In Chi Xue and the others' eyes, even if cultivators at the Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint arrived, they wouldn't affect their operation. After all, those cultivators were still far away. By the time they got there, the final battle would already be over, and Chi Xue and his group could figure out how to escape the Extreme Ice Plains. With the Teleportation Formations Ling Tian had set up in advance, they thought it would be easy to shake off any Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint cultivators trying to block or pursue them.
After that, they could disappear into the Outer Realm star regions for a while to evade pursuit by cultivators at the Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint. They could use that time to sort through their intelligence, then continue searching for Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures.
In short, they weren't overly worried about cultivators at the Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint entering the Extreme Ice Plains. Chi Xue was no different. He had told Ling Tian about it simply to be on the safe side.
"I'm not especially worried that these Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint cultivators will affect our operation. I'm worried that once we reveal our true strength and capture a large number of Outer Realm Cultivators, those experts will try every means to seal off the entire Extreme Ice Plains," Chi Xue said gravely. Seeing Shi Lin and the others looking unconcerned, he continued, "It would be nearly impossible for just a few Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint cultivators to seal off the Extreme Ice Plains. But nobody knows whether more cultivators at that level will enter. If there are enough of them, sealing off the whole region isn't impossible. In particular, experts of that level all have disciples. If they order their disciples to set up grand formations and all kinds of