Because they did not want to stick their necks out or become targets for every other faction, the major powers had not rashly attacked Ling Tian and his people, despite their great strength. Some were even far stronger than the combined forces of the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators and the Outer Realm Demon Race. The God Realm had, for once, settled into a rare calm.
Any cultivator knew this was merely the stillness before the storm. A large-scale conflict could erupt in the God Realm at any moment, and when it did, many major powers—including the strongest—would likely suffer grievous losses. So they continued working to improve their strength. After all, only sufficient strength would let them cope with the troubles ahead.
Ling Tian and the others were naturally glad to see things remain this way. They knew that if even one of the God Realm's stronger factions made a move, the others would follow suit. With their current strength, they could not withstand an assault by so many factions, so they needed to buy more time: until Fairy Sword Ji and the others reversed their golden cores once more, and until Ling Tian and Fairy Meng Shang broke through to Quasi-Saint Ninth Order High-grade or even Peak. Then they were confident they could not only withstand the many factions' assault, but also hold their own against the two Near-Saints. Those two were, naturally, the enemies they feared most.
And so Ling Tian, Chi Xue, and the others, along with cultivators throughout the God Realm, worked hard to improve their strength. As time passed, they all slowly grew stronger.
Time drifted by. In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of years passed. After all that time, Chi Xue and the other God Devouring Bodies finally broke through