As Ling Tian improved his strength, the Young Leader, Feng Ling, and the others were also working hard to grow stronger. They wanted to break through to the Near-Saint Eighteenth Heaven as soon as possible. It wasn't that they feared their Bloodline Power would begin to decline; they knew that the earlier they broke through, the higher their limits would be, and the greater their chances of eventually escaping the Lord of the Universe's restraints. At the very least, they would be able to affect the Lord of the Universe more, giving Ling Tian and the others a better chance of breaking free.
Of course, after the Young Leader and the others broke through, their Bloodline Power would increase further, allowing them to live even longer.
Time flowed on, and in the blink of an eye, more than a hundred thousand years had passed. Over that time, the Young Leader, Feng Ying, and the others had successively reached the Near-Saint Eighteenth Heaven. Even Feng Ling, Feng Xi, and the others were now showing clear signs of a breakthrough. At this rate, they would reach the Near-Saint Eighteenth Heaven before long. They were thrilled to be nearing that realm, since it slightly exceeded what they had expected.
As Feng Lingzi and the others' cultivation realms rose, their Small Worlds had grown far larger than before. This also meant that the Externalized Small World they could deploy together had expanded, and its ability to restrain their opponents had greatly improved. Feng Xi could now merge the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation with the Buddha Kingdom World. The two still weren't perfectly integrated, but the result was already far stronger than when Ling Tian had used them separately. This meant that together, they could deploy a grand formation with formidable defensive and