The Black Tortoise Fruit was incredibly powerful—powerful enough to defy the heavens. Even Ling Tian and the others, who already possessed the Enlightenment Sacred Tree and the Phoenix Soul Fruit Tree, wanted one. However, they knew that venturing out to hunt cultivators with their current strength would be extremely dangerous, especially since they would have to kill a thousand cultivators whose cultivation levels were no lower than their own. So they decided to hold off for now and wait until Ling Tian broke through to the Quasi-Saint Ninth Order High-grade before making a move.
Everyone knew that Ling Tian was immensely powerful. He was the true unrivaled expert among those of the same cultivation level. On top of that, he had reversed his golden core eight times, and his Small World had grown considerably. Even after breaking through to the Quasi-Saint Ninth Order High-grade, he could probably kill Ninth Order Peak cultivators with ease. He would have a good chance against experts approaching the near-Saint level, and even if the worst came to pass, he could still retreat unharmed. After all, he had mastered the Teleportation Secret Technique long ago and had become extremely adept at using it.
Ling Tian had also mastered various Time Secret Techniques. He could use them to buy himself time, then perform the Teleportation Secret Technique. That meant he would have a very good chance of escaping even experts like Feng Lingzi and the Young Leader. In that case, once he broke through to the Quasi-Saint Ninth Order High-grade, he would naturally be strong enough to venture out and hunt other cultivators. In fact, since his cultivation level would be only Ninth Order High-grade, he would have even more targets to choose from. The Lord of the Universe had deliberately stipulated that cultivators only needed