Like Chi Xue and the others, Tu Tian and his companions had all advanced to the Twenty-ninth Heaven of Near-Saint. The most outstanding among them had even shown signs of breaking through to the Thirtieth Heaven of Near-Saint. With their cultivation at this level, combined with the powerful techniques and secret arts they had learned from the Sacred Heart Sect, the Thunder Strike Sect, and Ling Tian's group—and, in particular, the multiple Small Worlds they had opened after cultivating the Great Thousand Worlds—it was no exaggeration to say that their strength now stood at the very pinnacle of the entire starfield. Even the Dark Pavilion and the Mist Hidden Sect, the super sects they had once needed to look up to, no longer mattered in their eyes. With their strength, they could even wipe out those super sects with ease.
Tu Tian and the others had changed so much because, from the very beginning, they had made the wisest choice: following Ling Tian and his companions. It was no exaggeration to say that everything they had was thanks to Ling Tian. Tu Tian and the others knew how to repay kindness, and they had always been thinking of ways to repay him. Even knowing that confronting the Lord of the Universe would mean almost certain death, they had resolutely stayed behind. That, too, was a way of repaying their debt.
Still, in Tu Tian and the others' eyes, that wasn't enough. When they heard Ling Tian wanted to borrow their Heaven Locking Pillars, they agreed without hesitation and even offered to give them to him outright. They weren't doing this only to repay his kindness. More importantly, they knew the pillars would greatly help Ling Tian. They understood that the Heaven Locking Pillars could significantly increase his strength, and the