Perhaps to further provoke the major factions of the God Realm and temper the cultivators who had obtained Phoenix Soul Fruits, the Lord of the Universe announced the news whenever a cultivator killed ten thousand people and obtained a Phoenix Soul Fruit, along with news of the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique. Once the cultivators of the major factions learned that Chi Xue had obtained one as well, they grew fired up. More cultivators attacked Chi Xue and his allies, and several major factions even struck at them at once. This added somewhat to the pressure on Chi Xue and the others, and their casualties rose a little. Most of the dead, however, were cultivators of the Outer Realm Demon Race; only two or three out of every ten casualties were among Chi Xue's people.
Although the major factions' intensified attacks had cost them somewhat more lives, neither Chi Xue's group nor the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators cared much. Some among them had already obtained Phoenix Soul Fruits, and others were on the verge of doing so. They had dreamed of this for ages, so a few casualties were nothing. In fact, to obtain Phoenix Soul Fruits as quickly as possible—and to get more of them—Chi Xue's group and the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators had brought in even more people. This allowed them to kill more opponents as well.
As for Ling Tian and his companions, they had also learned that the Lord of the Universe would announce whenever someone obtained a Phoenix Soul Fruit, further provoking the cultivators of the God Realm. But they were not too worried. For one thing, the major factions' attention was fixed on Chi Xue's group and the Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators. For another, the factions had suffered heavy casualties in the