Shi Ying was right. Chi Xue and the others had come up with a countermeasure much like the one Shi Ying and her companions had discussed earlier. They all knew, however, that the cultivators from the major factions' alliance in the God Realm would never agree to be taken into a Small World. Naturally, this plan wouldn't work.
After Chi Xue and the others gave their answer, Shi Lin and the others finally gave up hope. Of course, they weren't giving up on this plan itself; they were giving up on the hope of finding a better one. They knew the cultivators from the major factions' alliance in the God Realm were very unlikely to agree, but they hadn't abandoned hope. Next, they explained the stakes to those cultivators, then offered a solution: let them, the God Devouring Bodies, take everyone into their Small Worlds.
Sure enough, Shi Ying and her companions' proposal was immediately rejected by every cultivator from the major factions' alliance in the God Realm. Their relationship even grew tense for a time. After all, the proposal reminded the cultivators of the alliance of their comrades who had been captured and controlled, something they loathed. Naturally, they wouldn't agree to let Shi Ying and the other God Devouring Bodies take them into their Small Worlds.
More importantly, the alliance's cultivators knew that if Shi Ying and the others took control of them, they would be able to inflict even greater losses on Ling Tian and his companions. That would be entirely to Chi Xue's side's advantage, so they naturally refused.
"Just as expected. These guys refuse to let us take them into our Small Worlds." Shi Li said irritably. As he spoke, he looked at Shi Ying and the others. "What do we do now? If they