If Venerable Sword Saint had already refined the Ultimate Lightning Tribulation Power, then he would surely have used it without holding back in this assault on the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation. That would have given him a better chance of destroying the formation, and only then could he have captured Ling Tian and obtained the secret art for using Intent Power to influence and control the Circulatory Universe. Yet his attacks contained no Ultimate Lightning Tribulation Power, which was proof enough that he had not refined it.
Since he had not refined the Ultimate Lightning Tribulation Power, he could not pose much of a threat to Ling Tian and the others, even though he had fused five golden cores and advanced to the eleventh heaven of the Quasi-Sage realm.
It made sense. Venerable Sword Saint's cultivation had risen by an entire major realm, but so had Ling Tian's. In fact, because Ling Tian had deliberately suppressed his cultivation, Feng Lingzi, Young Leader, and the others had advanced by more than a major realm. On top of that, Fairy Sword Ji and the others had joined the ranks fighting Venerable Sword Saint. Naturally, that made him easier to deal with, and this time they had an even easier time than when they faced him before.
Most importantly, Ling Tian had refined the Ultimate Lightning Tribulation Power, which had greatly increased his strength. Though his attacks still posed no threat to Venerable Sword Saint, they could further weaken his strikes, preventing them from threatening the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation. And as long as Venerable Sword Saint could not destroy the formation, he could not pose any real threat to Ling Tian and the others. Although Ling Tian's attacks contained the Ultimate Lightning Tribulation Power, this level of lightning