Ling Tian had recovered to his peak condition. Though he could feel strong signs that a breakthrough was near, no one knew how much longer it would take. At the very least, he wasn't confident he could break through before those cultivators at the Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint arrived. They could only break out ahead of time. After all, if they waited until those cultivators arrived, breaking through would be much harder—even if he had already reached the Twenty-second Heaven.
Chi Xue and the others understood this too, so they said little and made ready to act at any moment.
However, they didn't move right away. Chi Xue and the others took out thirty Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures and set them within the grand formation. At the same time, Ling Tian took out seventy more, bringing the total to a hundred. The moment so many Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures appeared, they caught the attention of all the Outer Realm Cultivators and made them restless. If they hadn't known Ling Tian and the others could kill cultivators at the peak of the Twenty-second Heaven in a direct confrontation, quite a few would have attacked immediately. After all, so many Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures held an irresistible allure.
That was right: Chi Xue and Ling Tian's group had taken out a hundred Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures in all. They had agreed on this during their discussions over the past while. Ling Tian and the others had more Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures than Chi Xue's group, especially since they had gained far more during this operation. It was only right for them to give up more of the treasures, and Ling Tian at least hadn't quibbled over it.
It was worth noting that the hundred Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures included dozens of different varieties. That was because a wider