It made sense. If there really were cultivators at the Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint or even higher secluded in Thunder Purgatory, Ling Tian would definitely give up on having Little Devourer break through here. After all, Little Devourer would certainly be unable to conceal his aura during the breakthrough—not from the cultivators inside, at the very least. By then, Ling Tian and the others would most likely be captured and killed. That was the last thing they wanted to see.
Ling Tian's argument made good sense, too. If they died, what would be the point of obtaining a Saint-grade Heavenly Treasure?
"That's true. People matter more than Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures," Dan Bi murmured to herself. Then her tone shifted. "But what if that Heavenly Treasure really is the only one in the entire Outer Realm starfield? What would you do then?"
"First, we'll try to have Senior Wu Dao and the others communicate with it. Ideally, we can convince it to follow me. If not, then we'll have no choice but to use force. When the time comes..." Ling Tian began, but before he could finish, someone interrupted him.
"If we attack, we definitely won't be able to hide it from the experts stationed in Thunder Purgatory. What will we do then?" You Ye brought up the problem.
"First, we need to determine the cultivation level of the cultivators stationed here. Then we can figure out how strong we'll need to become to stand a chance of defeating them." Ling Tian paused to consider it, then continued, "We can set up the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation and the formation from the Buddha Kingdom World in Thunder Purgatory ahead of time. We can also set up a formation that draws on the Lightning Power here, allowing us to mobilize