Although their realms—and even their strength—had improved dramatically, and the formation combining three types of runes was already extremely refined, Shi Lin, Ling Tian, and the others still deeply feared the Sacred Heart Sect's cultivators. After all, no one knew how powerful cultivators from the Great Thousand Worlds would be after countless years of cultivation. So when they learned that cultivators from the Sacred Heart Sect had brought the Creation Divine Tree into the Sacred Ruins Abyss, Ling Tian and the others immediately grew solemn. Seeing their expressions change and hearing Tu Tian's words, Shi Meng and the others reached their own conclusions. Before long, they too were worried, though they still clung to their last hope. That was why Shi Meng had asked those questions.
"It should be true. As Fellow Daoist Tu Tian said, the Dark Pavilion and Mist Hidden Sect have already used this kind of tactic once. They surely wouldn't use it twice. What's more, many Outer Realm Cultivators saw the Sacred Heart Sect's cultivators this time." Ling Tian's voice was grave. As he spoke, waves of spatial fluctuations rippled beside him. He gave a wry smile. "It seems cultivators from the Sacred Heart Sect really have entered the Sacred Ruins Abyss."
Ling Tian had not yet checked the Spirit Talisman, but he knew it had to be the Mist Hidden Sect's cultivators contacting them. That alone further confirmed that cultivators from the Sacred Heart Sect really had entered the Sacred Ruins Abyss.
It made sense. Earlier, when the Mist Hidden Sect had spread the news that Sacred Heart Sect cultivators had entered the Sacred Ruins Abyss, they had avoided suspicion by not telling Ling Tian and the others. That left them room to maneuver. If they had told Ling Tian and the others at the