However, just when those deities were preparing to flee, they had to consider whether Zhou Tian would allow them to leave. And as long as Zhou Tian didn't let them go, even if those deities chose to run, the actual likelihood of successfully escaping at that moment was very slim.
Would Zhou Tian possibly spare those deities?
Clearly, that was an utterly impossible notion. Since Zhou Tian had already decided to retaliate against his opponents, he was undoubtedly set on annihilating those deities in one fell swoop. Be it the Heavenly God or the other deities currently within their faction, anyone involved in that deities' faction wouldn't escape Zhou Tian's wrath.
Thus, as those deities realized they were no match for Zhou Tian and planned their escape, Zhou Tian—without the slightest hesitation—chose to pursue them.