Venerable Sword Saint's strength had been steadily increasing. Ling Tian and the others had always known that. Although his cultivation had advanced much more slowly than theirs, he had remained at the peak of the Near-Saint Sixteenth Heaven for so long, and he still had another hundred thousand years ahead of him. It wasn't impossible that he would break through again and reach the Near-Saint Seventeenth Heaven. If he did, his strength would be far greater than it was now.
Even against Venerable Sword Saint at the peak of the Sixteenth Heaven, Ling Tian and the others weren't confident they could last a year under his assault, much less if he broke through to the Near-Saint Seventeenth Heaven. Thinking of this, Hua Min'er grew deeply worried. She proposed that Ling Tian and Little Devourer take Phoenix Soul Fruits and undergo nirvanic rebirth.
Ling Tian and the others now had three Phoenix Soul Fruit Trees. After all these years, they had borne some fruit, and Ling Tian and the others had kept several of them. Ling Tian and Little Devourer could each take one and undergo nirvanic rebirth. If they did, their strength would increase substantially—at the very least, they would advance further than they could by spending a hundred thousand years cultivating as they were now.
It was true: taking a Phoenix Soul Fruit and undergoing nirvanic rebirth could greatly increase a cultivator's strength, especially for cultivators like Ling Tian and Little Devourer. It would make them much stronger a hundred thousand years from now, giving them an easier time facing Venerable Sword Saint and Chi Xue's group, and at least a better chance of lasting a year.
Hearing Hua Min'er's suggestion and recalling how much Phoenix Soul Fruits could improve a cultivator's strength, Tantai and the others' eyes lit