"Tranquil Heart, you need to understand: this world is a cage. It has us trapped tight, while people from outside can enter at any time."
"To take him down, we would have to pay an enormous price. And then what? What if there are people behind him?"
"Betting our lives on some vague secret? I'm not joining you in such foolishness."
Su Cheng glanced at the bald man behind him, his face full of disdain.
He had once entertained the same thought.
Back then, Ye Lin had stood at the heart of his Imperial Dynasty's grand formation. If he had wanted to, he could have mobilized the formation and even the Imperial Dynasty's fortune to suppress Ye Lin at any moment.
But what would happen after suppressing him?
What if there was someone behind him?
What if the person behind him was even stronger?
At that point, the entire Heavenward Imperial Dynasty would be in danger of being overturned.
That was why he had not chosen to do so.
He had not done it then, and he had no intention of doing it now.
"Could it be that you truly intend to remain trapped in this cage for the rest of your lives?"
"Our ancestors were trapped here. Must we be trapped here as well, just like them?"
Tranquil Heart pressed his palms together, his tone calm.
After speaking, he quietly raised his head and glanced at the sky overhead.
No matter how high their cultivation became, they could not leave this world.
As long as one was born into this world, one would be trapped here for life.
This place was a cage, an imperial prison.
This imperial prison was enough to trap them for an entire lifetime.
"Rather than making a move against him, we might as well