Little Devourer wanted to kill Venerable Sword Saint with his own hands and avenge his mother. As things stood, the only way he could achieve that was if the Lord of the Universe assigned him a mission to kill Venerable Sword Saint. That was why he was eagerly waiting for the Lord of the Universe to give him such a mission.
"You little rascal," Po Family Seventeenth Brother teased. But he knew why Little Devourer wanted to kill Venerable Sword Saint with his own hands. After a brief pause, he continued, "Since it's a mission, there's always a chance of failure as well as success. If you succeed, that's fine. But if you fail, both you and Ling Tian will be killed. So you'd better stop hoping for a mission like that. At the very least, you shouldn't receive one before you break through to the Near-Saint Sixteenth Heaven."
Po Family Seventeenth Brother knew the strength of Ling Tian, Little Devourer, and Venerable Sword Saint very well. He knew Ling Tian and Little Devourer would have a chance of killing Venerable Sword Saint only after they broke through to the Near-Saint Sixteenth Heaven. And even then, they would only have a chance; it remained to be seen whether they could actually kill him. That was assuming Venerable Sword Saint couldn't break through to the Near-Saint Seventeenth Heaven.
Little Devourer and Ling Tian knew this as well, but Ling Tian said, "Whether the Lord of the Universe gives us a mission like that isn't something we can decide, so there's no need to worry about it. We just need to keep working to improve our strength. After all, the stronger we are, the more likely we'll be to complete the missions the Lord of the Universe gives us."
"Mm, exactly," Little