It made sense. Ling Tian and Chi Xue's people had a deep-seated grudge against each other, after all. If the latter's overall strength far surpassed the former's, then even if they shared the same goal, they might not join forces. They could even come to blows, and in that case, Ling Tian and the others would be in grave danger—perhaps even falling at Chi Xue's hands.
At first, Ling Tian had worried about this too. But after thinking of something, he stopped worrying and gave his reason: Chi Xue and the others wouldn't be overwhelmingly stronger than them.
Indeed, Ling Tian's greatest strength wasn't his cultivation, but his means of protecting his life. Even when facing cultivators considerably stronger than him, he could still escape safely. As long as Chi Xue and the others weren't absurdly stronger than Ling Tian, they couldn't pose much of a threat to him.
Thinking of this, Ling Tian's expression relaxed.
"Chi Xue and the others are capturing powerful cultivators. They can use those powerful cultivators to capture even stronger ones. What's more, the God Devouring Bodies among them can use the God-Devouring Demon Domain to assist them. Capturing cultivators at the Twenty-second Heaven of Near-Saint should be easy, and capturing even stronger ones should be possible too." Xiao Shi spoke, then looked at Ling Tian in confusion. "Why did Brother Tian say it wouldn't be so easy for Chi Xue and the others to capture cultivators at the Twenty-second Heaven of Near-Saint?"
"Because cultivators at the Twenty-second Heaven are far, far stronger than those at the Twenty-first Heaven of Near-Saint. After all, there's an entire major realm between them," Ling Tian explained. "Perhaps Chi Xue and the others have captured so many cultivators at the Twenty-first Heaven that their overall strength surpasses that of