After forcing the cultivators from the various major divine realm factions into an alliance to retreat to their base, Ling Tian didn't return to the Fengyun Realm right away. Instead, he stayed nearby, working to absorb the surrounding Divine Yuan Power and strengthen his Small World while keeping watch on the allied cultivators. From time to time, he even made a move. Though he couldn't pose a real threat to them, he kept them on edge, preventing them from focusing on cultivation and improving their strength. Without a doubt, more of them would fall in the next Heavenly Slave trial.
Ling Tian's aim was clear. This would weaken the alliance of the major divine realm factions, and it would also cause considerable trouble for Chi Xue's side. The alliance's base wasn't far from Chi Xue's, so while Ling Tian threatened the allied cultivators, he could naturally threaten Chi Xue's people as well.
That was exactly what happened. At the very least, under Ling Tian's harassment, even the Near-Saints on Chi Xue's side couldn't devote themselves fully to cultivation. As a result, more of them would surely fall when they faced the Heavenly Slave trial.
Ling Tian was weakening both the alliance and Chi Xue's forces by another means. That way, even if Venerable Sword Saint joined forces with those two groups later, the threat to Ling Tian's side would be greatly reduced. This would bring them many benefits.
Ling Tian's actions left Chi Xue's side seething. They also understood the saying that no one could sleep soundly with a stranger snoring beside their bed. So Po Family Seventeenth Brother and the others proposed attacking Ling Tian and driving him away. They couldn't let him keep harassing their two factions with such brazen abandon.
But Chi Xue and the others rejected