After learning that groups of three or five—or lone, high-grade Ancient Divine Beasts—had entered the God Realm, Chi Xue and the others immediately realized they had a chance to capture them. Po Tian, Shi Lin, and the other experts then led a group of elite fighters out to hunt the Ancient Divine Beasts. Once Ling Tian and the others realized they couldn't stop them, they didn't waste their time. They stayed at Chi Xue and the others' main base, either cultivating to improve their realms or occasionally launching surprise attacks, denying their enemies any peace to cultivate beside the Enlightenment Sacred Tree.
At this point, Fairy Sword Ji lamented that their cultivation realms were too low. If they could break through to the Quasi-Saint Seventh Order, things would be much simpler. After that breakthrough, Ling Tian could almost barge into Chi Xue and the others' temporary base without restraint. Even if he couldn't kill their people, he could destroy plenty of things inside, or even raze the base itself. That would undoubtedly buy them more time.
As always, even if Chi Xue and the others captured many high-grade Ancient Divine Beasts and added several Quasi-Saint Eighth Order experts to their ranks, even if every one of them made a qualitative leap in strength, they would still need their temporary base and Universe Flying Saucer when they eventually dealt with the Heavenly Slaves. If Ling Tian and the others destroyed them, it would undoubtedly delay that plan even longer. And the longer the delay, the better for Ling Tian and his companions.
Unfortunately, Ling Tian and the others hadn't reached the Quasi-Saint Seventh Order. Ling Tian could still teleport into Chi Xue and the others' temporary base, but their cultivators were powerful. In particular, several Quasi-Saint Seventh Order God Devouring Bodies