Chi Xue's people had sent out spies who uncovered the deep hatred between the Technology Cultivators and the Rune Cultivators. So, when they learned that a large number of Rune Cultivators had entered the eastern region of the God Realm to help Ling Tian's side set up a base, Chi Xue and the others concluded that the Technology Cultivators would soon be unable to bear the pressure and would agree to their terms. That meant they could head to the eastern region to meet up with the Technology Cultivators. They could even set out now—after all, it would take some time to travel from the central region of the God Realm to the eastern region, and Chi Xue's group believed the Technology Cultivators would surely have accepted their terms by then.
At that, everyone grew excited. They knew that the earlier they set out, the less pressure they would face when confronting Ling Tian's blockade, so they agreed without hesitation. Chi Xue's people immediately sprang into action—the cultivators from both factions had been ready for a long time and could leave at any moment.
As they had discussed, almost everyone from Chi Xue's faction would set out. The other powers of the God Realm and numerous Rogue Cultivators would also contribute thirty to forty percent of their forces to accompany them. Several thousand quasi-Saint experts surged toward the eastern region of the God Realm.
They said almost everyone because Chi Xue and the others each left a few quasi-Saint experts behind at their sects, just in case. After all, their own people were more reliable.
Of course, each sect left very few cultivators behind, no more than a dozen or so. Even if they were veteran quasi-Saint experts, they couldn't change the overall situation. But at a critical moment, they