At first, the cultivators of the God Realm had been hostile toward Outer Realm Cultivators. Later, however, they came to regard them as treasures, because learning about the Outer Realm through them could greatly help them break free of the Lord of the Universe's control.
In the hearts of Outer Realm Cultivators, those who had come from the God Realm were even more precious. In particular, they knew there were many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in the "restricted zone," things they had dreamed of obtaining. Yet no cultivator had ever entered the restricted zone and come out alive. Naturally, this made them prize cultivators from the God Realm, or those who had emerged from the restricted zone, all the more. They believed that capturing such cultivators and learning about the restricted zone would give them a chance to obtain Phoenix Soul Fruits and other Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Even in the Outer Realm, Phoenix Soul Fruits were exceedingly rare, and countless cultivators dreamed of obtaining one. Just for the chance to get such a fruit, they would never let a cultivator who had come out of the restricted zone escape.
That was exactly why, the moment they spotted Ling Tian and Xiao Shi, tens of thousands of Outer Realm Cultivators erupted into a frenzy and charged at them menacingly. Worried that other cultivators might capture the two first, they even attacked the people around them, and a chaotic melee broke out. Before long, cultivators had begun to fall; as time passed, even more died there, leaving Xiao Shi and Ling Tian dumbfounded.
Of course, Ling Tian and the others quickly understood that these cultivators belonged to different factions. Afraid that another faction might beat them to the two, they had naturally started fighting. But this was exactly what