From the news that the Third Blade Emperor had arrived, they knew that cultivators could only be certain of reaching the Saint level after breaking through to the Thirty-sixth Heaven of Near-Saint. By Ling Tian's calculations, he would be doing very well if he reached the Thirty-second Heaven of Near-Saint before the million-year deadline set by the Lord of the Universe. That still left a huge gap to the Thirty-sixth Heaven. Even with his outstanding talent and immensely powerful Bloodline Power, he would likely still be far from the Saint level. He knew that with only this level of strength, he would have almost no chance against the Lord of the Universe. The thought made him even more anxious, and he worried once again that time would run out.
At this point, the Artifact Spirits, including Po Qiong, began reassuring Ling Tian. They pointed out that he wasn't fighting alone: with a thousand or more powerful cultivators fighting alongside him, they would naturally have a good chance of standing against the Lord of the Universe. As time passed, the Lord of the Universe's condition would worsen and his strength would continue to fade. Ling Tian also had his Bloodline Power, exceptional talent, and the powerful techniques and secret arts of the Sacred Heart Sect and Thunder Strike Sect. In particular, he had opened 108 Small Worlds. With all these advantages, it wasn't impossible for them to match the Lord of the Universe; at the very least, they could endure his suppression for a long time.
As they had said before, the longer Ling Tian could endure the Lord of the Universe's cosmic suppression, the more time Chi Xue and the others would have to destroy the entire Demon God Forbidden Ground and find the Lord of the Universe's true body.