Those who could enter the Heaven-Earth Furnace were all direct disciples of the various elders.
None lacked status, standing, talent, or renown.
If this group banded together to raise doubts, then even in the inner city, they would be enough to strike a heavy blow against most of the elders.
Ye Xiu was an outsider. Though he had contributed greatly to bringing down Elder Ping and had won the elders' gratitude, the affairs of the tribe were ultimately external matters to him.
Nie Qing had inexplicably obtained a fortuitous opportunity. In the past, there would not have been much to say about that.
The selection of the clan chief had always been a matter of fate. There were countless spirit flames within the Heaven-Earth Furnace, and because its changes were endless, no one could guarantee that the flame they refined would happen to protect them all the way through.
Only the weak questioned the existence of luck.
True powerhouses would never question the will of Heaven.
They all understood that Heaven's will could not be defied.
Of course, before everything became a foregone conclusion, there was still room for a turn of events.
The Heavenly Craftsmen Tribe was presently undergoing changes unlike any it had ever seen.
Who was to say they could not try and see whether they were the one favored by Heaven's will?
If they had lacked the strength to compete amid the dangers before, then so be it.
But now, everyone had reached the summit of the Heaven-Earth Furnace.
If they fought to seize it, who could say no?
That was what the many prodigies of the Heavenly Craftsmen Tribe had been thinking.
In truth, upon seeing Ye Xiu, most of them had already secretly joined forces and sought allies, preparing to truly fight it out