Aside from the Ancient Divine Beasts at the Near-Saint level who had fled to the northern reaches of the God Realm, joined the Divine Beast Alliance, or blown themselves up, Chi Xue's group had captured all the remaining Ancient Divine Beasts. They had only captured four, but if they could fuse with every one of them, they could cultivate four mighty experts on par with Ling Tian and the others. With the cultivators from the God Realm's major powers allied with them, Chi Xue's group was confident they could suppress Ling Tian's side and even inflict some casualties—especially if Venerable Sword Saint attacked Ling Tian and the others.
Next, Chi Xue's group had to fuse with those Ancient Divine Beasts at the Near-Saint level. That would take quite a while—at least twenty or thirty thousand years. After all, the higher an Ancient Divine Beast's cultivation realm, the harder it was to fuse with it.
Chi Xue's group weren't in a hurry, though. They believed Venerable Sword Saint might attack Ling Tian and the others during that time, causing them some casualties. By then, Chi Xue's group and the cultivators allied with the God Realm's major powers should have finished fusing with the Ancient Divine Beasts and become familiar with their new realms. They could then inflict even greater losses on Ling Tian's side, while keeping themselves relatively safe.
Leaving aside Chi Xue's group and their plans to fuse with the Ancient Divine Beasts, let's turn to Ling Tian and the others.
"Heh, who would've thought Ancient Divine Beasts at the Near-Saint level would choose to blow themselves up?" Fairy Sword Ji said with a strange laugh. "And the explosions were so powerful that they killed two or three cultivators from the alliance of the God Realm's major powers outright. Tsk,