If the Lord of the Universe had controlled Guixu to summon Saint-level beings, then after more than a century, they should have been able to reach the Demon God Forbidden Ground no matter where they were. They would naturally have inflicted considerable casualties on Chi Xue and the others. But Chi Xue and the others were still safe and sound. From that alone, they could tell that the beings summoned through Guixu weren't Saint-level.
Since they weren't Saint-level, then with Chi Xue and the others' strength, dealing with them would be easy. Even if those beings were infinitely close to the Saint level—Ling Tian didn't believe Chi Xue and the others couldn't handle cultivators below that level.
Thinking of this, Ling Tian and the others breathed a sigh of relief and stopped worrying about the matter.
"Heh, since Guixu is still summoning something, the Lord of the Universe probably won't attack you before the summoning stops, Ling Tian. After all, there's a good chance he's summoning something by controlling Guixu," Po Tian guessed. "That means you still have some time to keep growing stronger. You don't need to delay for too long, either. In just a few hundred or thousand years, many of your friends and family could break through to the Thirty-fifth Heaven of Near-Saint. You might even have dozens or hundreds of cultivators who are infinitely close to the Saint level. Heh, with so many experts joining forces with you to withstand the Lord of the Universe's attacks, it'll be much easier."
Ling Tian agreed wholeheartedly and nodded. He didn't dwell on the matter any further, instead continuing to cultivate and improve his strength. He had already crossed the hardest hurdle in fusing his Externalized Small World, so he could now fuse Small Worlds relatively quickly. That would