They had to admit, Chi Xue and the others had been very lucky. Not long after leaving the Gods and Devils Forbidden Area, they had obtained the Soaring Serpent Divine Tree and the Nine-leaf Ginseng. More importantly, they now knew that gathering many Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures together and letting their auras fuse could make their Small World further transform into a universe. This had clearly improved their strength, and even their long-stalled cultivation realms showed signs of breaking through. They were overjoyed, and this only made them more keenly aware of how important it was to seize as many Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures as possible in a short time.
There was another piece of good news for Chi Xue and the others: while seizing the Nine-leaf Ginseng, they had captured quite a few cultivators, and learned where to find a Saint-grade Heavenly Treasure, the Peach God Tree. This was undoubtedly even more encouraging, for they knew that the more Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures they had, the better.
But then Chi Xue shared news that made their expressions turn grave. The sect that possessed the Peach God Tree was very powerful, with many formidable cultivators stationed there. Among them was a cultivator at the Twenty-first Heaven of Near-Saint.
That was right—a cultivator at the Twenty-first Heaven of Near-Saint stood a whole major realm above them. This was true even of Chi Xue and the others, who had reached the peak of the Near-Saint Twentieth Heaven. Shi Meng and the others were another one or two minor realms behind Chi Xue and Po Tian. Against a cultivator at the Twenty-first Heaven of Near-Saint, they had almost no chance of winning, especially since the Peach God Tree belonged to a sect that was sure to have other powerful cultivators stationed there as well.
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