Venerable Sword Saint was a clever man. After nearly ten thousand years of fighting Ling Tian, he had realized that Ling Tian wasn't merely using their battles to temper himself. More importantly, he wanted to stop Venerable Sword Saint from growing stronger. Venerable Sword Saint couldn't allow that. Not only would greater strength give him a better chance of killing or capturing Ling Tian in the future, but, more importantly, it would also give him a better chance of breaking free from the Lord of the Universe's restraints and escaping alive.
That was right. Everything Venerable Sword Saint had done before was meant to increase his strength and improve his chances of breaking free from the Lord of the Universe's restraints. Now, with Ling Tian hounding him, he couldn't refine the Ultimate Lightning Tribulation Power or the power from beyond the domain, and his strength had all but stagnated. That was the last thing he wanted to see, so he decisively chose to put some distance between them.
Of course, he knew that having Chi Xue's people continue destroying the teleportation formations Ling Tian and his allies had placed throughout the various regions of the God Realm was important too. So Venerable Sword Saint didn't return to the Eastern Region of the God Realm or venture too far from its Northern Region. Instead, he stopped near a secret teleportation formation that Ling Tian's people had barely used. He didn't believe Ling Tian would keep hounding him there.
Ling Tian had thought that, under the circumstances, he would choose to return to the Fengyun Realm and cultivate in seclusion. After all, he had been fighting Venerable Sword Saint intensely for a long time, and a period of secluded cultivation could quickly improve his strength. But Ling Tian shook his head and