The anomalies in Thunder Purgatory, along with everything Ling Tian and the others had experienced before, pointed to one likely explanation. All the Outer Realm Cultivators knew that Ling Tian and his group were busy searching for various Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures, so many of them concluded that the disturbances in Thunder Purgatory had most likely been caused by Ling Tian and his companions. Before long, a great many Outer Realm Cultivators were rushing there, including quite a few at the Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint.
However, there weren't many Outer Realm Cultivators near Thunder Purgatory. Those coming from elsewhere would need time to reach it, and by then, the World-Ending Thunder Dragon would probably have absorbed all the Lightning Power within Thunder Purgatory and joined forces with Ling Tian to break out. That meant there likely wouldn't be many cultivators around to surround Ling Tian.
As long as the Outer Realm Cultivators surrounding him weren't too numerous, Ling Tian had a good chance of breaking through their blockade and escaping. This was especially true with the World-Ending Thunder Dragon's help. Judging from what they had seen so far, it could easily kill cultivators in the middle and late stages of the Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint, and might even threaten those at its peak. With such formidable fighting strength backing Ling Tian, breaking through the encirclement and escaping should pose no problem.
That confidence was why Ling Tian didn't worry when Wu Ying and the others told him that large numbers of Outer Realm Cultivators were heading for Thunder Purgatory. He continued cultivating in peace with Little Swallow, refining the power of the World-Ending Lightning Tribulation as their strength slowly increased.
Let's set aside the large numbers of Outer Realm Cultivators rushing toward Thunder Purgatory and turn to Chi Xue and the