Although the great numbers of Nine Nether Nether Soldiers pouring out of the Demon God Forbidden Ground kept Chi Xue and the others from sending everyone to intercept those returning there, they could still spare two or three hundred people. Those men would surely be able to kill or capture some of the soldiers and rescue some of the cultivators from the starfields who had been taken prisoner. Besides, it looked as though it would take a long time for all the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers to return. During that time, Chi Xue and the others could capture quite a few of them. With that in mind, they weren't too troubled by the fact that they couldn't rescue most of the captured cultivators from the starfields, as they'd initially expected.
More importantly, it seemed impossible for all the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers to return within the five thousand years Ling Tian had agreed upon with the Lord of the Universe. The Lord of the Universe would likely drag things out, which would work in Chi Xue and the others' favor. The longer things took, the stronger Ling Tian, Hua Min'er, and the others would become after returning to the God Realm—and the better their chances of resisting the Lord of the Universe's suppression of the universe.
The others also realized that all they could do was their best, so they stopped worrying and prepared to face the attacks of the many Nine Nether Nether Soldiers.
While Chi Xue and the others were assessing the situation and making their decisions, the great host of Nine Nether Nether Soldiers emerging from the Demon God Forbidden Ground did indeed head toward the place where Chi Xue and the others had first set up their formation. Clearly, just as Chi Xue and the others