Devouring the Starry Sky was undoubtedly a secret art designed specifically to counter the Lord of the Universe's cosmic suppression, and it was crucial for Ling Tian to defeat him. So Ling Tian was eager to increase its power. He had already analyzed several key factors that affected the art. For him, increasing the scale of his Small World, advancing its evolution into a universe, and improving his mastery of the Externalized Small World were all relatively easy. As his cultivation improved and his Small World expanded, those things would naturally follow. But increasing his Bloodline Power—especially his powerful devouring talent—was difficult, and that was the very foundation of Devouring the Starry Sky. Only by strengthening Ling Tian's devouring talent could he greatly increase the efficiency with which he devoured energy and bring the art's power to its fullest.
But Ling Tian had only one way to improve his devouring bloodline talent: fuse with the powerful bloodlines of other cultivators, especially those with exceptional devouring talents, such as the Heaven-Devouring Wolf, the Jade Devouring Sky Python, and the Heaven-Devouring Hou. In other words, Ling Tian was preparing to fuse with Shi Tian's bloodline. He needed only a portion of Shi Tian's Bloodline Power; this would be a one-sided transfer, not an exchange of bloodlines like they had made in the God Realm. After all, Ling Tian could no longer afford to lose any Bloodline Power. Even the slightest loss would affect his strength—or, at the very least, hinder its growth. And that could have a major impact on whether he could defeat the Lord of the Universe in the future.
As the saying went, the stronger Ling Tian was, the better his chances of defeating the Lord of the Universe. So he had to do whatever it took to increase