Like Chi Xue and the Po Family Brothers, Venerable Sword Saint wanted them to scatter in all directions. After all, only then could Chi Xue and the others hide and continue refining the Origin Bloodline Power of powerful Ancient Divine Beasts, thereby growing stronger. That would give them a better chance of killing or capturing Ling Tian and Little One. But Chi Xue and the others simply refused to scatter, leaving Venerable Sword Saint helpless. He couldn't exactly force them apart now; if he did, their formation would be thrown into disarray, which would undoubtedly give Ling Tian more openings.
When he realized he couldn't persuade Chi Xue and the others to scatter, Venerable Sword Saint made another suggestion: they could hide inside his Small World. But Chi Xue and the others rejected it outright, without the slightest hesitation. Venerable Sword Saint couldn't force them to do it, so he had no choice but to drop the idea.
It made sense. If Venerable Sword Saint forcibly took Chi Xue and the others into his Small World, they would undoubtedly resist. Then they would scatter—but not in the way he had imagined. They would flee in every direction, and quite a few cultivators would surely be killed by Ling Tian. What Venerable Sword Saint meant by having them scatter was for the God Devouring Bodies like Chi Xue to take the other cultivators into their Small Worlds and then escape.
It made sense. If Venerable Sword Saint tried to forcibly take Chi Xue and the others into his Small World, they would naturally flee in every direction, with no time to bring the cultivators around them into their Small Worlds. The God Devouring Bodies might manage, since they had good means of protecting themselves, but many of the others would surely