"In other words, we'll have one day of safety to defeat the other eight great worlds completely, and for me to survive the Immortal Realm Tribulation."
"Only by removing the gaze of every high-dimensional being can we create a clean battlefield."
"Only then will we have a chance to claim the ultimate prize."
"For that, I need your cooperation."
"Otherwise, this war will end without a result."
Li Qing's Present Body had worked painstakingly to shape the entire battlefield into its current state, all to create pressure from every direction.
Haoran Sage and the others had to cooperate with him if they wanted a chance to catch him making a mistake.
That was how one made use of the bigger picture.
"Consider the bigger picture" was a simple phrase, but the art of putting it to use lay in the mind.
It could be applied in all kinds of circumstances.
For instance, if a situation favored one person, another would put up with whatever that person did so long as the outcome was something they desperately needed.
Or, within an organization, a superior might assign a subordinate a task that plainly harmed the subordinate's interests. Yet if the subordinate had too much invested in that organization, he could only sacrifice part of what he had to preserve the greater part, even knowing the assignment would cost him.
It was like the ancient saying: if the ruler ordered a minister to die, the minister had no choice but to die.
Even if the minister did not want to, he could only comply when he considered the clan behind him.
The heart of it came down to four words: benefit and cost.
When the benefit clearly outweighed the cost, considering the bigger picture became a reality.
Those who had nothing, and those