Because Chi Xue had allied with the Po Family Brothers and then invited factions like Huan Xin Pavilion into the alliance, Ling Tian and the others had no choice but to carry out their plan ahead of schedule. They put on a show with the Phoenix Soul Fruit, forcing it to leave Lingxiao Pavilion's temporary base. This got the Beast Soul Realm cultivators excited, since they believed Ling Tian and the others no longer had any chance of obtaining the Phoenix Soul Fruit.
Previously, the Phoenix Soul Fruit had stayed at Lingxiao Pavilion's temporary base, which meant that Ling Tian and the others could obtain it at any time. Though cultivators in the God Realm had guessed that the Phoenix Soul Fruit would wait until Tian Xuan completed the beast-soul inheritance for Little Stray before leaving, no one could be sure that Ling Tian wouldn't forcibly take it out of the Beast Soul Realm once he realized the situation was hopeless. If that happened, they would never get another chance to obtain it.
Besides, even if Ling Tian wouldn't abandon Little Stray and leave, he certainly wouldn't leave the Phoenix Soul Fruit for someone else if he knew he was doomed. He might destroy it, or even use it as leverage to force others to do something. These possibilities had worried the God Realm cultivators as well.
But things were different now. Since the Phoenix Soul Fruit had left Lingxiao Pavilion's temporary base and Ling Tian had thoroughly offended it, the God Realm cultivators no longer had to worry about any of that.
That was right. Many people believed the Phoenix Soul Fruit had completely broken with Ling Tian and the others. After all, it never occurred to them that the Phoenix Soul Fruit would cooperate with Ling Tian so