Ling Tian finally broke through to the mid-stage of the Thirty-fourth Heaven of Near-Saint. The increase in his cultivation realm had given his strength a noticeable boost. More importantly, it had shown him hope of reaching the Thirty-fifth Heaven of Near-Saint, and even the Thirty-sixth Heaven. That would greatly increase his strength, perhaps even giving him a chance to become a Saint. His training conditions were also better than before: the Eastern Emperor Bell could constantly use its strange space to suppress him, honing him and helping him improve faster.
It was worth noting that the internal space opened up by the Eastern Emperor Bell was the closest thing to the universe. So when it controlled that space to suppress Ling Tian, it was most like a Lord of the Universe using the universe to suppress him. Becoming accustomed to this pressure would naturally give him strong resistance when he faced a Lord of the Universe's suppression in the future.
What was more, the Eastern Emperor Bell could control its space to launch sudden attacks against Ling Tian, just like Chi Xue and the others. This would help him instinctively use secret arts like Devouring the Starry Sky. As they'd said before, even if Ling Tian could instinctively use Devouring the Starry Sky and other techniques nine times out of ten when facing the universe's suppression, that still wasn't enough. He needed to be able to use them instinctively every single time he was suppressed.
But now Ling Tian had more time to prepare. Most importantly, the Eastern Emperor Bell and Chi Xue's group were still launching "surprise attacks" on him from time to time, and his instinctive response of using secret arts like Devouring the Starry Sky kept improving. Surely, by the time he fought the Lord of the