Qin Ye slowed down slightly as he listened intently to the Harken’s perspective of the matter.

He’d never expected the Eight Great Clans to be so powerful that they could even threaten the seat of imperial power!

The Harken continued softly, “And given their sense of crisis and danger in light of the tense equilibrium, don’t you think that… they might very well have made contingency plans in an attempt to leave themselves a way out?”

“They definitely will!” Qin Ye responded affirmatively, “At the very least, they would make plans to provide for their future generations.”

“That’s right. In turn, these contingencies can come in the form of goodwill with others and hidden clan members. More often than not, the more meticulous ones might even establish themselves some goodwill with foreign nations, such as through foreign ambassadors, dukes of other underworlds, and so on and so forth. But, most importantly, there is something more fundamental that every contingency plan would include, and that is material possessions.”

“As far as the Eight Great Clans are concerned, I think it is safe to say that they would all have made provisions such that, even if they were to be completely erased from the surface of the netherworld, their future generations would still be able to rise from the ashes and gain clout in Hell once more. They wouldn’t even consider establishing for themselves an empire overseas. This is their home, and their pride wouldn’t allow them to consider shifting out of these lands....