บท 1146: Confidence

In the past, he had thought that the Heavenly Gates wanted to use the Earth to keep him in check and to have a hold on him, using it as an assurance that he would repay the Heavenly Gates. This was not wrong. The superintendent and the higher-ups in the Heavenly Gates did think about this aspect. However, this was obviously not the entire story. He had thought too simply of this matter.

The true higher-ups of the Heavenly Gates thought about problems on a completely different level from minor players like him. Both the Earth civilization and Wang Zhong himself were no more than soft marbles that could be casually kneaded by the hands of the higher-ups. One could not resist nor influence their fate. One once thought that fate and power were at play, but when one had the qualifications to look at the issue beyond the surface, one would realize that they had been overthinking.