Like the cultivators from Mist Hidden Sect and Dark Pavilion, the cultivators from the other super sects hoped to gain as much as possible from the Sacred Ruins Abyss during the final millennium. At the same time, they hoped that a late-stage cultivator at the Twenty-ninth Heaven of Near-Saint—or someone even stronger—would suddenly attack Ling Tian and the others. Only then would they have some chance to obtain the Creation Divine Tree and other Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures, even though they knew the odds were vanishingly small.
In the end, their last hope went unfulfilled. No late-stage cultivator at the Twenty-ninth Heaven of Near-Saint, or anyone stronger, attacked Ling Tian and the others during the final millennium. Knowing that Ling Tian and his companions would act with all their strength once the millennium was up, many cultivators began abandoning the siege of the Sacred Ruins Abyss. Some super sects had already withdrawn, prompting even more cultivators to give up.
It wasn't only the cultivators from the super sects and smaller sects who gave up. Some cultivators at the Twenty-ninth Heaven of Near-Saint also chose to leave as their hopes grew dimmer. In particular, some worried that Ling Tian might capture them later. After all, they still didn't know about the agreement between Ling Tian and Qing Ming. They believed that if Ling Tian captured them, he would enslave them and make them wish they were dead. Naturally, they weren't willing to risk staying in the Sacred Ruins Abyss any longer.
When cultivators at the Twenty-ninth Heaven of Near-Saint abandoned the Sacred Ruins Abyss, the "effect" was far more pronounced than when entire super sects gave up the siege. After all, many believed that only cultivators at the Twenty-ninth Heaven of Near-Saint could capture Ling Tian and his companions. Their withdrawal meant