For Chi Xue and the others—or rather, for all cultivators—growing stronger and gaining a chance to break free from the Lord of the Universe's restraints was crucial. To Chi Xue and the others, that mattered more than killing Ling Tian ahead of time. After all, in their minds, if they couldn't greatly increase their strength, they would have no chance of breaking free from the Lord of the Universe's restraints and would surely die. But facing Ling Tian's pursuit didn't necessarily mean certain death; they had plenty of confidence in their life-saving methods.
Besides, Chi Xue and the others believed that obtaining the secret art to refine the Heaven-Devouring Wolf Clan's Origin Power would greatly boost their strength. Catching up to Ling Tian wasn't impossible; at the very least, they wouldn't be much weaker than him. Then they would have even less reason to fear being hunted down by Ling Tian. As clever as they were, they naturally knew what choice to make.
"That's right. We can use the Phoenix Soul Fruit to undergo nirvana and be reborn, then cultivate the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique. On top of that, we can refine the Heaven-Devouring Wolf Clan's Origin Bloodline Power and acquire their Talent Devouring Secret Art. We can also fuse with powerful Ancient Divine Beasts. That gives us a chance to surpass Ling Tian in strength. At the very least, we won't be much weaker than him, so we won't have to fear him. He won't be able to kill us, at the very least." Chi Xue spoke, looking around at the others as he continued, "And this will give us a better chance of breaking free from the Lord of the Universe's restraints. The choice should be obvious."
At Wen Yan's words, the others nodded. They knew that being