After hearing Chi Xue's analysis, everyone realized that the Lord of the Universe would continue to deliberately favor them and the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators. They therefore concluded that when Ling Tian and the others reversed their golden cores in the future, more Quasi-Saint Ninth Order Ancient Divine Beasts would break into the God Realm—and there would certainly be more of them than this time. So many years had passed; the Lord of the Universe must have captured quite a few Quasi-Saint Ninth Order Ancient Divine Beasts, far more than the five that had broken in this time. Besides, there was still a long time before Ling Tian and the others reversed their golden cores.
However, when they thought about how they were no longer among the Lord of the Universe's carefully cultivated candidates, they couldn't help feeling worried. After all, it meant their talent and other qualities were inferior to Ling Tian's. What was more, they knew that if the Lord of the Universe truly treated Ling Tian and the others as his sole candidates, he certainly wouldn't want them to be killed so easily. In other words, it wouldn't be easy for them and the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators to kill Ling Tian and his companions in the future. If Ling Tian and the others ever faced mortal danger, the Lord of the Universe might even deliberately protect them.
Of course, the most important thing was that if they were no longer among the candidates receiving special cultivation, and still couldn't gain the upper hand despite all the deliberate favoritism, the Lord of the Universe might eliminate them. That was especially true if they weren't even worthy of being used as whetstones.
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