For now, the powerful sects of the outer star region—especially super sects like the Mist Hidden Sect—had not sent cultivators into the Sacred Ruins Abyss to hunt down Ling Tian and the others. This wasn't because they feared retaliation from Ling Tian and his companions in the future. It was because the Sacred Ruins Abyss was simply too dangerous. Without the World-Ending Thunder Dragon or the Creation Divine Tree to rely on, entering it meant almost certain death.
But if those super sects acquired the Creation Divine Tree, they would probably send their experts deep into the Sacred Ruins Abyss without hesitation. In that case, Ling Tian and the others would be in grave danger, facing a crisis far greater than the one they were dealing with now.
That was right. If the Mist Hidden Sect or the Dark Pavilion found the Sacred Heart Sect because Ling Tian and the others had "let the secret slip," then seized the Creation Divine Tree, they would probably send a host of experts into the Sacred Ruins Abyss to hunt them down. After all, they would then possess all one hundred and seven Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures—not to mention the Creation Divine Tree—and that would be an irresistible lure to any cultivator or sect.
Although Ling Tian and the others had now set up and begun to fuse their grand formation, giving them a good chance of killing cultivators at the peak of the Twenty-sixth Heaven of Near-Saint, they couldn't be sure whether the Mist Hidden Sect or the Dark Pavilion had even stronger cultivators. If either sect sent out experts of that caliber—and more than one or two of them—those cultivators would pose a serious threat. At the very least, Ling Tian and his companions would have a hard time dealing with them