The main consolation is that the people he had offended were his peers and were unlikely to have advanced to the fourth mortal coil, so they will be powerless to harm him now even if they are angry with him and want revenge.
The second consolation is that even if he has offended some people at the fourth mortal by doing things like killing their disciples, these people are unlikely to do anything to him since he comes with the full authority of the Blood Skull, bearing goodwill from his sect.
As he thought of this, he said to himself, "Surely they won't kick the gift horse in the mouth by doing something to me that might risk the ire of the Blood Skull sect."
Then he shook his head and said, "If they do, they will be sealing the doomed fate of their sect."
