After Chi Xue and the others split into three groups, Ling Tian promptly decided to do the same, just as they had discussed. However, he didn't immediately pursue Chi Xue's people. Instead, he stayed behind to see how Fairy Meng Shang and the others fared. After all, Chi Xue's side had gained more supreme experts, and every one of them had grown stronger after resolving the problem of their cultivation stagnating. Whether Fairy Meng Shang and the others could hold Po Tian's group back was hard to say, so Ling Tian stayed to ensure everyone's safety.
Of course, Ling Tian was only one person, and he remained with Fairy Meng Shang's group. The reason was that most of the elite squad led by Wu Ling and Qiong Rou were God Devouring Bodies, whose ability to protect themselves was formidable. Even if they couldn't stop Shi Lin and the others, they could retreat safely, so Ling Tian didn't need to worry too much about them.
As for Fairy Meng Shang's group, two God Devouring Bodies had stayed with them as well: Shi Yi and Shi San. Although they hadn't cultivated the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique or fused with powerful Ancient Divine Beasts, they were God Devouring Bodies, after all, with immensely powerful bloodlines. Moreover, they hadn't faced the problem of their cultivation stagnating after fusing with Ancient Divine Beasts. As a result, after all these years, their cultivation had reached the middle grade of Quasi-Saint Rank Six. They could still help Fairy Meng Shang's group, for example, by using the God-Devouring Demon Domain to weaken Po Tian's attacks or, in an emergency, by pulling everyone into their Small World and escaping with Phantom Clones.
Fairy Meng Shang's elite squad was rather large, with thirty or forty members. Most were supreme experts,