Because fusing with Ancient Divine Beasts could greatly raise one's cultivation level, Chi Xue and the others had always been at a higher level than Ling Tian's group. That was one of their advantages, and even their problem with stagnating cultivation hadn't taken it away. Every time Chi Xue and the others advanced a little, they could fuse with even more powerful Ancient Divine Beasts and make a great leap forward, so their cultivation levels had always remained higher than Ling Tian's.
That was why Chi Xue and the others had never worried about this problem. In fact, when Chi Xue and Po Tian had neared a breakthrough, they had been overjoyed. After all, if they reached the Ninth Order while Ling Tian's group did not, their side would gain a huge advantage. But now they had heard that more than a dozen people, including Hua Min'er, had reached the Quasi-Saint Ninth Order. They found it hard to believe. Aside from Chi Xue and Po Tian, who had already been on the verge of a breakthrough, the God Devouring Bodies like Shi Lin showed no signs of advancing at all. Many of them hadn't even overcome their cultivation stagnation. That was why they had assumed Hua Min'er and the others couldn't possibly reach the Quasi-Saint Ninth Order before them.
But as Po Family's Youngest Brother had said, that was what had happened. They had no choice but to believe it.
"How did Ling Tian's group suddenly reach the Quasi-Saint Ninth Order? Could they have fused with Quasi-Saint Eighth Order Peak Ancient Divine Beasts?" Fairy Huan Cai suddenly asked. As she spoke, her expression darkened, and the others looked just as grim.
It made sense. In Fairy Huan Cai and the others' minds, Hua Min'er's group couldn't possibly reach the Quasi-Saint