Having realized that he had almost no chance of catching up to Xiao Shi, Venerable Sword Saint could only hope that the Lord of the Universe would assign them a mission in the future. He didn't deliberately pursue Xiao Shi after that, instead turning to capture powerful Ancient Divine Beasts—naturally, to capture them for Chi Xue and the others. Venerable Sword Saint believed that Chi Xue and the others would surely take part in the future mission to deal with Ling Tian and Xiao Shi. Helping them quickly improve their strength was therefore essential. After all, the stronger they became, the better their chances of completing the mission and killing or capturing Ling Tian and Xiao Shi.
Although Chi Xue and the other God Devouring Bodies had already obtained the Origin Bloodline Power of Ancient Divine Beasts and begun refining it, past experience had shown that it wasn't only Chi Xue and the others who could participate in a mission. Any cultivator whose cultivation reached a certain level could take part. If more cultivators from the two factions allied with Chi Xue refined the Origin Bloodline Power of powerful Ancient Divine Beasts, that naturally meant more powerful cultivators could join future missions. They would then have a better chance of killing or capturing Ling Tian and Xiao Shi. So, as far as Venerable Sword Saint was concerned, the more Ancient Divine Beasts he captured, the better.
Ling Tian soon realized that Venerable Sword Saint had shifted his focus to capturing Ancient Divine Beasts. Clever as he was, Ling Tian quickly worked out why Venerable Sword Saint was doing this and how it would affect them. But he didn't care much—in fact, he was all for it. In Ling Tian's view, even if refining the Origin Bloodline Power of powerful Ancient