching the Central Sea, that feeling had become overwhelmingly strong.
Especially when Brother Snake and Chen Jianyi broke through together, defying the Upper Realm's laws and violating the Heavenly Law of the Myriad Heavens, Ye Qiu had once again come under scrutiny.
Judging by the pattern, once his bloodline awakened, it would cause an earth-shaking commotion.
That was what gave him the confidence to drag the Dragon Clan, the Immortal Gathering Tower, or even any top power in the Upper Realm into a fight where