There was no denying that Ling Chou, Chu Ying, and the others had learned many techniques from Ling Tian. Naturally, they had learned powerful methods such as the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation and the Buddha Kingdom World, even though at their current cultivation levels they were still far from being able to merge the two. After all, mastering even one formation could solve many problems. Ling Chou, for instance, had used the formation to overcome danger many times, helping Chu Ying complete one tribulation after another. Since Ling Chou and Chu Ying had already gained some mastery of the Externalized Small World, the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation they deployed would be no ordinary formation. At the very least, it could hold off Chi Xue's people for a while when they surrounded them, buying Chu Ying time to complete her tribulation.
That made sense. Back then, Ling Tian had used the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation to contend with Venerable Sword Saint, whose cultivation was more than two major realms above his own. Ling Chou's mastery of the formation was nowhere near Ling Tian's, and the formation he had set up was only a rudimentary version. However, the enemies he faced were only one major realm above him, and he only needed to hold them off for a while. Under those circumstances, it wasn't impossible.
After surviving one brush with death after another, Chu Ying finally completed her ninth tribulation and returned to the peak of the Saint God level. Having reversed her Golden Core once, her Small World had absorbed a tremendous amount of Divine Yuan Power and grown stronger. She was now considerably more powerful than before cultivating the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique. Though she and Ling Chou could still only hold off Chi