So much time had passed, yet Venerable Sword Saint still hadn't made a move against Ling Tian and the others. Po Family Seventeenth Brother and the rest were understandably anxious. Some even wondered whether Venerable Sword Saint would attack them at all. Po Di, Po Family's Youngest Brother, and the others, however, were certain that he would.
"Based on past experience, every few tens of thousands of years, Lord of the Universe puts Ling Tian and the others through a trial. It's been tens of thousands of years since we completed our tenth Heavenly Slave trial, so unless something unexpected happens, Lord of the Universe will instruct Venerable Sword Saint to attack them," Chi Xue said gravely. He glanced at Po Di. "Of course, as Daoist Po Di said, an expert at Venerable Sword Saint's level should be able to go against Lord of the Universe's instructions a little—by delaying for a while, for instance. But he'll definitely attack Ling Tian and the others."
Though Chi Xue and the others spoke with conviction, Po Family Seventeenth Brother and his companions were still doubtful. Then, as a thought occurred to her, Fairy Huan Cai couldn't help saying, "Although we stopped facing Heavenly Slaves after completing our tenth trial, Ling Tian and the rest of you are still undergoing those trials. Perhaps the trials are part of Lord of the Universe's plan, in which case there'd be no need to have Venerable Sword Saint attack Ling Tian and the others."
Indeed, throughout the past thirty or forty thousand years, Chi Xue, Ling Tian, and the others had continued to face Heavenly Slave trials. The Heavenly Slaves they faced had grown stronger and stronger. For example, the Heavenly Slave Ling Tian was facing now seemed to be at the middle-to-late stage of Near-Saint