Ling Tian and the others had kept pursuing those Universe Flying Saucers and Chi Xue's group, encountering them repeatedly along the way. They had gained quite a bit, too. After their next probing attack against Chi Xue's elite squad, Ling Tian and the others discovered a weakness: although fusing with Ancient Divine Beasts had greatly increased their overall strength, their control over their minds hadn't kept pace with their cultivation. As a result, they still couldn't use the Impact Arrow technique many times.
From this, Ling Tian and the others also worked out why Chi Xue's group had attacked the Soul Race cultivators. Improving their Nascent Soul level and mental control was especially important to Chi Xue's group, as it could greatly increase their strength.
After analyzing the situation, Fairy Swordji and the others proposed stopping Chi Xue's group from capturing Soul Race cultivators. Hua Min'er, Yao Yu, and the others all agreed. For Fairy Swordji and the others, fighting Chi Xue's group was better than returning to their sect's base to endure dull seclusion. What's more, they could stop them from obtaining the Soul Race's secret arts, and most importantly, Chi Xue's group posed little threat to them.
Ling Tian knew that everyone had just gone through a long period of secluded cultivation, and that cultivating more now wouldn't be very effective—certainly not as effective as fighting Chi Xue's group. Of course, the most important thing was that from a sufficiently great distance, Chi Xue's group's arrows couldn't threaten them. They could also prevent them from obtaining the secret arts, so after a brief moment of thought, Ling Tian and the others agreed.
"Heh, great! This time, we can finally have some real fun with Chi Xue's group." Fairy Swordji was thrilled to hear Ling Tian agree. But when