He was just weighing his options in his heart.
If his own father, the Emperor, really went after Ye Liuyun, then, even if it cost his life, he'd beg the Emperor for a way out for Ye Liuyun.
...
After leaving the imperial palace, Ye Liuyun—
went straight to the place he'd been targeting.
The time left for him was running out; there was almost no hope of breaking through to Grandmaster. What Ye Liuyun needed to do now was, before the old Emperor emerged from seclusion,
to snatch as many Talent Entries as possible.
As for where he could go—the only options were Purgatory and the Imperial Prison—only those places could possibly provide that many Talent Entries for him.
But because of what happened before, the prisoners in Purgatory were already nearly all dead, hardly any left. And replenishing inmates in Purgatory happened extremely slowly. By the time there were enough new prisoners—
the old Emperor probably would've reclaimed the throne by then.
