Since they had discovered that it was difficult to use Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures to open up new Small Worlds, Chi Xue and the others were no longer in a hurry to attack the Outer Realm Cultivators and seize the treasures in their possession. For now, their best option was to raise their cultivation as quickly as possible and continue expanding the Small Worlds they had already opened. Although expanding those worlds would increase the repulsion between them and make it even harder to open new ones, they had no choice if they wanted to grow as strong as possible. In particular, they still couldn't be certain they were safe.
It made sense. Though Ling Tian and the others had made great strides over the past tens of thousands of years, and could now easily deal with cultivators at the peak of the Twenty-sixth Heaven of Near-Saint or even contend with those at the Twenty-seventh Heaven of Near-Saint—especially with the grand formation formed by fusing three types of formation restrictions—they couldn't count on having that formation at their disposal in the future. More importantly, Sacred Heart Sect might send extremely powerful cultivators carrying the Creation Divine Tree into the Sacred Ruins Abyss at any moment. Ling Tian and the others needed even greater strength to protect themselves. No one knew whether Sacred Heart Sect had cultivators at the Twenty-eighth Heaven of Near-Saint, or even stronger ones. To keep themselves safe, the stronger they were, the better.
Expanding their Small Worlds was undoubtedly one way to increase their strength quickly. So even if it made opening more worlds harder in the future, Chi Xue and the others could only keep expanding them.
Still, Chi Xue and the others weren't too worried about being unable to open any more Small Worlds. After hearing