It made sense. Ling Tian and Chi Xue's group had a deep-seated grudge between them, 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 situation, 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 explained that Chi Xue's group wouldn't be much stronger than they were.
It made sense. Ling Tian's greatest strength wasn't his combat prowess, but his means of survival. Even when facing cultivators considerably stronger than himself, he could escape unscathed. As long as Chi Xue's group wasn't absurdly stronger than him, they wouldn't pose much of a threat.
Thinking of this, Ling Tian's expression relaxed.
"Chi Xue's group is capturing powerful cultivators, and they can use those cultivators to capture even stronger ones. In particular, they can also use the God-Devouring Demon Domain to help. That should make it easy to capture cultivators at the Twenty-second Heaven of Near-Saint, or even stronger ones." Xiao Shi looked at Ling Tian in confusion as he spoke. "Why did you say it wouldn't be that easy for Chi Xue's group to capture cultivators at the Twenty-second Heaven of Near-Saint, Brother Tian?"
"Because cultivators at the Twenty-second Heaven are far, far stronger than those at the Twenty-first Heaven of Near-Saint. There's an entire major realm between them," Ling Tian explained. "Perhaps Chi Xue's group has captured so many cultivators at the Twenty-first Heaven that their overall strength surpasses that of cultivators at the Twenty-second Heaven. And Chi Xue's God Devouring Bodies can also use the God-Devouring Demon Domain to help them.