Qing Yin had fused with an Ancient Divine Beast, but he had not broken through to the seventh rank of the Quasi-Saint realm. He had only set one foot into that realm, leaving Po Tian and the others sorely disappointed.
That was understandable. Chi Xue and the others urgently needed a true seventh-rank Quasi-Saint to hold down the fort. A peak sixth-rank Quasi-Saint who had only one foot in the seventh rank still fell short of their expectations.
After fusing with an Ancient Divine Beast, cultivators suffered the aftereffect of stagnating cultivation. Even though they had now learned that the Soul Race's secret arts could counter this, it would still take a long time to see results. In other words, Qing Yin might need tens of thousands, or even over a hundred thousand years, to truly enter the seventh rank of the Quasi-Saint realm. By then, Ling Tian and the others might have reversed their golden cores five or six times and produced many super experts. Even if Qing Yin broke through then, he would be of little use.
But what was done was done. There was no point dwelling on it. They could only blame the low rank of the Ancient Divine Beast they had captured. If they had caught a mid- or high-grade sixth-rank Quasi-Saint Ancient Divine Beast, Qing Yin might already have broken through to the seventh rank.
"Um, Qing Yin hasn't broken through to the seventh rank of the Quasi-Saint realm. Should we have him lure a Heaven Slave here and then attack it?" Po Family Seventeenth Brother asked the others. Before anyone could answer, he continued, "Even without a true breakthrough to the seventh rank, he must be incredibly powerful. At the very least, he's the strongest among us. If he can lure a Heaven