Only two or three thousand years remained before the deadline the Lord of the Universe had set for Ling Tian and the others. According to their earlier agreement, they should already have set out for the Demon God Forbidden Ground. Unfortunately, the cultivators sent by the Dark Pavilion and the Mist Hidden Sect still hadn't found the gap through which Ling Tian's clone had escaped the universe. And judging by the circumstances, they had no time to keep waiting.
Knowing they couldn't target the Lord of the Universe's weakness, Chi Xue and the others couldn't help feeling disappointed. They'd anticipated this possibility and prepared countermeasures, but that didn't change how they felt. After all, in their minds, exploiting that gap gave them a better chance of defeating the Lord of the Universe.
"As I said before, it's no big deal if we can't find the gap. I believe we can still defeat the Lord of the Universe by following our plan." Seeing their disappointment, Ling Tian reassured them with a chuckle. "More importantly, things have come to this point. There's no use dwelling on it. We might as well set it aside and deal with the Lord of the Universe according to the countermeasures we discussed."
"Exactly." Chi Xue picked up the thread, looking around as he spoke. "Two or three hundred of us are infinitely close to the Saint level. Even those who haven't reached that level have all broken through to the late stage of the Thirty-fifth Heaven of Near-Saint, and quite a few are showing signs of reaching the peak. Our overall strength is formidable. We've also cultivated many powerful secret techniques, including quite a few aimed at the Lord of the Universe. With all that, we're sure to cause him a great deal of trouble and