After Xiao Yaozi and the others broke through to the Thirty-fifth Heaven of Near-Saint, their cultivation began advancing more and more slowly. They had gone hundreds of thousands of years without breaking through even a minor level. Judging by the situation, even with the dozens of times more time afforded by the space opened up by the Eastern Emperor Bell, they might not reach the Thirty-sixth Heaven of Near-Saint before the million-year deadline set by the Lord of the Universe and Ling Tian's group. In other words, they had almost no chance of becoming Saints, and might not even get the opportunity to approach the Saint realm infinitely closely. Considering his earlier analysis and speculation, Ling Tian believed they had no chance at all.
As for Chi Xue and Ling Tian's group, their situation was better than Xiao Yaozi and the others', but not by much. At the very least, they could clearly sense that breaking through to the next level was taking longer and longer. What was more, most of them had only just reached the Thirty-fourth Heaven of Near-Saint. With the time they had left, advancing to the Thirty-sixth Heaven of Near-Saint would be even harder. And even if they managed to reach the Thirty-fifth Heaven of Near-Saint, they would not get very far at that level.
Fortunately, neither Xiao Yaozi and the others nor Ling Tian's group had run into a bottleneck. Their strength was also continuing to grow, so they had not given up hope of becoming Saints or approaching the Saint realm infinitely closely.
Even so, Ling Tian and the others felt a growing sense of urgency. Ling Tian especially was more impatient than ever to take the Eastern Emperor Bell. Once he did, he could control it and deliberately create a unique space that