Although Tang San Pao might not have approached Duan Ling Tian with ulterior motives during the Devata Realms' Battle of Geniuses, due to Tang San Pao's identity, it was destined that the duo would be like two parallel lines that would never intersect. Moreover, once the Title Temple joined forces with the Phantom Clan to possess Duan Ling Tian, he knew the Title Temple could only be his enemy. As the Young Master of the Title Temple, Tang San Pao would only be his enemy as well.
After the Devata Realms' Battle of the Geniuses, Duan Ling Tian had never seen Tang San Pao again. He did expect that he would see Tang San Pao again in the Nine Serenities Battlefield.
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