Ling Tian and the others were far stronger than Chi Xue and his people had imagined. This was especially true once Hua Min'er and the hundreds of other Ninth Order experts joined the fight, leaving Chi Xue's side utterly desperate. What made matters worse was that even if large forces—or scores of cultivators skilled in the Teleportation Secret Technique—teleported to Ling Tian's side, they still might not be able to kill or capture anyone. That meant they had no way to deal with Ling Tian and his people. The major forces had already learned as much when they were driven out of the northern region of the God Realm. In fact, another, even more troublesome problem occurred to them: since they couldn't capture the cultivators around Ling Tian, they couldn't obtain the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique, either. Even if they managed to get Phoenix Soul Fruits, their improvement would be limited; at the very least, the fruits' effects would be greatly diminished.
Taking a Phoenix Soul Fruit and being reborn through nirvana could indeed greatly increase a cultivator's strength, but the greatest gains came from cultivating the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique after being reborn. They had realized this from the Young Leader. After all, he had only reversed his golden core six or seven times, yet his strength already surpassed Feng Lingzi's. Much of that was thanks to the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique.
Besides, without cultivating the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique, they would never have a chance to surpass Ling Tian. This left Chi Xue and the others utterly despondent.
Of course, they hadn't given up all hope yet. They all turned to Chi Xue, hoping he had a way to deal with Ling Tian and the others.
At that, Chi Xue fell silent. It was impossible to tell whether