The Lord of the Universe had clearly favored Chi Xue and the others in the past, but this time, the "Heavenly Slave Trial" targeted every Quasi-Sage expert in the God Realm. There was no sign of any favoritism, which left Po Family's Youngest Brother somewhat dejected. He felt as if the Lord of the Universe had "abandoned" them. The others' expressions also grew somber, especially when they thought of how many cultivators from their side and the alliances of the God Realm's major powers would fall in the trials to come.
It made sense. Po Tian and the other Quasi-Sage experts might be confident they could pass the Heavenly Slave Trial, but they knew this trial would be no ordinary one. Some among them would struggle to make it through, especially cultivators at the first or second heaven of the Quasi-Sage realm. That meant they would perish in the trial.
If many Quasi-Sage experts from their side and the alliances of the God Realm's major powers fell because of the Heavenly Slave Trial, even losing just a portion of them would greatly weaken their overall strength. It would make it even harder for them to deal with Ling Tian and his people in the future; they might even cease to be a match for them altogether. Even though Chi Xue and the others had already planned to merge with even more powerful Ancient Divine Beasts, greatly increase their strength, and then attack Ling Tian and his people, they still needed the Quasi-Sage experts from their own alliance and the alliances of the God Realm's major powers to fight alongside them. After all, they still relied on their numerical advantage. If many Quasi-Sage experts perished in the Heavenly Slave Trial, that advantage would vanish, and they naturally wouldn't be able to