After learning that the cultivators of Divine Sword Cliff and Gu Family who had stayed behind at their sect headquarters had begun to stir, and that the disciples around Fairy Sword Ji and Gu Ao seemed ready to act as well, Chi Xue and the others made several discoveries. Ling Tian and his people had underestimated the temptation Phoenix Soul Fruit held for cultivators, and overestimated how much control they had over those around them.
But once they realized this, they also saw that they had the same problem. That meant even more cultivators than they had imagined would leave the alliance and head for the northern region of the God Realm, while the others remained in its central region. Their forces left behind would be weakened, and if Ling Tian and his people led a large group of cultivators against them then, they might be able to break through their sect headquarters.
At Chi Xue's words, Po Di and Po Family's Youngest Brother grew serious. They, too, realized the problem.
Po Family Seventeenth Brother and the others, however, didn't think much of it. Ninth Brother of Po Family even chuckled. "Heh, what you're worried about isn't a problem at all. So what if plenty of people leave our sect headquarters? There'll surely be many who obey our orders and stay to defend it. Our defenses will be weaker, sure, but don't forget that many of Ling Tian's people will also disobey him and leave. Ling Tian and the others will have their hands full. How could they spare the strength to attack us?"
At that, Chi Xue and the others' eyes lit up. They agreed that was exactly right, and once they had thought it through, they stopped worrying.
It made sense. If Ling Tian and his people were