Using the Soul Searching Art to gather fragmented souls required powerful control over a stretch of empty space—control so absolute it bordered on mastery. That was similar to what cultivators could accomplish after breaking through to the Saint realm: only those who could command the world around them had truly reached Saint-level. The Soul Searching Art merely required mastery over a smaller area of space.
Even so, this only strengthened Ling Tian's resolve to break through to the Saint realm. He knew full well that reaching Saint-level would not only give him a better chance of defeating the Lord of the Universe, but, more importantly, would greatly help him gather Lian Xin's fragmented souls in the future. That alone was motivation enough for him to strive for Saint-level.
At this point, however, the World-Ending Thunder Dragon advised Ling Tian to devour and fuse with the Lord of the Universe's universe whenever he could—in other words, to seize it back by possessing its master. It offered a reason, too: perhaps only in this way could Ling Tian reclaim the portion of the World-Ending Thunder Dragon's Origin Bloodline Power, then fuse with and refine it. Only then might he truly break through to the Saint realm.
Ling Tian also had a vague feeling that this was necessary. And he knew that after fusing with the Lord of the Universe's universe, he would have a better chance of gathering all of Lian Xin's fragmented souls. That alone was reason enough for him to make every effort to fuse with it.
"That's right. If I get the chance, I'll definitely devour and fuse with the Lord of the Universe's universe. Especially since, after refining and fusing with the Origin Bloodline Power of Little Snag and the Heaven-Devouring Hou, and particularly after fusing with the