A long time had passed since the Lord of the Universe had announced that cultivators could obtain various Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures—leaves and fruits—by hunting cultivators whose cultivation was no lower than their own. More and more cultivators had realized how difficult it was to obtain Black Tortoise Fruit by hunting other cultivators, let alone Phoenix Soul Fruit. So quite a few had once again set their sights on the Phoenix Soul Fruit Tree. In their eyes, attacking Ling Tian's people directly and seizing the tree seemed easier, and the rewards would be greater if they succeeded. After all, the Phoenix Soul Fruit Tree bore one ripe fruit every several hundred thousand to a million years. In other words, as long as they could protect the sacred tree, they could keep obtaining Phoenix Soul Fruit.
Besides, quite a few cultivators wanted to obtain the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique. They had especially wanted it after witnessing how powerful Ling Tian and the others were. It was a technique that let its practitioners defeat opponents an entire cultivation level above them, so naturally, the various great powers wanted to get their hands on it.
Of course, by now, cultivators from the various great powers believed that after cultivating the Arrow Embryo and various archery techniques, they, too, had gained the means to attack from an extremely long distance. In their eyes, forming an Arrow Formation with thousands—or even tens of thousands—of people would be enough to sweep all before them. The fact that they could easily drive back the elite squad led by Chi Xue was proof enough.
Given all this, the various great powers of the God Realm could no longer sit still. Three or four of them had begun mustering their forces, and some were already heading toward the northern region