At that thought, a trace of gravity entered Ye Han's eyes.
Ever since returning to Heaven's Mandate Continent and battling the Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord's clone at the Heavenly Abyss Defense Line, he had sensed faint, elusive presences watching him. And there was not just one, but several.
He knew then that certain powerful sects had placed him under close surveillance. They surely had something in mind.
However, Ye Han was in no hurry to eliminate those lurking observers.
He needed them to leak precisely what he wanted those sects-and cultivators throughout the world-to know: just how powerful he and the Azure Profound Sect were.
After all, among cultivators, strength commanded respect. If others did not know how powerful you were, how could they respect you?
Ye Han knew that unless he became powerful enough to command the attention of forces throughout the Earth Realm, he could never truly take part in its affairs, nor restore the Azure Profound Sect to its former strength.
These were all his own plans, plans he had not even discussed with the Seventh Elder or the Qing Xuan Daoist!
But he was now the Azure Profound Sect's Inheritance Elder. Aside from Elder Liu, neither the Seventh Elder nor the Qing Xuan Daoist was his match. Whatever he wanted to do, could they stop him?
Much of the time, Ye Han was merely showing them respect. The Seventh Elder and the Qing Xuan Daoist knew this too, which was why the Qing Xuan Daoist had voluntarily handed him the Azure Profound Sect's Sect Command Token...
Last year, he had slain these Four Great Demon Emperors with the speed of thunder striking before anyone could cover their ears, deliberately letting those hidden observers witness it. He wanted them to understand that although Elder Liu was absent,