If Chi Xue hadn't figured out that the Enlightenment Sacred Tree was helping Ling Tian, he might well have chosen to follow Ling Tian. In that case, Chi Xue had only two ways to obtain the Enlightenment Sacred Tree: first, defeat all his rivals and become invincible in You Hun Realm; second, keep searching You Hun Realm and capture the tree before it followed someone else.
As for the first option, after devouring nearly half of Po Tian's essence blood, Chi Xue's Bloodline Power had grown much stronger. He had also refined the Dao Dissipation Power after fusing with the World Stone, and his strength had improved greatly through studying powerful secret arts under the Mo Family Ancestor. Even so, becoming invincible in You Hun Realm would be difficult.
Leaving Fairy Sword Ji, Gu Ao, and the others aside, Chi Xue wasn't even certain he could defeat the eight Po brothers or Ling Tian. In fact, he would undoubtedly lose against the eight Po brothers, so his chances of obtaining the Enlightenment Sacred Tree by this route were very slim.
As for the second option, the Enlightenment Sacred Tree was no easy prey. Even the people from the nine superpowers had joined forces and used Forbidden Artifacts at the Saint God level, yet they still hadn't managed to capture it. Chi Xue and his companions had little chance of succeeding—less, in fact, than they had of becoming invincible in You Hun Realm.
They could pursue both options at once, but their chances would still be slim.
But things were different now. If the Enlightenment Sacred Tree was likely to follow Ling Tian, then all Chi Xue and the others needed to do was find a way to capture Ling Tian. Their chances of doing that weren't great, but mobilizing all