To Chi Xue and the others, Ancient Divine Beasts with innate secret arts of time and space were extremely valuable. After all, if they could comprehend these secret arts too, they would have a much easier time dealing with Ling Tian and the others in the future. So when that Ancient Divine Beast chose to self-destruct, they were deeply regretful. Its Bloodline Power had been especially strong, and a powerful bloodline meant that refining it would give them a more significant boost to their own Bloodline Power—and a greater increase in strength.
But what was done was done; there was no point dwelling on it. More importantly, other powerful Ancient Divine Beasts still remained in the God Realm, giving them plenty of chances to capture some. For them, the Origin Bloodline Power of a single powerful Ancient Divine Beast would be enough for several people to refine and then comprehend its innate secret art. In other words, capturing just one could improve the strength of several people. That was far better than merging with it, so they did not dwell on the matter. Instead, they moved elsewhere, preparing to target other Ancient Divine Beasts.
"Fellow Daoist Chi Xue, when we captured that powerful Ancient Divine Beast, we released an enormous aura. Even with the thick fog, that aura would have spread throughout the God Realm. Ling Tian must have learned of it." Shi Ying said, her brows drawing together slightly. "Under the circumstances, he might come after us. If he does, we'll be in some danger, since Ling Tian is now much stronger than we are."
"Ling Tian probably won't attack us," Shi Ming said with a cold laugh before Chi Xue could respond. "That fellow is incredibly conceited. He'll surely assume we captured those Ancient Divine Beasts so we