Chi Xue's side had suffered few casualties among their experts who were close to the Saint level, and the same was true for the major forces of the God Realm. More than ten experts of that level had fallen during the fighting, but compared with the hundreds or even thousands they had, that was still bearable. The reason the major forces hadn't lost more experts close to the Saint level wasn't just that most of them had taken Phoenix Soul Fruits and grown stronger. More importantly, as the alliance between Chi Xue's group and the Outer Realm Demon Race lost more and more cultivators, the power of their Arrow Formation dwindled. It could perhaps still kill cultivators who weren't very strong, but it no longer posed much of a threat to experts close to the Saint level.
Of course, two or three dozen experts close to the Saint level had fallen on both sides. That was good news for Ling Tian and the others; at the very least, the pressure from the major forces and from Chi Xue's group and their Outer Realm Demon Race allies would be much lighter in the future.
What relieved Ling Tian and the others most was that, after so much time had passed, neither the major forces of the God Realm nor the alliance between Chi Xue's group and the Outer Realm Demon Race had produced an expert close to the Saint level who broke through to the Saint level. That meant they didn't have to worry about an expert of that caliber attacking them.
It made sense. Breaking through from being close to the Saint level to reaching the Saint level was no easy feat. The two realms were separated by a veritable Heavenly Chasm. What was more, the experts of the major