Through the deliberate tempering by the Lord of the Universe, Chi Xue and the others had realized that this was a way of selecting cultivators with potential. And after connecting it to Ling Tian's words, they had finally understood something: not every cultivator who obtained every kind of Saint-grade Heavenly Treasure had a chance to break through to the Sage level. In fact, among tens of billions of cultivators, perhaps only one had such a chance. This explained why the Lord of the Universe had not sent out large numbers of cultivators from the God Realm to search for Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures.
After hearing what Po Tian and the others had said, Shi Meng and the others were undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow. If Po Tian and the others were right, then even if they obtained every Saint-grade Heavenly Treasure, they might still have no chance of breaking through to the Sage level. All their earlier hopes and dreams would be reduced to bubbles.
Fortunately, Po Tian's next words helped them regain a little peace of mind. Any cultivator with a chance of breaking through to the Sage level would undoubtedly become a target for the Lord of the Universe to possess—and that was an extremely dangerous prospect. At least in this regard, cultivators like Shi Meng, who were unlikely to reach the Sage level, were not in much danger.
"Yeah, we don't have much chance of breaking through to the Sage level, so naturally the Lord of the Universe won't come after us. I suppose that's a good thing for us." Shi Lin murmured. It was hard to tell whether he was comforting the others or himself, or perhaps this was simply the only way to make himself and the others feel better.
"Although you weren't the ones the