Chi Xue and the others naturally hoped the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators wouldn't crush and kill Ling Tian, Feng Lingzi, and the others. Instead, they wanted the two sides to be evenly matched, leaving both sides with heavy casualties. Then they could seize the opportunity to snatch the Phoenix Soul Fruit from them. If they could break through to Quasi-Saint Ninth Order, accomplishing that wasn't impossible. Chi Xue and the others knew the battle between the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators and Ling Tian's group would surely drag on for a long time, so they might well have time to break through to Quasi-Saint Ninth Order.
Thinking of this, they began to look forward to it. Of course, they would have to work hard to raise their cultivation realms and break through to the high grade or even peak of Quasi-Saint Eighth Order as soon as possible. After all, the sooner they reached that realm, the sooner they could use the Enlightenment Sacred Tree to ease the cultivation stagnation they would face after fusing with an Ancient Divine Beast. That, in turn, would give them a better chance of breaking through to Quasi-Saint Ninth Order.
From then on, Chi Xue and the others continued to work hard to raise their cultivation realms. At the same time, they kept an eye on the hope of the God Realm. They desperately hoped the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators would capture the Ancient Divine Beast while pursuing and intercepting Ling Tian's group and that Quasi-Saint Ninth Order beast. Of course, it would be even better if they killed some of Ling Tian's people.
If the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators captured that Quasi-Saint Ninth Order Ancient Divine Beast, it would surely affect the situation in the God Realm. It would then become