Although two batches of Thunder Strike Sect cultivators had pursued Ling Tian and the others for nearly ten thousand years without success, the cultivators of the Dark Pavilion and Mist Hidden Sect still hadn't given up their last hope. They knew the Thunder Strike Sect's strongest cultivators hadn't made a move yet—the Near-Saints at the Twenty-ninth Heaven hadn't acted. Once they did, they would surely capture Ling Tian and the others. At the very least, they would keep them so busy fending off attacks that they'd have no time to deal with those of them surrounding the Sacred Ruins Abyss.
If things continued this way, they could shrink the encirclement to a certain extent and then capture Ling Tian and the others. Afterward, they could naturally seize the Creation Divine Tree, the World-Ending Thunder Dragon, and the other Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures from them.
Moreover, in Wu Yi and the others' minds, once the Thunder Strike Sect's Near-Saints at the Twenty-ninth Heaven made a move, the nine people from the Sacred Heart Sect would surely act as well. The two sides would clash fiercely and inevitably suffer mutual losses, which would undoubtedly be the best outcome for the Dark Pavilion and Mist Hidden Sect.
But contrary to their expectations, the two batches of Thunder Strike Sect cultivators stopped pursuing Ling Tian and the others, and Lei Ba and the other Near-Saints at the Twenty-ninth Heaven showed no sign of entering the Sacred Ruins Abyss to hunt them down. This left the Dark Pavilion and Mist Hidden Sect perplexed. Still, they knew that if the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators had truly given up on pursuing Ling Tian and the others, then they would be in trouble.
"No, the Thunder Strike Sect cultivators surely won't be willing to give up on obtaining the