Upon learning that cultivating the secret technique to fuse with Ancient Divine Beasts—and then fusing with one—would make it difficult to advance their cultivation realms, perhaps several times or even dozens of times harder than before, Fairy Swordji and the others were relieved they had never cultivated the technique. At the same time, they couldn't help gloating: Chi Xue and his people would be thoroughly miserable when they tried to advance their cultivation realms in the future.
Wu Ling and the others then suggested that they keep this fact from Chi Xue's people if possible. Po Tian, Chi Xue, and the others had yet to fuse with Ancient Divine Beasts. If they found out, they might decide against it—and that was the last thing Fairy Swordji and the others wanted.
Si Kong Xuan, however, was unconcerned. In his view, Chi Xue and his people had no choice; they would certainly fuse with Ancient Divine Beasts, even if they knew the truth.
Everyone was clever, and they soon understood. Fairy Lei Ying smiled. "Exactly. Chi Xue and his people have no other choice now. Our strength far surpasses theirs, and we could wipe them out at any moment. In this situation, they can only increase their strength as quickly as possible so they can stand against us. And right now, the only way to do that quickly is to cultivate the secret technique for fusing with Ancient Divine Beasts, then fuse with powerful ones."
"Exactly," Jiu Jie chimed in. "Chi Xue and the others do have a good chance of breaking through to Quasi-Saint Sixth Order, especially those God Devouring Bodies who cultivate the God Devouring Demon Technique. But reaching that realm will take them tens or even hundreds of thousands of years, perhaps longer. They can't afford to wait that