Ling Tian had spent more than a thousand years keeping the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers at bay. That meant he had bought Hua Min'er and the others another thousand years. Most importantly, during that time, their friends and family had grown considerably stronger. Not only had more people broken through to the Thirty-fifth Heaven of Near-Saint, qualifying them to join Ling Tian in his future battle against the Lord of the Universe, but those who had already reached that realm had advanced further as well. Among them, there were now even more experts who stood infinitely close to sainthood.
The improvement in Hua Min'er and the others' strength naturally gave Ling Tian greater confidence in defeating the Lord of the Universe in the future.
As for Ling Tian, his strength had barely improved over the past thousand years. However, during that time, he had killed countless Nine Nether Nether Soldiers and even captured some. He believed that eliminating so many of them would certainly cause the Lord of the Universe some trouble. After all, reviving and modifying the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers would take some effort.
Of course, the Lord of the Universe could also choose not to revive and modify the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers. That would be even better for Ling Tian, because it meant that he, Chi Xue, and the others would face far fewer Nine Nether Nether Soldiers in the future. They could then spare more strength to deal with the Lord of the Universe and would naturally have a better chance of defeating him.
At the very least, Ling Tian had captured a great many Purgatory Nether Crows over the years, greatly slowing the spread of the Purgatory Nether Sea across the universe. From the looks of things, the Purgatory Nether Sea would still need