After Chi Xue, Shi Lin, and the others had served as Heaven's Slaves and tempered the cultivators of their side and the various divine-world alliances, their Quasi-Saint experts had improved considerably. At the very least, their combat skills and battle awareness were far better than before. Those were the Heaven's Slaves' greatest weaknesses, so they would have a better chance of passing the trial when they faced it again.
In addition, the cultivators of the various divine-world alliances had used their spare time to capture some Ancient Divine Beasts that were close to the Quasi-Saint level. The Beast Taming Cultivators' strange arts had also greatly improved the beasts' strength. The cultivators would surely grow stronger after merging with them, giving them an even better chance of passing the Heaven's Slave trial.
Of course, merging with an Ancient Divine Beast took a very long time—at least ten or twenty thousand years by current estimates. They would also need time to get used to their new realms. In theory, they simply didn't have enough time, since the Heaven's Slave trial took place every ten thousand years.
But the problem was soon solved. Chi Xue and the others asked the Lord of the Universe about it with their divine senses, and he gave them a clear answer: cultivators merging with Ancient Divine Beasts could skip the Heaven's Slave trial. They would be exempt only while the fusion was in progress, but that was still enough to thrill Chi Xue and the others. It would not only give their own cultivators and those of the various divine-world alliances a better chance of passing the trial, but the fusion process would take ten or twenty thousand years, perhaps even longer, allowing them to skip one or two trials. That, in turn, would help more of