Even if the Lord of the Universe could use some strange secret technique to dramatically raise the cultivation levels of the captured cultivators, threatening Chi Xue and the others would still require capturing a vast number of starfield cultivators—tens of thousands, or even more. And even if the Lord of the Universe dispatched a huge force of Nine Nether Nether Soldiers, capturing that many cultivators would take a long time. In Chi Xue and the others' judgment, by the time the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers had captured enough starfield cultivators, little time would remain before the five-thousand-year deadline Ling Tian had agreed upon with the Lord of the Universe. At that point, Chi Xue and the others would have nothing to worry about. They could join forces and unleash secret techniques such as Space Bombardment and Space Shatter. Once they had dealt with the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers blocking their way and the cultivators those soldiers had captured, they would storm the Demon God Forbidden Ground and attack the Lord of the Universe.
That made sense. Chi Xue and the others had already planned to attack the Lord of the Universe before the deadline Ling Tian had agreed upon arrived, then have Ling Tian's true body join in. That way, they could make trouble for the Lord of the Universe first and draw his attention, easing the pressure on Ling Tian's true body as much as possible. It was also the plan they thought gave them the best chance of defeating the Lord of the Universe.
The others had thought of this as well. They soon realized they could proceed this way, and no longer worried about the issue.
"Even so, we should do everything we can to stop the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers from capturing large numbers of starfield