As time went on, more and more cultivators found themselves lacking vitality, while their Bloodline Power began to wane. With no other choice, they had themselves sealed and placed in the spaces opened up by the Outer Realm Stones. After all this time, hardly any cultivators of Ling Tian and his generation remained outside the Outer Realm Stones. Though Hua Min'er, Fairy Meng Shang, and the others had yet to experience any decline in their Bloodline Power, they had also secluded themselves inside the Outer Realm Stones to cultivate. This greatly hindered their progress, but it bought them as much time as possible—and the longer they could hold out, the better their chances of obtaining Phoenix Soul Fruits.
Ling Tian and the others had three Phoenix Soul Fruit Trees, which gave them a certain advantage. For now, their most important task was to buy time. The longer they could hold out, the more Phoenix Soul Fruits the trees would bear.
It was worth noting that Ling Tian still had three or four Phoenix Soul Fruits. They were only a drop in the ocean, but they could still let three or four cultivators undergo nirvanic rebirth. That would greatly increase those cultivators' strength and buy them more time. The longer they held out, the weaker the Lord of the Universe would become, and the greater their chances of succeeding when they triggered their final tribulations and breaking free of his control.
Ling Tian wasn't fully confident that he could break free of the Lord of the Universe's control, even if he joined forces with Chi Xue, Po Tian, and the others in the future. He wanted his friends and family to become as strong as possible. After all, if he failed, Fairy Meng Shang and the others would be left to